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  • New Hotel Slated For Ex-Goodyear Site
    A new Hilton hotel is planned for the area near the former Goodyear headquarters site in East Akron. The Beacon Journal reports that the $18 million dollar hotel will be a 136-room, five-story…
  • Boykins Sentenced To 10 Years
    Boykins Sentenced To 10 Years 33 year old Ricky Boykins has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for Aggravated Robbery. In December, Boykins saw an elderly women drop her purse while Christmas shopping. He…
  • Buggy Crash Victim Dies
    A Homerville man is dead, days after he was injured in a car-buggy crash in Ashland County. The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports John Yoder, 50, died at Akron General…
  • Cuyahoga Falls Streets Closed
    Cuyahoga Falls City officials say due to water main breaks, the following roads will be closed until further notice: Second Street, from Broad Blvd. to Sackett Ave. and Falls Ave.,…
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  • Investigation Begins in Connecticut Commuter Train Crash

    Investigation Begins in Connecticut Commuter Train CrashComstock/Thinkstock(FAIRFIELD, Conn.) -- Federal transportation officials began their investigation Saturday to determine what caused two commuter trains to crash head-on in Connecticut during the Friday rush hour.
    At least 70 people were injured Friday when a Metro-North train derailed and barreled straight into the path of another train headed in...

  • Toddler Steals Washington Teen's Violin

    Toddler Steals Washington Teen's ViolinNichola Evans/Stockbyte(MOUNT VERNON, Wash.) -- Police believe a Washington woman used her toddler to steal an antique violin from a teenager Wednesday afternoon at a local restaurant.
    Mount Vernon Police Lt. Chris Cammock told ABC News that 17-year-old Kalob Tatum entered a McDonald’s with his backpack and violin after school. When he went...

  • Commuter Train Derails, Hits Second Train in Connecticut

    Commuter Train Derails, Hits Second Train in ConnecticutComstock/Thinkstock(FAIRFIELD, Conn.) -- Twenty-five passengers suffered non-life-threatening injuries on Friday evening when a commuter train derailed near Fairfield, Conn., and collided with another train, Fairfield, Conn., police said.
    Multiple reports of injuries prompted officials to scramble ambulances from all over the region to the...

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  • Toddler Reviews Google Glass
    Authors: Louis MilmanDavid Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- We’ve seen Michele Bachmann and a half-naked blogger wear Google Glass over the last couple of weeks.But those images don’t…
  • Facebook's First Investor Pays Teens to Not Go to College
    Authors: Louis MilmanDavid Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(PALO ALTO, Calif.) -- 19-year-old Indian immigrant Diwank Singh Tomer has an impressive resume. The accomplished hacker and startup founder who initially enrolled…
  • Google Employee Shares Easter Eggs for Hangouts Chats
    Authors: Louis MilmanJOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Google didn’t show off all of the fun features of Hangouts, the company’s new multiplatform text and video chat service at this week’s…

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  • 5 Reasons You've Hit the Dreaded Weight-Loss Plateau
      You were happily losing weight eating right and exercising, but with five more pounds left to go, the scale stopped budging. Find out what can cause weight loss to hit a wall and what you can do about it.  I'm all about breakfast, lunch, and dinner: When counting and restricting your calorie intake, it makes sense to eat fewer times a day. The problem with this is it can make blood sugar levels rise…
  • 7 Surprising Things that Can Affect Your Sex Life
      His Belt Size Over the years, his waistline has stealthily expanded (whose hasn't?), but you've never let it get between you and a great sex life. The surprise: His extra weight may actually have tipped the balance in your favor. Fat men last longer--so finds a study published in The International Journal of Impotence Research showing that men with a higher body mass could make love for more than seven minutes on average, versus…
  • A Little Privacy Please!!!
    AskMen.Com is out with its annual Workplace Productivity Survey. Most of us prefer to work alone — or at least we’re more productive that way.  Among the findings... • The preference to work from home isn't as prevalent as it may seem; a majority of respondents — 63 percent — prefer to spend "focus time" in their personal workspace, while just 29 percent would prefer to work from home. • So what are the top…
Thursday, 18 April 2013 16:30

MOVIE REVIEW - The Place Beyond The Pines

In limited release it is the new Indy flick, The Place Beyond The Pines.

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Saturday, 08 October 2011 07:58

MOVIE REVIEW - The Ides Of March

The new political drama, The Ides Of March, strolls into the theaters this week full of stars and promise.

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Friday, 16 September 2011 16:02

MOVIE REVIEW - Drive

You have to hand it to Ryan Gosling. With the new movie Drive, a good decision has been made to not be the same character in every movie he makes.

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