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Bad Mushroom Trip Ends in Youth's Deathnew
A young man announced his impending death on the Internet before he was shot by police.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
09-13-2005 |
Science
Bush Nominee Has Union-Busting Reputationnew
Tim Timken gave President Bush $800,000. Bush gave him Germany.
Cleveland Scene |
James Renner |
09-09-2005 |
Politics
Divorce Ends in Loss of a Coffee Companynew
When she was getting divorced, Angela Caruso hired a lawyer to protect her coffee company. Instead, she claims, he helped his father take it over.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
09-09-2005 |
Business & Labor
Sports World Fires Back at Roger Brownnew
A sportswriter discovers that taking shots at athletes is a no-no in Cleveland.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael C. Fitzpatrick |
08-30-2005 |
Media
Dead Poets Societynew
After rapper ThankGod was killed, some have wondered if his position at the center of Cleveland's hip-hop scene was his undoing.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
08-30-2005 |
Music
Ohio Musicians Celebrate the Weirdness of Devonew
Northeast Ohio has spawned its shared of iconic rock groups, but the world has still never seen or heard anything quite like Devo -- an art-rock group in a bar-band area that used primitive synthesizers and electronic drums of its own design to perform irradiated new wave and mutated rock covers.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
08-23-2005 |
Music
Acquitted Man Says He Knows Who Killed His Wifenew
A jury says Jeffrey Krotine didn't kill his wife, and he says her death is the result of an elaborate conspiracy that implicates his longtime employer as well as the prosecutors who tried to put him away.
Cleveland Scene |
James Renner |
08-23-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Nightmare Continues for Woman Inseminated by Her Parentsnew
When Shenna Grimm first accused her parents of inseminating her with a syringe, no one believed her. Even now, with her stepfather convicted of rape, she still has dissenters.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
08-16-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Making Tracksnew
Interfuse's full-length debut makes art rock menacing again.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
08-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Justice, Judge Januzzi Stylenew
In Oberlin, Ohio, drunk drivers are judged by a man so buttoned-down, he makes your average lawyer look like a Slayer roadie.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
08-09-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Speaker for the Deadnew
An award-winning obituary writer describes life on the death beat.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
08-09-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Touched by an Angelnew
Two Cleveland brothers created the world's best-selling poster -- of Farrah Fawcett's gleaming teeth, windblown hair, red bathing suit, and her nipple. But the business almost destroyed them.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
08-09-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Charter School Dashes Kids' Dreamsnew
Charter schools have been a disaster in Ohio, with students failing proficiency tests at more than twice the rate of public-school students. Even by these low standards, Cleveland's International Prep is in a class by itself.
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Maag |
08-02-2005 |
Education
A Story Too Hot for the Cleveland Plain Dealernew
In the face of criticism, Plain Dealer Editor Doug Clifton defended his decision to withhold "two stories of profound importance" from Northeast Ohio readers. Scene publishes one of them this week.
Cleveland Scene |
Staff |
07-20-2005 |
Media
Secret FBI Document Alleges Payoffs in Clevelandnew
If you believe a secret affidavit authored by the FBI, the City of Cleveland was open for business during the reign of former Mayor Mike White. And that business was extortion.
Cleveland Scene |
Pete Kotz |
07-20-2005 |
Politics
