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Smucker's Denied Crustless-Sandwich Supremacynew
Regan Quaal remembers well the day he received a letter from the J.M. Smucker Company demanding that he stop peddling his peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches -- the ones with the crusts cut off. Smucker's, the letter read, already owned the U.S. patent for crustless sandwiches.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
04-26-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Is Cleveland's Top Lawman Truly Spotless?new
Despite his reputation as a no-nonsense prosecutor, Greg White has been accused of overzealousness. While he burnished his reputation by taking down Democrats, there were times that he let Republicans skate. And some say that he'll readily burn bridges when it's politically expedient.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
04-26-2005 |
Politics
Potential FCC Fines Shock Shock Jocksnew
The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act is back, and it's chilling. Not only would the bill ramp up fines from $32,500 to $500,000 per incident; it also allows the FCC to fine individual DJs and artists. All without any warning.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
04-26-2005 |
Media
Tags: radio
Expose Ends in Legal Tussle Over Lionnew
Al Guart, a New York Post reporter, set out to show how easy it was to buy exotic animals in Ohio. The story generated a custody battle over a lion.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
04-19-2005 |
Animal Issues
Lure of Haunted House Gets Teens in Troublenew
Teens who checked out a house thought to be haunted found a forgotten old man. After they ventured inside, they faced criminal charges.
Cleveland Scene |
James Renner |
04-19-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: camcorder, trespassing
Ohio Democratic Party Keeps Sinkingnew
As the deadline approached for Ohio Democrats to challenge a new law that could give Republicans a permanent majority in the state legislature, the Democratic party cast urgent messages into the computer void, hoping someone else would do something.
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Maag |
04-18-2005 |
Commentary
Facing the Musicnew
After seven years of touring the world as indie-rock royalty in Guided by Voices, virtuoso guitarist and songwriter Doug Gillard is back on his own.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
04-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Keepin' It Meannew
Strange as it may seem, given the duo's apparently abundant confidence, Jamie "Hotel" Hince and Alison "VV" Mosshart thrive on tension, and not just the sexual kind.
Cleveland Scene |
Andrew Miller |
04-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Kills
21-Year-Old Takes On Microsoftnew
For the past four months, David Zamos has been fighting four Microsoft attorneys who claim he violated trademark and copyright laws by selling two unopened pieces of software on eBay for $203.50.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
04-08-2005 |
Science
Hip-Hop With Substancenew
The college graduate's latest disc takes an accessible approach to underground hip-hop.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lock Up Your Mother; Duran Duran Is Backnew
Part of Duran Duran's enduring appeal is that the group members still look good; they've aged from boyishly hot to strikingly handsome, meaning that girlhood crushes can advance seamlessly to extramarital fantasies.
Cleveland Scene |
Annie Zaleski |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Unorthodox Priest Ran Racket on the Sidenew
Prison looms for the Reverend Sava Latovljevic, who admitted to running a scam in which he and a partner illegally profited from instant-bingo tickets sold on behalf of his church.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
04-02-2005 |
Religion
Security Company Takes Law Into Its Handsnew
Despite having no police powers, employees at Cuyahoga Valley Patrol have nonetheless been arresting people and conducting heavily armed raids, behaving like Marines in the Cambodian jungle.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
04-02-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Surviving the Gamenew
Thirty years in, the rock 'n' roll institution is still louder and drunker than everybody else.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
03-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Turning Into Punk's Miss Worldnew
Ashlee Simpson suddenly seems aware of her counterculture calling, and her band seems capable of making the move to grimier fare.
Cleveland Scene |
Andrew Miller |
03-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
