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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
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
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
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
No Place to Get Help for Condom Failurenew
Ohio is among the reddest of red states where women's health issues are concerned, a reporter discovered when she made the round of emergency rooms seeking emergency contraception.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
07-19-2005 |
Science
Ohio Firm Sues Manager for Breach of Loyaltynew
The president of an Ohio hydraulic-pump firm thought it odd that a South African company planned to build a similar plant nearby and then found out that his special-project manager had been feeding company information to the rival.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
07-12-2005 |
Business & Labor
In the Shadow of Industry Is Fear of Cancernew
In Avon Lake, Ohio, parents are concerned that there's a link between pollution and the incidence of cancer.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
06-29-2005 |
Science
Suicide Bridgenew
Cleveland's Y-Bridge has served as the launch site for 43 suicides since 1981. But unlike most bridges that seduce jumpers, the bodies fall onto buildings and houses, and into backyards and playgrounds.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
06-16-2005 |
Children & Families
Gaveling Gaysnew
In the courtroom of a Stark County, Ohio, judge, justice isn't blind to sexual orientation.
Cleveland Scene |
James Renner |
06-08-2005 |
LGBT
Child Stalker Casts Shadow on Ohio Townnew
The heat has been on registered sex offenders in Massillon, Ohio, ever since an unidentified man began trying to lure children into his car.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
06-08-2005 |
Crime & Justice
The Divine Mysterynew
The sick and desperate crave Issam Nemeh's touch. And they don't ask any questions.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
06-02-2005 |
Science
Trouble at an Ohio Sikh Templenew
A conflict between cut and uncut members of a Sikh temple in Bedford, Ohio, led to a fistfight and a request from the city law director that the temple remain shut for two weeks to allow tempers to cool.
Cleveland Scene |
Charu Gupta |
05-17-2005 |
Religion
