
American Greetings gets offer to go private
American Greetings Corp. said Wednesday that a group led by its CEO and chief operating officer wants to buy the company and take it private in a deal ...

Bond at risk for Ohio Amish hate-crime defendants
Nine of 16 Amish convicted in beard- and hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio have remained free, but the government asked Friday to have them ...

Browns president planning to meet with Jim Brown
Browns president Mike Holmgren wants to patch things up with Jim Brown. Holmgren plans to meet with the Hall of Fame running back in the next few ...

Chicago teachers to again consider ending strike
An angry Mayor Rahm Emanuel's appeal to the courts to end a six-day teachers strike in the nation's third largest city set off a new round of ...

Indians' 2-run ninth tops Tigers 7-6
Lonnie Chisenhall singled in the winning run with one out in the ninth inning to give the Cleveland Indians a 7-6 win over Detroit, dealing the ...

Dalton throws 3 TDs, Bengals beat Browns 34-27
Not even a breakout game by Cleveland's rookie playmakers could change the outcome of Ohio's intrastate series. Adam "Pacman" Jones returned ...
Good Samaritan helps Ohio man twice, 8 years apart
An Ohio man is thankful for the intervention of a Good Samaritan — the same one who helped him once before, eight years ago. Gerald Gronowski had a ...

Jury ends Day 2 of deliberating in Ohio Amish case
Jurors have ended a second day of deliberations without a verdict in the trial of 16 people accused of hate crimes in hair- and beard-cutting attacks ...

Browns' Haden suspended 4 games
The Cleveland Browns had Joe Haden for one game. They'll be without their best cornerback for the next four. Haden was suspended Monday without pay ...

Browns cancel Modell tribute after family request
Avoiding a negative reaction and potentially ugly scene, the Cleveland Browns will honor a request by Art Modell's family and not acknowledge the ...

Ohio teen travels quarter of a mile through sewer
An overflowing creek in a Cleveland suburb sent a 14-year-old boy on the ride of his life. Jeffrey LaPorta traveled more than a quarter of a mile ...

Freed Ohio death row inmate savors sunrise, pizza
A murder defendant freed after spending nearly 25 years on death row in a botched prosecution had a chance to watch an unobstructed sunrise Friday — ...

Modell did his part to lift NFL into prominence
The NFL became America's game under a collection of shrewd businessmen that included some of the biggest names in league history: Pete Rozelle, Vince ...

Modell dies at 87; legacy depends on perspective
Art Modell's fingerprints can still be found all over the NFL. In Baltimore. In Cleveland. On Monday night football. On past labor agreements.

Despite legacy, Modell still isn't in Hall of Fame
Art Modell died without gaining induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, presumably because one perceived misdeed overshadowed his numerous ...

Former Ravens owner Art Modell dies at 87
Former Baltimore Ravens owner Art Modell died early Thursday, the longtime NFL stalwart who incurred the wrath of Cleveland fans when he moved the ...

Plea changes set for 3 in Ohio bridge bomb plot
A federal judge on Tuesday scheduled change-of-plea hearings for three of the four remaining defendants charged with plotting to bomb a highway bridge ...
Holmgren steady as change looms for Browns
Mike Holmgren was hired to bring stability to the Browns. Three years into his tenure as Cleveland's president, things couldn't be shakier for the ...

At 19, Profar HRs 1st time up, Texas beats Indians
Jurickson Profar took his major league debut in stride. To the highly touted 19-year-old for the Texas Rangers, he was just playing another game of ...

LeBron savoring special summer
LeBron James squeezed his mom's hands, the way he did as a kid. Moments before being honored again in his hometown, where they still love him and ...

Boola Boola battery: Breslow & Lavarnway
Craig Breslow thought about the first all-Yale battery in the major leagues in 125 years and couldn't resist a pun about catcher Ryan Lavarnway.

Special needs kids staying in traditional schools
The high cost of educating students with special needs is disproportionately falling on traditional public schools as other students increasingly opt ...
Guantanamo plea deal prisoner said to have a cat
A former Maryland resident who is detained at Guantanamo Bay seems to have acquired a cat at the isolated prison on a U.S. base in Cuba, a fellow ...

Ohio hospital shooting: Mercy killing or murder?
John Wise watched a tear roll down his wife's face as he stood alongside her bed in the intensive care unit. She'd been unable to speak after ...