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  • Akron Man Arrested At OVI Checkpoint
    Akron Man Arrested At OVI Checkpoint An 23-year-old man was arrested after state troopers found a loaded handgun, drugs and ecstasy pills at an OVI checkpoint in Akron over the weekend. Troopers with the Canton Patrol…
  • A.E.S. Moving Out Of Akron
    A.E.S. Moving Out Of Akron A downtown Akron tenant that helped the rebirth of the former B.F.Goodrich factory buildings along South Main Street is now in the process of moving out of Akron. AkronNewsNow has learned…
  • Tip Leads To Arrest Of Local Fugitive
    Tip Leads To Arrest Of Local Fugitive A tip from a local citizen led to the arrest of an Akron fugitive who was on the run for more than two years. 41-year-old Ronald Copeland was arrested  around …
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  • Florida Man Shot by FBI Was About to Sign Boston Murder Confession: Officials

    Florida Man Shot by FBI Was About to Sign Boston Murder Confession: OfficialsOrange County Sheriff's Dept(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- The man shot dead by an FBI agent in Orlando, Fla., early Wednesday was "about to sign a statement" admitting to a role, along with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in an unsolved triple murder in Massachusetts in 2011, two people with direct knowledge of the case told ABC News.
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  • Officials Warn of Businesses 'Preying' on Tornado Victims, $40 for Bottled Water

    Officials Warn of Businesses 'Preying' on Tornado Victims, $40 for Bottled WaterJEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images(OKLAHOMA CITY) -- Investigators with the Oklahoma Attorney General's office have already uncovered evidence of businesses taking advantage of the recent tornado's devastation by price-gouging in the weather-ravaged region, including a grocery store accused of charging consumers $40 for a case of water.
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  • Jodi Arias Feels 'Betrayed' by Jury

    Jodi Arias Feels 'Betrayed' by JuryABC News(PHOENIX) -- Hours after Jodi Arias asked a jury to spare her life for killing her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, the convicted killer maintained in a jail house interview with ABC News that it would have been "meaningless" to apologize to Alexander's family in court because no one would believe her.
    Arias, 32, was convicted of...

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  • Witnesses in Md. and region report seeing meteor
    FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- A bright light seen traveling across the sky over the weekend by dozens of witnesses across Maryland and the region is what astronomers are calling a fragmenting meteoric fireball.......
  • Judge: Hollister clothing unfriendly to disabled
    DENVER (AP) -- A federal judge in Denver is considering an injunction after ruling that nearly 250 Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and J.M. Hollister LLC clothing stores are unfriendly to the disabled.......
  • UT may sell alcohol at football games
    TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- The University of Toledo may join a growing number of colleges selling alcohol at their football games.......

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  • Brian Urlacher Retires
    Tom Dahlin/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears, free-agent linebacker Brian Urlacher announced his retirement on Wednesday."After spending a lot of time this spring thinking about…
  • Sergio Garcia Apologizes to Tiger Woods
    Richard Heathcote/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Sergio Garcia apologized on Wednesday for his comments about Tiger Woods."I want to apologize to Tiger and anybody that I could have offended," Garcia said…
  • Cavaliers Win First Pick in 2013 NBA Draft
    Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For the second time in three seasons, the Cleveland Cavaliers have won the NBA Draft Lottery.The Cav's had a 15.6% chance of winning the lottery,…

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  • Ten New Dad Fears and Why You Shouldn't Worry
      Even if your guy is super-pumped to be a Dad, chances are he's a little freaked out too. Here are a few of the biggest new-daddy fears (and some things you both can do to ease the pressure).  FEAR #1: "Will I do everything right?" --Andrew  MOM TIP: Let him know that it's okay to be clueless. "Any father can care for his child," says psychotherapist Tammy Gold, founder of Gold Parent Coaching. If he…
  • Online Dating? Martha Stewart Has 7 Tips for You
      Now that Martha Stewart has taken a leap of faith and joined Match.com she has some words of wisdom for all the online daters out there. 1. Shared interests are crucial for a successful relationship. I'm a firm believer in group exercise and companion sports, from yoga classes to golf or bocce ball - sometimes I'll even let my dates win. 2. Must love dogs. And cats. And chickens and donkeys and horses. If…
  • 5 Realistic Reasons Why Women Cheat
      As far as stereotypes go, a wandering eye and the urge to jump into bed with multiple partners seems to be built into a man's DNA, but when it comes to cheating, the sexes are created more equally than we think. (Cough, Kristen Stewart, cough.) Renee Lee, a relationship expert with a masters in psychology, dishes out five reasons why women cheat.  1. Going Through A Transition  "If it is graduating, turning a certain…
Thursday, 08 September 2011 07:37

Chuck's Daily Diggs for Thursday

Thursday September 8th, 2011- The 251st day of 2011 with 114 days remaining.

Today is National Nose Hair Maintenance Day! Get to work!

It's also Oprah Day celebrating the premiere of Her Majesty's show on this day in 1986...

...and it's Pardon Me Day which remembers President Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon "for all offenses" on this day in '74.
 



$14,000 for Ignoring His Wife In Bed!

A French dude known only as Jean-Louis B has been fined $14,000 (U.S.) for ignoring his wife's urges in the sack. After their divorce was final, his ex-wife took him back to court demanding compensation for "lack of sex over 21 years of marriage." That's a no-no in France and Jean-Louis has to write a check.

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Wednesday, 07 September 2011 06:52

Chuck's Daily Diggs for Wednesday

Wednesday Sept 7th, 2011 - The 250th day of the year with 115 days remaining in 2011
Today is Buddy Holly Day, born on this date in 1935.


It's amazing that this was so controversial at the time. Now...we have Lady Gaga.

 

 

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Tuesday, 30 August 2011 07:10

Chuck's Daily Diggs for Tuesday

A Little Bit ot This and a Little Bit of That...

Tuesday August 30th, 2011
This is the 242nd day of the year, with 123 days remaining in 2011.
Today is Talk Intelligently Day

It's Toasted Marshmallow Day

And it's Courtesy Appreciation Day



This and That

The ONE Thing You Should Know About Marriage

Interesting question from the folks at MSN's relationship site -- they asked best-selling authors, religious leaders and divorce experts for their #1 piece of advice that will make a marriage last. Here are some nuggets:

Agree On The Basics
"A couple must agree on the following topics: 1) Do they want kids? 2) Do they want a dog? 3) Do they want sex? 4) Do they want sleep? (If they answer yes to 3 and 4, then they must answer no to 1.) And finally, 5) Who mixes the cocktails before they both don the sexy rubber gloves and clean the toilet?" —E. Jean Carroll, advice columnist for ELLE

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