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  • Buchtel Duct Tape Teacher Fired
    Buchtel Duct Tape Teacher Fired The Akron School Board has voted to fire Buchtel Community Learning Center teacher Melissa Cairns for posting a picture of her students with duct tape on their mouths. Under the…
  • 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…
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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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  • Tony Parker to Have MRI on Calf
    Ronald Martinez/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker will have an MRI on on his left calf on Thursday "just to make sure" he is improving from…
  • 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…

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  • Top 10 Highest-Paid CEOs
    Authors: jcJonathan Alcorn/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Leslie Moonves, who was paid $60 million, is the highest-paid CEO of S&P 500 companies with chief executives who have served at least…
  • Existing Home Sales at Highest Level in Over 3 Years
    Authors: jciStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Sales of existing homes rose 0.6 percent in April to an annual rate of 4.97 million units. Sales are up nearly 10 percent over the past year.“The…
  • Scammer Steals Minn. Gas Station, Holds Big Sale
    Authors: jciStockphoto/Thinkstock(WACONIA, Minn.) -- Customers of the SuperAmerica gas station in Waconia, Minn., about 35 miles southwest of Minneapolis, were in for a treat to see discounted gas prices and…

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  • Chris Christie Challenger Out with Million-Dollar TV Ad
    Authors: jcBarbara Buono for NJ(NEW YORK) -- The woman challenging Chris Christie in his gubernatorial re-election bid in New Jersey, Democratic state Sen. Barbara Buono, is out with her first…
  • IRS's Lois Lerner Takes Fifth, Shuns Congress
    Authors: jcPete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service’s director of the Exempt Organizations who is at the center of the controversy after the agency targeted…
  • Reid to Bring Immigration Bill Before Full Senate in June
    Authors: jcBill Clark/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) -- After the Senate Judiciary passed the Gang of Eight’s immigration legislation Tuesday night out of the committee, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promised to…

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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…

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