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  • Chance For Storms Sunday Night Heating Up For Monday

    Your Doppler 10 ForecastThis Evening Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms earlyTonight: Partly cloudy and mild. Patchy fog possible late. Low: 65Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, hot and humid. (Near record highs) High: 88Tuesday Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon storms. High: 87 Special Information: A few evening showers and thunderstorms will dissipate early tonight with partly ...

  • Ohio superintendent leaving shooting delayed plan

    CHARDON, Ohio (AP) -- A northeast Ohio superintendent who guided the district after a school shooting that killed three students is stepping down, one year later than originally ...

  • Lawsuit in Ohio cancer cluster will take years

    A federal civil lawsuit filed last week in Toledo points to a possible cause of the cancers that have sickened about 40 young people since the ...

  • Cleveland Police Regularly Visited Street Where Abducted Women Were Held

    Police made regular crime runs to the Cleveland street where three women were held captive in a house over a decade before escaping. Since the 2002 abduction of the first victim, Michelle Knight, Cleveland police went to the block along Seymour Avenue to take crime reports nearly 160 times. An analysis published Sunday by The Plain Dealer says that amounts to just over one crime report a month ...

  • Cozart scratched from lineup with illness

    Email PHILADELPHIA -- The Reds were forced to scratch shortstop Zack Cozart from Sunday's lineup due to illness. Cesar Izturis started in Cozart's place and batted second. Izturis, the only Spring Training non-roster invitee to earn a roster spot out of camp, made only his seventh start of the season and played in his 15th game overall. He came in batting .167 (6-for-19) with two ...

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Shock Corridor [Blu-Ray]

Shock Corridor [Blu-Ray]

You dont realize it until after the movie is over--and perhaps you dont even realize it unless someone points it out to you--but virtually every shot in Sam Fullers Shock Corridor takes place inside. With the exception of a few subjective shots that portray a characters psych ... ...

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  • Gomes taking advantage of chances

    Email CLEVELAND -- Yan Gomes has appeared sporadically for the Indians this season, but he has a way of making those sightings count. In Saturday's 5-4 win over Seattle, for example, Gomes let loose his cannon arm in the third inning. After a pitch to Endy Chavez, he fired a throw to shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, trapping Jesus Montero off the bag for the rare catcher's pickoff. The ...

  • VP Atkins heaps high praise on prospect Lindor

    prospect Francisco Lindor. Doesn't everybody? Atkins, the Indians' vice president of player development, said the 19-year-old has been "unbelievable." "The guy every night gets two or three hits, makes an exceptional play," Atkins said. "The leadership, his commitment, his professionalism, we haven't experienced anything like that from a high school ...

  • MRI confirms no new injury for Heisey

    Email PHILADELPHIA -- Injured Reds left fielder Chris Heisey, who had a setback early last week while rehabbing his injured right hamstring, had an MRI taken in Cincinnati. It confirmed the strain, but no other serious injury was found. Heisey, who has been on the disabled list since April 29, has been continuing his treatment. There is no timetable known for when he might get back on a rehab ...

  • Cairo ready to help in new role for Reds

    PHILADELPHIA -- On Friday, when manager Dusty Baker vehemently argued after a play at the plate called safe that scored a Phillies run, one wondered if he might get ejected. Now that Chris Speier has moved from the bench to coach at third base while Mark Berry is away for cancer treatment, Miguel Cairo is the bench coach. He would have stepped in as manager if Baker was thrown out. "I was ...

  • Cueto contemplating mechanical change

    Email PHILADELPHIA -- Reds ace Johnny Cueto's performance jumped another level in quality in 2011 when he made a change to his mechanics that had him turning his back to the batter. It was similar to something Luis Tiant did in the 1970s. 2011 was also the year that a nagging injury started occurring for Cueto, who strained his right lat muscle late that season and again last month when he ...

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