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Homicide investigators use DNA to crack 12-year-old case
by Ellen Jan Kleinerman
Thursday July 24, 2008, 8:07 PM
Kenneth Freeman
Covered by a blanket, the 35-year-old woman was lying under some bushes on a cushion like those often used by homeless people setting up camp for the night. She had been strangled to death.
Police identified Day through fingerprints. But with few other clues, the trail went cold.
On Thursday, a Cuyahoga County grand jury indicted Kenneth Freeman, 48, of Cleveland, on charges of aggravated murder in connection with Day's death. The indictment came as a result of the work of the county's Cold Case Squad, which is using new DNA technology to analyze dozens of unsolved homicides dating to the 1950s.
Advanced DNA technology yielded clues to Day's death that could not be found years ago. The evidence -- a vaginal swab and a piece of tissue -- matched Freeman's DNA profile, which was stored in a national database of convicted criminals.
Continue reading "Homicide investigators use DNA to crack 12-year-old case" »
Coming Sunday: A community prescription to heal MetroHealth Medical Center
by Chris Seper
Friday July 25, 2008, 9:21 AM
The medical safety net in one of America's greatest health-care cities is fraying.
MetroHealth Medical Center is in trouble, as costs mount and the number of people who need care grows.
On Sunday, The Plain Dealer examines what can be done. Community leaders and national experts combine to prescribe a remedy of collaboration, innovation and reform to heal MetroHealth and the rest of Northeast Ohio's medical safety net.
Art and technology meet on the street at IngenuityFest
by Karen Sandstrom
Friday July 25, 2008, 12:00 AM
Jenny Marketou's "Red Eyed Skywalkers."The fourth annual celebration of art and technology begins from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday with a parade of musicians, robotics and performers around East 14th Street and Euclid Avenue, converging around Star Plaza. Festival admission is free during opening ceremonies. Activities continue through midnight at the theaters and the Idea Center. The festival resumes at noon Saturday with music on three stages, kids' activities in the Family Village at the Idea Center and an assortment of work by artists using innovative technology. The actions starts up again at noon Sunday, and the festival closes at 5 p.m. with a gospel revue. Need a little more inspiration?
Check out our critics' picks for festival fun.
Continue reading "Art and technology meet on the street at IngenuityFest" »Officer Jim Simone not angered by criticism, he understands
by Regina Brett
Thursday July 24, 2008, 4:22 PM
Officer Jim Simone doesn't have a problem with me.
"I agree with your right to be critical of me," he told me during a long phone conversation Wednesday night.
He's not angry that I called for an outside investigation. Simone has killed five suspects and shot at suspects 12 times in his 35 years as a Cleveland police officer.
"The people that pay my salary have a right to look at me," he said. "I don't have a problem with any investigation. I didn't do anything wrong."
He said everybody and their mother is investigating him, including Internal Affairs, homicide, the Office of Professional Standards, the coroner and the city's citizen review board.
"When I took the oath I became a public figure. If you find something I did wrong, let me know and I'll correct it," he said.
Why has he fired so many times as a police officer?
Cleveland Browns training camp, Day 2
by Tony Grossi
Thursday July 24, 2008, 4:01 PM
Observations from the morning practice on Day 2 at Browns training camp ...
• While greeting camp visitor Aaron Shea, Ryan Tucker was besieged by the news-starved media. Tucker has been rehabbing his mended hip bone inside while his teammates practice outside. He said everything's going well and he won't rejoin the team until he builds up enough strength in his backside. There was a period after the surgery in June when Tucker could not even sit or lay down. Tucker is hopeful of returning in time to play in an exhibition game.
• There has been a lot of emphasis in the first two days on short, quick passes right off the line of scrimmage. It's one way to get Josh Cribbs into the offensive flow.
• An early inside run drill, during which several players lost helmets, was completed without incident (read: injury). You could almost hear the sigh of relief from team officials.
Continue reading "Cleveland Browns training camp, Day 2" »Home sales fall in June, but Ohio bucks national slide
by Michelle Jarboe
Thursday July 24, 2008, 3:57 PM
Home sales in Ohio rose in June for the fifth consecutive month, even as national home sales took a dive.
Sales of new and existing homes in the state rose 7.6 percent last month - but still lagged 16.4 percent compared with a year before.
Mayor Frank Jackson orders cost-cutting measures
by Henry J. Gomez
Thursday July 24, 2008, 3:10 PM
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson speaks to the media about the city's plans to deal with the declining economy. From left are Valarie McCall, chief of Government Affairs, Finance Director Sharon Dumas and Chief of Staff Ken Silliman. Previous entries
• Mayor Frank Jackson tells Cleveland workers to cut costs
• Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, staff to discuss city's financial forecast
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson ordered citywide penny-pinching on Thursday, instituting a hiring freeze, tighter travel and purchasing policies and 10-percent reductions in overtime, fuel and energy costs.
The cuts are necessary, Jackson said, to offset revenues that cannot keep up with rapidly escalating costs. He hopes cutting the budget now will eliminate the need for layoffs later.
"This is nothing new," Jackson said at a City Hall news conference. "If you look at the airline industry and banking industry, they're all taking steps to preserve fiscal responsibility."
Earlier in the day, the mayor shared the plan with more than 500 city employees who gathered for a meeting at the Cleveland Convention Center across the street.
"It went well," interim Public Utilities Director Barry Withers said as he left the meeting.
Continue reading "Mayor Frank Jackson orders cost-cutting measures" »Obama urges Germans to work with US to stop terror
by Associated Press
Thursday July 24, 2008, 1:36 PM
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Berlin's city center took on the atmosphere of a rock concert Thursday as more than 200,000 people jammed the German capital's Tiergarten park to hear U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama. Spectators could watch his speech on the screen in front of the park's Victory Column.Before an enormous crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago.
"The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand," Obama said, speaking not far from where the Berlin Wall once divided the city.
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