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Some residents of Strongsville would have liked the Strongsville City School District to be more open about the process by which it decided to close Allen Elementary School. Full story »

WASHINGTON -- After hearing out everyone everyone from President Obama to tea party activists, Dover Democratic Rep. Zack Space announced today that he'll oppose the health care reform bill that's up for a vote on Sunday in the House of Representatives. Space, who represents a sprawling southeast Ohio congressional district with a high concentration of  Republicans, said he doesn't... Full story »

Elyria Patrolman James Kerstetter enjoyed being a police officer and serving and protecting the city, but he loved being a father and husband even more. Five days after Kerstetter was killed, his family, friends and fellow officers paid their final respects Saturday for the married father of three girls.  Full story »

About 1,000 people demonstrated in St. Petersburg holding placards "Putin's team must resign!" An opposition rally in the far eastern port of Vladivostok drew about 1,500 people, and similar protests were to be held in many other cities throughout Russia on Saturday Full story »

Obama went to Capitol Hill on Saturday as Democrats made final preparations for what they hope will be final passage of the bill on Sunday. Full story »

Building on Democrats' momentum, the House Rules Committee worked to set the terms for floor debate and a final vote Sunday on Obama's top priority, the defining issue of his first year in office. The battle tilted in Obama's direction as more Democrats disclosed how they would vote Full story »

Thousands of volunteers in Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn., spent the past week filling and placing more than 1 million sandbags to fight back the rising Red River, and officials and residents said they felt better prepared for this year's floods. Full story »

Air quality is "very bad for the health," China's national weather bureau warned. China's expanding deserts now cover one-third of the country because of overgrazing, deforestation, urban sprawl and drought. The shifting sands have led to a sharp increase in sandstorms — the grit from which can travel as far as the western United States Full story »

In a letter to the Irish faithful read across Europe amid a growing, multination abuse scandal, the pope apologized to victims and promised a church investigation. A victims group called the letter "disappointing." Full story »

While aid policies have been criticized for years in aid worker circles, world leaders focused on fixing Haiti are admitting for the first time that loosening trade barriers has only exacerbated hunger in Haiti and elsewhere Full story »

More than 1,000 mourners packed a fieldhouse this morning at Lorain County Community College to pay their respects to slain Elyria police Patrolman James Kerstetter.  Full story »

Of the more than 30 Cuyahoga County communities that RITA serves, the vast majority registered declines in their income tax revenue for 2009. Full story »

They haven't yet counted the votes in the bruising vote over health care reform -- the vote is scheduled for Monday -- but the president used his Saturday radio and internet address to look forward to the next battle over regulation of the financial industry. Full story »

A spokesman for the Strongsville Schools Facility Utilization Advisory Committee said the recommendation to close Allen Elementary School was not an easy one, but necessary due to its physical condition and the financial dilemma confronting the school district.  Full story »