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Rogue drone lands on White House lawn
A two-foot-long drone apparently flown by a hobbyist goes out of control and crashes on the White House grounds Jan. 26.
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Charges dropped for Browns fan peeing on grave
Charges are dismissed Feb. 11 against a Cleveland Browns fan accused of urinating on the Baltimore, Maryland, grave of the Ravens and former Browns owner Art Modell.
Partygoers attack Chuck E. Cheese workers
- At least five adults customers attending a birthday party attack employees at a Chuck E. Cheese outlet in Parma March 8 because a game was not working. Albert Brown, left, and Jermele Barkley, center, in Parma Municipal Court after the incident.
Loren Holmes
Lack of snow moves Alaskan sled dog race
A lack of snow in Alaska forces organizers of the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to move the March event 225 miles north.
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Card-throwing world's record at Science Center
Magician Rick Smith Jr., of Broadview Heights, who holds the world record for throwing a playing card the greatest horizontal distance (72 yards), sets a new vertical record March 14 by throwing a card 67 feet in the air at the Great Lakes Science Center.
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Cleveland researchers discover shape-shifting frog
Katherine Krynak, working on a Ph.D. in biology at Case Western Reserve University, and her husband, Tim Krynak, a project manager at Cleveland Metroparks, discover a shape-shifting frog in Ecuador that can change its skin texture from spiky to smooth, possibly the first vertebrate identified that can do that (March 21).
AP
Bones of Richard III reburied, 530 years later
The bones of Britain's King Richard III, discovered under a parking lot in Leicester, England, in 2012, are re-buried with full royal ceremonial pomp, 530 years after his death in battle (March 26).
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Mom dangles, drops 2-year-old into big cats
Child-endangering charges are brought April 16 against a mother who dangled her 2-year-old son over the cheetah exhibit at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. The boy slipped from her grasp and was injured by the fall into the exhibit, but not harmed by the animals. On June 17, Michelle Schwab, of Columbus, is sentenced in Cleveland Municipal Court to a year of probation and parental counseling.
AP
Pot delivery interrupts police search
While Akron police were searching a house for evidence of drug dealing May 16, a UPS driver delivers a 4-pound shipment of marijuana.
AP
Shirts yanked for use of Iwo Jima image
Heavy criticism in May prompts Under Armour to pull T-shirts depicting basketball players raising a hoop in a manner like the famous flag-raising at Iwo Jima during World War II.
AP
Bin Laden raid found al-Qaida job application
U.S. intelligence officials May 20 release some of the papers seized during the 2011 raid that resulted in the death of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. Included among those papers is an al-Qaida job application that ends with the question: 'Who should we contact in case you become a martyr?'
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'Love locks' hacked off Paris bridge
City workers in Paris in June remove thousands of 'love locks' on the Pont des Arts bridge because the weight of the locks -- put there by couples to symbolize their love -- endangers the historic structure. Photo: So far these love locks in Germany are still hanging on.
Ex-mayor warned for watering tree
Former Akron mayor Don Plusquellic is caught by police urinating next to a tree at the University of Akron Aug. 26 and given a warning.
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Northeast Ohio has 3 of 10 top deer crash spots
The Ohio Department of Transportation in October reports that three of the state's top 10 deer-vehicle collision 'hot spots' are located in Northeast Ohio, led by Lorain County with 510 crashes in 2014, Summit County with 391, and Medina County with 386.
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'Ghost' of Monet in museum photo
A photo taken in October by a Cleveland Museum of Art employee produces a haunting image of a bearded man resembling painter Claude Monet looking down on assembly of an exhibition of his work.
Jimmy May
Military blimp busts loose, crashes
A runaway military surveillance blimp crashes Oct. 28 in rural Pennsylvania after a four-hour flight from an Army base in northern Maryland.
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Ohioans like to costume their pets
Ohio is sixth among states where dog owners include their pets in Halloween festivities, according to a survey of dog owners conducted by Heart Pet Brands. Virginia is the top state.
AP
Woman robber is tripped up by beard
A Mentor woman is charged with attempting to rob a Willoughby credit union Nov. 3 while wearing a 'Duck Dynasty' bearded disguise that aroused the suspicion of employees. Phil Robertson of 'Duck Dynasty.'
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