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(WOIO) – It’s a big day for Apple! The iPhone 5 hits store shelves in nine countries, including the U.S. and Canada. Apple’s thinnest and fastest iPhone yet has already broken sales records. Preorders for the iPhone5 topped 2 million in just 24 hours, and analysts expect the company to sell between 5 and 8 million […]

AVON, OH (WOIO) – Former Browns players traded their helmets for golf clubs on Friday. Players kicked off alumni weekend with a golf outing at Avon Oaks Country Club. Hall of Famer Jim Brown was at the event. He talked about politics, the Browns star running back Trent Richardson and the possibility of putting a […]

Major U.S. retailers Kohl’s and Target plan on making it a happy holiday for many folks around the country by hiring more than 100,000 holiday…

  http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/money/consumer/consumer_reports/consumer-reports-investigation-finds-arsenic-in-some-rice-products CLEVELAND – A Consumer Reports’ investigation found troubling levels of arsenic in apple and grape juice a year ago. Now new tests by the organization have uncovered worrisome levels of arsenic in rice and in many products made from rice. Rice is a staple in many people’s diets. There’s white rice, brown rice, […]

  http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/science_tech/iphone-5-the-wait-is-over For the most devoted Apple aficionados, it’s been a long week. But as Thursday night becomes Friday morning around the world, some of those diehards who spent hours waiting in line were being greeted with open doors at Apple stores and other retailers selling the new iPhone 5. Announced September 12, the iPhone […]

CLEVELAND – Darrell Wagoner, a volunteer with People’s Memorial Christian Church, said he believes it wasn’t chance that led him and his team to Cleveland, in order to save a family home. Wagoner is sure it was divine intervention that caused him to find Cleveland’s Habitat for Humanity, on his home computer in North Carolina. […]

CLEVELAND – President Barack Obama will visit northeast Ohio next week, on the same day Mitt Romney’s campaign will be bussing through the region. An Obama campaign official in Ohio told NewsChannel5 that the president will be in Bowling Green and then Kent Wednesday for campaign events. This will be at least the 17th visit […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Halloween decorations have just come out but already, retailers are thinking Christmas and stores know it’ll take a beefed up staff to handle the crowds of shoppers. Target Corp. announced that it will to hire up to 90,000 holiday workers this season.  The new employees will be placed in both stores and […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A jury has convicted a rogue Amish group in a series of violent hair-cutting attacks on other members of the Amish community. Nearly 20 men, including Bishop Sam Mullet, were convicted of committing a hate crime and conspiracy. The hate crime conviction carries a minimum prison sentence of 20 years in jail. After a […]

  http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/oh_cuyahoga/thousands-of-fathers-in-cuyahoga-county-will-walk-their-kids-to-school-thursday CLEVELAND – Thousands of men in Cuyahoga County are expected to take part in the annual “Father’s Walk” Thursday. They’ll wake their children, make breakfast, check their book bags and then take them to school. The walk is an effort to encourage fathers to get involved in their children’s lives. Research shows children […]

  http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/new-cleveland-browns-owner-meeting-cleveland-city-council-talking-about-lakefront-development CLEVELAND – It’s a topic that has twisted in the wind for years around open air Browns Stadium. Can a retractable roof be placed on Browns Stadium? Today the Browns new owner Jimmy Haslam was asked that question by Cleveland City Councilman Mike Polensek. “I’ve said this several times as soon as we’re […]

AKRON, Ohio – Veteran Akron Beacon Journal columnist Bob Dyer said his conversations with a Doylestown woman led to the “most bizarre story he has worked on in 28 years.” Valerie Spruill, 60, contacted Dyer with a desire to spill her family secret. They chatted on the phone several times and Spruill eventually agreed to […]