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2020
Celebrities with birthdays todayAuthor John Barth is 90. Actress Lee Meriwether is 85. Musician Ramsey Lewis is 85. Rhythm and blues singer Raymond Sanders (The Persuasions) is 81. Actor Bruce Weitz is 77. Singer Bruce Cockburn is 75. Singer-actress Dee Dee Bridgewater is 70. Singer Siouxsie Siou...
05/27/2020
GE is selling its lighting unit to smart home company Savant Systems for an undisclosed amount.General Electric Co. Chairman and CEO H. Lawrence Culp Jr. said in a statement Wednesday that the transaction is part of GE's ongoing process to be a more focused industrial company.The deal includes a ...
05/27/2020
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday it plans to reopen June 15, following the Cleveland Museum of Art’s announcement earlier in the day that it plans to open June 30.The two institutions are the first major museums in Ohio to announce specifics for reopening after the state shut do...
05/27/2020
Walt Disney World plans to reopen its Florida parks starting in July.The Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Animal Kingdom will open July 11, while EPCOT and Disney’s Hollywood Studios will welcome guests starting July 15 under a proposal approved Wednesday by the Orange County Economic Recovery Task For...
05/27/2020
Scientists predict the harmful algal bloom in western Lake Erie this summer will be worse than in 2018, but not as severe as last year.The early forecast predicts the bloom will be smaller, with a severity between 3 and 5 on a 1-10 scale blue-green toxic algae is an annual problem in Lake Erie, f...
05/27/2020
Celebrities with birthdays todayActress Ann Robinson is 91. Country singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall is 84. Country singer Jessi Colter is 77. Actress-singer Leslie Uggams is 77. Actress Karen Valentine is 73. Actress Jacki Weaver is 73. Rock singer Klaus Meine (The Scorpions) is 72. Actress Patti D...
05/25/2020
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Pier One Imports, once the go-to store for Gen Xers furnishing their first apartments, is going out of business.The company, which permanently closed nearly half of its stores and filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, is seeking approval to begin an “orderly wind-down” of its retail operations ...
05/25/2020
Applebee's is welcoming back customers to its dining rooms at all of its Northeast Ohio restaurants starting Thursday. But diners should expect a few changes.The restaurant, one of the largest casual dining chains in the region, is implementing state-mandated safety measures such as employees we...
05/25/2020
The ability to click online to have everything from gourmet pasta to prescription drugs shipped directly to our homes has made the coronavirus shutdown easier to bear. But all those extra packages are creating holiday-level headaches for the U.S. Postal Service.The package volume has increased ...
05/25/2020
L Brands will close 250 Victoria’s Secret and PINK stores in North America this year, the company revealed Wednesday in its quarterly earnings report.The retailer, a mall staple that sells lingerie, womenswear, and beauty products with 1,070 stores in North America, suffered a 46% loss in sales i...
05/25/2020