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Rachael Ray to dish up early Thanksgiving dinner to Ohio city battered by thousands of layoffs

Rachael Ray offers dinner to jobless Ohioans

Boston Three Party: Paul Pierce scores 23 as Celtics beat Cavs 95-89 in LeBron-Shaq debut

Pierce powers Celtics past Cavs in season opener

Soupy Sales, pie-splattered comedian who won hearts in early TV days, dead at 83

DETROIT — Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died. He was 83.

Tom Hanks fondly recalls acting, moving sets with Ohio theater troupe that gave him his start

CLEVELAND — Tom Hanks says he still has fond memories of his first acting job, which kept him working into the early morning changing sets on a high school stage.

Battle Royale: LeBron calls Braylon Edwards “childish” for allegedly punching James’ friend

BEREA, Ohio — Braylon Edwards was fighting mad Sunday, exchanging a few blows with one of Cincinnati’s massive defensive linemen.

Cavaliers’ James makes cameo on season finale of “Entourage”

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — LeBron James enjoyed spending part of his summer on the set of one of his favorite television shows.

Cleveland museum showcases role of Paris exhibit in Gauguin’s development

CLEVELAND — Before his Tahiti paintings established him, Paul Gauguin was snubbed by the 1889 Paris world’s fair. Undaunted, he and colleagues staged a rival show in a cafe, a formative time featured in an international exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Love Shaq: Cleveland throws big welcoming party for Shaquille O’Neal, Cavaliers new center

CLEVELAND — Shaq got in one last party before training camp.

Transportation Secretary: Media ‘trash talk’ impeding nation’s ability to solve big problems

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says “trash talk” on conservative talk radio and cable television shows is impeding the nation’s ability to solve big problems.

The King (James) of Comedy: LeBron takes shot at Hollywood and will play himself in hoops film

CLEVELAND — LeBron James is leaving Cleveland — for Hollywood.

The King (James) of comedy: LeBron to play himself in upcoming movie

CLEVELAND — LeBron James is leaving Cleveland — for Hollywood.

Infomercial king Kevin Harrington ‘thinks bigger’ as he sells Flowbees, surgical steel knives

CLEARWATER, Fla. — In a sprawling studio, Kevin Harrington is watching a TV pitchman put a shapely model through her paces on a new exercise contraption soon to be featured in a half-hour infomercial.

Panthers racing to catch up with Steelers on and off field ahead of preseason finale

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson has long said he wanted his young franchise to emulate the family-run Pittsburgh Steelers.

Erich Kunzel, award-winning conductor of Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, dies at 74

CINCINNATI — Erich Kunzel, the award-winning conductor who headed the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra since it was founded three decades ago and who won international fame through sales of more than 10 million recordings, has died at age 74.

Ohio call for extras for new Denzel Washington movie draws hundreds, many looking for any job

CANTON, Ohio — A casting call for a new Denzel Washington movie was like any other job fair to many of the hundreds who turned out in Ohio.

HBO documentary spotlights closing of Ohio GM plant; film to be screened for workers

DAYTON, Ohio — Hundreds of autoworkers who lost their jobs when General Motors closed an Ohio sport utility vehicle plant cheered and cried Wednesday at a screening of a documentary film that profiled their lives during the plant’s final days.

On 1st day at Ohio seminary, former reality star Omarosa receives tiny gift symbolizing faith

DAYTON, Ohio — Omarosa has gone from Donald Trump’s boardroom to her first day in the classrooms of an Ohio seminary.

Omarosa, villain of ‘The Apprentice,’ to study for the ministry at Ohio seminary

DAYTON, Ohio — This may come as a surprise to anyone who has seen her villainous ways on reality TV: Omarosa is entering an Ohio seminary to study for the ministry.