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Deep-Fried Foods, Plastic Bag Thieves & Marching Bands: Around the Patch

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1. Two men were tossed out of in Strongsville for stealing. Not clothes, not jewelry.

It's a frequent shoplifting method, especially at malls like  police say – would-be shoplifters grab bags from a store and then fill them with merchandise at other shops

2. Thanks to reader Chris Bryant for submitting these videos of the marching band.

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3. With the , is there any better time to talk about deep-fried fair foods?

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Annie Archer of Lakewood Patch offers

Maybe you knew they deep-fried Oreos and Twinkies, but bubble gum? Butter? Kool-Aid?

4. Kent State University's dropped but .


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