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Grin and Beer It craft-beer tasting event in Aurora Reported by ChicagoTribune 8 hours ago.

Aurora cinema massacre suspect James Holmes offers to plead guilty

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Defence lawyers say client is prepared to plead guilty to murder of 12 people in exchange for life term rather than death penalty

Defence lawyers for the former graduate student accused of killing 12 people at a Colorado cinema last July have offered a guilty plea in exchange for a sentence of life imprisonment, according to court documents.

Lawyers for James Holmes, 25, said in their filing on Wednesday that prosecutors have so far not accepted the offer, which would spare their client the death penalty.

Holmes is charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder stemming from the massacre at a showing of the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado in which 58 people were also wounded.

Prosecutor George Brauchler has said he would formally inform the court as to whether his office would seek the death penalty at during a hearing scheduled for Monday next week. In February, Brauchler announced that he had added a death penalty lawyer to the prosecution team.

All three of Colorado's death row inmates were convicted and sentenced in Arapahoe County, where Brauchler is chief prosecutor. At a state legislative hearing earlier in March, he testified in favour of keeping the death penalty in Colorado.

Defence lawyers said in their filing that if prosecutors agree to take the death penalty off the table, the case could be resolved on Monday. They had been expected to mount an insanity defence.

"As previously stated in court, counsel for Mr Holmes are still exploring a mental health defence, and counsel will vigorously present and argue any and all appropriate defences at a trial or sentencing proceeding as necessary," the filing said.

"Nevertheless, Mr Holmes is currently willing to resolve the case to bring the proceedings to a speedy and definite conclusion for all involved."

Lawyers for Holmes have said their client has been admitted to hospital twice since his arrest, once after hitting his head against a cell wall.

Holmes was also held in restraints for several days at a psychiatric hospital in November after jail officials determined he was a threat to himself, according to his defence team. Reported by guardian.co.uk 7 hours ago.

Armed Teachers: Good Idea?

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Armed Teachers: Good Idea? Patch Great Neck, NY --

Some Texas school district educators will soon be permitted to carry guns in the classroom, assuming they get approval from the school superintendent, pass a training course and obtain a concealed-handgun license, according to an ABC News report.

In response to last year's deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., as well as the shooting at the Aurora, Colo., movie theater, the Levelland Independent School District, near Lubbock, has decided to institute the new safety policy, according to the story.

The Great Neck school district currently deploys 253 surveillance cameras and unarmed security staff for in-school protection and has publicly spoken out against the use of armed guards at schools.

*Tell Us:* What is your take regarding the contrasting approaches to school safety in the two school districts? Which approach do you prefer and why? Tell us in the comments section. Reported by Patch 5 hours ago.

Betty L. Dotson, 64, Found Spending Time with Grandchildren "Most Rewarding Part of Life"

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Betty L. Dotson, 64, Found Spending Time with Grandchildren Most Rewarding Part of Life Patch Yorkville, IL --

Betty L. Dotson, age 64 of Yorkville, IL passed away on Friday, March 22, 2013 at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, IL. She was born on May 13, 1948 in Aurora, IL the daughter of Herman and Florence (Vermeland) Johnson Sr.

Betty lived her entire life in Kendall County, IL and was employed for many years at Plano Molding in Plano, IL. Spending time with her four grandchildren was the most rewarding part of her life. Betty was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and aunt who will be deeply missed by her family and friends.

Betty is survived by her son, Anthony (Kayla DeLaGarza) Dotson of Montgomery, IL; her four grandchildren, Jessica, Caitlyn, Colin and Rylee; her brother, Herman (Jean) Johnson of NC; as well as several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Herman and Florence Johnson Sr; three brothers, Howard, David and Harold Johnson; and her sister, Barb Kahle.

Services were held Monday March 25^th at the Millington Cemetery Chapel.

Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Homes & Crematory, www.NelsonFuneralHomes.com or (630) 553-7611.

  Reported by Patch 4 hours ago.

WATCH: Comet, Northern Lights Do Dazzling Dance

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By: Mike Wall
Published: 03/27/2013 12:05 PM EDT on SPACE.com


The northern lights and a bright comet dance together over the Scandinavian Arctic in a stunning new video.

Astrophotographer Chad Blakley captured the footage of Comet Pan-STARRS blazing amid dazzling green auroras on March 20, during a trip to Abisko National Park in northern Sweden.

"The auroras began as soon as the sun went down and continued to dance all night long," Blakley told SPACE.com via email in a description of the comet and aurora video. "To say that we had an incredible night would be a huge understatement!"

Comet Pan-STARRS burns just above the horizon in the 80-second video, while the shifting green flames of Sweden's northern lights flicker above and around the icy wanderer. [See photos of Comet Pan-STARRS and the Northern Lights]

Blakely is not the only stargazer to catch a dazzling view of Comet Pan-STARRS and the northern lights. Astrophotographer Tommy Eliassen also captured the view from Norway when he photographed the comet on March 19. 

Eliassen's photo shows the comet hovering over snow-covered mountains as the northern lights glow like a bright ribbon of green light. Eliassen said he captured the sight from Meløy, Nordland, in Norway.

The comet, which is officially known as C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS), was discovered in June 2011 by astronomers using the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System telescope in Hawaii (hence the name). Researchers think this is Pan-STARRS' first trip to the inner solar system from the distant, icy Oort Cloud.

Comet Pan-STARRS has been putting on a show in the Northern Hemisphere for much of March, shining just above the western horizon with naked-eye visibility. The comet made its closest approach to the sun on March 10 and is dimming now, but it's still visible low in the western sky around sunset.

The comet is expected to have dimmed to the point that it is only visible through binoculars or small telescopes by the end of March.

The auroras — also known as the northern lights and southern lights — result when charged particles from the sun collide with molecules high in Earth's atmosphere, generating a glow. They're usually restricted to high latitudes because our planet's magnetic field lines tend to funnel these particles toward the poles.

But powerful solar eruptions known as coronal mass ejections can supercharge the auroras, increasing their intensity and occasionally bringing them into view for people in more temperate climes. After a big CME in 1909, for example, auroras were visible in Singapore, which lies just north of the equator.

Follow Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwall. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. Originally published on SPACE.com.

· Aurora Dances With Comet Pan-STARRS Over Sweden | Time-Lapse Video
· Northern Lights: Amazing Aurora Photos of 2013
· Comet Pan-STARRS and the Moon: Spectacular Stargazer Photos
· Active Aurora Frames Comet Pan-STARRS Over Lapland | Time-Lapse Video

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A Bullet Through The Heart Of Health Care: How Gun Violence Costs Us Billions

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The bullet exploded like a fragment from the past, piercing his present and laying waste to the future he envisioned. It tore through Jerome Graham’s back, wrecked his spleen, damaged his pancreas and kidney, and left him paralyzed from the waist down.

And while the direct medical consequences of that gunshot fired a year ago in East Baltimore end there, the full force of its destruction has reverberated more broadly, encompassing Graham’s friends, his family, his community. It has carried into the American health care system, while confronting American taxpayers with costs reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Before he was shot last year, Graham, 33, supported his wife and three children by working as an electrician. Barring a medical miracle, he will never walk again, greatly complicating his ability to earn a paycheck. Since the shot went through his body, he and his family have come to rely on government programs like Medicaid, Social Security and subsidized housing.

In the American conversation, discussion of gun-related violence generally centers on the tragic loss of life or permanent injuries that result. But beneath these headline-grabbing, life-shattering facts are costs measured in vast numbers of dollars.

Firearms-related deaths cost the U.S. health care system and economy $37 billion in 2005, the most recent year for which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attempted an estimate. The cost of those who survive gun violence came to another $3.7 billion that year, according to the CDC.

More than a year after the shooting, Graham still needs at least one more surgery and he'll require lifelong medical care and other assistance because of his disability. Graham spent three months in Johns Hopkins Hospital and other facilities after being shot. Multiple surgeries were followed by recoveries and rehabilitative therapy.

"I actually got a hospital bill for two-hundred-and-something thousand dollars," Graham said. If his new disability didn't qualify him for Medicaid health benefits, "I would probably be paying on those bills for the rest of my life." Instead, the United States and Maryland taxpayers who finance Medicaid are shouldering the cost.

Since the massacre of 20 children and seven adults in Newtown, Conn., last December, President Barack Obama has pushed for new laws aimed at reducing gun violence. Such an outcome would make a dent in overall American health care spending, said Garen Wintemute, the director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento.

"We would save billions of dollars," Wintemute said. "We would realize two gains. One is we would save a lot of money and the other is we would have more resources available for treating injuries of other types."

The indirect costs of gun violence on the health care system can be hard to quantify and difficult to isolate from the money spent on preparedness for all kinds of traumatic injuries, in part because of a 1996 law restricting federal health agencies from researching the effects of firearms injuries and deaths that Obama recently relaxed.

Yet these costs are prevalent almost anywhere people await medical care. A patient with a broken bone or a wound that isn't life-threatening will always wait longer when there's a shooting victim in the emergency room. Gunshots demand immediate attention and the costs of treating these patients effectively makes everyone's health care and tax bills higher.

A 2005 law curbed the rights of gun-violence victims, along with city and state governments, from suing firearms manufacturers to recoup these expenses.

Because the demographics of an average victim of gun violence overlap a great deal with those least likely to have health insurance -- young, African-American or Hispanic, poor, male -- the medical bills get paid by the rest of us, Wintemute said.

Two miles west of where Jerome Graham was treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital stands the University of Maryland Medical Center and its R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, which takes in the most severely injured patients, like survivors of car crashes, falls and shootings.

"Maybe tonight we're going to get five gunshot wounds. Maybe not, but you never really know," said Thomas Scalea, 61, Shock Trauma's physician-in-chief.

No gunshot victims arrived at Shock Trauma during three hours on a weekday evening this month when HuffPost paid a visit but the costs of preparing for the worst were evident.

Ten or more physicians work 24-hour shifts along with eight or so nurses working 12-hour days. Beds are arrayed in a U shape around where the personnel are stationed. Each patient bay is equipped with state-of-the-art monitoring equipment, costly diagnostic machines, supplies and everything a team of medical personnel needs to perform surgery on the spot. Down the hall are operating rooms and a medical imaging center.

This is typical of trauma centers, especially those in urban areas with more frequent gun violence, said Lynette Scherer, the chief of trauma and emergency medical services at the UC Davis Medical Center in northern California. Staffing costs are high as emergency medical technicians, nurses, radiologists, nurses, physicians, surgeons and others have to be on site 24 hours a day. Facility, equipment and supply costs add to the tab.

For a patient with a gunshot wound, a single surgery followed by two days in the intensive care unit runs about $100,000, she said.

That's because bullets are very good at what they're designed to do: cause massive injury to the human body, said Christopher Colwell, the director of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Denver Health Medical Center.

"The speed with which a bullet hits the body causes damage that no other weapon does," Colwell said. "Very rarely does something impress me to the extent that bullet wounds do on a regular basis."

Colwell oversaw the treatment of victims of last year's movie theater shooting in nearby Aurora and he was on the scene at Columbine High School near Littleton in 1999, when 12 children and a teacher were shot to death.

"Although none of these injuries was different from something that we do see on a far-too-regular basis in our emergency department, clustered together you're again reminded of how easy it is to cause irreparable damage with a gun," Colwell said. He's especially haunted by one memory at Columbine: a boy, sitting dead, his math book still open on his desk. "These are visions you never lose."

Readiness to treat such gruesome wounds comes at a price, said Shock Trauma's Scalea. He recently treated a child who died from gunshot wounds after six months in the hospital. "I have no idea of how many million dollars his care was but it was a lot of money," he said.

In his line of work, Scalea can't think about cost during the rush to keep someone alive. When he's got a patient in front of him, he also tries not to think about the violence that brought him to the hospital or to the lasting carnage it leaves in its wake.

One recent Sunday, the ugliness got to him. Scalea retreated into his office to cry after telling a mother and father they'd lost a second child to violence, this time a son in his 20s who'd been shot in the head. "It's not what they had planned to hear when they got home from church," he said. "The older I get, the worse that part of the job is."

Jerome Graham -- the victim of the Baltimore shooting last year -- brings his own street-level expertise to the subject. He believes the bullet that brought him down was payback for a 1999 slaying that sent him to prison for almost 10 years on a second-degree murder conviction.

His disability now palpable testament to the consequences of triggers being pulled, Graham now participates in a violence prevention program run by the University of Maryland Medical Center. He credits the program with connecting him to government services like Medicaid and Social Security and a Maryland job-retraining program. Graham also says the program helped him turn away from the violence he knew before.

Graham, his wife and his children are heavily dependent on government programs. His disability prevents him from resuming the career as an electrician he started building after receiving training in prison and working after his release. Graham's wife also is unemployed and receives cash assistance, and the family lives in subsidized housing.

At home, Graham's disability makes it hard for him to contribute to household chores though he still helps rear the kids and help with homework. Graham, who volunteers as a peer counselor at the hospital, aims to be an example for his children and others in his community that change is possible.

"Even in this difficult time, I feel blessed," he said. Reported by Huffington Post 4 hours ago.

Video: Aurora accused gunman hopes to avoid death penalty

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James Holmes, the accused gunman in the Aurora, Colo., theater shootings is offering to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty. Charlie Rose reports. Reported by CBS News 3 hours ago.

BioPharm Insight Journalist Awarded Fellowship by Association of Health Care Journalists

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Infinata’s Biopharm Insight reporter Christine Livoti chosen from a record number of applications for fellowships

Norwood, MA (PRWEB) March 28, 2013

Infinata’s BioPharm Insight™ is pleased to announce that Christine Livoti was selected to receive a fellowship to attend the National Press Foundation’s second annual program on “Obesity Issues 2013” in Aurora, Colo., April 28 – May 1. The program is sponsored by the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo.

Christine is a member of BioPharm Insight’s global team of investigative journalists who provide subscribers with a daily stream of proprietary intelligence predicting market-moving events 6-24 months in advance. BioPharm Insight offers the global biopharmaceutical community a unique combination of business intelligence, market analytics, key industry contacts, and award-winning independent investigative journalism.

She combines biopharmaceutical industry and business expertise. Christine has worked with NABsys, the Slater Technology Fund, and Landmark Ventures. She graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Biology. Christine has published her research in tissue engineering. In addition to Obesity, Christine’s coverage areas include HCV, HIV, Diabetes, Melanoma, Basal Cell Carcinoma, Dermatology, Cosmetics/aesthetics, Sequencing Technology and Diagnostics.

Since 1976, the National Press Foundation has provided professional development opportunities to more than 5,000 editors, producers and reporters, helping them to better understand and explain the impact of public policy on readers and viewers.

Linda Topping Streitfeld, Director of Programs for the National Press Foundation, said, “Based on Christine’s experience in covering obesity and related issues, we know she will make an outstanding contribution to the program.”

This is Christine’s second fellowship win this year: In February she was chosen from among a record number of applicants to receive a Fellowship from the Association of Health Care Journalists, a 1300-member independent, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing public understanding of health care issues.

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James Holmes Will Plead Guilty in Aurora Cinema Theater Murders

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The trial of the Aurora, Colorado killer that I have covered recently is coming to an end, reports say. Gunman James Holmes will be pleading guilty in the murders of 12 people in a cinema theater in July. 58 moviegoers were also injured when Holmes opened fire during a Dark Knight Rises screening, while donning a Joker getup. According to the Denver Post, a guilty plea allows Holmes to escape the death penalty. If both parts come to an agreement, the trial could be ... Reported by Softpedia 3 hours ago.

Family members react to Holmes' plea offer

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D.A. must decide whether to take death penalty off the table in exchange for guilty plea from Aurora shooting suspect Reported by CBS News 3 hours ago.

Waveland Ventures, Jackson Street Holdings and Arrival Partners Announce $160 Million Block 21 Development at Aurora’s Fitzsimons Complex of Medical-Related Facilities

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Waveland Ventures, Jackson Street Holdings and Arrival Partners Announce $160 Million Block 21 Development at Aurora’s Fitzsimons Complex of Medical-Related Facilities AURORA, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Block 21 is a $160 million mixed-use urban development adjacent to Aurora’s Fitzsimons medical complex, featuring a hotel and conference center, apartments, dining and retail. Reported by Business Wire 3 hours ago.

James Holmes: Aurora shooter offers guilty plea in exchange for life in jail

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James Holmes: Aurora shooter offers guilty plea in exchange for life in jail Defense attorneys for the former graduate student accused of killing 12 people at a Denver area movie theater last July [...]

The post James Holmes: Aurora shooter offers guilty plea in exchange for life in jail appeared first on Metro.us. Reported by metronews 51 minutes ago.

Lutheville-Timonium Obituaries Through March 28

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Patch Lutherville-Timonium, MD --

Here are links to obituaries for the Lutherville-Timonium area as posted by local funeral homes:

*Lemmon Funeral Home of Dulaney Valley*

· William T. Anderson passed away Mar. 27.
· Edna B. Beckstrom passed away Mar. 26.
· Pamela L. Cofiell passed away Mar. 25.
· Charles C. Freitag Sr. passed away Mar. 25.
· Mary-Alice (Powers) Garmer passed away Mar. 24.
· Jennie (Baublitz) Sparks passed away Mar. 20.
· Maynard E. Keadle passed away Mar. 19.
· Dorothy J. Zelenka passed away Mar. 19.

*Mitchell-Weidefeld Funeral Home*

· Richard Rubin passed away Mar. 25.
· Margaret Calvin Frazee passed away Mar. 23.
· Leonna Jean Godey passed away Mar. 21.
· John Howard Cassady passed away Mar. 21.
· Jonathan Edwards Clark passed away Mar. 19.
· Stephen Joseph Long passed away Mar. 19.
· Carolyn Elizabeth Chlan passed away Mar. 18.
· Norma Custodio Frias passed away Mar. 17.

*Ruck Funeral Homes*

· Carol G. Hjortsberg passed away Mar. 27.
· J. George Bechler Jr. passed away Mar. 26.
· Harold E. Hoffner Jr. passed away Mar. 26.
· Joan S. Roemer passed away Mar. 26.
· James A. Tezzano passed away Mar. 26.
· William D. Anderson passed away Mar. 25.
· Sally T. McClelland passed away Mar. 24.
· Harold Williams passed away Mar. 24.
· Chris Kanaras passed away Mar. 23.
· John Raymond Harris passed away Mar. 23.
· Raymond Adam Keska passed away Mar. 23.
· James Radomsky passed away Mar. 23.
· James Ray Gibson Sr. passed away Mar. 22.
· Arline M. Herb passed away Mar. 22.
· Nancy Lightfoot King passed away Mar. 22.
· Aurora S. Richards passed away Mar. 22.
· Geraldine Eva Rouse passed away Mar. 22.
· Mildred F. Callahan passed away Mar. 21.
· John Patrick Taylor Sr. passed away Mar. 21.
· Joyce Virginia Wayson passed away Mar. 21.
· Calvin Vernon Warns passed away Mar. 20.
· Carl Oscar Gussio passed away Mar. 19.
· Frederick Marcuson passed away Mar. 19.
· Walter Edward Johnson passed away Mar. 18. Reported by Patch 15 minutes ago.

Berkeley's Aurora Theatre announces new season

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Berkeley's Aurora Theatre announces its 2013-14 season including a Bay Area premiere and a David Mamet revival. Reported by San Jose Mercury News 12 minutes ago.

Car Wipes Out Multiple Vehicles in Downtown Naperville During Reported Police Chase

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Car Wipes Out Multiple Vehicles in Downtown Naperville During Reported Police Chase Patch Darien, IL --

A car side-swiped multiple vehicles causing considerable damage to them in the heart of downtown Naperville Thursday during a reported police pursuit, according to witnesses. 

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Witnesses said a speeding vehicle traveling eastbound in the 100 block of West Jefferson Avenue side-swiped three vehicles in a row, which were traveling westbound Thursday afternoon about 1:30 p.m.

After hitting the three cars, the vehicle reportedly turned southbound on South Main Street, where it was reported to have hit two other vehicles near Main and Aurora before being stopped by police, according to witnesses.

The identity of the driver of the vehicle as well as the vehicle's make and model is unknown at this time.

Witnesses said the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when it hit a black Ford Explorer as well as a tan Toyota Camry and a Chevy sedan, both of which were traveling behind the Explorer on West Jefferson. 

The incident caused quite a scene as many shoppers out enjoying the spring weather in downtown Naperville gathered along the street to get a glimpse of the accident. Some local business owners had their doors propped open and heard the accident as it happened. 

"The noise was ridiculous," said Anderson's Two Doors East employee Sally Blackburn. "People were screaming because they were seeing it and then the noise of the metal-on-metal was really just crazy." 

After the incident, Naperville police had a portion of West Jefferson closed from South Main Street to South Webster Street as well as the intersection at Main and Aurora for about one hour.

Two vehicles with noticeable damage were being towed away from the scene shortly after 2 p.m. as city crews cleared shards of glass and debris from the street.

An employee of Elan Boutique, 143 W. Jefferson Ave., rushed out of the front door of the business after she heard tires squealing followed by the sound of an accident as the incident happened. 

"I ran out the door because I'm like, 'somebody is hitting cars!,'" the employee said. "[The car] wiped everybody out. And as soon as I heard like a 'bam, bam, bam,' the cop passed my door here, so I think he might have been in pursuit."

The employee said she saw a police cruiser turning onto West Jefferson from South Webster, believed to be in pursuit of the vehicle when she exited the store. 

"The first [car that was hit] was a [Explorer] and I went running up to [the driver], I had clothes in my hand, I threw them on the car and the whole side of his car was wiped out - his mirror was off, all of the glass was gone," she said.

"I got the door open, got the glass cleaned off the poor guy and he seemed to be OK and then the cops came [to help]." 

It is unknown at this time if any of the drivers sustained injuries as a result of the multi-vehicle crash. 

Naperville police were contacted Thursday and said they will provide more information this afternoon. 

Patch will have more information as it becomes available.  Reported by Patch 13 hours ago.

Prosecutors in Aurora Shooting Case Reject Plea Offer

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Prosecutors in the movie theater shooting rebuffed an offer from the suspect, James E. Holmes, to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty. Reported by NYTimes.com 16 hours ago.

Colorado prosecutors reject Holmes' guilty plea offer as publicity stunt

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Colorado prosecutors say an offer by lawyers representing mass-murder suspect James Holmes — to plead guilty in exchange for not seeking the death penalty — amounts to a publicity stunt and may violate a gag order attorneys signed in the case.Holmes is accused of killing 12 and injuring 70 movie-goers at the premiere of a Batman film in Aurora, Colo., on July 20.On Wednesday, defense lawyers filed... Reported by msnbc.com 15 hours ago.

Counterfeit Cash Trickling Around In Solon

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Counterfeit Cash Trickling Around In Solon Patch Solon, OH --

Two separate incidents of fake money being used at Solon businesses occured in the last week, according to Solon Police.

Both incidents are under investigation.

On March 20, a woman called Solon Police to say that she was shopping at Mustard Seed Market at Uptown Solon and received change. She then tried to use a $20 bill she received at the grocery store at a gas station, where the clerk told her it was fake.

She called Mustard Seed and they agreed to take back the fake money and give her a real $20. The grocery store then gave the money to police.

On March 23, an employee of McDonald's on Aurora Road was getting the daily deposit ready and noticed a fake $20 bill. The bill was turned over to police. Reported by Patch 12 hours ago.

Reverse Raffle, Steak Dinner Event Set at the American Legion

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Reverse Raffle, Steak Dinner Event Set at the American Legion Patch Brecksville, OH --

The same group that brought Brecksville some of the best fish fries of the Lenten season is gearing up for another big event.

Mark your calendars, because the American Legion, Post 196, is hosting a steak dinner and reverse raffle event from 6 to 11 p.m. April 27. 

Tickets, recently opened up to the public, are on sale for $25.

Diners will have the option for a steak or chicken dinner served from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. 

“I think people get excited about this event because it’s opportunity to go out and win a prize and a have some fun,” Rhonda Janowski, president of the ladies auxiliary.

Some of the prizes include a Harley Davidson gift basket with assorted items; an evening stay at the Betram Inn in Aurora; and an autographed football by former Browns kicker Phil Dawson. 

Tickets for the event can be purchased at the Legion’s Post Canteen. But tickets won’t last long.

“Last time we did the reverse raffle, we only sold 75 tickets and people were calling the day of the event, but we sold out,” Janowski added. 

Proceeds of the event benefit the various programs and events hosted by the American Legion. Reported by Patch 13 hours ago.

Solon Chamber of Commerce Hires New CEO

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Solon Chamber of Commerce Hires New CEO Patch Solon, OH --

Jennifer Natale is the new CEO of the Solon Chamber of Commerce.

She will be formally introduced to chamber members at the monthly luncheon in April.

"We are pleased that she is joining a well-organized group and feel that she will be able to keep the Chamber moving forward," said Chamber Chairman Jim Kelvington.

Before joining the Solon Chamber, Natale worked with the American Red Cross as a Donor Recruitment Representative where she was responsible for the market development and territory management for the Northern Ohio Blood Services Division.

She has previously worked as executive director for the Aurora Chamber of Commerce and Aurora Convention & Vistors Bureau. 

She graduated from The Ohio State University and has over 20 years of management and sales experience. She currently resides in Hiram with her husband and her two children. Reported by Patch 12 hours ago.
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