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- A city of northeast Ohio south-southeast of Cleveland. It developed as a major producer of rubber products, especially automobile tires.
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- proper noun A place name.
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- noun a city in northeastern Ohio; the heart of the United States rubber industry
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 7: 05 p.m. AKRON, Ohio - Darryl Roberts had 18 points and eight rebounds and Akron had its highest-scoring game of the season to defeat Northern Illinois 90-76 on Wednesday night.
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AKRON: An Akron man has been charged by police with 18 counts of possessing child pornography.
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AKRON: A group of teens taunted and then assaulted a 45-year-old woman, knocking her to the ground and stealing her purse, Akron police said.
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AKRON 5, UNC 4 (PK): Top-seeded Akron eliminated North Carolina on penalty kicks Friday night in the semifinals of the men's College Cup at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary.
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AKRON: An Akron man has been charged by police with 18 counts of possessing child pornography.
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AKRON - Trailing 9-4, Akron rallied for seven runs in the sixth inning to earn a narrow 11-10 win over CSAT Saturday.
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Mary High in Akron, is the target of a bidding war involving Reebok, Nike and Adidas, but no deal is signed, James 'spokesman said.
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: Note also that Knight Ridder’s paper in Akron is running out of pencils.
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