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An arbitrator upheld the firing of a Cleveland police officer who took part in a fatal shooting of two unarmed people after a chase in 2012. The terminations of five other officers were overturned. The mayor’s office released a copy of the arbitration decision on Tuesday.

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Comic C.K. talks about the pain of his first-ever open mic experience; John Powers reviews Karl Ove Knausgaard's 'My Struggle'; LeFarge performs new songs and some favorites from the 1920s and '30s.

The two Australian leaders of the trafficking ring and several other smugglers have been informed that their execution by firing squad is imminent.

Despite intervention from Congress, Amer Adi Othman remains in a federal prison about three miles from his downtown grocery store and hookah bar in Youngstown. That’s where his wife, daughters, friends, customers and other supporters gathered to argue in the letters they wrote what hundreds of protesters had argued in the streets over the weekend: That the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement cannot justify holding him.

A Youngstown businessman who had planned to leave the country voluntarily two weeks ago was jailed at his meeting with immigration officials Tuesday. Amer Adi Othman, 57, had faced deportation earlier this month after 40 years in the U.S. because of allegations his first marriage was a sham. He denies that, and U.S Rep. Tim Ryan (D- Howland) had sponsored a bill to allow him to remain.

Akron’s effort to reduce the flow of sewage into streams and rivers was one of five projects that earned "exceptional" honors earlier this month by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Project engineers showcased its new storage basin Tuesday. The Howard Storage Basin got its first big workout last weekend when heavy rains that would have carried millions of gallons of sewage overflow into the Little Cuyahoga River stopped in this massive, 30-foot-deep concrete rectangle instead.

Work is underway for the first big growing facility for medical marijuana. The Cresco facility in Yellow Springs is one of a dozen that were awarded licenses two weeks ago. Illinois-based Cresco Labs’ new 50,000-square-foot, $7 million greenhouse will produce cannabis-based pharmaceutical products. Cresco’s high-tech facility will be built on nearly 10 acres of village-owned land near Antioch University. The company expects to create at least two dozen new jobs next year, and add more employees as the facility expands.

On December 11, 1918, 54 musicians tuned-up their instruments in a downtown Cleveland concert hall and launched into history. The Cleveland Orchestra has ambitious plans for it its 100th birthday celebration this year. Chief Artistic Officer Mark Williams says it’s been a five-year process, developing special concerts and booking guest performers.

The president of Cleveland’s rank-and-file police union says members voted down a proposed contract over the weekend. Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association president Steve Loomis said he isn’t sure why members rejected the agreement. “To be honest with you, I have no idea,” Loomis said. “I thought that this was the end result of a lot of good, hard frustrating work on the part of the city and the members of the negotiating committee.”