FOX 8 Cleveland School Closings

WKYC Cleveland School Closings today. WKYC Channel 3 Northeast Ohio School Closings are being reported as weather conditions worsen Monday.

Northeast Ohio is under a severe weather alert until 7 PM EST today. Fox 8 Cleveland joins WKYC with reports of school closings today.

A lake effect snow warning was issued this morning. Reports put 2-4″ of snow as possible striking the region just in today’s early morning hours. It’s a mix of light snow and frigid 19 degree that is causing closure of the following area schools:

Redwood Elementary School, Aurora City Schools, Bethel Baptist Christian Acad, Valley Christian Acad-Aurora, CARE Christian Academy, Northfield Baptist School, All Saints of St John Vianney, Andrews Osborne Academy, Auburn Career Center, and Clev Inst Den Med Asst-Mentor

The current list was generated 5 minutes ago on January 4, 2010 at 7:10 AM.

Also on the list:

CRAWFORD
Wynford Local Schools - Bucyrus: Delayed 2 Hours

CUYAHOGA
Bethlehem Christian Academy - Orange: Closed
Chagrin Falls Ex. Village Schools - Chagrin Falls: Closed
Cleveland Institute Dental-Med Assist. - Cleveland: Closed
Cleveland Institute Dental/Med-Lyndhurst - Cleveland: Closed
Ohio Center For Broadcasting - Valley View: Delayed 1 Hour
Richmond Heights Christian - Richmond Heights: Closed
Solon Center For The Arts - Solon: Closed
Solon City Schools - Solon: Closed
St. Joan of Arc - Chagrin Falls: Closed
St. Peter Chanel - Bedford: Closed
St. Rita - Solon: Closed
Warrensville Heights City Schools - Warrensville Heights: Closed

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Tebow Cam: Sugar Bowl 2010 Score

Tebow Cam took Tim Tebow fascinations to new levels last night. This comes as Tebow had an impressive Sugar Bowl performance.At last night’s Sugar Bowl, Tim Tebow had his own webcam and a bible on his side, which may be why his performance was the sweetest in the game’s history.
At a career high, Tebow threw 482 yards and scored three touchdowns; later he added another 51 yards and scored again. With his no. 5 team, the Florida Gators, Tebow decimated no. 4 Cincinnati Bearcats 51-24.

"This has been the best four years of life," Tebow said. "We wanted to end it on a good note."

“QB: Tim Tebow, QB, Florida, 2006-2009: Two national championship rings, one Heisman trophy, three trips to New York City as a Heisman finalist, 2 First-team All American honors, two SEC Player of the Year awards, and the SEC career record holder in rushing touchdowns. A winner, a scholar and the gold standard of what collegiate athletes should aspire to be.”

Tebow was 31 for 35 with 482 yards, 3 TDs and no INT.

For the season, Tebow for the season was passing at 65% completion rate with 18 TDs, 5 INTs and 2413 yards. Tebow also leads Gators rushing with 13 TDs on 203 carries over 859 yards.Cooper leads receiving with 8 TDs on 44 receptions over 780 yards.

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Tim Tebow – Bids adieu to the bowl game

Tim Tebow, a star performer from University of Florida has played his last game on the eve of New Year. FOX Sports exactly complemented his scintillating sports career avidly by keeping a ‘star cam’ entirely focused on him throughout the game. His fans were aptly rewarded while watching the star playing exclusively his last game. A legacy in the bowl game came to an end with his departure. The memorable game for Tim was played between theUniversity of Florida and the Cincinnati Bearcats in the ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL contest. The ‘star cam’ for Tim was fixed on a 50 yard line giving minute by minute details of Tim Tebow’s action to his fans. Right from the time he took to the field, the cam followed him up to the dressing room in the end.



He has in his credit, two national championship rings, visited New York City three times as Heisman finalist, has won the Heisman trophy once, has bagged First-team All American honors twice, and has been the winner of SEC Player of the Year awards two times. He is also the SEC Career record holder more often. He will always be remembered as a winner and a trend setter in his game for many more years to come

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NORAD Santa Tracker 2009 Locks on Santa's Route

The NORAD Santa Tracker 2009 has been activated again for all the boys and girls. Now the NORAD Santa Tracker 2009 is again ready to spy on Santa Claus and give away his flight pattern. The


NORAD Santa Tracker 2009 Locks on Santa's Route federal government is obsessed with spying and keeping things classified - yet they make an exception for the most powerful, magical, secretive figure on Earth. But whether it is with Santa's consent or not, the NORAD Santa Tracker 2009 is set to let kids know when to expect him tonight.
Every Christmas eve, NORAD does what so many other children cannot - discover where Santa Claus is. Despite grinches alleging that the jolly icon doesn't exist, this government agency not only knows he exists, but knows his flight plan. Kids all over the world can log onto their website, and find out where the famed sleigh is at a given time.


The jolly fat man has a full 24 hours of flying tonight, traveling all over the world to deliver presents. The NORAD Santa Tracker 2009 gives away where he is at any given time - and lets children know when he should be at their house. Once he gets there, they'll have to log off and pretend to sleep, of course, but the tracker gives them fair warning.
As of 9:30 am est, Santa is making his way through Japan, in one of his first stops of the night. He already went to Australia and Indonesia, and will be working through the globe until he gets to America, in about 15 hours. After that, the NORAD Santa Tracker can rest for another year, as Claus returns to the North Pole to rest - privately.

This is the 52'th year that NORAD has taken an interest in Santa's route. In 1955, a young man in Colorado Springs mistakenly called an air defense center, thinking they could track Santa. When NORAD was formed three years later, they found a way to do it for real.

Given our troubling times, the agency has to make extra sure that Santa can't be mistaken for an enemy target. After all, he does break into homes and illegally cross borders once a year.

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Christmas Eve Quotes for a Merry Christmas Celebration

Christmas Eve is celebrated around the world and Christmas Eve quotes are a top search on the Internet as people look to send words of appreciation and sentiments for the Christmas holiday. Use these Christmas Eve quotes in cards, letters, emails or on Twitter to spread some joy this holiday season.

Some quotes that are perfect for Christmas are written by famous people, past and present. Other quotes are recorded yet the writer is unknown. Enjoy sharing these Christmas Eve quotes for all to enjoy.

“The grate had been removed from the wide overwhelming fireplace, to make way for a fire of wood, in the midst of which was an enormous log glowing and blazing, and sending forth a vast volume of light and heat; this I understood was the Yule-log, which the Squire was particular in having brought in and illumined on a Christmas eve, according to ancient custom.” Washington Irving

"There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child." Erma Bombeck

"Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'." Bing Crosby

"He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree." Roy L. Smith

"I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys." Charles Dickens

"Even as an adult I find it difficult to sleep on Christmas Eve. Yuletide excitement is a potent caffeine, no matter your age." Carrie Latet

"May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace, The gladness of Christmas give you hope, The warmth of Christmas grant you love."

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UltraDNS Outage “Multiple Site Down”

This morning, our Dynect Platform monitoring system noticed a problem, a big one. From our global perspective, it appears that many online services, including amazon.com (the store, AWS, and S3), salesforce.com, advertisting.com, and petco.com, had some serious DNS troubles.

As many of our readers know, DNS is the glue that binds domain names, like dynect.com to their respective server’s IP addresses (204.13.248.122). Without DNS, nothing works; no web, e-mail, voip, IM, file sharing, etc.


The Dynect Team quickly began to analyze the situation by checking the resolution chains for these popular web sites. Our analysis revealed that multiple UltraDNS PDNS (a special class of ultradns server) nodes were failing to respond to all DNS queries.

Amazon.com clearly knew about the problem, as our monitoring then detected a change in the delegation for amazon.com from UltraDNS’ PDNS nodes to their UDNS nodes at approximately 8:50 am Eastern.

We continued our analysis by checking our global performance trending system – some graphs showing the problems are below.

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Jon Huntsman and Huntsman Cancer Institute

Jon Huntsman, self-made billionaire and philanthropist, was on FOX Glenn Beck's show. Jon Huntsman is the chairman of the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Researchers at the Institute work to more fully understand the process of cancer and devise new ways to treat it.

Watch the interview videos.

Part 2: Self-made billionaire and philanthropist Jon Huntsman on Glenn Beck Show

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Arnold Stang, actor known for nerdy roles, dies

Arnold Stang, an actor who appeared alongside Milton Berle and Frank Sinatra and was known for his nerdy looks and distinctive nasal voice, has died. He was 91.
Stang died Sunday of pneumonia at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts, said JoAnne Stang, his wife of 60 years.
She attributed her husband's career longevity to his willingness to tackle any professional challenge.
"He was really unique, because he could perform in any role, comedy or drama, he just loved it all," she said Tuesday. "He always thought of himself just as an actor, not any particular kind of actor, but just an actor who would play whatever he was asked to play."
Despite often playing goofy characters, Stang was the consummate professional, preparing the same for his biggest roles and the smallest commercials.
"I remember how smart he was, and how hard-working, and how disciplined he was, no matter what the role," his wife said.
The slight and diminutive Stang started his career on the radio as a teenager and never lost his love of the medium.

JoAnne Stang remembers her husband zipping across Manhattan in the 1940s and '50s, from radio show to radio show, all live and challenging in their own way because all the acting is done through voice, with no facial expressions or body language, she said.
"That was his education," she said.
He played alongside Berle on radio and television in the 1950s, starred as Sinatra's sidekick in the 1955 movie "The Man with the Golden Arm," and was a member of the ensemble comedic cast of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" in 1963.
The dramatic role alongside Sinatra was one of his favorites, his wife said.
He voiced cartoons, including the lead character in the 1960s cartoon "Top Cat," and did dozens of commercials, perhaps most notably for the Chunky candy bar.
He appeared in movies alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Cosby and continued acting into his 80s, playing a role in the 1993 movie "Dennis the Menace."
Stang invented and mischievously perpetuated a story that he was born and raised in the Boston suburb of Chelsea. But his wife said he was really raised in Brooklyn. He lived in the Boston suburb of Needham for the past decade.
In addition to his wife, Stang is survived by son David and daughter Deborah.

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