Software uncovers campaign cash using social networks
The tool BlueSwarm helps candidates and committees raise funds by enabling donors to recruit their Outlook and Facebook networks. It tracks donor trees and who has given or still needs to contribute, expanding fundraising beyond traditional bundlers. Boston VC Brian Shortsleeve notes Baker has raised over $100k via the system.
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Charles Baker
Massachusetts
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Marco Rubio
Florida
Rob Portman
Ohio
BlueSwarm
Democratic Governors Association
Brian Shortsleeve
Baker
U.S. Senate
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Westford
Mass
Palo Alto
Calif
Deval Patrick
Rubio
Charlie Crist
Crist
GOP
Portman
Shortsleeve
Mitt Romney
Romney
Erik Nilsson
Comitt
Beverages Warehouse Robbery In Elyria
Two black male robbers entered Beverage Warehouse through the drive through and held two women at gunpoint. They demanded cash from registers and forced the safe to be opened before fleeing on foot as a vehicle arrived.
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Elyria
Lucy Idol Center Receives $1000 Grant In 1954 Origin
Vermilion kindergarten teacher Lucy Idol began aiding mentally challenged children after school in a church basement. The Lucy Idol Center formed, expanded in 1969, and added a 1994 activity room serving about 40 individuals with therapy and education programs. The foundation has granted over $158,000 to the center since 1981.
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Lucy Idol
Vermilion
Con
Tributors
Courts embrace social media juror rule in Ohio trials
Judges prosecutors and defense lawyers welcome a new jury instruction addressing use of Facebook Twitter YouTube Google and smartphones during trials. The rule updates prior cautions and aims to preserve trial integrity amid the information age.
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Willoughby
Times
Lake County Common Pleas Court
Vincent Culotta
Google
Culotta
Ohio State Bar Association
Geauga County Common Pleas Court
Forrest Burt
Burt
Dominic Vitantonio
Jack Neuenschwander
Bar Association
Ohio Supreme Court
Judith Ann Lanzinger
National Courts Association
Conference of Court Public Information Officers
Chris Davey
Office of Public Information
Sex offenders in Cleveland vanish from listed addresses
A Plain Dealer investigation finds two thirds of offenders at Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries on Cleveland's East Side are unaccounted for, with some possibly living in suburbs unknown to authorities. Experts say stricter residence rules push offenders to register at false addresses and hide.
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Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries
the Plain Dealer
Alisa Kelin
The
Association For the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
Attorney General
Sue DeChant
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