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The 12th Annual Taste of Cleveland rolls out the eats in grand style. This year more than 30 local restaurants and other food providers will offer a range of ethnic and American foods so everyone in the family can find something they like. In addition there's a full lineup of music headliners and local bands, ethnic dancers and singers, the Style Network Makeover Bus, an appearance by food and wine expert Ted Allen on Saturday and the Cuyahoga County Mayors' Dessert Cup Challenge at 1 p.m. Saturday. It opens today and runs through Monday with free admission today and $7 adults, children under 12 free the rest of the weekend. Go to cleveland.com/tasteofcleveland for info. - Anastasia Pantsios

They call it the "Great" Geauga County Fair for a reason: It's old - one of the US's oldest agricultural fairs, now in its 185th year - and it's big - its slogan is "You can't see it all in a day." So you have five days - today through Labor Day - from 8 a.m.-midnight to take in the multitude of attractions spread across the sprawling Geauga County Fairgrounds in Burton.

Official: obesity risk to half of all children

The government has admitted for the first time that almost half of all children will be dangerously overweight by 2050 if drastic action is not taken to halt the growth in childhood obesity.

Revealing the true scale of the obesity epidemic, Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, said the number of children in the high risk category was rising at a worrying rate.

'If that trend continues, by mid-century we'd be getting close to half of all children classified as obese,' he said.

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State, IBM show off service center, but doubts linger

The state human services agency provided a look yesterday at a service center that will change the way Indiana delivers food stamps and other welfare benefits.