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March 10, 2010
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Antonin Dvorak: String Serenade (Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra)


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Modest Mussorgsky: Dawn on the Moscow River (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)


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Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture #3 (Akron Symphony Orchestra)



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Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture #3 (Akron Symphony Orchestra)



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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Ohioans who were ripped off by their lawyers are getting a little compensation
Fund is not funded by taxpayers, but by registration fees all Ohio lawyers pay

Dozens of Ohioans who were ripped off by their own attorneys are being sent some money as compensation. It comes from a special "Client's Security Fund". (more )

New York film studio moves operations to Cleveland
Three movies planned for Northeast Ohio

A Cleveland city council committee has pledged $1.2 million in loan guarantees to a film studio in Northeast Ohio. (more )

$43 million addition planned for Akron hospital
Two year project would increase size of emergency room

Summa Akron City Hospital is in for a major expansion. (more )

Crowd at GlenOak High School in Stark  County for a tea-party sponsored debate Ohio's 16th District gets a closer look from tea-partiers
GOP candidates showcase their conservative credentials

Four Republican candidates for a key swing congressional district in Northeast Ohio preached the small-government gospel last night to an auditorium in Stark County full of people who believe that may be the only way to save America. (more )

The Plain Dealer's Terry Pluto (Amanda Rabinowitz)Terry Pluto: Despite 23 wins, why do MAC teams get denied at-large NCAA tourney bids?
Kent State, Univeristy of Akron favorites for a shot at the big dance at the MAC tourney at the Q

Kent State University and The University of Akron are the favorites at the MAC basketball tournament at the Q starting Thursday. The MAC's winner gets an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. The runner-up likely will get nothing. The Plain Dealer's Terry Pluto talks to WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz about why the MAC conference gets overlooked when the at-large bids are handed out. (more )

The Penobscot Bay follows a path on the frozen Lake Erie. (Mitch Cooper)Coast guard cutter plies Lake Erie at busiest time of the year
Penobscot Bay cutting ice on Lake Erie

The Coast Guard is beginning its busiest time of the year cutting ice on the Great Lakes. And with the shipping season opening in two weeks, an extra ship is helping to ram through Lake Erie's massive ice pressure ridges. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz spent a day aboard the Penobscot Bay cutter and has this report. (more )

Amish investors in Fair Finance gather at a community meeting om Wooster in January that drew 1,200 people. (Brandon Davis)The Amish and National Lampoon...
...not elements you would usually pair in the same news story

But, they are indeed tied together in the complex tale of a troubled Northeast Ohio company called Fair Finance....and how the decades old seller of investment certificates changed after a new owner, once high-flying Indianapolis entrepreneur Tim Durham, took over (more )


Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Ohio Senate passes bill aimed at cracking down on teen violence

Ohio legislators are wrapping up work in a bill letting teenagers who are being threatened, stalked, or abused by other teens to get restraining orders from juvenile courts. The Ohio House of Representatives okayed one version of the measure last June and today, the Senate approved a slightly different version. (more )

Cleveland school C.E.O. Eugene Sanders listens to criticism and praise for his reform plan from the public before the board approved. (Kevin Niedermier)Cleveland school board approves sweeping reform plan
Vote allows school closings and greater accountability from teachers and administrators

The planned overhaul of the Cleveland public school system will go forward....at least as far as funding will take it. Tuesday night, the school board voted nearly unanimously in favor of the sometimes controversial plan. (more )

ChryslerTwinsburg plant in May, 2009 when the decision was made that it would be closed or sold (Tim Rudell)Twinsburg plant goes on the auction block
Bidding will take place behind closed doors in New York

When Chrysler was forced into bankrputcy in 2009 the Twinsburg plant was among assets to be eliminated from the new, restructured company (more )

Quarterback Anderson sent packing
Cleveland Browns continue quarterback shuffle

Derek Anderson is done with the Cleveland Browns. The team released the quarterback today with a statement from Coach Eric Mangini that thanked him for his service.

Anderson was with the team for five years and made the pro-bowl once as an alternate. He would have made a 2 million dollar bonus if he'd remained on the roster through March 19.

The release came the day after the Browns traded for backup Seattle quarterback Seneca Wallace, and the Plain Dealer's Terry Pluto says Anderson just wasn't worth the money.

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Calories of soft drinks slashed in schools

Three giant soft drink companies say they slashed the beverage calories they've been delivering to schools in Ohio and across the nation. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports. (more )

Money for victims of attorney theft

Dozens of Ohioans who were ripped off by their own attorneys are being sent some money as compensation. It comes from a special "Clients' Security Fund." Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports. (more )

Inmate still hospitalized
Should be deemed healthy soon

The Ohio death row inmate whose drug overdose delayed his lethal injection by a week, remains in a Youngstown hospital today. Lawrence Reynolds Junior was found unconscious in his prison cell late Sunday night, but now he's conscious. Medical personnel now have the unusual job of getting Reynolds health enough to be executed. Julie Walburn of the Ohio Corrections Department gave this update to Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen. (more )

Soft drink calories dropped in schools
Students are able to purchase diet drinks

Three giant soft drink companies say they slashed the beverage calories they've been delivering to schools in Ohio and across the nation. Pepsi, Coca-cola, and Dr. Pepper paid for a study by an independent research company, and it reports that since 2004, there's been a dramatic change. Kimberly McConville is director of the Ohio Soft Drink Association. She talks about that change in an interview with Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen. (more )

President to push health-care change in Northeast Ohio

President Barack Obama will be back in Northeastern Ohio Monday, this time to talk about health insurance reform.

The White House isn't releasing details yet.

The president was last here in January, when he appeared at Lorain County Community College to promote his jobs program. Since he was inaugurated last year, the president also has visited the Cleveland Clinic, which he touts as a model of high-quality medicine with costs well controlled.

Mr. Obama visited suburban Philadelphia yesterday and will be in St. Charles, Mo., tomorrow to push Congress to pass a Senate version of health reform. (more )

Morning Headlines for Tuesday March 9, 2010

- Ohio has postponed the execution of an inmate who overdosed on polles from tuesday to March 16
- The Justice Department is signing off on Election Systems & Software purchase of Diebold's electronic voting business
- The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the San Antonio Spurs 97-95 last night without LeBron
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Republican remains ahead in U.S. Senate race
Both Democrats trail Portman in race for Voinovich's seat

A new statewide poll shows Republican Rob Portman ahead of his Democratic challengers in the race for George Voinovich's U.S. Senate seat.

The Rasmussen poll shows Portman leading Ohio Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher 44-to-39 percent, and a six point lead over Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner 43-to-37 percent. The numbers have remain virtually unchanged from last month.

Lee Fisher says right now people have other things on their mind than the race for U-S Senate. (more )

Governor Strickland steps into bike lane debate
ODOT fears it could lose funding by resubmitting proposal

Supporters who want a bike lane included in the reconstruction of the I-90 Innerbelt bridge in Cleveland now have a powerful ally. (more )

Tim Knowles, University of Chicago urban education expert (University of Chicago)Cleveland's school transformation plan is on the right track according to expert, but may not have adequate funding
School board vote tonight will decide plans future

Outside observers give the Cleveland public schools' transformation plan high marks for vision...but there is a question about its funding. Overhauling the district will cost 70-million dollars over three-years. That's on top of a 50-million dollar budget deficit the district is already facing. This evening, the Cleveland school board votes on the ambitious plan to drastically change how teachers teach...how students learn...and how administrators run their buildings and the district. (more )


Monday, March 8, 2010

Some former Northeast Ohio GM dealers may be may be back in business
General Motors says it will reinstate the franchises of about 45% of the dealers it terminated across the country last year

But some dealers may not want to return to the GM fold (more )

OSHA deems Ohio oil refinery a danger
Proposes find of $3 million

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing a fine of more than $3 million for safety problems at BP's refinery in Toledo.

According to an internal OSHA memo provided by Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur's office, some of the dozens of violations resembled conditions just before the massive explosion in 2005 of a Texas refinery. That explosion killed 15 people and injured 180.

In a statement, U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis says BP "often ignored or severely delayed fixing known hazards."

BP would not comment on tape. In a written statement, it says it is evaluating the citations, and that the Toledo refinery's 2009 rate of recordable injuries was more than 25 percent lower than the industry average. (more )

Northeast Ohio company's voting machines still in play
Antitrust sign off requires resale of Diebold assets

The feds and state attorneys general have attached some conditions to the sale of Diebold's troubled voting division to its chief rival. (more )

Prison inmate hospitalized, delaying execution
Inmate expected to receive execution in about a week

There's a life and death irony playing out in Ohio's prison system. Corrections officials have gotten hospital treatment for a prison inmate, so he can get better and be executed. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports. (more )

Towpath Trail meeting begins extension
The path currently runs from Harvard Avenue to Steelyard Commons

Plans to extend the Towpath Trail from Steelyard Commons to north of the I-490 bridge in Cleveland will be discussed at a public meeting tomorrow. The northern end of the trail currently ends at lower Harvard Avenue in Cleveland, but has a one mile stretch that's been completed to Steelyard Commons.

Ohio Canal Corridor Director Tim Donovan says planners need the public's approval for the proposed path through Cleveland's near west side. (more )

Decision time close for Cleveland schools overhaul
Change will have a big impact on some 38,000 children

Cleveland's school board will decide tomorrow (Tuesday) night whether to commit to a massive overhaul of the state's second largest school system. The change would close and merge some schools and refashion others into smaller schools focused on specific disciplines.

It also would turn some of the schools over to private charter management, and hold teachers, administrators and the community more accountable.

The plan has drawn some protests from parents who fear the loss of neighborhood schools and whether new boundaries will target their children for gang violence. But it's also drawn strong support from community institutions, including the George Gund Foundation, which has committed at least $2.5 millionto the overhaul. The foundation's Ann Mullin says the school board faces a hard but rewarding task.

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Lawrence Reynolds Jr., on death row for murdering a Cuyahoga Falls neighbor State resets execution date for Northeast Ohio man who apparently tried to kill himself
Lawrence Reynolds gets one-week reprieve

A northeast Ohio man who was scheduled to be executed tomorrow (Tuesday) has been given an extra week to live.

Governor Ted Strickland has denied clemency to Lawrence Reynolds Junior, but did give him a temporary reprieve after Reynolds was found unconscious in his Youngstown prison cell shortly before midnight Sunday.

Reynolds was taken to a hospital while the state investigated whether he tried to overdose on pills, and Strickland rescheduled the execution for March 16th. He's reportedly regaining consciousness.

State prison spokeswoman Julie Walburn says the circumstances are unique. (more )

Presidential tumble makes Ohio's historical embarrassment list
General Sherman also took, and left, the stage

The Ohio Historical Society resumed its blog today with its fourth entry on the countdown of Ohio's most embarrassing historical moments. Here's the list from the historical society to date. (more )

Three counties hope to turn solid waste and methane gas into electricity
Project would produce electricity for farms, businesses and homes

A local waste management agency is looking for federal money to fund a pilot fuel cell project. (more )

Cleveland born comic looks at ways to get city back on its feet
Ideas outlined in a series of web documentaries

Comedian Drew Carey says he knows how to get Cleveland back on the road to prosperity. (more )

(L-R) East High Junior William Foy, Councilman T.J. Dow, and East High Juniors Marquata Brendix and La Quisha Morris. (Kevin Niedermier)A Cleveland high school braces for closure under the district's transformation plan
School board votes tomorrow on fate of the district

The Cleveland school board votes tomorrow on the overhaul of the struggling district. The plan includes revamping how students are taught, installing smaller, specialized high schools, and closing or moving 18 under-performing and under-enrolled schools. One of the high schools slated to close is East High. People in that community are fighting to keep it open, but they are also making plans for its closure. (more )


Saturday, March 6, 2010

The Great Recession more like Great Depression for blue collar workers
some sectors twice the average unemployment levels

More than two years into the so-called Great Recession, we're starting to get used to hearing about unemployment hovering around double digit levels. That's the national average but averages can be deceiving. In some sectors of the economy unemployment is double the national average. For blue collar workers, the Great Recession is more like the Great Depression. (more )


Friday, March 5, 2010

Northeast Ohio doctor convicted of murdering wife
Sentencing date to be set

A Cuyahoga County jury has convicted a Gates Mills doctor of poisoning his wife to death.

Yazeed Essa was convicted today of aggravated murder. He laced the calcium tablets of his wife, Rosemarie Essa with potassium cyanide after falling ill in her car in late February 2005.

Essa fled the United States in that March and he was indicted in February 2006 He was arrested in Cypress and extradited in a year ago to Cuyahoga County.

The trial lasted for six weeks, and the jury deliberated for three days. No sentencing date has yet been set. (more )

Ohio jobless rate steady now for 4 months
Not much change with the unemplyment rate in Ohio

There hasn't been much change in Ohio's unemployment picture the past month. At least, that's what new numbers on the jobs front show. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports on the updated unemployment rate. (more )

Unions face off against city in concessions request
Akron firefighters union challenges city claims

Akron city officials have given their unions an ultimatum...either accept concessions or there will be more layoffs. (more )

Actor defends Cleveland Hugo Boss workers
Danny Glover urges boycott of clothing line

Hundreds of Cleveland workers at risk of losing their jobs will be getting support at this weekend's Academy Awards ceremony. (more )

Morning Headlines
The morning's headlines for Friday, March 5, 2010 from the WKSU newsroom.

- A proposal to ban texting while driving will be discussed in legislature this week
- State lawmakers are being urged to pass a bill regarding sex offenders
- Ohio may have missed out on thousands of jobs
- Ohio has been left out for federal grants to prevent home forclosures
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Dana and Desiree

Vivian Goodman offers a documentary about two young women who are struggling to find a way for themselves and their children, focusing on the work being done by Cleveland's Old Stone Foundation Education Center.

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Program Changes on WKSU

WKSU starts 2010 with the addition of Inside Europe to Saturday mornings, Folk Alley to Friday and Saturday nights and locally produced classical music with David Roden and Nightaire latenights.

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Vital Signs: Diagnosing Health Care in Northeast Ohio

In this seven-part series, "Vital Signs: Diagnosing Health Care in Northeast Ohio," WKSU looked at change that will not wait -- nor be dependent upon -- a national solution. Topics include how small businesses are coping with skyrocketing costs, the effort to boost the number and prestige of primary care doctors, the Cleveland Clinic's standard salary approach to paying staff physicians, health-care alternatives for those who have lost jobs, high-tech investments in electronic recordkeeping, rural health-care and a move away from duplicative services at near-by facilities.

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Good Jobs In Bad Times

The WKSU newsroom dove into the murky waters of the current employment situation in Northeast Ohio with the 8-part series Good Jobs in Bad Times. With their reports, the award-winning news staff covered topics that include high-paying tech jobs, careers that don't need a 4-year degree, the re-growth of agriculture as industry, working part-time full-time, drastically changing career paths, the truth about healthcare, bridge jobs after graduation and the future of the NE Ohio employment outlook.

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Reclaim The Dream

In October, WKSU and the Akron Beacon Journal came together to discuss the growing economic crisis with a community forum at E.J. Thomas Hall. Since then, the financial situation in Northeast Ohio - and across the country - has only gotten worse. Visit ReclaimTheDream.net to see video of the forum and comments from audience members and to find links to stories on the subject from the Beacon Journal and the WKSU newsroom.

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NEO Development: Rebuilding Northeast Ohio

Revisit the future of development in the region with the six-part series NEO Development: Rebuilding Northeast Ohio. Reports focus on attempts by developers to launch new projects while capitalizing on the traditional strengths of NE Ohio, such as water and natural resources, its role in American industry and innovation, and a respect for the history of cities like Cleveland, Akron and Canton.

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WKSU Presents What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

The WKSU Newsroom examines topics relating to medicine and health care in What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You.

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Here Goes the Neighborhood Looks at NE Ohio Communities

The WKSU newsroom recently presented "Here Goes the Neighborhood," a six-part series on the diverse nature of communities, from cities to farms, throughout the region.

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