http://www.wksu.org/news/ WKSU News Headlines en-us Copyright 2008, WKSU Radio Thu, 15 May 2008 17:38:49 -0400 WKSU RSS Generator 1.1 Since the 1960s the standard way for a woman to give birth is at a hospital. While the numbers of mothers choosing to give birth at home may be increasing, the increase is slight. But one method of giving birth is gaining popularity among women who do want to deliver at home - and that's the water birth. From Ohio Public Radio member station WOSU's Mandie Trimble reports... Mandie Trimble reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22028 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 letters@wksu.org (Mandie Trimble) Health An advocate for early childhood education says Ohio isn't doing enough. David Lawrence's wants Ohio to take notice of successful initiatives he's spearheaded in Florida. In an address to the Akron Roundtable he encouraged schools, business leaders and parents to invest more in children. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22035 Thu, 15 May 2008 17:36:23 -0400 rabinowitz@wksu.org (Amanda Rabinowitz) Cuyahoga County Recorder Patrick O'Malley today resigned his position and then pled guilty to one count of obscenity in federal district court in Akron. Today's events likely spell the end of the 49-year old Democrat's scandal-plagued career and O'Malley's attorney says he's hoping to avoid jail-time. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22034 Thu, 15 May 2008 17:29:16 -0400 schaefer@wksu.org (Karen Schaefer) Politics & Government Building "green" is in vogue right now. When it comes to constructing homes, stores, government offices, schools and factories, architects increasingly stress saving energy and resources. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier visited three very different green buildings here in Northeast Ohio, and filed this report. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22030 Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 niedermier@wksu.org (Kevin Niedermier) Science & Technology Embattled Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann resigned Wednesday afternoon under pressure from state legislators amid the scandal of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and his extramarital affair. WKSU carried live coverage of the event from our statehouse news bureau. WKSU's Karen Kasler and Bill Cohen report. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22033 Wed, 14 May 2008 17:33:19 -0400 letters@wksu.org (Karen Kasler and Bill Cohen) Politics & Government Governor Ted Strickland and most Ohio Democratic officeholders told Attorney General Marc Dann 10 days ago to quit or be impeached. When he refused to step down, Democratic lawmakers got to work on their articles of impeachement. And despite speculation that Dann was trying to figure out a way to step down, those lawmakers introduced those articles of impeachment in the Ohio House yesterday. Among the three architects of the artciles is Mark Okey, a Stark County Ohio Democrat, whose district touches on some of the territory of Dann's old Senate district around Youngstown. Okey spoke with WKSU's M.L.Schultze this morning about the impeachment step. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22032 Wed, 14 May 2008 16:18:31 -0400 schultze@wksu.org (M.L. Schultze) Politics & Government Governor Ted Strickland has cancelled a visit to a fuel cell conference in Akron today. Instead he's staying in Columbus to deal with the on-going controversy over Attorney General Marc Dann. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22031 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:12:31 -0400 schaefer@wksu.org (Karen Schaefer) Politics & Government Senator John McCain is expected to make another presidential campaign stop in Ohio this week. It will be the third time the Republican presidential hopeful visits the state in less than three weeks. Earlier this month he was in Cleveland...and a few weeks earlier he visited Youngstown. Ohio is expected to be a popular campaign stop for both major party presidential candidates again this election year, but some political watchers says the final results could be different than 2000 and 2004. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22029 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 niedermier@wksu.org (Kevin Niedermier) Politics & Government Yost Candy Company is about as far away from Mars and the other mega-candy conglomerates as Dalton, Ohio, is from ... well ... Mars. But Yost has faced many of the same issues that led to the 23 billion dollar merger of Mars and Wrigley -- and talk of the sale of Hershey's, Cadbury and the other big confectioners. And Yost Candy is learning to adapt in different ways. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22021 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 schultze@wksu.org (M.L. Schultze) Business Barack Obama gained Ohio ground on Hillary Clinton over the weekend " and not just among superdelegates. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22027 Mon, 12 May 2008 15:06:30 -0400 schultze@wksu.org (M.L. Schultze) Politics & Government The Cleveland Museum of Art continues to negotiate Italy's demand that it return 16 antiquities in its collection. If the Cleveland museum reaches an agreement, it will be one of about a half-dozen top-rung U.S. institutions rethinking their collections and the rightful place of ancient pottery, statues and works of art and culture. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22026 Mon, 12 May 2008 15:03:03 -0400 schultze@wksu.org (M.L. Schultze) Arts & Culture Trustees of Ohio's largest mosque have named a new imam, filling a post that's been vacant for nearly a year. One imam was deported and another resigned amid accusations of anti-Semitism. They're hoping their new choice - an Egyptian-born cleric from Detroit - will be a strong spiritual leader and someone who can reach out to other faiths. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22025 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:53:55 -0400 schaefer@wksu.org (Karen Schaefer) People & Places