Regional News Stories: September 2007

New Guidelines for Asthma Treatment
Posted Monday, September 24, 2007
It's the very beginning of fall -- the time of year that doctors tend to notice a spike in the number of patients suffering from asthma. About half a million people with asthma are admitted to the hospital every year in this country. Now for the first time in a decade, the Heart, Lung and Blood Institute is out with new federal guidelines outlining how asthma should be treated. Dr. Charles Emerman is with us. He's associate chief of staff at MetroHealth Medical Center.

Fugitive Safe Surrender
Posted Monday, September 24, 2007
There are more than a million outstanding warrants in America right now. That means there are thousands of people out there constantly worried about getting caught and possibly going to jail for alleged crimes they've been avoiding. Sheriffs spend a lot of time trying to catch these fugitives with stings and manhunts. This past weekend, law enforcement officials in Memphis, Tennessee tried an innovative idea that got its start here in Northeast Ohio: just asking non-violent fugitives to turn themselves in. Could a solution so simple possibly work? ideastream's Mhari Saito has some answers.

Cell Text Alert System Unveiled at OSU
Posted Monday, September 24, 2007
Ohio State University is unveiling it's latest advance in alerting students to potential dangers. ideastream's Rick Jackson reports.

The War: The WAVES of Women in WWII
Posted Friday, September 21, 2007
For the past couple of weeks, we've been exploring the impact of World War II on Northeast Ohio. Today, the role women played. As men marched off to battlefields in Europe and the South Pacific during the second World War, they left a considerable hole in America's workforce. Many of those jobs were filled by women. ideastream's David C. Barnett reports that once they got a taste of this new world of work, the lives of these women -- and men -- would never be the same again.

Education Secretary in Town Supporting No Child Left Behind
Posted Friday, September 21, 2007
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings was in Cleveland this week to kick off a three-day bus tour promoting reauthorization of No Child Left Behind. That's President Bush's signature legislation to improve student performance nationwide. She stopped at a Cleveland elementary school, the Rock Hall, and finished her day at Collinwood High School's auditorium for what was billed as a national town hill meeting. ideastream education reporter Dan Bobkoff was there.

Clevelanders March for Jena 6
Posted Friday, September 21, 2007
More than 500 Clevelanders marched in support of six black students in Jena, Louisiana accused of beating a white student. Their supporters say the so-called "Jena 6" were provoked, and that the charges are overblown. ideastream's Rick Jackson was at yesterday's march and sent us this report.

First Look at Strickland’s Electricity Plan
Posted Friday, September 21, 2007
Lawmakers got their first look this week at details of Governor Strickland's plan to scale back electric deregulation. Manufacturers are among those worried about rate shock setting in at the start of 2009 and they talked about it at a conference in Akron earlier this week. From public radio station WKSU, M.L. Schultze has the story.

The War: Japanese Internment
Posted Thursday, September 20, 2007
The War brought a number of immigrants to our region, eager to make some money in area factories that were pulsing with wartime production. Most were leaving behind a meager existence in their homelands, looking to hitch their futures to the possibilities of a new country. But, for nearly 3,000 people of Japanese heritage, the U.S. was already their country. They were native born citizens who had been rounded up from homes on the west coast and relocated here in an attempt to disperse the Japanese-American population in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. ideastream's David C. Barnett has more. Photo courtesy of Velora Morris.

Burke Lakefront Airport to Remain Open
Posted Thursday, September 20, 2007
Burke Lakefront airport will stay open, ending a cloud of uncertainty about the airport's future. ideastream's economics reporter Tasha Flournoy has more.

Public Forum on Diebold Voting Machines Today
Posted Thursday, September 20, 2007
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections will hold a public forum today in an effort to ease fears about its Diebold electronic voting machines. ideastream political reporter Kymberli Hagelberg has a preview.

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