Regional News Stories: September 2009

Surviving Stage IV Colon Cancer
Posted Friday, September 25, 2009
50,000 Americans die from colon cancer each year but tens of thousands also survive it. As part of this week's special coverage on WVIZ PBS and WCPN ideastream's Katie Baker has this audio postcard about one of those survivors. It's a woman from Stow, Ohio who like most colon cancer patients, got diagosed late.

Mayors Discuss How To Sell NE Ohio As A Great Place To Be
Posted Friday, September 25, 2009
Last night the mayors of Cleveland, Akron Youngstown and Canton talked about the collective assets and challenges of the region. ideastream®’s Bill Rice reports.

Tremont Start-Up’s Product Will Charge Your iPod with Your Walk
Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009
This week, Pittsburgh is center stage as the site of the G-20 meeting of international leaders, allowing the city to show off its re-invention of itself from steel central to a knowledged based, high-tech start up oasis. Cleveland, of course, aspires to a similar transformation but has a ways to go - which brings us to this week's edition of Upside/Downside. Progress, as they say, comes one step at a time. Sometimes tiny steps. And that...you might say...is what's happening in a Cleveland neighborhood that drew the attention of the governor this week. Tremont Electric is poised to go to market with a device that transforms the energy from walking into power for iPods and cell phones. ideastream®'s Dan Bobkoff picks up the story.

New Marine Patrol For Lake Erie Set To Launch
Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009
Ohio's 150 miles of waterfront is more secure, officials say, after Thursday's introduction of a new regional, law enforcement unit. ideastream®'s Rick Jackson reports.

AG Seeks Federal Help For Crime Victims
Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009
Victims of crime in Ohio often receive state or federal funds to help pay for damages.

Frank Russo’s Records Should Be Audited By The State
Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009
Plain Dealer: All three Cuyahoga County commissioners today asked for a state audit of county Auditor Frank Russo's "finances, policies and procedures, practices and performance."

One Million Americans Live Without A Functioning Colon
Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009
Each year about 150,000 Americans develop colon cancer and that's why ideastream is presenting a series of reports and programs on WCPN and WVIZ-PBS this week. It's part of our ongoing effort to provide health information that can save lives. If caught early, most colon cancer patients survive. Some, however, live with a long-term side-effect -- the necessity for a colostomy because of a failed colon. Tom Fuerst of Shaker Heights tells ideastream®'s Eric Wellman what it's like to live with bag attached to his abdomen that collects bodily waste.

The Future of Colonoscopy
Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009
Colon cancer is the third most common cancer among men AND women. When caught early, it's highly curable. The problem is it isn’t usually caught early. As a result it is one of the deadliest forms of cancer – one out of three people who get it will die of the disease. ideastream® health reporter Gretchen Cuda has more.

Living with an Ostomy
Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009
As part of ideastream's special coverage this week of colon cancer, assistant producer Katie Baker talks with an Ostomy nurse about the work she does helping people with failed colons make this big adjustment. Be aware: the report does get graphic.

The Costs of Corruption
Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009
Late last week the chief administrator in the office of Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo implicated herself and her boss in a decade long kickback scheme. This latest twist in the federal corruption probe is still reverberating and it was the subject of Tuesday's Sound of Ideas program on 90.3 ideastream Executive Editor David Molpus has more.

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