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- Activists To Begin Gathering Signatures For “Right To Work” Ballot Measure The proposal that Tea party activists love and labor union supporters hate faces long odds for 2012.
Dewine Outlines How Mortgage Settlement Funds To be Used Ohio is in line for hundreds of millions of dollars, now that five mortgage companies have agreed to a settlement over mortgage abuses.
Cancer Drug Shows Potential to Treat Alzheimer’s The drug bexarotene helps the brain sweep away amyloid proteins in lab mice
Gingrich Forges On In Cleveland, Despite Losses Tuesday GOP Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich capped off a campaign swing through Ohio with a brief speech at a Cleveland manufacturing plant.
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- Ohio's Job Training System, from High School to College and Beyond, Targeted for Kasich Revamp Ohio Gov. John Kasich is moving forward with a plan to revamp the state's job training system, a plan that reaches far into Ohio's K-12 and postsecondary education systems and... (more)
- University of Akron School Property Deal Shows Your Legislators in Action When the University of Akron wanted to acquire an unused Akron high school without paying cash-money, the college's general counsel went to talk to their state rep. A little while later —... (more)
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Reporters’ Roundtable 2/10
The Sound of Ideas
Posted February 10, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court says the state can no longer be trusted, and pulls the needle from the arms of Ohio's death row inmates... putting a hold on some scheduled executions. We'll look at the ruling's impact. We'll also hear about some charities, veterans groups and taverns, worried about the impact of the new casinos. And we'll decipher Mayor Jackson's reformation package for Cleveland's Schools. That's Friday morning at 9, on the Sound of Ideas.
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The Black Lillies
Around Noon
Posted February 10, 2012
Dee Perry welcomes East Tennessee Americana act The Black Lillies for a live performance prior to their gig tonight at The Winchester, spotlighting music from their new CD - '100 Miles of Wreckage.'
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Maya Angelou’s Black History Month Special
90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 10, 2012
Maya Angelou's Black History Month Special
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Can Do: Stories of Black Visionaries, Seekers, and Entrepreneurs
90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 10, 2012
Can Do: Stories of Black Visionaries, Seekers, and Entrepreneurs, with host Alfre Woodard
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SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: FAMILY AFFAIR
90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 11, 2012
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: FAMILY AFFAIR
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Science Cafe: Science on the Fly
The Sound of Ideas
Posted February 13, 2012
Sure they're annoying, but science knows the common fruit fly is a lot more than just a pest. Fruit flies are crucial to our understanding of the human immune system. Scientific researchers worldwide use them and other model organisms to learn about genetics, metabolism, physiology, and behavior. On the next Sound of Ideas, a Science café discussion with local researchers on how fruit flies are telling us so much about ourselves. Monday at 9 on 90.3.
Leave a Comment‘Slavery by Another Name,’ Opera in Cleveland and Fashion Week
Around Noon
Posted February 13, 2012
Today we preview the new PBS documentary 'Slavery by Another Name,' with Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian Douglas A. Blackmon. Plus Case Western Reserve University's Mary Davis reports on Fashion Week in New York City and spotlights the acclaimed film 'Bill Cunningham in New York.' And we share a short panel discussion on the state of opera in Northeast Ohio with The Clevleand Institute of Music's David Bamberger, The Plain Dealer's Don Rosenberg, and Dorota Sobieska of Opera Circle.
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William’s Leap For Freedom
90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 17, 2012
Hosted by Dion Graham. This original play is based on the life of freed slave William Wells Brown.
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Rethinking Religion - The Harlem Renaissance: Music, Religion, and the Politics of Race, Part 1
90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 17, 2012
An exploration in words and music of how music, religion, and politics intersected during this rich period in African American history.
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Heavenly Sight: A Vision Found
90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 18, 2012
Heavenly Sight: Black Gospel's Blind Singers
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