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Reporters’ Roundtable
The Sound of Ideas: Thursday, November 12, 2009
Cleveland's port boss is out; the $400 million Med Mart project gets revised; and casino developer Dan Gilbert begins his new career with a trip to the statehouse. Also, consultants for the city of Cleveland give city hall a comprehensive cost-cutting plan--what's not clear is whether the city will maintain its ability to avoid layoffs. Thursday morning at 9, join the weekly reporters' roundtable to talk about those stories and why two local Democratic congressmen aligned their health care votes with Republican leadership.

Remorse and Imperial Avenue
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Police investigating the discovery of the remains of 11 women at a Cleveland home have expanded their search to a neighbor's property and left with several evidence bags. There was no indication from police of what was removed. With the renewed activity at the location, a stench returned, and neighbor Terrance Johnson says it's the worst he has smelled. FBI agents are also looking for evidence that might tie Sowell to similar murders at other locations. Meanwhile, residents of the Imperial Avenue neighborhood continue to ask whether the serial killings could have or should have been stopped sooner. That question dominated Wednesday's edition of 90.3's call-in show - The Sound of Ideas. David Molpus reports.

House of Representatives Pass Health Reform Bill; Republicans Say it will Not Pass the Senate
NewsDepth: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
For Democrats, there was a brief moment of victory this past weekend as their version of health care reform - complete with a government-run public insurance option - finally passed the House of Representatives. The bill passed by only two votes on Saturday. But Republicans say the bill, as it stands right now, will not get out of its next stop - the U.S. Senate. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he will bring a health bill to the senate floor as soon as possible, but he does not believe their version of the bill will be ready for a vote by the end of the year, which is President Obama’s deadline.

Europe Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
NewsDepth: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Twenty years after the Berlin Wall fell in Germany, thousands gathered to remember that incredible night. Fireworks capped off the evening that was attended by all of the leaders of European countries. The high point of the celebration came when more than one thousand decorated styrofoam dominos fell one by one. The dominoes were stretched out along a two kilometer strip where the famous wall once stood. After Germany was defeated in World War II, the country was divided in two, with West Germany under the watch of the United States and its allies, and East Germany under the control of the Soviet Union. Within East Germany, the city of Berlin was also divided in half. Life was much harder in East Berlin and East Germany, and people kept trying to leave for freedom through West Berlin. In 1961, the people in charge of East Berlin built a wall to keep the people inside. Many years had passed when people all over Eastern Europe began demanding more freedom, even as their governments were weakening. On November 9, 1989, the people on the east side started knocking down the wall. It was the beginning of the end of what was called The Cold War. There was a great celebration that night. Soldiers put down their guns as people climbed over the wall, and poured through the formerly guarded gates. People chipped off pieces of the wall to keep as souvenirs. Ed Clancy takes us to Berlin to see what happened to many of those pieces of that wall.

Strickland, Kasich in Dead Heat
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
A new public opinion poll has bad news for Governor Ted Strickland. It shows his job approval rating is continuing to sink......and his Republican challenger in next year's election has pulled even with him. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen has the numbers.

Tensions Still Brewing in Mt. Pleasant
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
There is still anger in Cleveland's Mt. Pleasant neighborhood over what some residents claim was a lack of law enforcement attention to the potential dangers of accused killer Anthony Sowell. But, it's part of a larger frustration that's been brewing for years. ideastream®'s David C. Barnett has more.

Listening to Imperial Avenue
The Sound of Ideas: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The Imperial Avenue murders have stirred up some long simmering anger in the Mt. Pleasant community. Last week, one listener--Joanne from Cleveland--emailed this: No one cared. [Even] if they had been college students with Rhodes Scholarships, as long as they were black from a black neighborhood, the crimes would have been ignored. It's not only here but every place. We do not matter. Is it true that no one cared? Have our communities lost the capacity for empathy? We'll talk about it Wednesday morning at 9.

Clinic’s Cosgrove: Little Cost Control in Health Care Bills
Regional News Stories: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Health Care reform measures under consideration in Congress will do little to solve the problem of rising health care costs. That's according to Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove, who spoke on the health care debate at the Jones Day law firm in downtown Cleveland - and afterward to reporters. ideastream's Bill Rice has more.

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Carl & Louis Stokes: From the Projects to Politics
Louis and Carl Stokes rose from the poverty of life in the projects of urban Cleveland to the high-ranking political offices of long term Congressman and Mayor of Cleveland. The exhibit and this website tell the stories of how Carl and Louis Stokes "became somebody" and how they truly became American political heroes.