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CLEVELAND – Former President Jimmy Carter is expected to be released Wednesday morning from MetroHealth Medical Center where he opted to spend the night at the recommendation of his doctor. He was rushed to the hospital after experiencing an upset stomach during a flight to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Tuesday morning. President Carter, 85, had […]
CLEVELAND – Widespread power outages are affecting downtown Cleveland Wednesday morning, as building, streetlights and homes are all without power. Reports of the outages stretch as far west as Franklin and West 65th, and as far east as Carnegie and East 70th. The outages have left streets completely dark, creating a traffic hazard for the […]
via bbc.co.uk An auction of fine art from the New York offices of collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers has raised more than $12m at Sotheby’s. The proceeds will go towards paying Lehman’s creditors, owed $600bn since the firm’s collapse in 2008. On Wednesday art from Lehman’s extensive European collection will be auctioned at Christie’s in […]
Farshid Moussavi of Foreign Office Architects has conceived a gemlike future home for MOCA Cleveland story – Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer Thanks to the Cleveland Foundation, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland jumped $500,000 closer to its goal of raising $26.3 million for construction of its proposed new building by the end of October. […]
Tonya Sams, The Plain Dealer Motorists traveling I-71 southbound may want to find an alternate route home. The highway was temporarily closed when a man was found hanging from the overpass between the W. 130th and W. 150th street exits about 5:30 p.m. Friday, according to Cleveland Police. The Cleveland Fire Department was called and […]
photo – Thomas Ondrey / The Plain Dealer story – Henry J. Gomez, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — David Ellison helped the Green Party reach a milestone last week by running unopposed in the primary for Cuyahoga County executive. The architect from Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood gave the political party its first candidate for […]
Mark Gillispie, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland and at least 10 suburbs are forming a district to help owners of commercial and industrial properties invest in solar panels and other alternative-energy systems. The “alternative-energy district” will be the first of its kind in Ohio. Cities within the district will help businesses borrow […]
It’s safe to drive in Cleveland. An Allstate Insurance study says Cleveland travelers are 7.5 percent less likely to crunch and crumple their cars than motorists zipping around the rest of the nation. The town ranked 37th out of 193 metro areas analyzed in the company’s 2010 America’s Best Drivers Report released earlier this month. […]
Thomas Ott, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland School District has admitted intimidating and threatening a school psychologist who criticized Chief Executive Officer Eugene Sanders’ new academic reform plan. Luigina DiNardo-Rose spoke at a school board meeting in March, criticizing a part of the plan that would force teachers at her high school, […]
But thanks to his father, Vince Russo will not face any additional charges for any other corruption schemes in which he may have been involved.Full Story Cleveland.com
Edith Starzyk, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — The recession’s toll on the nation and Ohio comes across loud and clear in new data released Thursday by U.S. Census Bureau. The number of people across the country without health insurance topped 50 million for the first time since 1987, when the bureau started counting them. […]
Rachel Dissell, The Plain Dealer How the players were identified People and businesses mentioned in federal charges are seldom named unless they are charged. Instead, federal prosecutors refer to them by identification numbers. Based on court and county payroll records, interviews and descriptions in charges, here is a list of some of the people and […]