Commemorative Events For The West Side Market’s 100th Birthday Announced Planners hope beyond just hitting a major milestone, that the West Side Market's centennial means boosting commerce, jobs, and tourism.
Ohio To Phase Out Remedial College Classes at Universities More than 40 percent of Ohio college freshmen need to take a remedial course. 
Don’t Get Me Started: Ohio Launches Painkiller Abuse Education Drive The campaign will appear in media used predominantly by young people, including cell phones and Facebook. 
Q & A with Controversial Ed Reformer and former Assistant Education Secretary Diane Ravitch Diane Ravitch used to support school choice, but she's since changed her mind. 
China's Heir Apparent Rekindles Early Ties To Iowa Xi Jinping will make a stop in Muscatine, Iowa, to see acquaintances he first met back in 1985.
'Boxing Is The Love Of My Life': A Woman Fights For A Shot At Gold Tyrieshia Douglas is competing for a spot on the first ever U.S. Olympic women's boxing team.
Ending Violence Sparked By Baby's Cry A crying baby can trigger a violent reaction in new parents who are feeling overwhelmed.
Remembering Roger Boisjoly: He Tried To Stop Shuttle Challenger Launch Boisjoly, the engineer who blew the whistle on Challenger's faulty elastic seals, died at age 73.
Drought Ravages Farms Across Wide Swath Of Mexico In some areas of Mexico, farmers haven't been able to harvest crops in two years.
Jews With Ties To Iran And Israel Feel Conflicted Some 250,000 people of Persian descent live in Israel, and continue to have strong ties with Iran.
United Opposition A Challenge To Venezuela's Chavez The opposition movement is preparing to choose one candidate to run against the president.
With Syria Embassy Shut, What's Next For The U.S.? After months of bloodshed in Syria, President Assad remains unrepentant and in control.
First Barbie, Now Bart Simpson Is Banned In Iran They're apparently too Western for Iranian authorities. Spiderman and Superman are OK, though.
U.S. Aid At Risk As Egypt Targets Democracy Groups Egypt wants to prosecute 43 people, including 19 Americans, working for pro-democracy groups.
The Sound of Ideas
Posted February 7, 2012
The Republican primaries are in full swing as the GOP seeks a candidate to unseat President Barack Obama in November. Ohio's Republicans will vote in a month. How will the various camps maneuver to make sure it's still a race, and not a coronation, by then? We'll take a look behind the scenes of the Ohio political battleground and look ahead to the general election for both major parties, Tuesday at 9 on the Sound of Ideas.
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Around Noon
Posted February 7, 2012
Dee Perry focuses on the early 20th-century African-American images of Cleveland photographer Allen E. Cole on view now at The Western Reserve Historical Society. Plus Dan Polletta speaks with former Plain Dealer writer and current staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer Alfred Lubrano about his book 'Limbo: Blue Collar Roots, White Collar Dreams.' And Dee welcomes back acclaimed Cleveland choreographer Dianne McIntyre and award-winning playwright Ntozake Shange to spotlight their new collaborative chore-poem - 'Why I Had to Dance.'
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Airs Tuesday, February 7 at 8:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS
In 1961, black and white Americans risked their lives traveling together in the Deep South
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Airs Wednesday, February 8 at 8:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS
Find out if human beings’ efforts to outwit raccoons are actually making the animals smarter.
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Airs Wednesday, February 8 at 9:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS
The incredible story of twin girls born joined at the head as they prepare for separation surgery.
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Airs Wednesday, February 8 at 10:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS
The experts dissect a lion and a tiger. The team delves into the lion’s throat to find the voicebox.
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Airs Thursday, February 9 at 8:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS
Great discoveries include a circa-1861 Civil War cavalry flag and a 1960 jeweled gold moretto.
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An unidentified corpse is found in a blind woman's house, and a young typist is summoned to the crime scene
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Airs Thursday, February 9 at 10:30 PM on WVIZ/PBS
The Dutch artist, known as one of the most important painters in the history of European art, was also one of the most imitated.
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90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 10, 2012
Maya Angelou's Black History Month Special
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Airs Friday, February 10 at 9:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS
Unravel the mystery of a manuscript attributed to Irving Berlin, and hear an unpublished, unrecorded song by Jerry Herman.
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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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90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 10, 2012
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: FAMILY AFFAIR
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Airs Saturday, February 11 at 8:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS
As the war nears its end, Downton’s aristocrats and servants put their lives back together.
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Airs Saturday, February 11 at 9:00 PM on WVIZ/PBS
Although poor, levelheaded Elinor and her impulsive sister attract a trio of promising gentlemen.
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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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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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90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 17, 2012
Heavenly Sight: Black Gospel's Blind Singers
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