Regional Features: Archive by Date

September 2007

New Guidelines for Asthma Treatment
Posted Monday, September 24
The Heart, Lung and Blood Institute is out with new federal guidelines outlining how asthma should be treated.

Fugitive Safe Surrender
Posted Monday, September 24
There are more than a million outstanding warrants in America right now. That means there are thousands of people out there constantly worried about getting caught and possibly going to jail for alleged crimes they've been avoiding. Sheriffs spend a lot of time trying to catch these fugitives with stings and manhunts. This past weekend, law enforcement officials in Memphis, Tennessee tried an innovative idea that got its start here in Northeast Ohio: just asking non-violent fugitives to turn themselves in. Could a solution so simple possibly work? ideastream's Mhari Saito has some answers.

Cell Text Alert System Unveiled at OSU
Posted Monday, September 24
Ohio State University is unveiling it's latest advance in alerting students to potential dangers. ideastream's Rick Jackson reports.

The War: The WAVES of Women in WWII
Posted Friday, September 21
For the past couple of weeks, we've been exploring the impact of World War II on Northeast Ohio. Today, the role women played. As men marched off to battlefields in Europe and the South Pacific during the second World War, they left a considerable hole in America's workforce. Many of those jobs were filled by women. ideastream's David C. Barnett reports that once they got a taste of this new world of work, the lives of these women -- and men -- would never be the same again.

Education Secretary in Town Supporting No Child Left Behind
Posted Friday, September 21
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings was in Cleveland this week to kick off a three-day bus tour promoting reauthorization of No Child Left Behind. That's President Bush's signature legislation to improve student performance nationwide. She stopped at a Cleveland elementary school, the Rock Hall, and finished her day at Collinwood High School's auditorium for what was billed as a national town hill meeting. ideastream education reporter Dan Bobkoff was there.

Clevelanders March for Jena 6
Posted Friday, September 21
More than 500 Clevelanders marched in support of six black students in Jena, Louisiana accused of beating a white student. Their supporters say the so-called "Jena 6" were provoked, and that the charges are overblown. ideastream's Rick Jackson was at yesterday's march and sent us this report.

First Look at Strickland’s Electricity Plan
Posted Friday, September 21
Lawmakers got their first look this week at details of Governor Strickland's plan to scale back electric deregulation. Manufacturers are among those worried about rate shock setting in at the start of 2009 and they talked about it at a conference in Akron earlier this week. From public radio station WKSU, M.L. Schultze has the story.

The War: Japanese Internment
Posted Thursday, September 20
The War brought a number of immigrants to our region, eager to make some money in area factories that were pulsing with wartime production. Most were leaving behind a meager existence in their homelands, looking to hitch their futures to the possibilities of a new country. But, for nearly 3,000 people of Japanese heritage, the U.S. was already their country. They were native born citizens who had been rounded up from homes on the west coast and relocated here in an attempt to disperse the Japanese-American population in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. ideastream's David C. Barnett has more. Photo courtesy of Velora Morris.

Burke Lakefront Airport to Remain Open
Posted Thursday, September 20
Burke Lakefront airport will stay open, ending a cloud of uncertainty about the airport's future. ideastream's economics reporter Tasha Flournoy has more.

Public Forum on Diebold Voting Machines Today
Posted Thursday, September 20
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections will hold a public forum today in an effort to ease fears about its Diebold electronic voting machines. ideastream political reporter Kymberli Hagelberg has a preview.

The Pitfalls of Email
Posted Thursday, September 20
No question the ability to send an email has revolutionized the way we people communicate. It takes mere seconds to send a message clear across the globe. But with email come pitfalls and perhaps no one knows that better than Doug Bartman. Bartman is a Cleveland-based attorney with Kahn Kleinman. He advises companies on the legal aspects of email -- a part of the law that in some ways is still being worked out.

Smoking Ban Exception - Cigar Bars?
Posted Thursday, September 20
A lawmaker who was opposed to the state's smoking ban has introduced a bill to allow smoking in what some may see as a fairly obvious place -- cigar bars. But a key anti-smoking activist says it's not what Ohioans want. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports.

Protesters Head to Louisiana
Posted Wednesday, September 19
Last night two dozen people climbed a bus heading for Jena, Louisiana. The bus ride is one of hundreds converging on the small town to protest the so-called Jena 6 case. The case is named for 6 black teenagers charged with attempted murder for beating up a white classmate. ideastream's Tasha Flournoy spoke with some of the protesters as they boarded the bus.

Case, Hospitals Get $64 Million Grant
Posted Wednesday, September 19
Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland's three largest hospitals will share infrastructure and research to get vital treatments out of the lab and to patients faster. The collaboration is funded by a $64 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. ideastream's Kymberli Hagelberg reports.

The War: Landing in Normandy
Posted Tuesday, September 18
The night of June 5th 1944, more than 3,000 ships were sailing across the English channel toward Normandy. What the hundreds of thousands of soldiers didn't know at the time: they were about to take part in the largest sea borne invasion in history. Retired physician Joseph Foley of Cleveland Heights was one of about nine doctors that landed on the French coast early in the morning of June the 6th, known today as D-Day. ideastream's Eric Wellman spoke to Foley as part of our ongoing look at WWII and its connection to Northeast Ohio. He recalls the hours just before the invasion. We should mention that there are parts of this conversation that some listeners might find disturbing.

Healthy Ohioans Not So Healthy
Posted Tuesday, September 18
Seven years after former Governor Taft started the Healthy Ohioans program, Ohioans are now less healthy. ideastream's Dan Bobkoff has the story.

Potential Interest Rate Change Would Be Welcome
Posted Tuesday, September 18
A local economist says the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will lower short term interest rates today is strong, and that the news would be welcome in many quarters. ideastream's Bill Rice has more.

American Cancer Society Enters Health Care Debate
Posted Tuesday, September 18
After scoring successes with smoking bans in Ohio and other states, the American Cancer Society is getting into another public policy debate - this time on access to affordable health care. Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler reports.

The War: The GI Bill Today
Posted Monday, September 17
On Friday, we told you about how Northeast Ohio colleges coped with the influx of World War II veterans taking advantage of the GI Bill. It's part of our series of stories leading up to Sunday's premiere of Ken Burns' The War on WVIZ/PBS. Today, we take a look at how today's veterans are benefiting or not benefiting from the GI Bill. ideastream's education reporter Dan Bobkoff picks up that part of the story.

Banks, Wal-Mart Now Offer Check Cashing
Posted Monday, September 17
Check cashing was once relegated to stores that charged people without bank accounts top dollar to convert their paychecks into cash. Now a growing number of banks - and Wal-Mart - are cashing in on the business. ideastream's Mhari Saito reports.

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