Regional Features: Archive by Date

September 2007

Browns Season Begins Sunday: Terry Pluto Interview
Posted Friday, September 7
The football season is officially underway, and the Browns face the Steelers in their first game on Sunday. There are many unanswered questions going into this game and the season. Joining ideastream's Eric Wellman with a preview is Plain Dealer sports columnist Terry Pluto.

Council Members Respond to Cleveland Leadership
Posted Friday, September 7
The inequality of life was the subject of a series of articles in this week's Plain Dealer that chronicled the harsh realities of living in Cleveland's inner city. Yesterday on the Sound of Ideas, city council members Joe Cimperman and Nina Turner responded to criticism of the city's leadership. ideastream's Gretchen Cuda reports.

InfoCision Gets Naming Rights to New Akron Stadium
Posted Friday, September 7
If you've never heard of the company InfoCision near Akron, you're not alone. But the company that runs call-centers for a number of companies and organizations will soon be getting some high-profile visibility when the University of Akron completes its football stadium. ideastream education reporter Dan Bobkoff explains.

State Mortgage Aid Not Reaching Many Borrowers
Posted Friday, September 7
State Mortgage Aid Not Reaching Many Borrowers

Ohioans Wants Pension Funds Divested
Posted Friday, September 7
A new statewide poll shows Ohioans overwhelmingly want the state's five public pension funds to sell off their investments in foreign companies that do business in Iran and Sudan. Still, the people who control the pension funds are not rushing to divest, even though they've promised state legislators they would try. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen has the story.

Nanny Diaries Not Flattering to Profession
Posted Thursday, September 6
The movie The Nanny Diaries is out in theaters. It's based on the novel of the same name and tells the story of a working girl from New York who's hired by a demanding woman from the upper east side to care for her rambunctious son. Let's just say it does not paint a flattering image of the nanny profession. And that's what irks Sheilagh Roth. She's the founder of The English Nanny and Governance School in Chagrin Falls, and she spoke with ideastream's Eric Wellman.

Ohio Congressman Paul Gillmor Dies
Posted Thursday, September 6
Northwest Ohio Congressman Paul Gillmor has died. Aids discovered his body yesterday in his Virginia townhouse when he didn't show up to work. As statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports, Gillmor was a fixture in Ohio politics.

Sex Offender Law Not Retroactive
Posted Thursday, September 6
Ohio law says convicted sex offenders may not live within a thousand feet of a school. But a federal judge has ruled the law does not apply to those who were convicted before the law took effect in 4 years ago. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.

Bloggers Buzzing About Kucinich Parody
Posted Wednesday, September 5
A challenger for the Cleveland congressional seat held by Dennis Kucinich has bloggers buzzing about her campaign's Disney-inspired parody. The video suggests Kucinich isn't interested in the challenges facing his hometown district. ideastream's Kymberli Hagelberg reports.

Ohioan Travels to Remote China
Posted Wednesday, September 5
For American travelers, China is becoming an ever more popular vacation destination. Meantime, investors see a big market and a land of cheap labor. One Ohioan, however, traveled to a place no American had ever been -- at least, not in a long time. Yanmei Xie sent this story from a remote corner in China.

American Greetings Profile
Posted Tuesday, September 4
Greater Cleveland has seen a long line of successful companies disappear over the years. Some pull up stakes and move to more attractive locales, while others fade away as new trends and technologies make them obsolete. One local company is withstanding the march of progress, and staying loyal to its roots as it goes increasingly global. American Greetings, a fixture in Cleveland's business landscape for a hundred years, remains on the leading edge of - pardon the industry lingo - social expression products and enjoying a surge in profits. ideastream's Tasha Flournoy has this profile.

Famous Fossil Bypassing Cleveland
Posted Tuesday, September 4
The world's most famous fossil is traveling, but she won't be visiting Cleveland. The 3.2-million-year-old skeleton "Lucy" opened a 6-year U.S. tour with a stop in Houston last week, but anthropologists at the Cleveland Museum of Natural history oppose the trip and are taking a pass, saying it's too risky. ideastream's Kymberli Hagelberg explains.

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