National News Coverage Update

America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs 2010
John Tozzi, Venessa Wong, Nick Leiber, June, 2010
Bloomberg Businessweek MAR Systems of Cleveland was named one of America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs 2010, a group of sustainable businesses that create social or environmental value alongside profit. MAR Systems makes a sorbent that removes mercury and arsenic from industrial waste streams and water in municipal treatment plants.

THE LAKE ERIE MONSTER IS COMING!
Bob Batz Jr, June 3, 2010
Pittsburgh Post Gazette The Great Lakes Brewing Company’s legendary ale receives accolades from Pittsburgh brew fanatics as it makes the rounds of local beer tastings.

Jobs Report
Brian Williams, June 4, 2010
CNBC Nightly News Although the May jobs report presented dismal news for the economy, the manufacturer of electronics for MRI scanners in Cleveland more than doubled its workforce over the last year and a half, evidence of the booming biotech industry in the region.

10 short trips from Pittsburgh for the long summer
Sara Bauknecht, June 7, 2010
Pittsburgh Post Gazette Although football rivals, there are plenty of fun summer activities in Northeast Ohio for Pittsburgh natives to enjoy, including museums, Hale Farm, and (of course) the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Top Airports On Twitter
Carl Lavin, June 9, 2010
Forbes Wheels Up blog Akron-Canton airport (CAK) was featured as one of the top ten airports using Twitter to engage with customers.

Bringing Comparison Shopping to the Doctor’s Office
Claire Cain Miller, June 9, 2010
New York Times The Cleveland Clinic is investing in a start-up which is building a search engine to help consumers price-shop for medical procedures. Cleveland Clinic CEO Delos Cosgrove hopes increased transparency in health care pricing will lead to higher-quality, lower-cost health care, and more patient involvement.

Op Out of Ohio
Ken Johnson, June 11, 2010
New York Times “Op out of Ohio,” an exhibition of works from the ’60s by five painters who did time as students or teachers at Oberlin College or the Cleveland Institute of Art, is said to be “eye-dazzling” in this review. The exhibition will be on display at D. Wigmore Fine Art in New York City through July 9th.

LeBron James and the Identity of Place
David Giffels, June 12, 2010
Wall Street Journal A superstar connected to his home, LeBron James has been shaped by (and shapes) his hometown of Akron, Ohio.

Smithsonian Gets Itself a Lifeboat
Kate Taylor, June 13, 2010
New York Times Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio recently donated a 100-year-old boat, used on two early attempted crossings of the Atlantic by airships, to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.

Cleveland Is Having a Moment (on TV, Anyway)
Aylin Zafar, June 22, 2010
The Atlantic Although shy of too much praise, Cleveland wins over the hearts of Hollywood ladies (and the media) in the premiere of TV Land’s new series Hot in Cleveland with its relaxed atmosphere, low cost of living, and Midwest charm.

Man v. Food: Cleveland
Adam Richman, June 23, 2010
Travel Channel Man v. Food host Adam Richman travels to Cleveland to sample the local fare, including a Greek gyro bursting with savory beef, a spicy sausage sandwich, and a 5-lb. grilled cheese challenge at Melt Bar & Grilled.

Semper Youngstown
Bill Donahue, May 1, 2010
Inc. Former steel town Youngstown, Ohio is reinventing itself as a technology hub with a slew of new tech start-ups nurtured by the state-funded Business Incubator.

No mistaking it: He loves Cleveland
Dan Shaughnessy, May 3, 2010
Boston Globe Shaughnessy makes everyone a believer in Cleveland with his praise of the city’s history, attractions, attitude and more.

Heart health has improved dramatically, but not equally for all
Karen Weintraub, May 3, 2010
Boston Globe Dr. Steven Nissen, chairman of the department of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, lauds the 66% drop in deaths from heart disease over the last 60 years, crediting healthier habits, better blood pressure control, and new medications.

States That Truly Bet On Small Business
Chris Steiner, May 3, 2010
Forbes As states try to climb out of the economic recession, Ohio’s Third Frontier initiative is highlighted as a successful investment that currently employs 55,000 statewide. Featured prominently in the article is EchoGen Power Systems of Akron.

Study: 'Dixie Alley' exists for tornadoes
Mike Morris, May 3, 2010
Atlanta Journal Constitution In a new study Michael Frates, a graduate assistant at the University of Akron, identifies a tornado hotspot he dubbed “Dixie Alley” in the southeastern United States.

James Heads Home to Celebrate Second M.V.P. Award
Jonathan Abrams, May 3, 2010
New York Times LeBron James reaffirms his love and dedication to his hometown as he accepts his second MVP award at the University of Akron.

What's The Most Surprising Stress Symptom?
Chaniga Vorasarun, May 17, 2010
Forbes Dr. Elizabeth Ricanati of the Cleveland Clinic and head of Lifestyle 180—a wellness program at the hospital— shares her insight on why women are more prone to stress symptoms than men.

Cleveland to New York: Drop Dead
Scott Cacciola, May 18, 2010
Wall Street Journal Although still without a championship under his belt, LeBron James has had a colossal impact on Northeast Ohio’s economy, sports scene, and morale.

Theme park news this summer: Harry Potter, Disneyland's World of Color
Beth Harpaz, May 21, 2010
Associated Press As the summer heats up, scores of rollercoaster fanatics will flood to Cedar Point for their new attraction Shoot the Rapids, a 2,100-foot-long water ride with an 85-foot drop that simulates whitewater rapids.

Startups struggle as flow of venture capital funds ebbs
David Nicklaus, May 23, 2010
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Baiju Shah, president of BioEnterprise in Cleveland, lauds Third Frontier—Ohio's seven-year-old, $2 billion initiative—for the big boost it has provided for entrepreneurial activity in the state.

Plans announced for Lake Erie wind farm
Meghan Barr, May 24, 2010
Associated Press GE and the Northeast Ohio nonprofit Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo.) recently announced a partnership to create the world's first freshwater wind farm in Lake Erie near Cleveland. The two plan to develop five wind turbines in the lake to generate 20 megawatts of power by 2012.

General Electric Wins Offshore Wind Turbine Order
Chris Martin, May 24, 2010
Bloomberg Businessweek With the prospect of economic growth and thousands of new jobs, GE and LEEDCo. embark on a partnership to harness wind power on the Great Lakes.

GE to supply wind turbine for Lake Erie project
Scott Malone, May 24, 2010
Reuters GE plans to build four wind turbines on Lake Erie that would be capable of producing enough electricity to meet the needs of 16,000 typical American homes by 2012.

Lake Erie Becomes Site for GE's First Ever Freshwater Wind Farm in the U.S.
Addy Dugdale, May 24, 2010
Fast Company Ohio Governor Ted Strickland celebrates Northeast Ohio’s potential for creating wind energy, citing Lake Erie, an innovative workforce and manufacturing strengths.

In Cleveland, a Frenzy to Prepare Antiquities
Randy Kennedy, May 25, 2010
New York Times Priceless treasures from different continents and centuries find themselves housed together during the $350 million renovation of the Cleveland Museum of Art, one of the most ambitious rebuilding programs in the country. The project, when completed in 2013, will rival the importance of the reopening of the Getty Villa and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Best Burger & Beer Spots
Ciara LaVelle, May/June Issue
DRAFT Magazine The B Spot, Iron Chef Michael Symon’s new burger and beer restaurant, has already put itself on the map with 16 custom-blended beef burgers and a long list of great brews.

Wind Farms Catch a Gust on Great Lakes
Joe Barrett, April 20, 2010
Wall Street Journal As more and more people recognize the Great Lakes as a valuable wind energy resource, LEEDCo., a public-private partnership designed to jumpstart the wind power industry in Northeast Ohio, is already making gains harvesting this valuable resource.

Cleveland: Venture-Capital Mind-Set [Fast Cities 2010]
Ellen McGirt, April 22, 2010
Fast Company BioEnterprise, a unique accelerator based in Cleveland that provides health-care startups with access to biomedical-specific expertise, world-class research, and investment cash, has created or recruited more than 100 companies and attracted nearly $1 billion in new funding to Cleveland’s biomedical industry.

Building Up America: Turning biking into business [Video]
Deb Feyerick, April 28, 2010
CNN Civic Innovation Lab—a Cleveland organization that helps first-time entrepreneurs turn big ideas in to viable small businesses—and one of its success stories (Ray’s Indoor Mountain Bike Park) are featured as a part of CNN’s Building Up America series.

The Soapbox Derby Hit the Skids. Hey, Maybe There's a Movie in That!
Timothy Aeppel, April 28, 2010
Wall Street Journal A new movie being shot in Akron, Ohio revisits the origins and current dilemma of the soapbox derby, a great American pastime that many around the country are rallying to save.

Green Tech, Green Jobs: The New Face Of Cleveland
Carl Lavin, March 2, 2010
Forbes At the TEDxCLE conference, small businesses showed off their alternative energy work and how the advanced energy sector is growing in Northeast Ohio.

America's Most Promising Startups: Making ‘Industrial Ecology’ Profitable—MAR Systems
Nick Leiber, March 9, 2010
BusinessWeek MAR Systems, a Cleveland maker of a sorbent that removes mercury and arsenic from industrial waste, is highlighted as one of the most innovative and promising startups in America. The company is led by Claude Kennard and Tony Lammers who met while earning MBAs at Case Western Reserve University.

On the Rise -- A. Schulman Inc.: Molding a Global Strategy
Steve Minter, March 17, 2010
IndustryWeek A. Schulman, led by CEO Joseph Gingo, has high ambitions to expand globally and increase profitability with an aggressive new strategy.

A Culture Built on 40 Years’ Experience
Steve Minter, March 17, 2010
IndustryWeek Blog As a follow-up to the article, Minter takes a closer look at CEO Joe Gingo and his managerial style has shaped the A. Schulman corporate culture.

From Lemons to Lemonade: Clevelanders Find New Uses for Abandoned Spaces
Halle Tecco, March 25, 2010
Huffington Post Empty space in Cleveland has been renovated for new and inventive uses thanks to the Civic Innovation Lab, a grant maker for entrepreneurs.

Factory Blueprints Become Art Prints
Joyce Wadler, March 25, 2010
New York Times Kevin Busta, a Cleveland boilermaker turned furniture maker, has released a limited-edition series of photos printed on old industrial blueprints from a factory in Medina.

Rock Hall's Archives Find a New Home
Ben Sisario, March 2, 2010
New York Times (Art Beats Blog) In efforts to become the “pre-eminent research center for rock’n’roll” the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will make unique and interesting archives available for researchers in a new building on Cleveland’s lakefront.

Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives
Guy Fieri, February 8, 2010
Food Network Guy Fieri checks out some viewer favorites, including Melt in Lakewood, Ohio, a neighborhood favorite for grilled cheese sandwiches…dozens of them.

Cities use destination branding to lure tourists
Roger Yu, February 12, 2010
USA Today: Tamera Brown of Positively Cleveland is quoted talking about Cleveland’s marketing campaign to attract tourism dollars and boost economic development.

In $4.7 Billion Deal, FirstEnergy of Ohio Is to Buy a Pennsylvania Utility
Michael J. de la Merced, February 12, 2010
New York Times: With the purchase of Allegheny Energy, First Energy of Akron, Ohio will increase their customer base to six million, gain more generating capacity, and will be more able to improve environmental cleanliness of its power plants.

Evidence Builds on Color of Dinosaurs
Carl Zimmer, February 5, 2010
New York Times: University of Akron biologist Matthew Shawkey and his work detailing melanosome patterns in living birds is cited as a crucial resource for a study to determine the color of dinosaurs.

B Spot's burger hits the spot
Fred Gonzalez, February 27, 2010
Miami Herald: While competing at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, chef Michael Symon representing Cleveland restaurant The B Spot edged out Bobby Flay’s Burger Palace to win the Burger Bash, featuring a host of nationally recognized chefs.

U.S. cities seek ways to aid property developers
Nick Zieminski, January 6, 2010
Reuters: U.S. municipal and state governments, despite facing their own cash shortfall, are finding ways to help local property developers navigate the current downturn, in some cases rescuing projects that would otherwise fall victim to the credit crunch.

Magic of the Mid-West
Gordon Sparks, January 1, 2010
BBC: In a recent trip to Northeast Ohio, Gordon Sparks of the BBC found that Cleveland is so much more than the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which is its most famous landmark.

Canton family gets Christmas surprise on 'Today'
Charita Goshay, December 24, 2009
Canton Repository/NBC’s Today Show: A military family from Canton was featured on NBC’s “Today” show Thursday morning, where they received a $1,000 gift card, courtesy of Wal-Mart.

Israel Museum Receives A $12 Million Gift
Carol Vogel, December 18, 2009
New York Times: The Cleveland philanthropists Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel have given the Israel Museum in Jerusalem $12 million toward the reconstruction, re-installation and endowment of the institution’s Jewish Art and Life Wing, which houses a collection of Judaica and Jewish ethnography.

Manufacturing Outlook 2010: Cross Your Fingers: 2010 Will Be Better
Adrienne Selko, December 16, 2009
Industry Week: Baiju Shah, CEO, BioEnterprise was quoted for a story in Industry Week related to the manufacturing outlook for 2010.

The Hospital That Could Cure Health Care
Jerry Adler, December 7, 2009
Newsweek: The Cleveland Clinic, where president Obama went in July to see high-quality, cost-efficient medicine in action, has miniaturized robotic tools that can repair a heart valve through an incision less than an inch long, a computer system that allows doctors to read patients' charts and write orders from anywhere in the world, and the last word in networked, interactive supply closets.

Take a role in the Christmas Story House
Phil Marty, December 6, 2009
Chicago Tribune: The Chicago Tribune featured the house used in the “Christmas Story”

Quick Tips: What to Ask Yourself Before Applying for Financing
Renita Burns, December 3, 2009
Black Enterprise: Darrin Redus from JumpStart, Inc. is quoted in a story discussing the importance of financing for business.

The Hospital That Could Cure Health Care
Jerry Adler and Jeneen Interlandi, November 27, 2009
Newsweek: The Cleveland Clinic, where president Obama went in July to see high-quality, cost-efficient medicine in action, has miniaturized robotic tools that can repair a heart valve through an incision less than an inch long, a computer system that allows doctors to read patients' charts and write orders from anywhere in the world, and the last word in networked, interactive supply closets.

When kids raid grandma's medicine cabinet
Kim Hone-McMahan, November 22, 2009
Chicago Tribune: This story from the Chicago Tribune is an attempt to educate parents and children about the dangers of taking prescription drugs that were not prescribed to you. Dr. Laura Markley, a pediatrics and child psychiatry specialist at Akron Children's Hospital, is quoted in the story.

Making a Difference
Lester Holt, November 15, 2009
NBC Nightly News: A Hudson Schools class, that provides bikes to needy kids, was featured on NBC News "Making a Difference" series.

New study questions effectiveness of popular cholesterol drugs
Lyndsey Layton, November 15, 2009
Washington Post: A widely prescribed and expensive cholesterol drug is not as effective as niacin, a cheap vitamin, in helping to unclog coronary arteries in people already taking statins, the standard medicines used to lower cholesterol, according to a new study. Steven Nissen, chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, is quoted in the story.

Why won't Obama give you a job?
Alec MacGillis, November 8, 2009
Washington Post: To hear President Obama tell it, he's been busy creating jobs since taking office. The $787 billion stimulus package, he said last winter, would "save or create 3.5 million jobs." The White House is touting reports from recipients of stimulus funds asserting that they have created or saved 640,000 jobs so far. John Russo, co-director of Youngstown State University's Center for Working-Class Studies, is quoted in the article.

Shared hometown inspired opportunity
Lauren Viera, October 16, 2009
Chicago Tribune: Even if you’re not a sports fan, you’ve likely heard of LeBron James. The Cleveland Cavaliers superstar first garnered national attention in early 2002 when he landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated alongside the hefty headline, “The Chosen One.” He was 17. Kristopher Belman, director of the new movie “More Than a Game,” is interviewed for this story.

Cleveland Beer Week
Staff Reports, October 16, 2009
BeerAdvocate: This online article gave details for Cleveland’s Beer Week.

Timken Plots a Rust Belt Resurgence
Stephen Baker, October 15, 2009
Business Week: You might look at Timken, the Canton (Ohio) manufacturer of bearings and specialty steel, and wonder if pursuing a diversification strategy is worth the bother. In the last six years the $5.7 billion Timken has branched into new businesses while lowering its sales to the auto industry from 40% of revenue to less than 20%

All the King's Friends
Michael Lee, October 15, 2009
Washington Post: Romeo Travis fully understood what it means to be best friends with LeBron James on the streets of Bloomington, Ill., this past August. This article features some of Lebron James’ former teammates at St. Vincent St. Mary High School that are a part of the new movie, “More Than a Game.”

College technology 'catching up' with students
Kathleen Gray and Robin Erb, October 6, 2009
USA Today: Today's college classrooms are high-tech marvels, with overhead projectors and grease pencils replaced by document cameras, handheld clickers and interactive white boards. At Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, a select group of freshmen received Kindles, an online book reader, instead of the textbooks.

Second Acts For Mothballed Plants
Christopher Steiner, October 5, 2009
Forbes: Stu Lichter, 60, founder of Industrial Realty Group in Los Angeles, has built quite a business injecting life into America's moribund manufacturing hubs. Much of Lichter’s portfolio is located in Ohio.

Cleveland Rocks
Letter to the Editor, October 4, 2009
New York Times: “To the Editor: Brett Sokol’s “36 Hours in Cleveland” (Sept. 20) is a welcome and revealing look at a marvelous place to live.”

State Biotechnology Strength
Jack Rogers and Bill Trüb, October 2009
Business Facilities: Ohio has retained its #4 ranking in biotechnology strength according to Business Facilities magazine.

Cleveland beats Boston to host 2014 Gay Games
Staff Reports, September 29, 2009
Associated Press: Cleveland has been selected to host the 2014 Gay Games, which are expected to attract 12,000 participants in 30 sports over eight days.

Cleveland Orchestra Gets Its Toe In New York
Daniel Wakin, September 23, 2009
New York Times: The Cleveland Orchestra will establish a colony in New York. Having already sunk residency roots in Miami and Vienna, the Clevelanders plan an every-other-year presence at the Lincoln Center Festival, officials from the orchestra and the festival said on Tuesday.

36 Hours Cleveland
Brett Sokol, September 20, 2009
New York Times: New York Times columnist Brett Sokol highlighted several local attractions as part of the “36 Hours” series.

Court jester: LeBron James to star in movie comedy
Tom Withers, September 17, 2009
Associated Press: LeBron James is leaving Cleveland -- for Hollywood. The Cavaliers superstar and reigning NBA MVP will make his feature film debut by playing himself in an upcoming comedy. James will appear in "Fantasy Basketball Camp" by Universal Pictures.

Ten Questions For Quality Electrodynamics
Hiroyuki Fujita, September 16, 2009
Forbes.com: Quality ElectroDynamics LLC, a maker of the coils that amplify radio signals used by magnetic resonance imaging equipment to build an image of the human body on a computer monitor, was featured on Forbes.com.

Second Acts For Mothballed Plants
Christopher Steiner, September 16, 2009
Forbes.com: Stuart Lichter, developer of Canal Place in Akron, is featured in this story for Forbes.

A Little ‘Q’ Gets Its Day on the Block
Carol Vogel, September 11, 2009
New York Times: How Claes Oldenburg, an artist known for his monumental sculptures of everyday objects, came to create a tiny one in rubber, of the letter Q at that, is a story the 80-year-old Pop artist remembers well. The Akron Art Museum is briefly featured in this story.

"Lots of family fun in Sandusky, Ohio"
Randi Goldberg Berris, August 25, 2009
Associated Press: Great Wolf Lodge, and Cedar Point are featured as part of this Associated Press story on Sandusky being a family-friendly destination.

Gribbon goes to Ohio museum
Staff Reports, August 15, 2009
Los Angeles Times: In the latest episode of museum director musical chairs, Deborah Gribbon has been appointed interim director of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

A New Wing, a New Direction
Joel Henning, August 13, 2009
Wall Street Journal (subscription required): The Cleveland Museum of Art has accomplished Phase I of an eight-year, $350 million renovation and expansion that—if completed as planned in 2013—will be the largest cultural project in Ohio's history. The first phase includes an impressive renovation of both the original 1916 beaux-arts building and Marcel Breuer's modernist 1971 addition. It culminated in June with the opening of architect Rafael Viñoly's first of two proposed gallery wings.

Market rally, economic growth depend on consumer
Sara Lepro, August 9, 2009
Associated Press: Now that housing and even unemployment are showing signs of improvement, Wall Street wants consumers to do their part to heal the economy. Joe Heider, president of Dawson Wealth Management in Cleveland is quoted in this story.

Bridgestone extends sponsorship of WGC event until 2014
Mark Lamport-Stokes, August 9, 2009
Reuters: Title sponsorship of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational has been extended for a further four years, keeping the elite World Golf Championships (WGC) event at Firestone Country Club until 2014.

Cleveland's Green-Thinking Entrepreneurs
Emily Schmitt, August 7, 2009
Business Week: The entrepreneurs of Cleveland are hoping that next time you think of their city, you'll think "green" (rather than thinking of, say, the Cuyahoga River on fire). At the forefront of Cleveland's green thinking is a nonprofit called Entrepreneurs for Sustainability (E4S), which educates and trains business owners on practices that will help them make their companies more sustainable.

Mrs. Obama agrees to chair first ladies' library
Staff Reports, August 3, 2009
Associated Press: First lady Michelle Obama is becoming an honorary chairwoman of the National First Ladies' Library. The library is based in Canton, OH.

Paleontology and Creationism Meet but Don’t Mesh
Kenneth Chang, June 30, 2009
New York Times: The Creation Museum in northern Kentucky is featured in this New York Times story for the work they are doing in trying to mesh creationism and paleontology. Lisa E. Park, a professor of paleontology at the University of Akron is quoted in the story.

Cleveland Museum to Open New Wing
Felicia Lee, June 27, 2009
New York Times: The Cleveland Museum of Art opened the first of three new wings designed by the architect Rafael Viñoly on June 27, uniting two historically important buildings and creating new exhibition space.

Sweeping vistas at Cleveland Museum
Jayne Clark, June 26, 2009
USA Today: The USA Today included a mention of the new wing of the Cleveland Museum of Art opening.

Art Gets Its Space in the Midwest
Hilary Howard, June 25, 2009
New York Times: Both Cleveland and St. Louis have proven their dedication to the visual arts with the recent openings of new - and free - exhibition spaces.

Canton welcomes world for junior football tourney
Tom Withers, June 24, 2009
Associated Press: Canton, Ohio hosted the International Federation of American Football inaugural Junior World Championship, an eight-team tournament for players age 19 and under that could spread the game beyond anything Pop Warner or Pete Rozelle ever envisioned.

GM retooling Ohio factory for small-car success
Tom Krisher, June 24, 2009
Associated Press: As General Motors Corp. undergoes its transformation from big and slow to lean and fast in a New York bankruptcy court, a similar metamorphosis is under way inside the Lordstown, Ohio factory that will make what arguably is GM's most important vehicle.

Art 'in its own glory' in bigger Cleveland museum
Thomas Sheeran, June 19, 2009
Associated Press: The Associated Press featured the new opening of the east wing at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Auto Suppliers Attempt Reinvention
Timothy Aeppel, June 15, 2009
Wall Street Journal (Subscription Required): The Wall Street Journal featured many auto suppliers that are being forced to retool their efforts as the domestic auto industry has struggled. Die-Matic Corp., a metal stamper based in Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, was one of the companies featured in the story.

Should you take folic acid? Too much may cause cancer; additional research suggested
Emily Sohn, June 11, 2009
Chicago Tribune: As studies started showing that folic acid also could help prevent cancers, it started to seem like a wonder vitamin. Folic acid's heyday may be over. New studies suggest that getting too much folic acid might fuel certain cancers in some people. Connie Motter, a genetic counselor at Akron Children's Hospital in Ohio and co-chair of the National Council on Folic Acid, is quoted in the story.

Greatness That Might Stand the Test of Time
Fred Bowen, May 28, 2009
Washington Post: During the NBA Playoffs, the Washington Post speculated that Cleveland Cavaliers Forward LeBron James might be the best basketball player that has ever played.

Cleveland Rocks
Joe Posnanski, May 25, 2009
Sports Illustrated: It's been a rough few decades for Clevelanders—no mistake (by the lake) about it. But with LeBron James and the Cavaliers playing otherworldly basketball, long-suffering fans dare to imagine their first victory celebration since 1964.

Parks debut new coasters, interactive attractions
Beth Harpaz, May 24, 2009
Associated Press: A roller coaster where riders can pick a personal soundtrack, a pirate ride with water-gun fights, the tallest water ride in the world, and a walkway that sparkles at night with a million lights are some of the most exciting new attractions at amusement parks this year. The Starlight experience at Cedar Point is featured in this story.

Renewables: America's next heavy industry
Steve Hargreaves, May 23, 2009
CNNMoney.com: Minster Machine Company, a company that forges the giant cast-iron hubs that keep the blades attached to the center of a wind turbine was featured by CNNMoney.com

No Actors, Just Patients in Unvarnished Spots for Hospitals
Andrew Adam Newman, May 3, 2009
New York Times: A television commercial for the Akron Children’s Hospital in Ohio presents Austin, who is 14 and bald from chemotherapy, wearing a blue varsity jacket while seated in a rocking chair. It is emblematic of a new approach to advertising by hospitals — an industry that, despite the recession, is not slashing ad spending.

Top 10 Cities for Young College Graduates
Staff Reports, May 7, 2009
REALTOR Magazine: Cleveland was named by Apartments.com and CBcampus.com as one of the top 10 cities for young college graduates. The list ranks cities with the highest concentration of adults aged 20 to 24, the inventory of jobs requiring less than one year of experience, and the average cost of rent for a one-bedroom apartment.

States, hospitals roll out emergency plans
Donna Leinwand, April 30, 2009
USA Today: Health departments and hospitals are shifting into emergency mode as clusters of swine flu develop across the USA, and some are activating pandemic plans for the first time. Sharona Hoffman, a professor of law and bioethics at Case Western Reserve University and a former researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is quoted in the article.

Study delves into why Americans change religions
Duke Helfand, April 27, 2009
Los Angeles Times: Americans are fickle consumers of religion, with about half changing religious affiliations at least once in their lives as they drift away from childhood traditions or stop believing in the teachings of their faiths, according to a national survey released Monday. John Green, a senior fellow with the Pew Forum and a political science professor at the University of Akron is quoted in the story.

Quick Getaway to ... Canton, Ohio
Marylynne Pitz, April 24, 2009
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: The Pittsburgh Post Gazette featured the Kimono As Art exhibit at the Canton Museum of Art.

Cleveland restaurants put a new spin on comfort food
Jerry Shriver, April 23, 2009
USA Today: USA Today food writer Jerry Shriver reviewed several local restaurants in a recent visit to Cleveland.

Artists vs. Blight
Alexandra Alter, April 17, 2009
Wall Street Journal (subscription required): This article features efforts by several local communities, including Collinwood, to bring artists to neighborhoods.

Trading Places with New Job Training
Brian Williams, April 15, 2009
NBC Nightly News: Lee Combs, an Akron-area business owner, has turned part of his shop floor into a trade school for workers looking to bolster their skills.

Hello, Cleveland!
Seth Colter Walls, April 6, 2009
Newsweek: Metallica has already received the ultimate pop-culture seal of approval: a guest-starring role on an episode of "The Simpsons." On April 4, the thrash-metal band takes another step toward the mainstream when it is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Metallica, Run-DMC headed to Rock Hall of Fame
Tom Withers, April 5, 2009
Associated Press: This story discusses the induction of Metallica and Run-DMC into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

A Raucous Homecoming for Rock's Hall of Fame
Ben Sisario, April 5, 2009
New York Times: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame celebrated a raucous homecoming here on Saturday night, as Jeff Beck, Metallica, Run-DMC, Bobby Womack and Little Anthony and the Imperials were inducted to the sounds of blasting guitars and lusty roars.

Datebook | April 3-9
Staff Reports, April 2, 2009
Wall Street Journal (subscription required): The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony was briefly mentioned in this article of upcoming events.

Winter storm latest test for Fargo's levees
Dave Kolpack and Nate Jenkins, March 31, 2009
Associated Press: A blizzard battered North Dakota in March, threatening to create wind-whipped waves that could lash the patchwork levee system that has shielded much of Fargo from the swollen Red River. Bill Buckler, an associate professor of geography at Youngstown State University is quoted in the story.

Little Anthony finds a way back to your hearts
Steve Jones, March 31, 2009
USA Today: “Anthony Gourdine and his friends used to sing under the streetlights in Brooklyn's Fort Greene projects. Saturday, he'll share the spotlight with those same childhood buddies he has performed with for more than 50 years when Little Anthony & The Imperials are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.”

Composing Concertos In the Key of Rx
Matthew Gurewitsch, March 29, 2009
New York Times: A story in the March 29th edition of the New York Times indicated that listening to classical music could be beneficial to your health. Michael F. Roizen — the chief wellness officer of the Wellness Institute at the Cleveland Clinic is quoted in the story.

LeBron to appear on '60 Minutes'
Tom Withers, March 26, 2009
Associated Press: Akron’s LeBron James was profiled in a piece for the CBS News program “60 Minutes.”

Importing A Revival To Revisit The Past
James R. Oestreich, March 24, 2009
New York Times: “In a city whose economic slump began long before the current national malaise, the Cleveland Orchestra has been swimming against the tide and reclaiming parts of its storied past.”

Moves Transform More Than Cleveland State
Pete Thamel, March 22, 2009
New York Times: Cleveland State University took part in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in March; their first appearance in the tournament since 1986. The team upset the #4 seed Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

NY-Based Film Company Plans Cleveland Studio
Staff Reports, March 18, 2009
Associated Press: “A New York City-based independent film and television production company has a deal to put a film studio at the Cleveland Convention Center.”

A Symphony of Light
M.J. Albacete, March 9, 2009
USA Today Magazine The USA Today Magazine featured the Kimono exhibit at the Canton Museum of Art.

Artist Leaves Kimono Legacy
Staff Reports, March 6, 2009
HOW Magazine: The Kimono exhibit at the Canton Museum of was featured on the HOW Magazine Web site.

Ohio museum displays Japanese designer's colorful silk masterpieces
Marylynne Pitz, March 4, 2009
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: The Pittsburgh Post Gazette featured the Kimono exhibit at the Canton Museum of Art.

As Task Force Debuts, Some Ask: Who Is Middle Class?
February 28, 2009, Alec MacGillis
Washington Post: Toward the end of February, the Washington Post featured President Barack Obama’s Middle Class Task Force. In the article, John Russo, co-director of the Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State University was quoted

A Natural Emerges
February 25, 2009, Tom Sietsema
Washington Post: Cleveland native Jeremy Fox has become a big hit for his vegetarian restaurant, Ubuntu, located in Napa Valley.

Airports benefitting from economic stimulus
February 24, 2009, Roger Yu
USA Today: “Akron-Canton Airport, one of the fastest-growing airports in the country, wants to redesign its entrance road to ease traffic and add a curbside lane for taxis and other shuttles. The Ohio airport has conducted design and other preliminary work for the $7.5 million project, which includes replacing aging sewer and storm-water lines.”

Ohio Businessman Wins CNBC.com Portfolio Challenge
February 23, 2009, CNBC.com Staff
CNBC.com: “Lakeland, Ohio, businessman Stephen Weber, a systems analyst for The Cleveland Clinic, has successfully picked the hottest stocks during the 10-week "CNBC.com Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge" and won the $1 million Grand Prize.”

Youngstown, Ohio: The Rust Belt's Silicon Valley?
February 17, 2009, Dan Bobkoff
NPR: In the Rust Belt city of Youngstown, Ohio, a high-tech incubator is producing successful software companies.

200 Candles: Akron Choir Pays Loving Tribute to Mendelssohn
February 17, 2009, Cecilia Porter
Washington Post The University of Akron Concert Choir played at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. in February. The program was dedicated to reliving the work of German composer Felix Mendelssohn.

Web site attempts to retain graduates
February 16, 2009, Paula Schleis
Akron Beacon Journal (subscription required): “Is a Northeast Ohio college student more likely to stay in town after graduation if she's fallen in love with the park system, built fond memories at area entertainment venues, finished internships with local companies and created ties with people off campus?”

Inventors Hall 2009 inductees
February 11, 2009, Staff Reports
Associated Press: The National Inventors Hall of Fame, located in Akron, Ohio, announced their 2009 inductees in February.

Music All Over the Map: Leningrad to the Balcony
February 9, 2009, James R. Oestreich
New York Times: Franz Welser-Möst’s programs with the Cleveland Orchestra were featured in the New York Times after playing three shows at Carnegie Hall.

Kimono exhibit in Canton, Ohio, begins Feb. 8
February 8, 2009, Staff Reports
Associated Press: “An exhibit of kimonos considered to be artistic masterworks opens Feb. 8 at the Canton Museum of Art in Canton, Ohio. The exhibit, "Kimono as Art: The Landscapes of Itchiku Kubota," includes 40 oversized kimono featuring patterns inspired by nature.”

Dante Lavelli, 85, Football's Gluefingers
January 23, 2009, Frank Litsky
New York Times: Dante Lavelli, a Hall of Fame receiver nicknamed Gluefingers who helped the Cleveland Browns build a football dynasty with seven championships in the 1940s and ’50s, died in January.

Loop theaters are donning their spring looks
January 23, 2009, Chris Jones
Chicago Tribune: The Chicago Tribune mentions several prominent shows that are soon to appear at the Loop Theatres, including Mary Poppins, which will be in Cleveland in July.

Ohio University Offers Discount To Lure W. Pa. Students
January 22, 2009, Bill Schackner
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Youngstown State University, in a bid to attract more Western Pennsylvania students, is cutting its tuition by 26 percent for residents of eight counties in this region, including Allegheny.

New spin: Men in U.S. figure skating nationals spotlight
January 20, 2009, Vicki Michaelis
USA Today: This is a feature story previewing the United States Figuring Skating Championships, which were held in Cleveland.

Ohio Trip Will Tout Package for Economy
January 16, 2009, Staff Reports
Associated Press: President-elect Barack Obama made a pitch for his massive economic stimulus plan at a Bedford Heights, Ohio factory that makes wind turbine parts, saying his plan would make smart investments in the country's future and create solid jobs in up-and-coming industries.

Obama, at Ohio Wind Turbine Plant, Pushes Stimulus (Update1)
January 16, 2009, Julianna Goldman
Bloomberg: Cardinal Fastener & Specialty Co. in the Cleveland suburb of Bedford Heights, was picked by President Obama to highlight two aspects of his economic policy: reviving U.S. manufacturing and creating jobs by investing in alternative energy sources.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Chooses New Inductees
January 14, 2009, Julie Bloom
New York Times: Run-DMC, the rap group consisting of Jason Mizell, Joseph Simmons and Darryl McDaniels, will be among the artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Glories of the Gilded Age
December 23, 2008, Mark Yost
Wall Street Journal (subscription required): The Wall Street Journal reviews the Cleveland Museum of Art's exhibit "Artistic Luxury." After viewing this exhibit, visitors will not only have a good understanding of the artistic trends that led to the Arts & Crafts movement, but of how that movement led to these pieces that were crafted for the era's wealthiest patrons.

Woman gets near-total face transplant in Cleveland
December 17, 2008, Marilynn Marchione
Associated Press: “A woman who had suffered severe facial trauma got essentially a whole new face in a first-of-its-kind operation at the Cleveland Clinic.”

Forecast for future: windy & oh-so green
December 15, 2008, Bill Bregar
Plastics News (subscription required): “New “green” markets could help old-line industries — including two Ohio manufacturers of injection molding machines, HPM and Milacron Inc. Proof of that came last week in Cleveland, where a manufacturing conference drew 850 enthusiastic people, including Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, to the posh InterContinental Hotel.”

Wind Turbine Supply Chain Spinning Up
December 15, 2008, Brad Kenney
Industry Week: “Although many sectors of the economy are stalling, by all accounts the turbines of the wind energy manufacturing sector are still spinning away, at least if a recent American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and Great Lakes Wind Network event are any indication.”

Magic or not, fairy houses enchant woodland visitors
December 14, 2008, Mary Beth Breckenridge
Chicago Tribune: “Fairies frequent Grace Wyszynski's West Akron, Ohio, backyard. She knows, because she sees the fairy dust they leave behind. Grace is the proprietor of a fairy house, a miniature structure intended to attract fairies to a garden, yard or other place in nature. The houses take a number of forms—dollhouses like Grace's, whimsical garden ornaments or simple shelters made from pebbles, pieces of bark, acorns or other elements gathered from the earth.”

Ohio governor says wind business growing
December 9, 2008, Marv Kropko
Associated Press: Making the parts for the machinery to tap wind for energy is emerging even as the state's (Ohio) traditional steel and auto manufacturing base struggles.

"Christmas Ale at Cleveland's Great Lakes Brewing Company"
December 9, 2008, Mary Jo Manzanares
Fly Away Café.com: Great Lakes Brewing Company, and it’s Christmas blend Christmas Ale, are featured in this story on Fly Away Café.com.

Christmas Story House in Ohio open for movie fans
December 8, 2008, Staff Reports
Associated Press: The Cleveland house used in the filming of “The Christmas Story” was open to visitors during the holiday season.

Cleveland Clinic disclosing doctors' business ties
December 3, 2008, Reed Abelson
New York Times: In a first of its kind move, The Cleveland Clinic announced it has begun publicly reporting the business relationships that any of its 1,800 staff doctors and scientists have with drug and device makers.

The Rise Of Indian Manufacturing
December 1, 2008, Adrienne Selko
Industry Week: Several local companies, including Canton-based Timken, are featured in this story as accessing the newly critical market of India. With a middle class population estimated at between 215 million and 300 million and expected to reach 583 million by 2025 (according to the McKinsey Global Institute), opportunities for global-minded manufacturers are abundant, not only in servicing the needs of this market but in creating products adhering to new business models that ultimately will ensure future global markets.

Cleveland is stuck on 'A Christmas Story'
November 30, 2008, Jane Clark
USA Today: In celebration of the 25th anniversary of A Christmas Story, fans convened in Cleveland at the end of November to pay homage to the low-budget movie that has become a holiday staple.

Smart Machines Save Energy
November 24, 2008, Mark Mills
Forbes: “There is an emerging technology revolution that raises productivity and radically improves energy efficiency, too. Superautomation will be unleashed across the world's office buildings, factories, warehouses, bridges and service industries, where 70% of our energy is used.” One of the companies championing this new technology is Canton-based Timken.

A Piece of Cleveland With a New York Accent
November 21, 2008, Ben Sisario
New York Times: Towards the end of November, hundreds of artifacts were being prepared for the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC, a $9 million branch of the Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland.

Herb Score; Career Derailed by Line Drive
November 14, 2008, Staff Reports
Associated Press: Herb Score, 75, the Cleveland Indians pitcher and former broadcaster whose promise on the mound was shattered by a line drive, died Nov. 11 at his home in Rocky River, Ohio.

Midwestern Industrial Chic in Manhattan
November 13, 2008, Joyce Walder
New York Times: The steel furniture of Kevin Busta and Doug Meyer, welders and artists who occasionally sell their work at the Annex Antiques Fair and Garage were featured in this New York Times story.

InSeT Plans to Make Mines Safer
November 1, 2008, April Joyner
Inc Magazine: “A federal law requires all underground coal mines to have wireless tracking systems by June 2009, but many mines still don't have them. Akron-based InSeT plans to install a beta system this year and hope to get regulatory approval by May."

Paul Newman: A rare breed
September 27, 2008, Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today: Paul Newman, born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, has recently passed away. Newman is being remembered for such films as Cool Hand Luke and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, as well as his numerous charitable contributions through his food product lines.

Democrats frame economy as 'values' issue
September 25, 2008, Eric Gorski
Associated Press: “Across the religious spectrum, from atheists to evangelicals, the economy ranks as the top issue on voters' minds — a scenario that usually works in Democrats' favor.” John Green, a political scientist at the University of Akron is quoted throughout this story on religion’s impact on political decision making.

Ready for a New Stage
September 21, 2008, Les Carpenter
Washington Post: “Inside a roadside chain hotel in Akron, Ohio, Jason Taylor sat across from a sports agent named Gary Wichard and listened to the most ridiculous proposal. It was 1996, and the agent spoke breathlessly of motion picture and television opportunities and lunches with celebrities.” Taylor, a graduate of the University of Akron and member of the Washington Redskins, is exploring a potential career in Hollywood after his playing days are over.

Federal agencies start summit on healthy homes
September 14, 2008, Wendy Koch
USA Today: Four federal agencies are hosting the first national summit on the topic of healthy homes, beginning in Baltimore. Several U.S.-funded studies will be unveiled that show how renovations in Cleveland, Seattle and New Orleans lowered the risk of asthma and other health problems for residents.

Akron, Ohio: Flipping for more than burgers
September 14, 2008, David Hoekstra
Chicago Sun-Times: VegiTerranean restaurant and coffeehouse, the centerpiece of a new arts area north of downtown Akron, is featured in this story by the Chicago Sun-Times.

Food Network stars dish on unusual things at farmers' market
September 12, 2008, Jerry Shriver
USA Today: “USA TODAY's Jerry Shriver asks top TV culinary stars ... 'What are the best or most unusual aspects of your local farmers' market?'” Michael Symon, chef/owner of Lola and Lolita restaurants, highlights North Union Farmers Market at Shaker Square in Cleveland.

Los Alamos and Sandia: R&D Treasures
September 11, 2008, Pete Engardio
Business Week: Proctor & Gamble is tapping Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories for their labs' supercomputers and immense brain trusts to create new eco-friendly materials for consumer products. Goodyear Tire & Rubber says Sandia helped radically speed up product launches, a key to its recent financial turnaround.

Why wait till Oct. 31 to celebrate Halloween? Start in September and call it Fall-O-Ween
September 2, 2008, Beth Harpaz
Associated Press: Halloween is morphing into an entire season, at least in the tourism industry, with haunted walks, costume balls and pumpkin-carving events held throughout October. Local amusement park Cedar Point runs "HalloWeekends" from Sept. 12-Nov. 2 with a parade, a new fun house for little ones and outdoor walk-through attractions.

Repairing a House With Superman Ties
September 1, 2008, George Gene Gustines
New York Times: The Glenville Development Corporation is working to restore the home of the original Superman, born in Cleveland more than 70 years ago.

10 Unexpected U.S. Wine Trails
September 1, 2008, Alix Strauss
Travelandleisure.com: Several out of the mainstream wine regions are featured in this story, including Ohio.

Grilled cheese vies to be the greatest thing on sliced bread
July 28, 2008; Tina Dirmann
USA Today: “Perhaps nothing says comfort quite like a grilled cheese sandwich. The classic treat of childhood evokes memories of after-school snacks and Saturday lunch treats. At Lakewood’s Melt Bar & Grilled, the entire menu is dedicated to nothing but decadent grilled cheeses.”

Smart Ways To Pack A Real Global Punch
July 25, 2008; Gary M. Stern
Investor’s Business Daily: The article discusses how Nordson, a Cleveland-based company, is able to produce 60% of its products in the U.S.

Venture Financing With a Mission Beyond Profit
July 24, 2008; Marci Alboher
New York Times: “Cities have long offered tax incentives to encourage companies to stay and newcomers to relocate. But another option is gaining currency in old manufacturing cities looking to prop up their struggling economies — homegrown nonprofit groups that nurture new businesses from the ground up. One of the more innovative of these groups is the five-year-old Jumpstart Inc., which provides seed money to entrepreneurs with promising businesses in the Cleveland area.”

This Weekend: See 200 Vatican treasures in Cleveland
July 23, 2008; JD Rinne
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel: “Vatican Splendors, a showcase of more than 200 rare art pieces and historical artifacts owned by the Catholic Church, is currently on display in Cleveland, Ohio.”

Rebuild America's Hometowns; In An Era Of High Fuel Prices And Environmental Awareness, Small Walkable Cities Are Primed For Revival, But We Need Federal Help
July 20, 2008; Christopher Doherty And Jay Williams
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: “In Youngstown, the Business Incubator looks to reverse the "brain drain" by giving home-grown, young innovators and entrepreneurs focused on business-to-business software the support and mentorship they need to succeed.”

GM Gives a Lift to Ohio Town's Fortunes (Paid Subscription Required)
July 17, 2008; John D. Stoll
Wall Street Journal: “GM announced it will add a third shift of workers at its Lordstown plant to make more Chevrolet Cobalt compacts, whose sales have jumped as gas prices have soared. And the move will create 1,400 jobs and has helped boost the region's outlook almost overnight.”

Turning to T-Shirts to Spiff Up Downtrodden Cities
July 13, 2008; Catrin Einhorn
New York Times: “In cities like Youngstown, Ohio, and Detroit, damaged by the decline in manufacturing and decades of population loss, entrepreneurs in their 20s and 30s are pushing back with the simple stuff of T-shirts, tote bags and soap. Faced with condescending attitudes from outsiders and grumbling from many locals, they are determined to peddle in pride, and hope to convert others in the process.”

Chicago set to test its own express lanes, which are cheaper than rail projects
July 10, 2008; Jon Hilkevitch
Chicago Tribune: Euclid Ave “has undergone a remake, including bus-only lanes and new traffic-signal technology that will give buses the green light for almost 10 miles from downtown to the city's east side. The transit corridor, called the Health Line, is geared toward attracting professionals, many of them doctors and other health-care workers who commute to a medical district anchored by the renowned Cleveland Clinic.”

Biking to Bed and Breakfasts
No Date; John Rossheim
MSN City Guides: The article discusses how cities across the country are making it easier for bicyclists to travel. It mentions “87-mile Towpath Trail, which opens up rural Ohio to the Cleveland cyclist.”

Food-Shopping Tips Direct From the Store Manager
June 28, 2008; Ron Lieber
New York Times: The article discusses how Tom and Jeff Heinen of Heinen’s are rethinking how they do business, due to rising food prices.

Goodyear to Invest Over $2 Billion To Improve Plants, Boost Output (Paid Subscription Required)
June 26, 2008; Jeff Bennett
Wall Street Journal: “Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plans to invest over $2 billion in the next five years to expand and modernize its plants both in the U.S. and around the world as it looks to boost production of high-end products and output in low-cost countries.”

Research finds more electronic interference in hospitals
June 25, 2008; Mary Brophy Marcus
USA Today: “Hospital hallways are covered with warnings to silence mobile phones, which can interfere with medical equipment. It appears other devices commonly used in hospitals might have the same effect on critical-care medical equipment, new research suggests. RFID and related technologies are invaluable to emergency departments for tracking patient location, treatments and tests, says Brian Keaton, chairman of the board of the American College of Emergency Physicians and an attending physician in the department of emergency medicine at Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio.”

Museums across the country freshening up, expanding
June 23, 2008; Thomas J. Sheeran
Associated Press: “"Museums are in a transition moment," said Anne Helmreich, associate professor at Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University. The Cleveland Museum of Art is nearing the halfway point of one of the biggest projects, a seven-year, $350 million expansion and renovation of a renowned institution that opened in 1916 with money from industrial magnates.”

The Economy's Steady Pulse
June 13, 2008; Kendra Marr
Washington Post: “In the past 15 years, the health-care economy has pumped out 4.5 million new jobs, including related fields such as drug development and health insurance. Cleveland has emerged as a prime location for medical care and research. Longtime manufacturers, like machine-tool behemoth Warner & Swasey, that once dominated the region's economy, been replaced by the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, two of the state's largest employers, and more than 500 companies providing medical goods and services.”

Cleveland To Stay Its Musical Course
June 7, 2008; James R. Oestreich
New York Times: “The Cleveland Orchestra announced it had renewed the contract of its music director, the Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Möst, to 2018, which happens to be the orchestra’s centenary.”

Pride of Youngstown: A ‘Ghost’ Who Didn’t Vanish
June 4, 2008; Sean D. Hamill
New York Times: The article describes the career of Youngstown native and middleweight World Championship Boxing champ, Kelly Pavlic.

Lordstown escapes GM's ax: Automaker says new compact cars to be made there
June 4, 2008: Bill Toland
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: “First it was the Vega. Then the Cobalt. Now, it's an unnamed, next-generation compact car that will help keep workers at General Motors' assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio, in business, even as GM downsizes elsewhere.”

Investors From Ohio Invite Israeli BioTec Companies to Immigrate To The USA
May 29, 2008;
Maariv Newspaper, Israel Members of the investment organization BIOTEC from the state of Ohio, that is located in the US, have arrived in Israel for a few days for meetings with local Israeli biotechnological companies. The purpose – to convince them to transfer a portion of their development operations to the US. In the framework of the visit, up to now, representatives of the organization have met with managers from 35 biotech companies.

Preschool of Rock
May 29, 2008; Kevin Tibbles
Today Show: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Toddler Rock program was mentioned on the Today Show. Terry Stewart, Rock and Roll Hall of fame President and CEO, was quoted in the video.

Cleveland Clinic to partner with local companies
May 29, 2008; Sharon Wrobel
Jerusalem Post: “Cleveland Clinic is in advanced talks to partner up with five Israeli biomed companies. During the Ohio delegation's visit at the Israel Biomed 2008 Conference this week, Tom Sudow, director of business development at the Cleveland Clinic's Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center, has scheduled 35 meetings with Israeli companies.”

Cleveland developers hope to revitalize city
May 25, 2008; M.R. Kropko
Associated Press: The Wolstein Group and “other developers say they want to brighten Cleveland's bleak national image, looking to waterfront cities like Boston, Chicago and New York as role models. They're hoping to entice professionals to both live and work in Cleveland, which has evolved into a predominantly commuter city.”

What's new at theme parks around the country
May 25, 2008; Beth J. Harpaz
Associated Press: Cedar Point is opening a new children’s area “with seven rides, plus a new Snoopy-themed restaurant and ice show.”

Drumroll, Please: Google Health Launches!
May 19, 2008; Sarah Rubenstein
Wall Street Journal: The Cleveland Clinic is participating in Google Health’s electronic personal health records.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame offers free concerts
May 18, 2008; Staff Reports
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be offering “biweekly concert series at the main stage of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. They will be held Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m., the concerts of mostly Indie rock talents are designed to link the Rock Hall with the local music scene as well as draw people from outside Cleveland to the attraction.”

Oklahoma City swaps highway for park; Other cities want to remove roads from downtowns
May 15, 2008; Dennis Cauchon
USA Today: Oklahoma City is borrowing ideas from other cities, including Cleveland and Akron to “beautify “ downtown highways.

Another person with super-memory skills comes forward
May 13, 2008; Marilyn Elias
USA Today: The University of California-Irvine has found Rick Baron of suburban Cleveland, to be the third person is the U.S. with a superior autobiographical memory.

Festivals for summer fun
May 11, 2008; Ann Piccininni
Chicago Tribune: The Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival will be held July 25-August 4th in Canton. The article describes the activities for the festival, which include a Rib Burn-Off, Fashion Show and hot air balloon launch.

Sports world begins to sputter under weight of fuel prices
May, 9 2008; Erik Brady and Jeff Zillgitt
USA Today: “Joe Horrigan, vice president of communications and exhibits at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, says he expects attendance to rise this summer. "I call it Niagara Falls syndrome," Horrigan says. "People in Buffalo don't go to Niagara Falls, but they do when it's too expensive to go somewhere else." He expects an increase in visits from nearby residents.”

3 in Cleveland named to Black Enterprise's list of best doctors
May 7, 2008; Chris Seper
Plain Dealer: “Three local doctors were named to Black Enterprise's list of the best 140 black doctors in the United States. Dr. Edward Barksdale Jr. of University Hospitals' Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospitals; Dr. Linda Bradley, right, of the Cleveland Clinic, and Dr. Richard Grant of University Hospitals Case Medical Center were on the list.”

'American Idol' looks to Rock Hall for theme of next show
May 1, 2008; John Soeder
Plain Dealer: American Idol’s May 7th episode featured a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame theme. “The final contestants - Syesha Mercado, David Cook, Jason Castro and David Archuleta - will sing tunes from the Rock Hall's list of 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll, showcased in a permanent exhibit at the museum in Cleveland.”

America’s Leading Doctors (Subscription Required)
May 2008; Carolyn M. Brown, Tracey Brown, Cliff Hocker, Sonya A. Donaldson and Shari Logan
Black Enterprise: “Three local doctors were named to Black Enterprise's list of the best 140 black doctors in the United States. Dr. Edward Barksdale Jr. of University Hospitals' Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospitals; Dr. Linda Bradley, right, of the Cleveland Clinic, and Dr. Richard Grant of University Hospitals Case Medical Center were on the list.”

The incredible shrinking city
April 24, 2008; Les Christie
CNN Money: Youngstown “which has suffered since the steel industry left town and jobs dried up - is bulldozing abandoned buildings, tearing up blighted streets and converting entire blocks into open green spaces.”

Timken opens new plants in India, China
April 18, 2008; Nick Zieminski
Reuters: Timken Co has opened two new plants in Asia. The “plant in Chennai, India, will make bearings for industrial customers, and becomes Timken's third plant in India” and “the plant in Chengdu, China, will focus in part on serving that country's aviation sector.”

Cleveland, Costa Rica strike import deal
April 11, 2008; No Author
Associated Press: Cleveland and “Costa Rica have struck a deal to use Cleveland's Lake Erie port as an entry point for coffee, tea, pineapples and other imports from the central American nation.” Mayor Frank Jackson's “said Costa Rica will open a Midwest trade headquarters in Cleveland with the goal of moving 25 percent of its U.S. exports through Ohio.”

Millions promised for community-based 'universal access'
April 11, 2008; John Cox
Network World: Akron-based Knight Center of Digital Excellence was unveiled early April “to actively support the deployment of networking technology for community-based, so-called digital access projects, to extend broadband Internet connections for community residents and businesses.”

Quality Care at Bargain Prices
April 10, 2008; Editorial
New York Times: According to the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, published by Dartmouth’s Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Cleveland Clinic along with the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota are considered to “offer outstanding care at bargain prices.”

Bar Code Sales Tool Is Failing Campus Test
April 8, 2008; Elizabeth Olson
New York Times: Marketers in Asia and Europe “have been using bar code technology to help sell things to people on their cell-phones. A consumer can point a phone at something intriguing that bears a signature black-and-white square, then get information about a product or service or an offer to purchase it.” Case Western Reserve University’s engineering management student have helped to “design the trial and are marketing it as part of their new product development course”

A nod to the 100-year-old housekeeper
April 3, 2008; Bettijane Levine
LA Times: “The Hoover Co. of North Canton, Ohio, produced and marketed the first Model O one hundred years ago. It was the first commercially successful electric vacuum cleaner that used a filter bag and cleaning attachments.”

Interactive Education for a New Generation
April 4, 2008; No Author
ABC News: Tony DeAscentis, VP of Marketing of Youngstown-based Turning Technologies was interviewed by ABC News regarding digital classroom participation.

Executives Find Ways to Move Past Fears
March 24, 2008; Carol Hymowitz
Wall Street Journal: The article discusses how to expand and diversify internationally. Indus International, a Cleveland-based consulting firm, assists small to medium-sized companies with this expansion.

Rust Belt Rockers Retool
March 22, 2008; John Jurgensen
Wall Street Journal: “It's been a while since Akron launched a music star, since Devo and the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde.” The Black Keys band members include Firestone High School graduates, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.

Cardiac health event aims to educate women
March 16, 2008; Julie Levin
Miami Herald: The Cleveland Clinic in Weston, Florida held a “Heart Health Day”, where women learned about five 'must know' numbers.

UCC Is Happily Riding Obama's Coattails
March 15, 2008; David Briggs
Washington Post: “Church leaders expect more people to come knocking on the doors of United Church of Christ, a Cleveland-based denomination, as their most widely known member raises awareness of the denomination through his Democratic presidential campaign.”

Cleveland: A good getaway for the family
March 9, 2008; Alan Solomon
Chicago Triune: “Core attractions and convenient hotels make Cleveland a prime family-weekend destination.” The articles discusses the various “attractions” in the Cleveland area.

RTI International Metals Hopes To Fly Higher On Titanium
March 6, 2008; Ralph E. Winter
Morning Star: “RTI International Metals Inc, a Youngstown based company, launched a more than $400 million expansion to double its titanium capacity as the company prepares for huge demand growth for the light, strong and corrosion-resistant metal over the next decade.”

Some Ohio firms have done well under NAFTA
March 3, 2008; David J. Lynch
USA Today: “Trade has provided Ohio clear benefits as well as costs. Ohio companies exported $39.4 billion in goods last year, meaning thousands of state companies prospered thanks to the same cross-border openness that has decimated countless manufacturing communities.”

Web Surfer, Heal Thyself
March 3, 2008; Steven Levy
Newsweek: Cleveland Clinic announced it was participating in a pilot project with Google. This project will include the ability of outside doctors to send information through Google that the clinic can merge to the existing files, as well as the ability to export “personal records to a special health section of Google, where it will become part of a consumer-controlled dossier.”

In a Crucial State, a Contentious Debate: Clinton and Obama Clash Over Tactics In Ohio Showdown
February 27, 2008; Dan Balz, Anne E. Kornblut and Shailagh Murray
Washington Post: The article discusses the Democratic primary held at Cleveland State University.

Ohioans Hear Populist Pleas by Democrats
February 27, 2008; Andrew Jacobs
New York Times: Both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama have visited Youngstown, as their predecessors have doing their runs for the White House. “Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama have made nearly 20 appearances in Ohio in the last few weeks, including stops in Dayton, Toledo, Akron, Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and, of course, Youngstown.”

'King James' a one-man gang: Instincts prove best guide for maturing Cavaliers star
February 13, 2008; Jon Saraceno
USA Today: The articles discusses LeBron James growing not only in the game of basketball, but also as a mentor, emerging businessman, philanthropist and a person.

Blimp gives fans bird's-eye view: Airship is big part of NASCAR picture
February 12, 2008; Seth Livingstone
USA Today: The view from the Goodyear Blimp is fantastic, just ask Larry Chambers. For the past 30 years he has had prime seating for the Daytona 500. "The best thing about this job is that we're No. 1 in aerial support for television," said Chambers, who is Goodyear's senior pilot, having been with the company since 1969.”

Hillsborough chooses new voting system
February 9, 2008; Staff Reports
St. Petersburg Times: “Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson said he is finalizing a deal with Premier Election Solutions, formerly Diebold Election Systems. Premier is supplying voting equipment to 33 other Florida counties.”

For Ohio comedian, tour was 'colossal'
February 8, 2008; Timothy McNulty
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Local comedian, John Caparulo of East Liverpool, toured the country with actor Vince Vaughan for the “Vince Vaughan’s Wild West Comedy Show”.

Cute little 'Body' attracts little Eva
January 31, 2008; John Urbancich
Plain Dealer: Eva Longoria Parker is quoted saying “I have to say Cleveland has the nicest fans and (Quicken Loans) is one of the nicest arenas we go to. Last year was just amazing," said the new Mrs. Tony Parker about her husband's NBA championship season with the San Antonio Spurs (and that four-game sweep of our Cleveland Cavaliers).”

Coach Follows Dream to Football’s Summit
January 30, 2008; Judy Battista
New York Times Canton local, Josh McDaniels, is the Patriots’ offensive coordinator. The articles goes through McDaniels history of playing the game and coaching. His father, coaching legend Thom McDaniels, is still coaching at Jackson High School.

Cleveland Is Rocking
January 27, 2008; Fred Bierman and Benjamin Hoffman
New York Times: “The Cavaliers are the hottest team in the Eastern Conference. James leads the league with an average of 29.5 points a game and is averaging career highs in assists (7.4) and rebounds (7.6) to emerge as a leading M.V.P. candidate.”

Mozart best in Cleveland opener
January 26, 2008; Lawrence A. Johnson
Miami Herald: “Franz Welser-Most and the Cleveland Orchestra opened the second year of their Miami residency Friday night at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts presenting music of Mozart, Debussy and Dvorak to a sold-out house.”

Venture Firms Peek Out Of Silicon Valley
January 24, 2008, Claire Cain Miller
Forbes: Investment companies within the insurance industry find Cleveland to be a good investment, because “the city is home to several insurance companies with seasoned executives.”

Your Mentor Is Out There -- in Cyberspace
January 20, 2008; Kelly K. Spors
Wall Street Journal: The article mentions Jumpstart’s Ideacrossing Web site, as a tool to “let both prospective mentors/investors and entrepreneurs in need of assistance build online profiles and find each other.”

The deal's on the bus: Tired of going round and round with planes, trains and automobiles, more travelers hop on the bus
January 18, 2008; Jayne Clark
USA Today: Greyhound has made some changes to their buses in Cleveland. These changes include: “reclining seats with lumbar support, footrests and carpeted ceilings for sound-proofing. At 125 stations, new signage has been installed along with better lighting, restroom renovations, and in some stations, flat-screen TVs. Employees have undergone a "rigorous" customer-service training program and drivers wear spiffy new uniforms.”

Cities ramp up kid-friendly hospitality
January 17, 2008; Haya El Nasser
USA Today: Akron promotes New Year's Eve family celebrations and downtown activities for adults and children, including a skating rink and artisan fair. It also now jointly owns community learning centers with the school district and has extended after-school programs in 42 schools being built or rehabilitated. Mayor Donald Plusquellic was quoted saying, “Young professionals can find something here and, by the way, when you find your mate, there are also activities that you and your family can take advantage of.”

Cleveland?!? Former Mistake by the Lake is getting national attention as a hot new dining city. So we sent our intrepid reporter, who had never been there, even to see the Polka Hall of Fame.
January 16, 2008; Monica Eng
Chicago Tribune: “The national food press -- Gourmet, Food & Wine, Esquire and Playboy.com -- heaped praise on several Cleveland spots this year for best new restaurant, best steakhouse, best farm-to-table programs and great new neighborhood eateries.” World-famous food writer, Michael Ruhlman describes Cleveland, in his latest book, as eccentric. "There's no other place like it. People are so quirky."

Wellness Experts From Cleveland Clinic Set for 2008 Crystal Voyages
January 14, 2008; Press Release
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10 great places to know it's more than rock 'n' roll
January 4, 2008; Chris Epting and Kathy Baruffi
USA Today: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland is listed in the top 10.

Hello, Cleveland! Hall Ceremony Returns
December 19, 2007, Joe Milicia
Associated Press: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and the City of Cleveland announced yesterday that the museum will host its induction ceremony in 2009.

Companies Need CEOs To Stop Spinning And Start Thinking (Paid Subscription Required)
December 17, 2007, Carol Hymowitz
Wall Street Journal: Donald Washkewicz, CEO of Parker Hannifin, is highlighted in this article for his attempts to study all of the company’s products, its customers and its pricing. The result, as the article points out, is widened profit margins on many products.

Art was about more than just money
December 16, 2007, Chris Knight
Los Angeles Times: The Cleveland Museum of Art’s excellent collection of early Christian, Byzantine and medieval European art is highlighted in this story.

Getty Center: a view of the first decade
December 15, 2007, Chris Knight
Los Angeles Times: The “Medieval Treasures” exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of art is highlighted.

Goodyear Tire, NASA To Develop Tires For Use On The Moon
December 13, 2007, Shirleen Dorman
Dow Jones Newswire: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. recently announced that is working with NASA's Glenn Research Center to develop non-pneumatic tires for use on the moon.

Where To Educate Your Children
December 12, 2007, David Savageau
Forbes.com: Forbes.com recently highlighted the top 20 places to educate your children. Akron Schools ranked 5th on the list nationally.

Goodyear Aims for Growth In Overseas Markets (Paid Subscription Required)
December 10, 2007, Donna Kardos
Wall Street Journal: “Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced the formation of a Europe, Middle East and Africa business unit, the latest in its effort to boost international operations while its North American unit faces slumping sales.”

Ohio Is Developer's Home Away From Home
December 7, 2007, M.R. Kropko
Associated Press: Stuart Lichter, Founder, President, and Senior Managing Partner of Industrial Reality Group is featured in this story. Lichter is credited with developing the $900 million deal to remake the corporate headquarters of Goodyear and its surroundings in Akron.

A Winner in Cleveland Gets His Turn in New York
December 5, 2007, Vivien Schweitzer
New York Times: Alexander Ghindin, a pianist, recently made his recital debut in New York City. Alexander recently won the 2007 Cleveland International Piano Competition. The Cleveland competition “only 31” piano contests to have received a five-star rating out of the more than 400 surveyed in Piano Competitions Worldwide.

America's Best High Schools
November 29, 2007, No Author
U.S. News & World Report: Several high schools in the Northeastern Ohio region received high marks from US News and World Report in their recent feature of America’s best high schools. Some of the high schools from this area that were mentioned include: Aurora High School, Bay High School, Bloomfield High School, and Cleveland School Of The Arts High School.

Cardiac care in region rated among U.S. best
November 28, 2007, No Author
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: “Several hospitals in the region have been named as among the country's 100 Top Hospitals for cardiovascular care.” These include the Cleveland Clinic and St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown.

Rock Hall exhibit 'Helps' Beatles fans get behind the scenes
November 23, 2007, Joe Milica
Associated Press: Now through March 30, 2008 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be running a Beatles exhibit. It will tribute the Beatles movie “Help!” and will include “loads of movie memorabilia and artifacts”

Wedge and Melvin capture Manager of the Year awards
November 15, 2007, Bob Nightengale
USA Today: “Eric Wedge of the Cleveland Indians has been named American League Manager of the Year,” becoming the first Cleveland manager to win the Manager of the Year award.

Sabathia trumps Beckett for AL Cy Young Award
November 14, 2007, Bob Nightengale
USA Today: C.C. Sabathia received the American League Cy Young Award this year, becoming the second Indians' pitcher to ever win the Award.

Lincoln Electric Holdings
November 12, 2007, Christopher Lippincott
BusinessWeek: Local company, “Lincoln Electric Holdings, the world's largest manufacturer of consumables and equipment for the welding and cutting industry, stands to benefit over the next several years from strong demand for its specialty welding products in international markets.”

More ways than one to encourage prospective clients to bite the hook
November 12, 2007, Ian Driscoll
Financial Times: The article highlights the success of Glenmede Trust’s Cleveland office of courting new customers, through annual local events. For example, Glenmede Trust “invites clients and prospective clients on an all day fly-fishing outing at a private club in northwestern Ohio.”

Michael Symon: Iron Chef!
November 12, 2007, Joanne Chen
Fortune Small Business: Local restaurant owner, Michael Symon, won the Food Network’s six-week “Iron Chef” competition.

Cleveland Orchestra, Musikverein (Paid Subscription Required)
November 7, 2007, George Loomis
Financial Times: The Cleveland Orchestra performed in Vienna’s Musikverein and the author describes the performance as “this stunning orchestra from the US Midwest perpetuates old-world – and particularly Viennese – musical traditions so resplendently that the hallowed Musikverein, with its divine acoustics, could be its natural habitat.”

'Christmas Story' fans to convene in Cleveland
November 4, 2007, Marylynne Pitz
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Brian Jones, the owner of "A Christmas Story" house is had a “convention” over Thanksgiving weekend. Fans were able to “meet actors who played in the 1983 classic, tour the restored Cleveland home used in the movie and enjoy a Christmas dinner, just like the Parker family, at the C & Y Chinese restaurant.”

Blueprints / Cleveland (Paid Subscription Required)
October 31, 2007, Maura Webber Sadovi
Wall Street Journal: The article describes the increased interest in Cleveland and surrounding areas in terms of commercial real estate. “Buyers have snapped up Cleveland's trophy towers and suburban spaces at record levels this year, making the city a bright spot in northeast Ohio's commercial real-estate market.”

The Rust Belt; Back from the dead
October 25, 2007, No Author
The Economist: “Cleveland is experiencing the physical renaissance, with new museums, a university building designed by Frank Gehry, a plan to reclaim the lakefront and another to improve transport between downtown and a hub of universities and hospitals.”

A new twist to highway sound walls: You can see through them
October 23, 2007, Thomas Sheeran
Associated Press: “Soundproofing walls that increasingly line highways, especially in densely populated areas, often have a brooding look. But transportation planners in the United States are beginning to borrow an idea that's common in Europe to make the freeway corridor more livable: see-through sound walls.” Akron received one of Ohio's first see-through sound wall installations in early summer and a Cleveland suburb will be receiving on as well.

Mapping Out a Smooth Transition (Paid Subscription Required)
October 21, 2007, Laura Lorber
Wall Street Journal: Glenn Leppo, Leppo Inc’s president, describes the company’s succession planning.

Pelosi: Incubator is model for U.S.
October 20, 2007, David Skolnick
The Vindicator: The article discusses the Youngstown Business Incubator and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. She endorses U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of the Mahoning Valley, stating, “Ryan is providing "phenomenal" leadership in the House and serves with "great distinction.” Pelosi visited the business incubator in Youngstown and found the incubator is "a model for the nation," and called it "a leader in growing the local economy."

A Right Turn (Paid Subscription Required)
October 19, 2007, Thomas Boswell
Washington Post: “Baseball itself has moved into Tribe Time -- a period when Cleveland's cutting-edge best practices epitomize the healthiest trends in the sport. A glance at the Indians' roster, a study of how they acquired their stars and a gasp at their $61.6 million payroll, 23rd in the sport, shows were the old game may finally and mercifully be headed -- toward sanity.”

Cleveland Orchestra Lives Up To Its Rep at Kennedy Center (Paid Subscription Required)
October 18, 2007
Washington Post: The article raves about the Orchestra’s performance at the Kennedy Center.

Smaller airports have big appeal
October 9, 2007, Gary Stoller
USA Today: Akron Canton Regional Airport has been found to be one of travelers favorite smaller airports. They have become more popular over the past years because “there's less traffic driving to them, they have shorter security lines, and it's easier to get from gate to gate to make flight connections.”

China can't make what I make (Paid Subscription Required)
October 8, 2007, Doug Cameron
Financial Times: The Timken Company shipped out $70 million of product this year to China’s market. The company is the largest producer of bearings in North America and specializes in products, “such as bearings for the landing gear of the new Chinese regional jet due to start production next year.”

Cleveland Is, Like, Trendy
October 4, 2007, Joe Lapointe
New York Times: In the noontime sunshine, Dan Latarski sat at outdoor café on the brick sidewalk of East 4th here in Cleveland. Just eating a burger, wearing an Indians shirt and enjoying the ambiance near Jacobs Field, where the Indians play the Yankees tonight in the first game of their American League divisional series.

The Place to Be: (Renewed and Improved) Cleveland
October 2007, Anne Trubek
O Magazine: The article illustrates the many activities Cleveland has to offer, which include hearing the Cleveland Orchestra, as well as visiting Tremont’s Art Walk and eating Sunday brunch at Fire.

Continental Boosts Cleveland's Cachet
September 25, 2007, Ted Reed
TheStreet.com: “Continental wants to expand its Cleveland capacity by 40% over two years. By June 2008, it will offer 300 daily departures to 100 destinations, up from 242 departures to 80 destinations today.”

Cleveland GM rewarded for stick-to-itiveness
September 19, 2007, Hal Bodley
USA Today: The article is about Cleveland Indians general manager, Mark Shapiro.

Diebold partners with Sinopec for ATM deployments at Beijing fuel stations
September 17, 2007, Staff Reports
Reuters: “Diebold announces it is cooperating with the Chinese oil supplier Sinopec and local commercial banks to deploy automated teller machines in Sinopec's fuel stations in Beijing.”

Follow-up: Cleveland-Cliffs: Strong as Steel
September 10, 2007, Andrew Bary
Barron’s: The article describes the companies activities over the past year, which include acquisitions and their stock price doubling over the time period.

Cleveland rocks steady to own groove
September 9 2007, Mae Gentry
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Cleveland has many places to visit when interested in music, food, flowers and art. Some places include Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Ohio City eateries, the Cleveland Botanical Garden and the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Heart of Indians Baseball Beats From the Cheap Seats
September 9, 2007, Dave Caldwell
New York Times: John Adams, a lifelong Indians fan, has been taking his bass drum, Big Chief Boom-Boom, to the bleachers for Cleveland Indians games since August 24, 1973. “He figures he has taken the drum to all but 34 of the more than 2,500 home games the Indians have played since then.”

Joys of Cleveland
September 3, 2007, Staff Reports
Sports Illustrated: “Washington Redskins linebacker London Fletcher, who still lives in Cleveland during the off-season” discusses what he loves about the area.

Rewiring the Brain
August 20, 2007, Jeffrey Kluger
Time: Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic inserted a pair of fine wires into a man’s brain who suffered severe brain damage in a 1999 mugging. He has spent the past eight years in a dark cognitive well that neuroscientists call a minimally conscious state. “He can identify objects, hold very brief conversations and watch movies, and he recently recited the first 16 words of the Pledge of Allegiance.”

Soapbox Racing Queen Brimming With Can-Do Spirit (Paid Subscription Required)
August 19, 2007, Michael Tunison
Washington Post: 597 racers representing over 40 nations competed this year at the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron.

Goodyear Weighs: Adding Capacity (Paid Subscription Required)
August 18, 2007, No Author
Wall Street Journal: Goodyear is considering new plants in Eastern Europe and Asia, as well as modernizing two in the U.S.

Emotional Day at Canton As Six Enter Hall of Fame (Paid Subscription Required)
August 5, 2007, Clifton Brown
New York Times: “It was part of an emotional day in Canton, as Charlie Sanders joined five others in the Hall of Fame Class of 2007 -- Michael Irvin, Thurman Thomas, Bruce Matthews, Roger Wehrli, and Gene Hickerson -- in a ceremony that lasted more than three hours. More than 80 Hall of Fame inductees attended Saturday's ceremony, and the crowd cheered as the icons Gale Sayers, Bart Starr, Lynn Swann and Merlin Olsen walked across the stage.”

Schools become virtual zoos
August 2, 2007, Robin Hilmantel
USA Today: Cleveland Metro Parks zoo has a video-conferencing program to reach schools across the country. “By installing the same technology used to make the downtown centers of many cities wireless, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo can broadcast directly from outside exhibits or even roll a cart with the necessary equipment to different areas during the same broadcast.”

Doctors 'jump-start' man's brain
August 1, 2007, Robert Mitchum
Chicago Tribune: “Doctors have succeeded in "jump-starting" the brain of a man who had been barely conscious for six years, making it possible for him to speak a little and take food by mouth, the medical team reported today. The surgical implantation of a deep brain stimulation device improved his functioning.“ The operation was conducted at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, “in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medical College in New York and the JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in New Jersey.”

Cities go for art in a big, expanded way
July 27, 2007, Gene Sloan
USA Today: The recent expansion of the Akron Art Museum will boost “new, larger galleries for modern and contemporary art, including works by Sol Lewitt, Harry Callahan and Chuck Close.”

Smaller is Better for Youngstown, Ohio
July 17, 2007, Mhari Saito
NPR: “Youngstown, Ohio, a former steel town an hour west of Pittsburgh, is getting ready to spend millions of tax dollars to shrink. It's a fairly radical plan, but one that Youngstown's mayor says is the best way to bring his struggling city back to economic health

American Story with Bob Dotson
No Date
Today Show: This video clip demonstrates the various 465 commercialized patents Cleveland company Nottingham–Spirk Design Associates has accumulated over the past 35 years.

Drew Carey Is Ready to Give Out Refrigerators
July 26, 2007, Jacques Steinberg
New York Times: Cleveland native, Drew Carey, has become the new host of “The Price is Right”. “Sometime this fall he will take over for Mr. Barker, who retired in June at 83 after 35 years on the job.”

Kansas City Lags in Biotechnology Investment
July 23, 2007, Jason Gertzen
Kansas City: A Cleveland organization called BioEnterprise, released a report stating, “the 12-state region’s startups developing new drugs, medical devices, health-care software and similar innovations raised a total of $726 million in venture capital during the first six months of the year, nearly matching total investment in all of 2006”. The president, Baiju Shah, was quoted saying, “it is a sign that investors on the East and West coasts have discovered an abundance of investment opportunities in the Midwest.”

Twins leave estate to festival--for twins
July 16, 2007, No Author
Chicago Tribune: Twinsburg’s annual Twins Day will receive $5 million from the estate of John and William Reiff, who were once recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's most identical twins.

Green Lawn, Filthy Future (Paid Subscription Required)
July 15, 2007, Ted Steinberg
New York Times: The author is a professor of history and law at Case Western Reserve University. He discusses safety issues surrounding pesticides and Canada’s pesticide management legislation.

One Smashing Smashup: In Akron, a Museum Wing Lifts an Old, Earthbound Building (Paid Subscription Required)
July 13, 2007, Philip Kennicott
Washington Post: “The Akron Art Museum is a fascinating building and a major addition to the landscape of this small, Rust Belt city just south of Cleveland.” This month, it unveils it’s new expansion, which has tripled the museum's size.

Yahoo! News Photos
July 11, 2007, No author
Reuters: U.S. President George W. Bush holds up a sticker promoting the Greater Cleveland partnership in Cleveland, Ohio, July 10, 2007.

Big 3, UAW tackle health care ; Goodyear could be model for union-run fund
July 10, 2007, Sharon Silke Carty
USA Today: Goodyear’s recent union contract may be a model for Detroit's Big Three deal with the United Auto Workers.

A Defense Partner At Cleveland BioLabs
July 2, 2007, Gene G. Marcial
BusinessWeek: Cleveland based Cleveland BioLabs may receive a government contract for their radiation protection compound called Protectan. “Stephen Brozak of WBB Securities, says no other product offers the same level of protection from radiation exposure.”

Tugboat Industry Is Experiencing a Revival
June 23, 2007, Christopher Maag
New York Times: The latest sign of America’s tugboat building boom sits on a bank of the Cuyahoga River here. Shaped like a curved silver tongue, the steel hull of the Great Lakes Towing Company’s first tugboat lies upside down in a brand-new factory.

NASCAR TV show helps restore cancer patient's muscle car
June 21, 2007, No Author
AOL Sports: Volunteers and a NASCAR T-V show have helped a northeast Ohio cancer patient fulfill his dream.

New Focus on a Forlorn Cleveland Tower
June 19, 2007, Christopher Maag
New York Times: The articles discusses the possible destruction or rehabilitation of the Cleveland Trust Tower.

Akron hails King James: LeBron's rise lifts hopes in his hometown
June 14, 2007, Ohm Youngmisuk
New York Daily News: LeBron James has given northeastern Ohio something to talk about for once other than Ohio State. He appears to be having a positive economic impact on downtown Cleveland as well; numerous trendy restaurants and lounges have popped up in what was a desolate area near the Cavs' arena, seemingly coinciding with James' entrance into the league in 2003.

Witness a city's surge: Rise of LeBron James and Cavs coincides with Cleveland's revival
June 12, 2007, Melissa Isaacson
Chicago Tribune: The city is in the midst of a $4 billion downtown development project, which will include housing, education and medical facilities, and further plans totaling close to another billion dollars that will expand the lakefront, the Flats riverfront area and create a trackless trolley system connecting Cleveland to its university circle.

Take the Money and Don't Run
June 11, 2007, Conor Dougherty
Wall Street Journal: Cuyahoga County Mayors and City Managers Association proposed a deal where the cities surrounding Cleveland would share income-tax revenue and limit the use of property-tax abatements that lure businesses from one community to another.

The Democrats' Leap of Faith
June 6, 2007; Ruth Marcus
Washington Post: The article highlights the influence religion has on politics. The University of Akron's Dr. John C. Green, an expert on religion and politics, said that while Republicans in 2006 mostly kept their hold on evangelical voters, Democrats were more successful in peeling off white Catholics, who went 54 percent to 45 percent for the GOP in 2004 and 50-49 Democratic last year.

Make no mistake, Cleveland deserves its day
June 4, 2007, Jon Saraceno
USA Today: "It was our time," LeBron James told reporters after the Cavs eliminated Detroit for the right to meet San Antonio in the NBA Finals.

Cleveland Rocks
May/June 2007, Dan Armitage
American Eagle Airlines Latitudes: A dozen years after landing the heralded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, this vibrant city welcomes its visiting rock fans to one of the nation's most vibrant rock-and-roll scenes, complementing one of music's most hallowed shrines with concert halls, clubs, bars and even restaurants that continue to stoke the rock fire.

Commission on Economic Inclusion Recognizes 'Best-in-Class' Member Companies; Releases Results of 2006 Employers Diversity Survey (Paid Subscription Required)
May 28, 2007, No Author
Biotech Week: The Commission on Economic Inclusion, a coalition of Northeast Ohio employers committed to making the region's diversity a source of economic strength, tonight will recognize eight of its member companies as "Best in Class" for their progress in building and maintaining diverse organizations.

Amid declining manufacturing employment, some jobs go unfilled
May 18, 2007, Thomas J. Sheeran
Associated Press: The Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET) organization in Cleveland estimated 800,000 manufacturing jobs in the Midwest will be vacated by retirements in the next six years. Innovative programs such as those at Max Hayes High School and Lorain Community College offer people the opportunity for training that will help them land the jobs manufacturers need to fill. The article was picked up by 8 newspapers and 64 media Web sites

Is there finally reason for hope in Cleveland?
May 18, 2007, Scott Zucker
USA Today: Browns fans are hoping all of that changed in a span of a few hours on the last Saturday in April. On that day, the first day of the 2007 NFL draft, Cleveland general manager Phil Savage made two bold moves in the first round that he hopes will set his team on the path to respectability.

Heart Bypass Surgery; The Cleveland Clinic Heart Surgery Program at LakeWest Hospital Achieves Zero Percent Mortality in 2006 (Paid Subscription Required)
May 14, 2007, No Author
Heart Disease Weekly: Lake Hospital System announced that it achieved zero percent mortality for all cardiac and major thoracic cases performed in 2006 through its Cleveland Clinic Heart Surgery Program at LakeWest Hospital.

Shrink to Fit: As Its Population Declines, Youngstown Thinks Small (Paid Subscription Required)
May 3, 2007, Timothy Aeppel
Wall Street Journal: Youngstown, a former steel-producing hub, has been losing residents for years as a result of the closing of most of its steel mills. But rather than struggle to regain its former glory or population, it has adopted an economic-development plan that boils down to controlled shrinkage.

Banking merger a sign of times; National City in deal to buy MidAmerica
May 2, 2007, Becky Yerak
Chicago Tribune: National City, a Cleveland-based bank, said Tuesday that it will pay $56 a share, or $1.9 billion, for MAF Bancorp Inc., which has assets of $11.1 billion.

Post Cards from Cleveland
April 15, 2007, Bill Semion
Bay City Times: Some downtowns are made for driving. Downtown Cleveland is made for walking. This city offers so many great spots so close together that a Cleveland walkabout may be the best way to learn what goes into turning a city's industrial past into contemporary cool at every corner.

Cleveland + equals marketing tag for 16-county region
April 27, 2007, Staff Reports
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: The article discusses the Greater Cleveland Marketing Alliance’s regional slogan, “Cleveland+”.

Studies divided on effects of school uniform
April 27, 2007, Demian Bulwa
San Francisco Chronicle: The discussion of uniforms is addressed within this article. Virginia Draa, an assistant professor of human ecology at Youngstown State University conducted a study last year, “concluded that Ohio high schools that introduced uniforms in 1997 achieved improvements in graduation and attendance rates, and drops in suspensions, that were not seen in other schools in the state.”

A Unified Voice Argues the Case for U.S. Manufacturing (Paid Subscription Required)
April 26, 2007, Steven Greenhouse
New York Times: Goodyear, along with United States Steel, Alcoa, other manufacturing companies have formed an alliance with the United Steelworkers. The group, Alliance for American Manufacturing, is aiming to preserve and promote manufacturing in the United States.

County election officials prefer Diebold
April 24, 2007, Keith Ervin
Seattle Times: King County election officials are excited about purchasing Diebold’s new high-speed vote-counting machines, even though the technology is not certified for use in the United States. The County wants to use the machines to support next year's planned move to all-mail voting.

Goodyear’s revival (Paid Subscription Required)
April 22, 2007, Staff Reports
Financial Times: The article discusses Goodyear’s recovery over the past 12 months. Goodyear has been the top performing stock in the Standard & Poor’s 500. Since last July, the tire maker's shares have more than tripled.

Cleveland!
April 19, 2007, No Author
NBC: Liz from the sitcom 30 Rock shows us why Cleveland ROCKS!

CEO Reading Lists: Have Fewer Celebrities And More Big Ideas (Paid Subscription Required)
April 9, 2007, Carol Hymowitz
Wall Street Journal: Diebold’s CEO, Tom Swidarski, refers to "Good to Great" by Jim Collins and "Wooden on Leadership," by UCLA basketball coach John Wooden.

Cleveland Owns Up (Paid Subscription Required)
April 5, 2007, Randy Kennedy
The New York Times: The Cleveland Museum of Art was the winning bidder for a rare 10th-century granite statue, priced at $4.07 million.

NFL announces 2007 preseason schedule
April 2, 2007: Staff Reports
NFL Website: Mentions the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton as the starting point of the NFL season.

Cleveland U.S. Marshal Named “Top Cop” of the United States
March 28, 2007, Staff Reports
US Marshals: Peter J. Elliott, the United States Marshal for the Northern District of Ohio, has been named a “Top Cop” of the nation by the National Association of Police Organizations. He was nominated by the Ohio Patrolman’s Benevolent Association and its President Terry Gallagher.

Online Recruitment Activity Rises in Top 28 U.S. Metro Markets in February, According to the Monster Local Employment Index
March 22, 2007, Staff Report
Monster: Cleveland is ranked fourth on Monster’s Local Employment Index in terms of online recruitment activity. The city had moderate-to-strong gains in most job categories.

Roll to a Final Four in Rockin' Cleveland
March 28, 2007, Terry Wood
ESPN: The NCAA Women’s Final Four will be held at the Quicken Loans Arena April 1 and April 3. The article mentions many Downtown and surrounding area attractions and activities. These include the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Pickwick and Frolic, the Flats and Little Italy.

Great circle route: Cleveland's Wade Oval provides easy path to visit several fine museums
March 25, 2007, Steve Stephens
Columbus Dispatch: The article discusses the different museums and exhibits in Cleveland's University Circle district, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the Cleveland Botanical Garden, the Western Reserve Historical Society Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum and the Cleveland Orchestra's Severance Hall.

People in the News: Berry & Cleveland feel the love
March 23, 2007, Staff Reports
Seattle Post Intelligencer: About 800 people waited in drizzle Thursday night in the suburb of Valley View to catch a glimpse of the Oscar-winning actress and Cleveland native, Halle Berry, before a screening of her new film, "Perfect Stranger."

Tour to showcase Ohio vintners
March 18, 2007, Sally Kalson
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: The Ohio Wine Producers Association is seeking to promote the state's burgeoning wine business by making a trip through the vineyards both economical and easy to navigate with a one-price, self-guided tour. The 2007 Canal Country Spring Fling tour will introduce people to local wineries like The Winery at Wolf Creek in Norton and Candlelight Winery in Garrettsville.

Classical fans get trip back in time
March 18, 2007, Roy C. Dicks
News-Observer: The last time the Cleveland Orchestra performed in the Triangle was 20 years ago almost to the month. The author states “The Cleveland Orchestra's return for a concert tonight in Chapel Hill reminds us what we've missed.”

Film Notes: 120 films to unreel at fest in Cleveland
March 16, 2007, Barbara Vancheri
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: The 31st Cleveland International Film Festival will show roughly 120 films that will screen until March 25. The event also will offer 110-plus shorts and 100 guest filmmakers. The author noted, “Time magazine, in a 2006 story headlined "Film Festivals for the Rest of Us," noted that the Ohio event is renowned for its diversity and inclusiveness.”

Developments to Watch (Subscription required)
March 12, 2007, Adam Aston
Business Week: Scientists at the Cleveland Clinic say they have made significant progress with an experimental device that can sniff out lung cancer based on a single exhaled breath. And the test may be sensitive enough to spot tumors long before symptoms appear.

Baltimore, Cleveland do it differently
March 11, 2007, Bill Toland
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Cleveland uses a 15-year property tax waiver program to “woo” residents and developers.

How does Cleveland get the big shows?
March 11, 2007, Timothy McNulty
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The article mentions different activities one may attend in Cleveland. These include the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Monet exhibit and the "Diana" at the Western Reserve Historical Center.

Next up: 'Baseball as America'
March 11, 2007, Staff Reports
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Baseball as America," a traveling exhibit from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., will be at the Great Lakes Science Center from April 17 through September 2. This is the first show to examine the relationship between baseball and American culture.

"Folks here are determined to come back. It's my responsibility to do what I can to support them."
March 11, 2007, Bruce Nolan
Times Picayune: After the Hurricane Katrina disaster volunteers came from far and wide to assist in the recovery effort. One of those individuals was Greg Griffith, a Kent State University student, who rented a truck, stuffed it with relief supplies and set out from Ohio to New Orleans. Today, Griffith helps run a free neighborhood health clinic in Algiers organized by the Common Ground Collective, a secular nonprofit group that provides a range of services around the area, from house gutting to legal aid to health care.

The List of Industry Stars
March 5, 2007, Staff Reports
Fortune: Goodyear was a part of this year’s Most Admired Company list produced by Fortune and the Hay Group.

Dinosaur species named in rancher's honour
March 5, 2007, Staff Reports
Globe and Mail: The discovery of a new species of dinosaur, Albertaceratops nesmoi, was published in this month's Journal of Paleontology by Michael Ryan, curator of vertebrate paleontology for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Dr. Ryan was a graduate student at the University of Calgary when he dug up the fossil six years ago.

Cleveland's Quaint Side
March Issue, David Hanson
Cottage Living: Dedicated Ohio City residents, century-old cottages, and a revitalized urban beat are attracting folks back to this Cleveland neighborhood. A strong revitalization has taken hold, from carefully remodeled 19th-century worker cottages to the reenergized retail strip anchored by a nearly century-old neighborhood food market.

Politics & Economics: Diversity Draws New Donors --- Democratic Presidential Field Attracts Newcomers to Fund Raising (Paid Subscription Required)
February 27, 2007, Jeanne Cummings
Wall Street Journal: The article highlights a new generation of female and minority donors with the emergence of viable black, Hispanic and female presidential candidates. Dr. John Green, director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron, was quoted by saying, "the diversity of the Democratic pool may well expand the donor universe" for the party.

Take The Royal Carriage To See Princess Di
February 18, 2007, Tammy Stables Battaglia
Detroit Free Press: “Diana, a Celebration” a collection of 150 items of Princess Di’s personal and private life will run through June 10 at Cleveland’s Western Reserve Historical Society. The articles mentions many different ways to receive the “royal treatment” while in Cleveland including where to dine, overnight accommodations and the “Essential Getaway” princess package (manicure, pedicure and massage) at a local spa.

Lutheran synod gets 1st woman bishop (Paid Subscription Required)
February 9, 2007, Staff Reports
Chicago Tribune: A Cleveland resident, Rev. Rev. Elizabeth Eaton, has been installed as the first woman bishop of the Northeast Ohio synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She becomes the spiritual leader of 84,000 members at 205 churches.

Hot-lanta is rated No. 1 for its hot bargains
February 9, 2007, Laura Bly
USA Today: Cleveland is noted as being one of Hotwire’s top ten U.S. value destinations for 2007. Hotwire uses their Travel Value Index to rank the 50 most-visited places in the U.S. for visitor value. Each destination is scored in three categories (on a 100-point scale): 1) low rates on air, rental car and hotel 2) Hotwire discounts on air, rental car and hotel and 3) affordable entertainment and overall appeal.

What Elevates an Orchestra From Good to Great? (Paid Subscription Required)
February 9, 2007, Willem Bruls
Wall Street Journal: The Cleveland Orchestra is discussed as being a top orchestra throughout the world. The article is divided into sections describing what makes a great orchestra. These include personality, where The Cleveland Orchestra is often called sophisticated, detailed and refined; performance space, where Cleveland’s Severance Hall is described as having a "transparent" sound -- each instrument can be heard; and the commissioning of new works, where Cleveland is on top of the list.

Seeing the Light: In Billboard War, Digital Signs Spark a Truce (Paid Subscription Required)
February 3, 2007, Sarah McBride
Wall Street Journal: Clear Channel’s effort to “clean up” Cleveland neighborhoods is through a collaborative effort of the localities and the company tearing down old billboards and putting up new digital billboards. These new billboards can advertise many local businesses in a slide show style, while Clear Channel will donate free billboard space for Cleveland's nonprofit organizations. In addition, the company launched a new program that allows city officials to take control of the boards and put up so-called Amber Alerts.

Manufacturing Shows No Long-Term Decline (Paid Subscription Required)
January 30, 2007, Michael Bond, Ph.D.
Wall Street Journal Online: Michael Bond, Ph.D. is a professor of Finance at Cleveland State University. He finds that as some manufacturing employment is declining, there is little evidence that long-term America is becoming de-industrialized. The Gross Domestic Profit has remained stable since the 1950’s, with many gains and losses since.

Prospect of Womb Transplant Raises Hopes and Red Flags
January 30. 2007, Roni Rabin
New York Times: The article illustrates the prospective option of uterine transplants. Many doctors, patient advocates and medical ethicists have stated this transplant procedure is a “radical and potentially dangerous solution to a problem that is not life-threatening.” Dr. Tommaso Falcone, chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at the Cleveland Clinic believes this issue of uterine transplants is very complex. “If we were going to cure cancer and save humanity, I’d say take the risks and take it to humans as quickly as possible. But we’re looking at patients with essentially a nonlethal condition.”

FoodNation With Bobby Flay
January 30, 2007
Food Network: Celebrity Chef Bobby Flay was in Cleveland for the Browns-Steelers game. He tailgated before the game and traveled to various local spots including Sokolowski's University Inn and the West Side Market.

Diversity Draws New Donors (Paid Subscription Required)
January 27, 2007, Jeanne Cummings
Wall Street Journal Online: A new generation of female and minority voters are becoming more involved as the diversity of our government changes. Dr. John C. Green, director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute at the University of Akron, is quoted on campaign donor statistics. He says, “The diversity of the Democratic pool may well expand the donor universe" for the party.

Big Sale at Uncle Sam's Club (Paid Subscription Required)
January 18, 2007, Paul Glader
Wall Street Journal Online: This article discusses how a local Northeast Ohio business is a regional depot for the Defense National Stockpile Center at Fort Belvoir, VA. Currently the company is selling off its stockpile of metals including germanium, chrome, mercury and zinc. Congress has ordered the closure of the facility by 2020.

New Congress Brings Along Religious Firsts
January 6, 2007, Jonathan Tilove
Washington Post: The article demonstrates the ever changing religious background of our political leaders. Congress includes members from various faiths including Muslim, Buddhism, Catholic and Mormon. The article goes into greater detail of the religious breakdown within Congress. Dr. John Green, director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron, was quoted; "The election of this first Muslim is quite important symbolically. It may very well be the harbinger of greater acceptance of Muslims in the future."

A Family Company, Forest City, Sets Out to Transform the District
January 1, 2007, Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post: Forest City Enterprises, a Cleveland based company is planning a $3 billion project to include housing, parks, shops, restaurants and offices on 90 acres in the Southwest and Southeast parts of Washington D.C. The project includes “reinventing” the Waterside Mall, preserving the historic buildings of the former Navy Yards and tearing down the public housing complex of Arthur Capper/Carrollsburg in order to replace it with townhouses and mid-rise apartments, condominiums and senior housing.

101 Dumbest Moments in Business
January, No Author
CNN Money: In a magazine ad FIJI states "The Label Says Fiji Because It's Not Bottled in Cleveland." In turn, Cleveland ran water tests, which showed FIJI water had arsenic in it, while Cleveland’s tap water did not.

Interview with Joe Roman (Audio file attached)
January 23, 2007
WTAM 1100 The Wills and Snyder Show: The audio tape displays the efforts of Team NEO, Greater Cleveland Partnership and the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau to launch a new marketing effort to bring new businesses and visitors to the Northeast Ohio region. This new effort includes getting positive information out to various audiences including local, state and national about the region.

Goodyear workers ratify three-year contract
December 29, 2006, Ben Klayman
Reuters: Workers at 12 Goodyear plants in 10 states ended their three month strike on Friday by approving a three year agreement covering 14,000 employees. The company said the pact will help reduce its costs by $610 million over three years and $300 million a year thereafter. Jack Hefner, vice president of Steelworkers Local 2 in Akron indicates that employees are happy to be back at work.

As older cities shrink, some reinvent themselves
December 26, 2006, Haya El Nasser
USAToday: The article notes that “old” American cities that have been in a downward population spiral for a half-century or more are reinventing themselves. It quotes Terry Schwarz, senior planner at Kent State University's Urban Design Center of Northeast Ohio. The center runs the Shrinking Cities Institute. "There's nothing that says that a city that has fewer people in it has to be a bad place."

Off the Beaten Track: Cleveland (Paid Subscription Required)
December 26, 2006, Laura Meckler
Wall Street Journal Online: The article lists places to visit, dine and stay “off the beaten path” in Cleveland, including the Rock Hall, the redeveloped E 4th Street restaurants including the House of Blues and Lolas and various hotels across the city including the Hyatt and the historic Baricelli Inn.

Goodyear, Steelworkers Union: Reach Tentative Deal
December 23, 2006, Timothy Aeppel
Wall Street Journal Online: Goodyear and the Steelworkers Union have reached a tentative agreement which falls short for both sides. The possible new three-year deal includes waiting a year to close the Texas tire plant, the union starting a $1 billion trust fund for retiree benefits and creating a second tier of lower-paid workers.

Gold Coins Will Feature Presidential Wives
December 20, 2006, Matthew Healey
New York Times: First Ladies will be honored on gold coins beginning in May of 2007 in groups of four for the next 10 years or so. The new coins were presented at the National First Ladies' Library in Canton, Ohio.

Deal made for sale of Lorain Ford plant
December 19, 2006
Business Week: The new buyer of the former plant, suburban Los Angeles-based Industrial Realty Group LLC, has been involved in about 70 adaptive reuse projects across the United States. Ideas for the plant include light manufacturing and assembly. They are currently pursuing prospective tenants and hopes to announce soon which companies will use the site.

Thousands of tourists flocking to the Cleveland house where 'A Christmas Story' was filmed
December 17, 2006, Marylynne Pitz
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Over 10,000 people have flocked to a local house used in exterior shots of the movie “A Christmas Story”. The house has been renovated into a museum, which looks almost identical to the interior of the house in the movie.

Yes, You Can Surf in Cleveland, Before the Brown Water Freezes (Paid Subscription Required)
December 10, 2006, Christopher Maag
New York Times: The article illustrates surfing on Lake Erie during the winter months. Most of those who surf have found family obligations keep them in Northeast, Ohio, therefore they learn to adapt, where the strongest winds and waves come in winter, just before Lake Erie freezes.

The 6th Annual Year In Ideas; Creative Shrinkage (Paid Subscription Required)
December 10, 2006, Belinda Lanks
New York Times: The article discusses how Youngstown and Youngstown State University are beginning to develop the once booming city into a smaller town, yet still retains the metropolis feel.

Rich in Fiber: Tucson looks at a Cleveland model for connecting governments, educational organizations and nonprofits
December 7, 2006, Dave Devine
Tucson Weekly: A local business, OneCleveland, is providing high tech Internet connections to local entities including schools and governments. This provides a “new” connection to where a biology class can watch an open-heart surgery in real time.

Recreating ‘A Christmas Story’ for Tourists in Cleveland (Paid Subscription Required)
December 6, 2006, Christopher Maag
New York Times: A San Diego entrepreneur purchased and renovated a Cleveland home used in the movie “A Christmas Story” house, which is used as a museum for the movie.

Amazing Medical Breakthroughs
December 2006, Oprah.com
Oprah.com: The article illustrates how an Army Reservist from Akron, OH was given little chances to live after a roadside bomb shot shrapnel into her skull and back. She survived death through the efforts of neurosurgeon Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Poffenbarger. They both appeared on the Oprah show.

Lockheed Martin Gets $77.5M Contract
November 29, 2006
Business Week: The local business received this contract to provide the U.S. Army with more tethered aerostat surveillance systems for use in its operations in the Middle East. The surveillance systems will be assembled and tested at their Akron, OH facility.

Scientists harness mysteries of the brain (Free)
November 29, 2006, Debra Sherman
Reuters News: Cleveland Clinic held a meeting earlier this month that was attended by researchers, physicians and investors to demonstrate a technology called BrainGate. This technology can possibly be life changing for people living with paralysis.

Teen takes risk on a cure; Hemophilia complicates surgery for epilepsy (Free)
November 27, 2006, Anita Manning
USA Today: The article illustrates the life of a sixteen-year-old boy with both hemophilia and epilepsy. Even though brain surgery is performed on 1,000 to 1,500 people with epilepsy a year in the USA, doing surgery on someone with hemophilia is almost unheard of. The doctors at the Cleveland Clinic said this surgery is the first time they have attempted it.

A Change Of Scenery (Free)
November 19, 2006
The Baltimore Sun: Baltimore’s theater district, which was once booming, has become a “drain” on downtown. The city is trying to build up its theater district and using Cleveland’s Playhouse Square as a model.

Youngstown State University announces $4 million gift, largest ever from alum (Free)
November 16, 2006
Associated Press: Youngstown State University announced that it has received a gift of $4 million from 1966 graduate Tony Lariccia and his wife. The donation is the biggest ever to come from an individual donor. The university also announced that is has already raised nearly $24 million toward its five-year goal of $43 million.

Defibrillator Screening Test Equals Old Method –Study (Free)
November 15, 2006, Jon Kamp
Dow Jones Newswire: Results from a recently released medical trial indicate that a "microvolt t-wave alternans" made by Cambridge Heart, Inc. works as well as an older and more expensive procedure for predicting serious risks for patients who may need an implantable defibrillator. The study’s principal investigator was Dr. David S. Rosenbaum of the MetroHealth Heart and Vascular Center.

10 great places to be enveloped in quilts (Free)
November 13, 2006, Ayesha Court
USA Today: Kyra E. Hicks, quilter and author of the upcoming picture book Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria along with Ayesha Court of USA TODAY share places to find colorful quilt examples around the country. One of the quilts mentioned was The Mary Todd Lincoln Quilt currently on display at the Kent State University Museum.

What the Knee Needs; The newest treatments for injured knees use biology, not metallurgy, to promote faster recoveries with less pain. (Paid Subscription Required)
November 13, 2006, Chana R. Schoenberger
Forbes: In past treatments for injured knees, doctors have implanted screws, plates and springs. But today, doctors are using a new approach that is more biological than mechanical. Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic are testing a procedure that promises to re-grow cartilage much the way hair plugs work.

Rockin' Old Perceptions - Cleveland's University Circle has the greatest concentration of museums, educational, medical and cultural institutions in US . . . and rock n' roll as well.
November 12, 2006, David Wilkening
The Albany Herald: Calling Cleveland a “misunderstood city,” the writer describes the cultural assets concentrated in University Circle, in Playhouse Square and near the Lake.

Goodyear Improves Its Footing (Paid Subscription Required)
November 10, 2006, Terry Kosdrosky
Wall Street Journal: This article was written shortly after Goodyear announced its stronger than expected third quarter results. The company’s operating results came in well ahead of analysts expectations. The article argues that this stronger than expected performance indicates the Goodyear is slowly gathering its financial footing.

Old Masters Say, Can We Talk? (Free)
November 10, 2006, Roberta Smith
The New York Times: The article illustrates the how the Cleveland Museum of Art will be sending six exhibitions to 12 museums in the United States and abroad until the expansion is completed. The article primarily discusses the ''Masterpieces of European Painting From the Cleveland Museum of Art”.

A Resurgence in Cleveland (Paid Subscription Required)
November 8, 2006, Lisa Chamberlain
The New York Times: The article discusses how educational and medical institutions are becoming a part of revitalization efforts in Cleveland’s University Circle. The activities can provide an opportunity to begin turning the city around.

The shaky marriage of capitalism and virtue (Free)
October 29, 2006, Simon Caulkin
The Observer: “Business as an Agent of World Benefit”, a large conference considered to be the largest outpouring of research and thought on global corporate citizenship, was held in Cleveland earlier this month. Thousands of executives, academics and government officials attended the conference, while hundreds of papers and presentations were presented.

Seven Reasons Cleveland Rocks
Fall 2006, Kendra L. Williams & Don McLeese
Midwest Living: What would be in your list of the “seven reasons Cleveland rocks”? Midwest Living lists their top seven reasons, and has a travel guide to help visitors plan a trip to Cleveland.

Akron editor gets beat on Jeopardy (Free)
December 2, 2006
Akron Beacon Journal: Lynne Sherwin, the Akron Beacon Journal deputy features editor appeared on Jeopardy this past week. She made two appearances on the show racking in $23,301 in cash.

Over the moon about mission; NASA preparing for lunar flight (Free Registration)
October 29, 2006, Howard Witt
Chicago Tribune: The article discusses NASA's Glenn Research Center and Lockheed Martin’s involvement in the next lunar flight. The Glenn Research Center is involved in developing and creating a new crew capsule, new rocket engines and new moon rovers, while Lockheed Martin Corp was awarded the main contract to build the crew capsule.

Where will everybody live? How the USA copes with unprecedented growth in the next 3 1/2 decades is about more than location. It's about how we live.
October 27, 2006, Haya El Nasser
USA Today: The article illustrates how Cleveland is well positioned for its share of population growth. There are attractive cultural aspects of the city including the symphony, as well as affordable housing and lighter traffic flow comparable to other metro cities.

London Architects Chosen for Cleveland Museum
October 27, 2006, Robin Pogrebin
The New York Times: The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland will be designed by the London-based firm Foreign Office Architects. The building will be located adjacent to Case Western Reserve University.

A City's Waterfront: A Place for People or Traffic?
October 25, 2006, Keith Schneider
The New York Times: Clevelandis replacing sections of its Memorial Shoreway in hopes to spur development.

Young, Idealistic and Now Developers
October 18, 2006, Lisa Chamberlain
The New York Times: The article discusses three local graduates approaching a groundbreaking on the first major commercial development in historic downtown Oberlin since 1958. The group will redevelop a two-and-a-half-acre site into residential units, street-level retail space and publicly accessible open space, along with both underground and surface parking.

Now Hear This
October 16, 2006, Wendy Cole
Time: An elementary school in suburban Cleveland has begun to use the newest technology of amplifying the teachers voice through wireless speakers. Bassett has joined the growing ranks of schools embracing a deceptively simple technology to boost academic performance by simply helping a teacher's voice get through loud and clear, even at the back of the classroom.

Technique May Help Revive Head-Injury Victims; Doctors Report Unprecedented Success in Restoring Some Abilities in Semiconscious Patient (Free Registration)
October 16, 2006, Rob Stein
The Washington Post: Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic, along with other medical facilities received FDA approval to try a technique known as deep-brain stimulation (DBS), which has shown to be effective for treating some patients with Parkinson's disease, severe pain, epilepsy, depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder, involves inserting tiny electrodes into the brain to stimulate specific regions.

Cleveland Orchestra Top-Notch Under Welser-Moest (Free Registration)
October 10, 2006, Tim Page
The Washington Post: The articles illustrates how well The Cleveland Orchestra played at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall under the new direction of Franz Welser-Moest.

Electronic Network to Pool Information about H.I.V.
October 10, 2006, Lawrence K. Altman
The New York Times: Case Western Reserve Universityalong with six other medical facilities are creating the first electronic network to pool information about determining the best therapies for H.I.V. patients through a federal grant.

A Shot in the Arm For Cleveland BioLabs
October 2, 2006, Gene G. Marcial
BusinessWeek: Cleveland Clinic Foundation has joined forces with Cleveland BioLabs which received exclusive rights to its cancer and molecular genetic technology. The Cleveland Clinic can commercialize “its advanced and innovative technology for cancer and tissue protection” for the first time through Bio-Labs.

Midwest Conference Seeks Venture Capital
September 26, 2006, M.R. Kropko
Associated Press: The state of Ohio hopes to draw biotechnology businesses in order to become a long term player in the industry. Cleveland already has a strong biotech base and is well know for adult stem cell therapies and nerve stimulation medical devices. The state would like to see more jobs come to Ohio, since the industry increased 10 percent from last year.

What's Really Propping Up the Economy
September 25, 2006, Michael Mandel, with Joseph Weber
BusinessWeek: Within the healthcare industry, 1.7 million new jobs have been added, the article states. This includes Cleveland as part of the “Health Belt" with the Cleveland Clinic, being the largest employer, followed by University Hospitals Health System. The expansion in health care has also produced many related jobs as well, including pharmaceuticals and health insurance. This industry has helped to support 75,000 jobs in all within the area.

No youth movement, and a huge cover-up; Soon, northeast Ohio will boast America's longest covered bridge (Free Registration)
September 25, 2006, E.A. Torriero
Chicago Tribune: The article discusses the plans to build the US’s longest covered bridge in Ashtabula. 1800 vehicles a day, including tractor-trailers, will cross the bridge, which will span the Ashtabula River.

Filmmakers Say Hooray for Cleveland
September 10, 2006, Lisa Chamberlain
The New York Times: An illustration of a Cleveland apartment complex, Hyacinth Lofts, who is dedicated to filmmakers is shown in the above article. The building includes loft apartments, where 20 percent have built-in soundproof editing suites and for those 80 percent without there are two more fully wired, soundproof editing suites available. Residents have free use of a 1,600-square-foot windowless “black box” and green screen to create film sets, as well as a two-story loft space for casting calls and film release parties; and a back lot for outdoor shoots.