HuffingtonPost.com By Amanda Terkel Posted May 17th 2013   WASHINGTON — As Republicans are increasingly calling the Obama administration’s response to the Benghazi attacks a cover-up worse than Watergate and even floating impeachment, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) urged a note of caution on Sunday, saying he wasn’t yet willing to go that far. “With all [...]

NewsNet5.com By Tina Kaufmann Posted May 17th 2013   (GLORIA AND YVONNE POINTER) CLEVELAND – Cleveland police announced charges Wednesday against the man they arrested a day earlier for the 1984 murder of 14-year-old Gloria Pointer. Hernandez Warren, 58, was charged with aggravated murder. His case will now be handed over to the Cuyahoga County [...]

ShakerHeights.Patch.com By Nikki Ferrell Posted May 16th 2013   Gimme Java owner Albert Plummer absolutely gushes when asked about his “upscale, elegant, but extremely comfortable” coffee shop, slated to open this summer at Lee and Van Aken. And it’s hard not to get excited about the shop when talking to Plummer, who peppers his description [...]

ClevelandHeights.Patch.com By  Jason Lea Posted May 15th 2013   Cain Park is celebrating its 75th season with an eclectic lineup that ranges from Yes to Weird Al Yankovic, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings to Amy Grant and Michael Stanley to Michael McDonald, as well as several local talents. To honor its history, the park will [...]

HuffingtonPost.com ByMaryClaire Dale Posted May 15th 2013   PHILADELPHIA — An abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies born alive at his rogue clinic dodged a possible death sentence on Tuesday in a hasty post-verdict deal with prosecutors. Dr. Kermit Gosnell waived his right to appeal in exchange for a sentence of life without parole. [...]

Cleveland Metropolitan School District Posted May 13th 2013   ERIC GORDON CEO CMSD AND DAVID QUOLKE PRESIDENT CLEVELAND TEACHERS UNION   Metropolitan Schoof District have reached a Tentative Agreement. ‘Ve fuel st.rongly that the new contract will help transform Cleveland s schools and will build on a culture of collaboration that began last year when [...]

BlackBlueDog.net By Yvette Posted May 12th 2013   Italy’s first black Italian Cabinet minister,who was lambasted with racial slurs after her appointment last week, isn’t taking the racial slurs to heart. In fact, she’s defending Italy against charges of racism, saying that the people who’ve berated her are ignorant and don’t represent most Italians. Congolese-born [...]

BeaconJournal.com By Carol Biliczky, Beacon Journal Staff Writer  Posted May 12th 2013 (PHOTO: JULIA LOEB AND KATHY SCHMIKO , NATHANIUEL JOHNSON OPERATES ROBOT AT EAST TECH HIGH SCHOOL NEW TECH)   Right now, 85 Akron high school students are taking Stark State College courses. For free. At their regular high school. And they are far [...]

HuffingtonPost.com By Meghan Barr and Brendan Farrington Posted May 9th 2013 (PHOTO: GRIMILDA FIGUEROA WITH CHILDREN RYAN AND ROSIE)   CLEVELAND — Years before when authorities say Ariel Castro kidnapped two teenage girls and a young woman and held them captive in his basement, he terrorized the mother of his children, viciously beating her and [...]

Allied Integrated Media Posted May 9th 2013   PEEPLES MOVIE TRAILER   Sparks fly when Wade Walker (Craig Robinson) crashes the preppy Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace’s (Kerry Washington) hand in marriage. Wade might be a fish-out-of-water among this seemingly perfect East Coast clan, but he’s not [...]