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Mike Roberts, freelance journalist; Laura Johnston, reporter, The Plain Dealer; Mike McIntyre, columnist, The Plain Dealer.
Kent State Revisited:
New analysis of a 40-year-old audio tape indicates the Ohio National Guard might have had an order to fire on anti-war protesters at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. The burst of gunfire killed four students and wounded nine others. Audio technicians who recently analyzed a recording made that day report hearing a voice saying, "Guard, prepare to fire."
House Explosion:
Neighbors on Federal Drive in southeast Cleveland were just getting their day started Wednesday when a house blew up. The explosion destroyed a long-vacant house and four others nearby and damaged dozens of others. No one died, but eleven people were injured. While fire investigators determine the likely cause, city officials are beginning the mull the wisdom of leaving the gas on in a vacant house, even if it's owned by the Metropolitan Housing Authority.
Streetlight Fight:
Cleveland city council could vote as early as Monday on a deal that would bring a Chinese lighting company's U.S. headquarters and a new factory to Cleveland. Sunpu-Opto has agreed to locate in Cleveland if the city will agree to make Sunpu the exclusive city's exclusive streetlight supplier. The deal would include 300-plus jobs at the company's new facilities. Critics include General Electric, a company that would like a piece of the city's business.
Huge Cost Overruns for County Lock-up:
Cuyahoga County's new juvenile justice center on East 93rd is turning out to be a lot more expensive that originally projected. Various change orders have driven the cost from an estimated $50-million to nearly $190-million and the building won't be finished until next year.
Interview:
Jonathan L. Entin, professor of political science and law, Case Western Reserve University-President Obama has nominated U.S. Solicitor General and former Harvard Law dean Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court seat to be vacated by the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens. Kagan, 50, would bring to three the number of women on the high court, the most ever. While Kagan is known to be a liberal in the mold of her benefactor in the Oval Office, little is known about how she might rule on cases that would come before the court. She's never been a judge and her writings reveal little about how ideology shapes her thinking.
May 14, 2010