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TheGrio.com, a division of NBC News, today announced the results of “TheGrio’s 2011 African-American Leadership Survey” in commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  The web-enabled poll, designed by Princeton University professor Melissa Harris-Perry, was completed by a group of contemporary academics, artists and activists. As part of the survey, the assembled jury evaluated the […]

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Continued snowfall is causing problems Wednesday morning as drivers make their way to work. Most of the main streets have been salted and plowed, but some areas are still snow covered and slick. And we do have the latest school closing as well. Read full story article courtesy of Newsnet5.com

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Have you ever been the victim of a crime? If so, how did you cope? Physical, Spiritual, Emotional, and Financial Impact of Crime Victims may face a wide range of immediate, short-term, and long-term reactions in the aftermath of crime. Every crime victim is unique. Individual trauma is affected by previctimization and postvictimization factors related […]

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As the year 2010 winds down to an end, no one can say it was a dull year for news 10. Mel Gibson’s abusive racist rant towards girlfriend caught on tape On July 9, Hollywood gossip website radaronline.com released the first of a series of audio tapes of actor Mel Gibson allegedly yelling and threatening […]

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Within just five months, an audio-based Bible app has reached one million downloads. The Bible.is app, developed by Faith Comes by Hearing ministry, has been downloaded in 166 countries, according to the audio-Bible ministry. The free app – offered to iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android devices – combines text and audio and is offered […]

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You can help make sure everyone gets a hot holiday meal this Christmas by spreading the word about meal sites in Cleveland. Mayor Frank Jackson, honorary co-chair of Greater Cleveland’s annual “Harvest for Hunger” Food Drive, and St. Augustine Church on West 14th Street, have released a list of places where families may gather for […]

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The East Cleveland Theater is a community theater that gives so much to the community. It has changed lives through its mission, but now it needs help from all of us to keep going. And you can do that with a click of your mouse. The theater’s executive director, Theresa Tucker, says the theater is […]

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When it comes to America’s approach to food, poet Maya Angelou says too much rushing around — and too many rules — are enough to crush good cooking. Eating good food, she says, should be a time to enlighten the spirit. Talking with Morning Edition guest host Don Gonyea about the food of her childhood in […]

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Larry Sykes wants to fill Toledo-area religious services with black male faces and spark a movement. He sent flyers to area churches, mosques, temples, synagogues, and community groups urging male adults to “take a young black male to worship” on the Sunday after Christmas. The African-American Toledo Board of Education member, who grew up poor […]

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Larry Sykes wants to fill Toledo-area religious services with black male faces and spark a movement. He sent flyers to area churches, mosques, temples, synagogues, and community groups urging male adults to “take a young black male to worship” on the Sunday after Christmas. The African-American Toledo Board of Education member, who grew up poor […]

Do not lose heart… But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in […]

Do not lose heart… But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in […]