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Jon Husted says online address tool would have cut Ohio's provisional ballot totals by 130,000 PolitiFact Ohio: Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted said if a new tool that allows voters to update their address online would have been in place in 2008, about 130,000 voters who cast provisional ballots...

What’s the deal with all the coal miner campaign ads? ABC News: Much of American’s coal production takes place in three states: Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia, which all are battleground states in the upcoming election. Both candidates have taken out ads recently related to the coal industry, with...

Alumnus donates $1.5 million to Case Western Reserve medical school for construction of new medical school The Plain Dealer: Alumnus Michael Eppig and his wife, Ruth, committed $1.5 million to help construct a new building for the School of Medicine. "As Clevelanders, we see how important the Schoo...

Uptown development opens with ribbon-cutting spectacle Cleveland Magazine: The Blue Block Party was held Thursday, marking the grand opening of Uptown and Toby’s Plaza. Of the development project, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said at the event, “The best plan is the one you’re doing.”...

Is casting aside caste possible? Can one reclassify class? The Huffington Post: In a recent blog, Deepak Sarma, professor of South Asian religions and philosophy, questioned whether class and caste are core claims to Hinduism, if they can both be jettisoned, or if one can keep its centrality but re...

Defense of Marriage Act faces widow’s tax case appeal Bloomberg News: A U.S. appeals court in New York is set to consider arguments challenging the Defense of Marriage Act. “The main issues in these cases revolve around equal protection, the idea that this federal law treats similarly situated peop...

Voters young & old discuss 2012 election ideastream: A recent Gallup poll shows that 63 percent of 18- to 29-year-old registered voters definitely will vote this year; in the 2008 election, it was 80 percent. On Thursday’s edition of “The Sound of Ideas,” two students, Mel Sayre, president of the C...

Half-shell heroes return to action The New York Times: Nickelodeon is re-launching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles this weekend as a computer-animated animated series. The original concept intrigued people because it was a mash-up and parody of various comics, and it turned the superhero formula o...

CWRU med school plans take hold Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription required): The Cleveland Foundation and the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation each have committed $10 million to help finance a 160,000-square-foot building for the School of Medicine. The university hopes to break ground on th...

Female factor: Candidates campaign on women’s issues in fight for votes The Ledger: Women outnumber men among registered voters by 8.6 million, or 6.2 percent, and research shows women are more likely to actually vote. "This is a huge impact that women have just in terms of our numbers," said Karen...