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Structural failures while concrete is being poured are not uncommon The Plain Dealer: A section of Cincinnati’s Horseshoe Casino collapsed last week, six weeks after part of the valet parking garage at Cleveland’s casino collapsed. Dario Gasparini, professor of civil engineering, said accidents dur...

New state Medicaid plan based on quality Crain’s Cleveland Business: Gov. John Kasich’s administration is laying the groundwork to overhauling Ohio’s Medicaid program. “Kasich is putting some money behind this, and isn’t just saying, ‘This is the right thing to do,’” said J.B. Silvers, the John R. ...

Fired prison guard's speech rights debated Dayton Daily News: A Lebanon Correctional Institution prison guard was fired after posting a Facebook comment about Gov. John Kasich, but it raises the question of social media privacy. Raymond Ku, professor of law and co-director of the Center for Law Tec...

From the Grog Shop to The Q: Your guide to Northeast Ohio's top entertainment venues The Plain Dealer: Looking for something to do around campus? Turns out, it shouldn’t be difficult. Several destinations in the area are listed as top entertainment venues, including the Cleveland Institute of Art C...

3 out of 4 Cleveland suburbs saw increases in poverty in last decade The Plain Dealer: A new report by researchers at the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development shows that three out of four Cleveland suburbs saw a dramatic increase in poverty in the last decade, although poverty fell amo...

Prions more mobile than thought Science News: New research shows that protein-based pathogens known as prions may pass between different species more easily than previously thought. “We may underestimate the threat posed by some of these diseases by focusing only on the brain,” said Pierluigi Gambe...

Jimmy Dimora trial: Prosecutors never filed sex charges in gambling junket to Windsor The Plain Dealer: Two of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora’s friends took paid escorts to Canada in violation of the Mann Act, but federal prosecutors did not file charges against them. Instead, the...

Stem cell blindness treatment study reaction roundup USA Today: Results from the first human embryonic stem cell treatment for blindness made headlines this week, as researchers reported tentative signs of improved vision in two women suffering from a progressive form of blindness. “This really is ...

Pain is top concern in Ohio and the nation The Plain Dealer: A recent report by the Institute of Medicine noted the urgent need to develop better pain-management strategies in the U.S., as chronic pain affects more than 116 million people and costs up to $650 billion annually in direct medical trea...

Pepper Pike entrepreneur to be among State of the Union guests The Plain Dealer: Hiroyuki Fujita, founder and CEO of Quality Electrodynamics, will sit with Michelle Obama in the first lady’s box at tonight’s State of the Union address. Fujita started QED in 2006 using technology developed in the la...