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Heightened risks on the high frontier:
NASA's upcoming missions may prove dangerous

by William Neff
Monday October 06, 2008, 2:35 PM

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The images you'll see on your television screens in the next few months certainly will make it look as though the space program is forging ahead into a bright, if probably financially constrained, future. But this is a very dangerous time in the joint U.S.-Russian space program, involving big risks that hark back to the early days of the space race. < Continue reading "Heightened risks on the high frontier:
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Jewish vote in play

by Joel Downey
Monday October 06, 2008, 10:28 PM

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The Annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion conducted for American Jewish Committee by Synovate of 914 Jewish likely voters Sept. 8-21 gives Obama a decided edge over McCain among Jewish voters.

To see the complete poll go to www.ajc.org.

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Economic snapshot: Consumer debt

by Joel Downey
Monday October 06, 2008, 3:40 PM

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Consumer debt growing

American household debt climbed in recent years, as consumers took advantage of low interest rates and incentives to borrow.

One example: More auto loan debt

Auto loans are one area where American consumers have been financing more and taking longer to pay.

At the same time: American savings rate are plunging

As credit has become an American way of life, consumer savings rates have fallen dramatically.

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ELECTION 2008: Obama's Ohio roots

by Joel Downey
Friday October 03, 2008, 10:29 PM

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By Margaret Bernstein | The Plain Dealer

Barack Obama comes from a long line of Kearneys who chain-migrated from Ireland to Ohio throughout the 19th century. The family owned acres of farmland near the intersection of Ross, Pickaway and Fayette counties.

One of the first Kearneys to arrive here, Francis, who died in 1848, bequeathed land in Ohio to his brother Joseph, who is Obama's great-great-great-
great-grandfather.

In 1849 Joseph came from Moneygall, Ireland, to the United States to claim his land, records show. A year later, two of Joseph's children, Fulmoth and Margaret, arrived from Ireland on the ship S.S. Marmion and joined several Kearney cousins and uncles already in Ohio.

Fulmoth, the great-great-grandfather of Obama's mother, married a woman from a large Ohio family, Charlotte Holloway, giving Obama even deeper roots in the southern part of the state. Fulmoth and Charlotte later moved to Indiana, but Fulmoth's parents, Joseph and Phebe, remained on the family land, and are buried in a tiny cemetery in Fayette County.

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ELECTION 2008: Cuyahoga County Commissioner

by Joel Downey
Friday October 03, 2008, 10:25 PM

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12 questions for the candidates The Plain Dealer recently asked Cuyahoga County commissioner candidates Peter Lawson Jones and Debbie Sutherland 12 questions about issues facing the county.

Jones, a Democrat and the incumbent, and Sutherland, a Republican, could only answer the questions with a "yes" or "no."

After the questions were asked, they were allowed to elaborate on a few issues of their choice.

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Home sales decline in Northeast Ohio

by Joel Downey
Friday October 03, 2008, 4:40 PM

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The very high-end of Northeast Ohio's real estate market has only recently begun to taper off.

High-end home sales inceased in 2007, while sales dropped 8 percent in the rest of the market.

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Inner Belt Bridge: Deterioration faster than expected

by Joel Downey
Thursday October 02, 2008, 10:49 PM

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Ohio Department of Transportation inspectors found steel connectors under the Inner Belt Bridge have deteriorated faster than expected and engineers had to reduce weight on the bridge.

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