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Our Most Interesting People 2007
One is an Emmy winner for "My Name is Earl." Another is one of the NFL's top tight ends. There's a grandma videogamer and a museum curator, a competitive fighter and a groundbreaking choreographer. They are ... our most interesting people.
Reaching Out
As the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage enters its second year, new executive director Judi Feniger hopes to take the city’s youngest cultural institution to a wider audience.
Up From the Basement
If all you know about Warrensville Heights is Filene’s Basement, Mayor Marcia Fudge would like to have a word with you. Since she took office seven years ago, the city has gotten a financial makeover and added successful residential and business dev
Planet LeBron
He’s got the world at his fingertips. All of 22 years old, LeBron James is a one-man brand. The Cleveland Cavaliers’ star has taken the NBA by storm, and a summer trip to China with Team USA has the King poised for global domination. A father,
The New Dealer
The newspaper industry is navigating rough waters:
declining circulation, shrinking profit margins and a raft of other challenges.
So The Plain Dealer is battening down with a new publisher, a host of buyouts, greater emphasis on the Web and a rev
The Perception Question
This month marks a year in office for Mayor Frank Jackson.
But should his involvement in and silence about recent public missteps, including the CMHA land deal in his former ward, have us concerned about his administration’s image?
Surviving a Terrorist Bomb
On Oct. 12, 2002, suicide bombers killed 202 people on the Indonesian island of Bali. Sophie Sureau was there. The 35-year-old survived. On her road to recovery, she spent time with family in Canada; got married; founded a nonprofit to help burn victims a
The Cleveland Experience
What does it feel like to wear the crown of a pageant queen? Celebrate a championship victory?
Be abducted by foreign gunmen? Or reach into a grizzly bear’s mouth to perform a root canal?
Most of us may never
Hitting a Grand Slam
On Aug. 12, Travis Hafner hit his sixth grand slam of the season at Jacobs Field off Kansas City Royals pitcher Luke Hudson, tying the Major League record that Don Mattingly has held since 1987. It was in the bottom of the first inning, with the Indian