All The News For Cleveland Escorts.

Cast members rehearse for the musical ‘Rent’, which opens tomorrow at E. Turner Stump Theatre in the Music and Speech Building. Shows will run through Sunday, Nov. 8. Brittany Ankrom | Daily Kent Stater
Two rival teenage street gangs of different ethnic and cultural…
“Stop – we’re not gonna do ‘West Side Story,’” professor Terri Kent exclaimed as she found out the news via BlackBerry. “We have the rights to ‘RENT’!”
Set in the late 1980s in bohemian Alphabet City (a neighborhood in New York’s East Village), eight young artists struggle with love and drugs beneath the veil of the AIDS epidemic.
A gay anarchist, a drag queen street percussionist, a junky stripper, a musician hoping to write just one last meaningful song before he dies, a lesbian public-interest lawyer, a landlord and a bisexual performance artist tell their stories to the lens of a documentary filmmaker’s camera.

See the full article from “Daily Kent Stater”

Contamination also was discovered in nine residential wells off South Plainview Drive. Air strippers and carbon filters were placed on eight wells. One homeowner declined the EPA’s offer of assistance. Two homeowners have since switched to Akron water at their own expense.
…
A remedy with a $5 million price tag has been selected for a federal Superfund site in Copley Township.
The plan chosen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday calls for treating contaminated groundwater near the Copley Square Plaza and connecting about 30 households to Akron water.
In addition, some buildings, including the Meadows of Copley condominiums, will get devices to collect any dangerous vapors that might move through the soil and seep into the structures.
The EPA will inject a chemical compound into contaminated groundwater near the plaza at Copley and Jacoby roads to break down the dry-cleaning chemicals that are polluting a shallow aquifer.
The chemical treatment in the water and soil would turn the contaminants into a nontoxic substance that will …

See the full article from “Akron Beacon Journal”

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Navigation
Breadcrumbs
OLBC: A Den of Prostitutes?
CheckSmart, those “nice” payday lending folks who routinely charge customers a whooping, ungodly 391% apr (annual percentage rate), is now partnered with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), an organization which hasn’t had a office in Cleveland or Ohio for at least four decades that I am aware of, and the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus (OLBC), that den of black elected officials whose mission is supposed to be looking out for the best interest of the minorities that elected them.
What’s the aim of this unholy triumvirate? To host — hold onto your hats people, this one is so obscene, so far beyond the Pale, that it defies all sense of probity and logic — “Free Seminars on Financial Education.”

See the full article from “Cleveland Leader”

In the weeks before Ohio votes on whether to allow casino gambling in four major cities, Cavs majority owner Dan Gilbert is making his pro-gaming stump presentation all over Northeast Ohio. Two weeks before Election Day, he spoke in the Warehouse District, part of the downtown Cleveland area that stands to reap the benefits — or sustain damage — from Issue 3.
The proposed amendment to Ohio’s constitution would green-light four full-gaming casinos, one each in Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus and Cincinnati. Gilbert’s company would be in charge of Cleveland and Cincinnati. At the Warehouse meeting, longtime residents, competing businessmen, regional allies and commuters gathered at the KA Architecture Design Studio for a Q&A with Gilbert. Opinions were split.
“As a downtown resident, I’m concerned about the sleaze factor,” said Beth Giuliano, an Old Stone Church Arts & Community Development representative, who voiced concerned about an increase in strip clubs and gambling addiction.

See the full article from “Cleveland Scene Weekly”

Letters »
Vote “no” on Issue 3, because gambling is morally wrong
October 28, 2009, 4:06AM
It is interesting (and disappointing) that the debate over Issue 3 has focused mainly on loss of revenue to surrounding states that have casinos, and on whether casinos will result in more jobs for Ohioans.
Of greater importance are the moral issues surrounding casinos. Personally, I am a bit surprised that some of the religious leaders in the area have not been more vocal on this. Nowhere in the Bible can one find where gambling is condoned.
Experience has shown that wherever casinos are introduced, prostitution flourishes. We are teaching everyone (and especially our children) that you really can get something for nothing. Is that the message we want to send?
If there are any positives in allowing casinos in Ohio (and I don’t see any), they are outweighed by the negatives. Ohioans should take a firm moral stand on this issue and vote against allowing casinos in Ohio.

See the full article from “Plain Dealer”

Beacon Journal staff reportTwo Akron-area clergy groups voiced opposition Tuesday to state Issue 3, which would allow casinos to be built in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo. Leaders of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance and the Akron and Vicinity Baptist Ministers Conference said during a news conference at Mountain of the Lord Fellowship on Copley Road that the expansion of legalized gambling in Ohio will increase destructive behaviors like drug addiction and prostitution. They accused Issue 3 promoters of using deceptive promises to gain voters’ support of the constitutional amendment. ”Just like the people who get rich off drugs don’t use drugs, the people who get rich off of the casinos don’t gamble they own them,” said the Rev. William Bunton, president of the Baptist ministers group. ”The people who work there will make minimum wage, which will not raise them out of poverty. The reality is that few people get rich off of casinos and that communities are not made better because of them.” Bunton and the Rev. Eugene Norris, …

See the full article from “Akron Beacon Journal”

Is it harder to be a Yankees fan in Philly or a Phillies fan in New York? I think it’s tougher for Phillies fans in New York. I think many New York fans are aggressive about it — especially right in the city — and the Yankees definitely own the city more than other teams.
Sex for tix? Arrest over Craigslist post
University of Pennsylvania graduate student Susan Finkelstein, 43, wrote on her Facebook page that she won $175 at a casino this weekend.
“It’s a shame that still won’t come close to buying a World Series ticket,” a Facebook friend said Monday morning. “I was trying!” she wrote back.
Still jonesing to get tickets, the die-hard Phillies fan allegedly came up with another plan: She offered to have sex with two men for World Series tickets on Craigslist.
Unfortunately for Finkelstein, the men were undercover detectives with the Bensalem, Pa., police. She was charged with misdemeanor prostitution offenses yesterday.

See the full article from “Philadelphia Metro”

Of course the sports talking heads are chattering away about this could-be classic of a Series, but we know you don’t come to Complex to talk about who hits better when they’re behind in the count. You’d rather know who’s fans fight better in the stands, and who’s pitching coach is more likely to spark a j in the dugout, right? We thought so, and made sure to include both in our Ultimate Guide to the 2009 World Series.
FANS: The Yankees and Phillies fans are both notorious for different reasons. Yankees fans have an arrogance that makes Kanye look humble, while Phillies fans hate everyone including Santa. NY may have the glitz of stars like Kate Hudson and Jay-Z at home games but Phillies fans just go harder. Pause. Advantage: Phillies
————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
With a payroll over $200 million for most of this decade, the Yankees always have an endless amount of stacks on deck. The Phillies payroll totaled $111 million this year so they aren’t hurting either. But the Yankees treat all-star free agents like old men treat strippers when their social security checks come in—they can have whatever they like.Advantage: Yankees

See the full article from “Complex.com”

World Series Fever Leads to Reciprocal Insults, Prostitution
Tuesday, Oct. 27 2009 @ 4:00PM
The crude boosterism of local tabs has certainly helped jack up interest in the World Series. Some people, of course, needed no help. A woman has been arrested for offering sexual favors for Series tickets. It pains us to reveal the 43-year old woman, Susan Finkelstein (pictured), is a Phillies fan.
The insults to Philadelphia bellowed by the Post and the News has not gone unnoticed elsewhere. “New York Post: Phillies, Philadelphia and Rocky Balboa all suck,” reports the Chicago Sun-Times. “It’s War,” cries the Philadelphia Fox News outlet, “New York Insults The Phanatic.” They strike back with reminiscences of The Dandy, a mascot employed by the Yankees from 1980 to 1985 who, Fox asserts, was “reportedly beaten up by unhappy Yankee fans.” Also: “the Yankees have been using actress Kate Hudson as their person in the stands during national TV games”…

See the full article from “Village Voice”

Witness says he saw suspect with assault rifle shortly before 7 people were slain in Ind.
October 15th, 2009 Witness says suspect in Ind. slayings held rifleINDIANAPOLIS — A witness says he saw a man accused of killing seven people holding an assault rifle on the front porch of their Indianapolis home minutes before the slayings.
Catfight!: Ga. woman, 86, charged with stealing a long-haired cat she said was a stray
October 13th, 2009 Catfight!: Ga. woman, 86, charged with cat theftATLANTA — The claws are coming out in court case over a Georgia cat.
APNewsBreak: Craigslist slaying suspect indicted on assault charges in RI
October 7th, 2009
APNewsBreak: Craigslist suspect indicted in RIPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A former Boston University medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist has been indicted on charges that he assaulted a stripper in Rhode Island.

See the full article from “Gaea Times”