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Friday, November 2, 2007

Topics: Politics, Other
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Newsmaker: Robert W. Moorehead, director, Space Flight Systems, NASA Glenn Research Center. Return of American astronauts to the moon will keep scientists at NASA-Glenn busy for the next decade or two. NASA announced this week that Glenn will play a role in design of hardware for the Constellation project, expected to put astronauts on the moon and house them there in a research facility. NASA officials caution that the project won’t guarantee an increase in the work force, but it will ensure continuing work as long as the project is not sidetracked by a shortage of money.

Newsmaker II: Fuad Hamed, chairman, board of directors of the Islamic Center of Cleveland. The Islamic Center of Cleveland is still looking for a new spiritual leader. Imam Ahmed Alzaree resigned this week without assuming his Cleveland post, citing negative reaction from bloggers who trumpeted an anti-Semitic sermon he delivered several years ago. Alzaree was to have been the first full-time imam at the local mosque since the departure of Fawaz Damra, deported for failing to disclose ties with alleged extremist organizations.

Roundtable: Regina Brett, columnist, The Plain Dealer; Kevin O’Brien, editorial writer, The Plain Dealer; Cynthia Dettelbach, editor, Cleveland Jewish News

Muslim Leader Resigns: The roundtable will continue the discussion of the Islamic Center’s difficulty finding a new spiritual leader.

Local Judge to Rule on Lethal Injection: Judges at the Common Pleas level are loath to get involved in Constitutional questions, preferring to let higher courts do the heavy lifting. But Judge James Burge in Lorain County feels differently. Burge, a former defense lawyer, wants to establish the constitutionality of lethal injection before starting the trial of accused killer Ruben Rivera. And the Ohio Supreme Court agrees, overruling the state’s claim that Burge is overstepping his authority.

Carl Stokes 40th Anniversary: November 7th, 1967 former prosecutor and state representative Carl Stokes was elected Mayor of Cleveland, becoming the first black candidate to win a big city Mayor’s race. Stokes beat Seth Taft in a close race after losing to Ralph Locher two years earlier and was seen as a symbol of growing black political power. He served four years. He also spent time as a news anchor in New York City and as an ambassador in the Clinton administration.

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