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Friday, May 12, 2006

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Newsmaker: Michael Vu, director, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. The board of elections this week appointed an independent committee to investigate what went wrong with the rollout of electronic voting in Cuyahoga County. Much went right…the vast majority of voters were able to cast ballots and have them counted without a hitch. But voting was delayed at some polling places and the final vote count was not completed until five days after the election. We’ll talk to Michael Vu about the lessons learned.

Roundtable: Kevin O’Brien, columnist, the Plain Dealer; Elizabeth Sullivan, foreign affairs writer, the Plain Dealer; Ted Gup, journalism professor, Case Western Reserve University.

Conflict of Interest: Should doctors prescribe treatments from which the doctors stand to make a personal profit? The Cleveland Clinic took steps this week to address that question and others that could be construed as conflict of interest. It hired a law firm to draw up a framework that would ensure transparency in business dealings by its staffers. Reports in the Wall Street Journal earlier this year raised questions about possible conflicts of interest at the Clinic.

New CIA Director: Congress begins hearings next week on the nomination of Air Force General Michael V. Hayden as the next CIA director. President Bush calls the four-star general the right man for the job. But critics are concerned about Hayden’s ties to the Pentagon and to the National Security Agency, where he created the domestic surveillance program.

Adult Misconduct: A former Summit County youth baseball coach narrowly missed being sent to prison for his role in the death of another man at a baseball tournament last year. The coach was accused of pushing the man to the ground where he struck his head and died. The coach was acquitted on a charge of manslaughter and was sentenced to spend time in a half-way house, but the episode again raised questions about the conduct of adults at events intended to be fun for kids.

Put a Lid on It: Local architect Robert Corna suggests putting a retractable roof on Cleveland Browns Stadium. The idea of a dome was rejected as too expensive ten years ago when the Stadium was being conceived. Now, city officials are taking another look. A roof could turn the stadium into a year-round facility and influence the NFL to stage a Super Bowl here.

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