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The Cleveland Browns lost to the Jacksonville Jacquars on Sunday, but it is last Sunday's win by the Browns against the Steelers that people are still talking about, Browns offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan and Steelers offensive coordinator Tod Haley were the winner and loser respectively in last Sunday's game between the Browns and the Steelers, By Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter Karl Kimbrough

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By Karl Kimbrough, Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter (kimbrough@clevelandurbannews.com).   Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Leaders In Black Digital News . Tel: 216-659-0473    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Cleveland Browns Offensive Coordinator Kyle Shanahan (left) and Pittsburgh Steelers Offensive Coordinator Tod Haley CLEVELAND, Ohio-  The Cleveland Browns  lost 24-6 on Sunday at an away game against the Jacksonville Jacquars. But it is their win last Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers that people are still talking about, a comeback from a lost to the Steelers in the season opener. By beating the Pittsburgh Steelers   last week, the Browns compiled a then 3-2  record, and their  loss on Sunday to the Jacquars makes their season record 3-3. Browns offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan and Steelers offensive coordinator Tod Haley were the winner and loser respectively

Black Women's Political Action Committee to host annual fundraising luncheon on Saturday, October 18 from 11 am to 3 pm at the Acacia Reservation, 26899 Cedar Road, Lyndhurst, Ohio, tickets are $60

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Black Women's Political Action Committee President Una H.R. Keenon, president of the East Cleveland Board of Education, and a retired East Cleveland judge By   Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative and political journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years under five different editors at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's most prominent Black press)   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) LYNDHURST, Ohio- The Black Women's Political Action Committee (BWPAC) will host its annual fundraising luncheon on Saturday, Oct 18 from 11 am to 3 pm at the Acacia Reservation, 26899 Cedar Road in Lyndhurst, Ohio. Tickets are $60 and can be purchased at the door. For more information contact Dorothy Solomon (216) 229-1316. "

George Forbes residential home in Cleveland catches fire, damages are estimated at $130,000, 32 firefighters were needed to put out the blaze, Forbes is a former Cleveland City Council president and former president of the Cleveland NAACP

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By   Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative and political journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years under five different editors at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's most prominent Black press)   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) George L. Forbes CLEVELAND,  Ohio  -The residential home of former Cleveland NAACP President George L.Forbes, also a former Cleveland City Council president, caught fire early Thursday morning, a blaze that required 32  firefighters to contain, who said later that it likely began in the master bedroom and caused an estimated  $130,000 in damages. Firefighters were called about 12:30 am and rushed to Forbes' home on Cleveland's largely Black east side on the 100 block of Bellfower R

Pimp former Bedford judge Harry Jacob sentenced to jail, community activists women call the sentence too lenient, say Jacob also kidnapped Black women in the court, denied indigent Blacks counsel with support from the Cleveland NAACP, which is now under investigation by the national headquarters after the election process for branch officers was suspended for impropriety, activists women say that if Jacob were Black he would have been thrown under the jail

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Pimp  and now convicted judge Harry Jacob, of the Bedford Municipal Court, who was jailed on Monday for five criminal convictions BREAKING NEWS: JUDGES AND LAWYERS BEHAVING BADLY, AN  EPIDEMIC  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Brian Corrigan From The Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio -Former Bedford Municipal Court Judge  Harry Jacob, who resigned from the bench and surrendered his law licence earlier this month after convictions on five misdemeanors earlier this year, including solicitation and falsification of court records, was sentenced to 60 days in jail on Monday and given two years probation. He also received six months house arrest. Prosecutors asked for 360 days in jail, but Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Brian Corrigan opted for a lesser

National NAACP suspends election for Cleveland NAACP branch officers for violations of bylaws by the nominating committee per the request of Cleveland NAACP President Hilton Smith, the local chapter is flat broke and has not paid the executive director since June

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First row from left:  NAACP National Director of Unit Field Operations and Membership The Rev. Gill Ford, Cleveland NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith, and Cleveland NAACP Executive Director Sheila Wright Second row from top from left: Cleveland NAACP Third Vice President Sara J. Harper, Cleveland NAACP Attorney Michael Nelson, and Jocelyn Travis Third row from top from left: Cleveland NAACP Attorney James Hardiman, former Cleveland NAACP executive director Stanley Miller, and Cleveland NAACP Assistant Secretary Marcia McCoy Fourth row from top from left: Cleveland NAACP Secretary Arlene Anderson, Cleveland NAACP First Vice President The Rev E. Theophilus Caviness, and Cleveland NAACP Third Vice President Bishop E.F. Perry Bottom row: Architect Kent Whitley and former Cleveland NAACP president George L. Forbes By   Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and New

Peace in the Hood to host youth art show on Friday, October 17 from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm at 13815 Kinsman Road in Cleveland, artwork will be for sale, call (216) 538-4043 for more information

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By  Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative and political journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years under five different editors at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's most prominent Black press)   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- Peace in the Hood, a grassroots greater Cleveland organization led by community activist Khalid Samad, will host its annual Arts of Peace Youth Art Show on Friday, Oct 17 from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm at 13815 Kinsman Road in Cleveland. Artwork by greater Cleveland children can be purchased at the event, which is billed as a vehicle to push kids to utilized their time in an effective manner and to choose educational endeavors over violence.  Organizers said that the Arts4Pe

Cleveland NAACP to hold election for president, other offices, Kent Whitley to challenge incumbent Hilton Smith for president, nominations to be accepted from the floor at meeting on Monday, October 13, 2014 at 7 pm at University Circle United Methodist Church in Cleveland, the general election is November 10

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By  Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative and political journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years under five different editors at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's most prominent Black press)   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Pictured are Cleveland NAACP President the Rev. Hilton Smith (left) and architect Kent Whitley. Whitley will face Smith in the election next month for president of the local chapter of the national Civil Rights organization. Nominations for offices, including president, will also be taken from the floor at 7 pm on Monday, Oct 13 at the University Circle United Methodist Church in Cleveland.  CLEVELAND, Ohio -The Cleveland branch NAACP will hold its election for branch officers and executive com