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Former Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes summons Black elected officials, leaders to meeting at Cleveland Clinic with Gov Kasich to push Mayor Jackson's education plan, only 4 Black elected officials show, Rev Caviness, SCLC members attend though previously taking on the governor for initially having no Blacks in his cabinet, Black leaders want Obama to be more hands on with them, meeting reveals, some Democrats stayed away saying their presence might be perceived as anti-Obama , Kasich wins some friends at the 50 person meeting, community activist calls meeting suspect

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Former Cleveland NAACP President and Call and Post Newspaper General Counsel George L. Forbes Ohio Governor John Kasich The Rev. E. Theophilus Caviness Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson United States President Barack Obama By Kath y Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-Former Cleveland NAACP President George L. Forbes, also a former Cleveland City Council president and currently a part time local attorney who is also legal counsel  for the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press, still has clout, at least with Ohio's governor. Forbes summoned Black Democratic leaders of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County to a meeting with Republican Gov. John Kasich last week to the renowned Cleveland Clinic, though only about 50 people showed, and only  four of them were Black elected officials, with some others question
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Zimmerman jailed again after judge revokes bond for lying about finances in case of alleged murder of unarmed Black teen Trayvon Martin, Black community quiets down, young Cleveland area activist groups like the Oppressed People's Nation continue the fight, seasoned greater Cleveland activist groups such as the Imperial Women Coalition, Black on Black Crime Inc. and Peace in the Hood still monitoring the case.

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Trayvon Martin Anger over the killing of the Black teen has generated nationwide protests but has subsided in recent weeks  SANDFORD, Florida--Accused teen murderer George Zimmerman, a racist White volunteer community watchman who gunned down the unarmed 17-year old Trayvon Martin earlier this year in a suburban neighborhood in Sandford, Fl. and was charged in April with second degree murder after outcries of an  injustice  by the Black community and others, was jailed again on Sun. after a judge revoked his bond, saying he lied about his finances. George Zimmerman Florida judge Kenneth Lester ruled that Zimmerman, 28, lied about monies he got from a promotional website around the murder and last week revoked his $150 thousand bail, and ordered him to report to jail by the end of the week.  Meanwhile, not all is quiet on the Black front of a once enraged Black community on the celebrated case. "We will keep protesting until we ge
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Former presidential candidate John Edwards acquitted of one charge of misuse of campaign funds, jury deadlocks on other charges that he knowingly used campaign funds to hide pregnant mistress Rielle Hunter while his wife Elizabeth Edwards was dying of cancer

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John Edwards By Kath y Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) RALEIGH, North Carolina-A North Carolina jury last week freed John Edwards of charges that he used more than $1 million in campaign funds from his unsuccessful run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2008 to hush his pregnant mistress Rielle Hunter while his wife Elizabeth Edwards was dying of breast cancer. After deliberating for eight days, the jury, on Thurs., acquitted the former U.S. senator of one charge and deadlocked on the remaining five felony charges, forcing the judge to declare a mistrial. Edwards, 58, a millionaire who rose to fame by winning record breaking North Carolina jury verdicts in  libel and slander and personal injury lawsuits, and the 2004 Democratic vice-presidential nominee for president, did not take the stand at trial. Rielle Hunter with
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Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason files prejudice affidavit against Chief Cuyahoga County Judge Nancy Fuerst seeking her disqualification by Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, Mason, a lame duck prosecutor, has been in conflict with the judges in recent years, Fuerst assigned special prosecutor in place of Mason's office to investigate potential perjury charges after Judge Donnelly acquits a man of rape saying the alleged victim's mother lied, Mason fights back by filing an affidavit of prejudice against Fuerst

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Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Presiding and Administrative Judge Nancy Fuerst Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor The late former Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael Donnelly Tim McGinty (Photo by  www.cleveland.com   ) Ed Wade Former Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes By Kath y Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND , Ohio-Lame duck Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason, who did not seek reelection this year and will likely be replaced with former rogue judge Tim McGinty, who won the March Democratic primary for county prosecutor, last week filed an affidavit of prejudice with Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor against Cuyahoga County Court of Comm
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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell joins NAACP and announces support of President Obama's endorsement of same sex marriage, but Powell stops short of endorsing Obama for president

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Colin Powell (left) and President Barack Obama By Kath y Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) Colin Powell, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State under former president George W. Bush, and the first Black in those roles, last week announced his support of Democratic President Barack Obama's endorsement of same sex marriage, a rare position taken by a prominent Republican operative such as Powell, who had previously opposed same sex marriage. But Powell would not endorse the president as he did as a Republican in 2008, raising questions on whether he will or will not do so prior to the November 6 presidential election when Obama will square off with Mitt Romney, the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party and the former governor of Mass., the first state to hand out licenses to people marrying partners of
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First Lady Michelle Obama visits Cleveland to thank campaign volunteers and hold Obama campaign fundraiser at Progressive Field, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald, State Sen Shirley Smith, retired judge and former county recorder Lillian Greene, Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGraph, Cleveland Councilman Jeff Johnson, others attend fundraiser

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First Lady Michelle Obama Below, the first lady walks the Terrace Room at Progressive Field in Cleveland on May 21 to thank volunteers for the Obama for America campaign before attending an afternoon fundraiser . (Photo by Johnette Jernigan) By Johnette Jernigan, Cleveland Urban News.Com  Staff Reporter ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-Slim and poised, First Lady Michelle Obama, the most photographed first lady in American and world history, thanked a group of approximately 150 Obama campaign committee volunteers from Cleveland and its surrounding suburbs before attending an intimate fundraiser of roughly 250 supporters at Progressive Field on Mon. afternoon in Cleveland.   (Editor's note: Read First Lady Michelle Obama's comments midway through this article).      Campaign organizers said that the volunteers, who were invited as special guests to meet  the first lady,  have  made tons of phone calls and knocked on more
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Green Bay Packers Wide Receiver Donald Driver Wins ABC's Dancing With The Stars, is second Black to win, watch the video of his electrifying and winning performance with pro partner Peta Murgatroy

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Green Bay Packers Wide Receiver Donald Driver and his pro partner Peta Murgatroy. Driver won Dancing With the Stars Tues. night, the second Black to take home the coveted mirrorball trophy By Kath y Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) LOS ANGELES, CA-Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver won ABC'S Dancing With The Stars 14th season mirrorball trophy last night, the second Black man to take home the coveted prize next to NFL player Emmett Smith.  Driver's limber pro partner Peta Murgatroy, who is White, was just as talented as the duo performed a free style country kickin dance during this week's finale that rocked the house and sealed their victory.  Driver, 37,  beat out his fellow finalists, Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins and Cuban actor William Levy.   Watch the video below of  Driver's electrifying and finale
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