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Updated: Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read Black online newspaper, takes a look back at its 20 most memorable news article moments of 2012, including the presidential election, Occupy Cleveland, Judge Patricia Ann Blackmon, Gabby Douglas, Tim McGinty, Jimmy Dimora, George Forbes, The Rev. Hilton Smith, Obamacare, the uppercut RTA bus driver incident, Emilliano, The 137-bullets- shooting- deaths of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Ray Russell by a group of White Cleveland police officers, Congresswoman Marcia Fudge's election as chair of Congressional Black Caucus, Cleveland Mayor Jackson and Blaine Griffin and the Cleveland schools levy, State Senator Turner, Cleveland Councilwomen Cleveland and Mitchell and community activists in fighting against racist voter suppression billboards, Imperial Avenue Murders anniversary rally and vigil, the Connecticut and Chardon High School shootings, Travon Martin, Hurricane Sandy, The Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper's restructuring plan, the fiscal cliff deal, NAACP President Ben Jealous' support of Obama's stance on gay marriage, Bill Mason's departure as county prosecutor, new Ohio laws for expunging criminal records to give non-violent Ohioans a second chance pushed by State Senator Shirley Smith and sanctioned by Governor John Kasich

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-As the 2013 new year takes off Cleveland Urban News.Com takes a look back at some of the most memorable moments of 2012 that impacted the national political scene, Ohio, and the greater Cleveland community, all from a Black and urban perspective.    United States President Barack Obama Ohio State Senator Nina Turner (D-25) Cleveland Ward 5 Councilwoman Phyllis Cleveland Cleveland Ward 6 Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell 1. President Barack Obama, the first Black president of the United States of America, wins reelection to a second four-year-term, beating Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor. The president also won Ohio by 2 percentage points with the help of Black elected officials. Democrats of Cuyahoga County Democr
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Bill that averted fiscal cliff awaits President Obama's signature, Vice President Biden helped to broker deal with congressional leaders, wrangling still continues over spending cuts, tax hikes, debt ceiling

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United States President Barack Obama (right) and Vice President Joe Biden By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) WASHINGTON, D.C.   -- The bill that averted the fiscal cliff has reached the desk of  President Barack Obama for his signature, though the battle between congressional Republicans and Democrats over tax hikes and spending cuts continues. "Leaders from both parties came together to reach an  agreement that passed with bipartisan support   that  protects 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small  business owners from a middle class tax hike," said Obama in a  press release to Cleveland Urban News.Com. "While  neither  Democrats nor Republicans got everything they wanted, this  agreement is the right  thing to do for our country ." The president said also that the" agreement will also g
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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's press secretary Andrea Taylor leaves post after 6 years, no replacement yet named, the mayor has no Blacks as law director, safety director, chief of police, chief city prosecutor, EMS commissioner, chief of staff, Cleveland schools CEO, though the City of Cleveland is majority Black and the mayor, himself, is Black

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Andrea Taylor Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  CLEVELAND,Ohio-   Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson is poised to name a replacement for press secretary Andrea V. Taylor, who is resigning from the post she has held since 2007,  effective  Jan 1,  to return to her hometown of Detroit to work in the private sector, a spokesperson for the mayor told  reporters .  The mayor is at the end of a second four-year-term and has said that he will seek reelection next year. He has not publicly named a replacement for Taylor, who is Black, though he has no Blacks in the appointed positions of law director, safety director, chief of police, chief prosecutor, EMS commissioner, chief of staff and CEO of the majority Black and impoverished Cleveland Municipal School District.  Jackson, 66, is the third Black
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hospitalized with blood clot following a concussion (Update: Mrs. Clinton has since been discharged from the hospital, White House press officials announced

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United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been hospitalized with a blood clot in her head near her brain following a concussion she got after a faint spell last month.  Doctors said that it did not result in a stroke or a neurological problem.  A former U.S. senator representing New York who lost the Democratic primary in 2008 to current president Barack Obama and the wife of former president Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, 65, is the most admired woman in the world by some polls.  Doctors for the nation's highest ranking female federal official and the most prominent member of the president's cabinet said the blood clot was found following a routine MRI and that  Secretary of State Clinton, who is being treated
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Remembering Blacks that died in 2012 of notability including Whitney Houston, Rodney King, Etta James, Sherman Hensley, Don Cornelius and Donna Summer

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Whitney Houston By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Cleveland Urban News.Com  remembers  the following Blacks, known nationally and internationally, that passed away in 2012 and whose contributions will remain a part of America's legacy, and a source of pride to the Black community.  Whitney Houston, 48, pop icon Sherman Helmsley, 74, television icon known for  starring  roles in "The Jefferson's" and "Amen" Don Cornelius, 75, creator of Soul Train Donna Summer, 63, Queen of Disco, Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go Michael Clarke Duncun, 54, actor noted for role in The Green Mile. Rodney King, 47, known for the infamous police beating by a group of White police officers,  that sparked the LA Riots in 1992.  Yvette Wilson, 50, actress and comedian, role in telvision shows "Moesha&qu
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Former Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes hospitalized, Forbes is a former Cleveland City Council president who lost a bid for Cleveland mayor against Michael R.White in 1989, is general counsel for the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's most notable Black print publication that is owned by internationally known boxing promoter Don King

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Former Cleveland NAACP President and Call and Post Newspaper General Counsel George L. Forbes By Kathy Wray Coleman, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio-   Former Cleveland NAACP President  George L. Forbes, a notable figure in Cleveland politics and one of the city's most prominent Black leaders , has been hospitalized, though details of his illness have not been made public. Don King, a native Clevelander and international boxing promoter who publishes the Call and Post Newspaper   The legal counsel for the Call and Post Newspaper, Cleveland's Black print press that is owned by internationally known boxing promoter Don King, and a former Cleveland City Council president famous for throwing a chair at Cleveland Ward 8 Councilman Jeff Johnson and for losing a bid for mayor against former protege Michael R. White in 1989, Forbes is one of Cleveland
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wish everyone a Merry Christmas, click here to watch their Merry Christmas video with a message of blessings to all, president, first lady remember victims of Hurricane Sandy, Connecticut shootings, salute veterans, U.S. military troops, their families

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Weekly Address: The president and first lady extend a holiday greeting and thank our troops for their service WASHINGTON, D.C.-In this week’s address, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wished everyone a Merry Christmas and happy holidays, and they thanked America's brave troops and their families for their service. The president and first lady ask the American people to visit      Joining Forces.Gov (Click Here To Go There)   to find ways to honor and support our veterans and military families, and say that we must all come together, as we always do, to care for each   other during this holiday  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473.
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