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President Obama to deliver seventh and final State of the Union address Tuesday night...America's first Black president, Obama is expected to highlight his tenure as president, including signature policy legislation such as Obamacare, and gun control....By www.clevelandurbannews.com Editor-in-Chief Kathy Wray Coleman

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman is a community activist, educator and 23-year investigative journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )    CLICK HERE TO GO TO KATHY WRAY COLEMAN AT GOOGLE PLUS WHERE SHE HAS SOME 2.5 MILLION INTERNET VIEWS  alone.  KATHY WRAY COLEMAN INTERVIEWED NOW PRESIDENT OBAMA ONE-ON-ONE IN 2008 CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS  READ ON BELOW FOR THE CURRENT ARTICLE ON THE PRESIDENT'S SEVENTH AND FINAL STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS THAT AIRS TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2016 AT 9 PM ET CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-WASHINGTON, D.C. -President Barac

Black Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson is still uncertain of whether he will seek an historic fourth term in 2017, prospective Black candidates for city mayor include Nina Turner, state Representative Bill Patmon, and councilpersons Jeff Johnson and Zack Reed....Jackson, Patmon, Turner, Reed and Johnson are all Democrats....Cleveland will host the Republican National Convention this year and the Ohio Democratic primary for president is on March 15...Mayor Jackson still enjoys support from Democratic Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge....By Cleveland Urban News.Com Editor-in-Chief Kathy Wray Coleman

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson United States President Barack Obama, America's first Black president Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat Newly elected Cleveland NAACP President Michael Nelson Sr. Pictured clockwise are former state senator Nina Turner, also a former city councilwoman and currently the national surrogate for the Bernie Sanders for president campaign,  Cleveland Ward 10 Councilman Jeff Johnson, also a former state senator, Cleveland Ward 2  Councilman Zack Reed, and State Representative Bill Patmon, also a former city councilman who lost a non-partisan runoff race for mayor against three-term Black mayor Frank  Jackson in 2009. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 23-year po

Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's Black digital news leader, interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one.... Thank you President Obama for what you do for Black America and others www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com

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CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 23-year political, educational, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under six different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )/ ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).

Tamir Rice protesters picket the home of Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty as Congresswoman Marcia Fudge accuses McGinty of tainting the grand jury outcome....United Pastors in Mission uninvite McGinty to private Tamir Rice meeting....State Representative John Barnes Jr. says that no indictment in the Tamir Rice case is a shocking tragedy, and community activists Ada Averyhart of the Imperial Women Coalition and the Carl Stokes Brigade and Al Porter of Black on Black Crime Inc., who were among those that picketed the home of McGinty, comment also to Cleveland Urban News.Com and say that McGinty must go....Community activists thank Fudge for her assertive stance against the embattled McGinty....By Cleveland Urban News.Com Editor-in-Chief Kathy Wray Coleman

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Greater Cleveland community activists prepare to picket the home of Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty in Cleveland, Ohio on the city's west side after a county grand jury, per McGinty's recommendation, refused to indict two White Cleveland cops involved in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. Protesters are also calling for county voters to vote McGinty, who is White, out of office this year as he seeks a second four- year term. The Cuyahoga County Democratic Party blocked an endorsement last month of the embattled prosecutor.  Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH), a Warrensville Heights Democrat    who has accused Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty of tainted the grand jury out come in the Tamir Rice case. The congresswoman, who is Black, is leading an effort to unseat McGinty during this year's March Democratic primary.                  The Reverend Larry Macon Sr., senior pastor at the Mt Zion Church of Oakwood Village and presi

President Obama gets emotional on gun control, issues executive orders designed to curb gun violence

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Washington (CNN) The Mr. Cool in the Oval Office rarely shows emotion. But on one issue -- guns -- President Barack Obama lets the public mask slip, revealing the ire boiling within. Before the cameras, moved by the massacres of innocents that have punctuated his presidency, Obama has wept, his voice has cracked, he's visibly shaken with frustration, he's lashed out at lawmakers he sees as cowards and even  led a congregation in "Amazing Grace."   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CNN.COM

Cleveland Browns fire head coach Mike Pettine and general manager Ray Farmer

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Mike Pettine (left) and Ray Farmer CLEVELAND, Ohio -The  Cleveland Browns  have fired coach Mike Pettine and general manager Ray Farmer following a 3-13 season. Pettine went 10-22 in two years and dropped 18 of his final 21 games after a promising 7-4 start in 2014. The Browns announced Pettine's and Farmer's dismissals shortly after the team's  28-12 home loss  to the rival  Pittsburgh Steelers , who wiggled into the AFC playoffs. "We greatly appreciate Ray's and Mike's dedication and hard work while with the Cleveland Browns," Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam said in a  letter to fans . "We've made this decision because we don't believe our football team was positioned well for the future. We are all disappointed with where we are, and we take full responsibility."  CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT ESPN.COM Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com

Congresswoman Fudge appoints new executive director for the 11th congressional district, By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's Black digital news leader www.clevelandurbannews.com

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 23-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under six different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  CLICK HERE TO GO TO KATHY WRAY COLEMAN AT GOOGLE PLUS WHERE SHE HAS SOME 2.5 MILLION INTERNET VIEWS  alone. Kevin L. McDaniel WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio  -  Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), a Warrensville Heights Democrat whose majority Black 11th congressional district includes the city of Cleveland and several of its eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County, and a largely Black pocket of Akron and staggering parts of Summit County, has appointed Kevin L. McDaniel as the new executive director f