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Akrocentric:
Poem: "The Inevitable," by Allan Peterson, from Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry column

Akron Aeros:
Many shine in Aeros 1-0 win over Altoona

Akron Zips:
Zeke Marshall commits with Zips

All Da King's Men:
Obama's Shocking Ignorance

Balanced Ledger:
Spring football

Blog of Mass Destruction:
Prestige

BokBluster:
White Fright

Browns Bulletin:
Taped signals saga involved the Browns

Cleveland Browns:
McGinest's farewell tour

Cleveland Cavaliers:
Cavs take their licking, will they keep ticking?

Kent State Sports:
Sonnanstine wins four in April

Ohio Politics:
The Big Issue in November?

Ohio Travels with Betty:
Is the wildlife place near Cedar Point still open?

Olympic Dreams - Running:
Stanford Video

Patrick McManamon:
Celtics win a blowout and Cavs are up against it

Sound Check:
Black Keys play "secret" Myspace Show at Beachland

Tia's Trends:
A story NOT about Real Estate

The Heldenfiles:
More Thursday: "Grey's Anatomy," "The Office"

The Sports Blitz:
Cleveland Browns - They Love Them! They Really, Really Love Them!

Varsity Letters:
North, Firestone win Auten track and field titles

Local News
Akron resident Carla Linaburg, a first-time volunteer, sands a wall at a Habitat for Humanity house under construction on West South Street in Akron. More than 75 percent of the workers were female as part of a National Women Build Week challenge. (Paul Tople / Akron Beacon Journal) View more photos>>
Women team up to construct Akron home as part of Habitat for Humanity campaign
Rest assured that somewhere in the Habitat for Humanity house under construction on Akron's West South Street there will be a red-and-white area, however small. Perhaps in the kitchen. Read the story>>

OHIO NEWS:

Conservation Celebration

As a major consumer of newsprint, the Akron Beacon Journal conserves, recycles and reuses resources whenever possible. Read more about what we do.

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Shrinking paycheck

Compare your earning history to the typical annual wage and salary incomes reported by the Census Bureau for someone of your age group, race and education.

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AKRON BEACON JOURNAL PROJECTS

-- Middle Class at Risk looks at the economic problems Ohioans are facing

-- Akron's War Dead