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Police accuse bank robbery suspect of gobbling up note (with dashcam video)
Man found dead in North Akron home is identified
Dad accused of forcing son into field, killing him
NFL star Chris Spielman's wife loses cancer battle
Coventry man killed in crash at I-77 ramp
College student mistaken for deer, shot to death
Man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face
Angel Food Ministries helps stretch grocery dollars
Blogs:
Pets:
Cat-loving chihuahua suckles seven abandoned kittens
The Heldenfiles:
Friday Night Notebook
Patrick McManamon:
For your Saturday entertainment …
Akron Zips:
Hitchens leads Zips in second-half comeback
Tribe Matters:
Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster
Cleveland Browns:
Holmgren expresses interest in Browns position
Kent State Sports:
Kent State blown out in second half, loses to Temple 13-47
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs at Indiana Pacers – Here’s to LBJ and Free Throws
Buckeye Blogging:
OSU – Michigan college football rivals meet in Baghdad
Varsity Letters:
Bowling season starts today
All Da King's Men:
Headed For Disaster
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Will Health Care Reform Pass?
Akron Law Café:
Federal Judge Declares DOMA Unconstitutional
See Jane Style:
Vintage Chic
Car Chase:
TIME TO GET YOUR COLLECTOR CARS WINTERIZED
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Silverdome Potentially SOLD!
Ohio Travels with Betty:
George is looking for a Thanksgiving buffet in Akron.
Sound Check:
Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at E.J. Thomas Hall
HRLite House:
Colloquium at University of Akron
Akron Gamer:
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
TIMOTHY E. BLACK - TIMOTHY E. BLACKCompare your salary with other generations
On WCPN: Listen to the podcast of writer David Knox talking about the project. Oct. 2, 2007
On WKSU: Listen to David Giffels and David Knox discuss the advent of the American Dream – hanging by a thread. March 21, 2008
On WCPN: Beacon Journal reporter David Knox and focus-group facilitator Alice Rodgers discuss the angst of the middle class. March 25, 2008.
WCPN reporter Kymberli Hagelberg interviews people in the Beacon Journal's April 13 story
The reporters talk with WKSU’s M.L. Schultze about the financial drain of higher education
WKSU’s M.L. Shultze interviews the reporters on the exodus of management jobs from Ohio
Health care weaves through many middle class concerns, by WKSU’s M.L. Schultze
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MORE AMERICAN DREAM STORIES
Part VII: Do we even trust our leaders to help?
Part VI: Retiring old ideas about retirement
Part VI: Social Security more solvent than most Americans realize
Part VI: Focus group participants discuss retirement
Series looks at middle-class angst
Part V: Insurance misery has no easy cure
Part V: Health-care matchup finds Ohio falls short
Part V: Focus group participants speak out on health care
Part IV: Career today, gone tomorrow
Part IV: Bosses join the unemployment line
part IV: Groups meet to discuss earning less than their parents
Part IV: A note on the numbers
Part III: The second installment looking at the pressures of the middle class
Part III: Focus group participants discuss the strain of higher education
Part III: Degree can't always open door to middle class
Video: Students tell their stories
Part II: Middle class hanging by thread as rich get richer, poor get poorer
Part II: The very things that define the middle class slipping out of reach for many Ohioans
Part II: Today's story about a middle-class family is unusual for us
Part II: Speaking of... Voices from The American Dream series
Part I: Incredible shrinking paycheck
Part I: Meet the family: Census data form American portrait
Median annual pay in Ohio over the decades (pdf)
Median annual pay in the U.S. over the decades (pdf)
Inside The American Dream: Hanging by a Thread
