They're seldom seen but you can't miss them.

Late summer evenings are alive with the chirps, trills, and clicks of singing insects. The familiar field cricket is just one member of the large family of insects known as orthoptera. Their love songs are symbolic of a peaceful night, and although they may lull some people to sleep, one area naturalist is up late combing his backyard for the insect orchestra.

Joe Keiper is our guide, he's the curator of invertebrate zoology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. (more )

Up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman ! Lately he's easy to spot in the headlines. The iconic fighter for truth , justice , and the American way is technically 76 years old. But there's new, soaring interest in the man of steel, especially in the steel-making town of his birth . A new exhibition coming to the Maltz Museum is about Superman, other comic book superheroes,and the Jews who dreamed them up: (more )

Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh says two officers were justified in shooting Jeffery Stephens, Senior in July. (more )

This Saturday night, some of the most prominent writers in Northeast Ohio will be honored at the Writers and Their Friends Literary Gala. Local actors will perform works by ten authors honored for writing in the fields of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. (more )

John McCain shored up his social conservative credential s when he picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. But it's pretty clear from this week's convention - - and the half-inch briefing book Republicans are taking home from it -- that the target now is independents, Democrats and disaffected Republicans. From Minneapolis-St. Paul, WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more... (more )

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The former director of the human genome project says in the last two years, there's been a revolution in the medical applications of genetic research. Dr. Francis Collins was in Cleveland today to accept the first Inamori prize for ethics from Case Western Reserve University. He says one of those breakthroughs will be published tomorrow - a new cancer genome atlas. (more )

Ohio's chief election officer wants to make sure Ohio avoids problems at the polls in November. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner outlined her plans and defended recent attacks from the Ohio Republican Party at the University of Akron Thursday. (more )

The political look-ahead continued for Ohio GOP politicians today( Thursday). Rob Portman joined John Kasich as considering a run against Gov. Ted Strickland in 20-10. But he's also interested in running against Sherrod Brown for the U.S. Senate in 2012. F WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more from Minneapolis ... (more )

Ohio delegates left the Xcel Center convinced Sarah Palin had done all she needed to do to convince the nation she should be vice president. (more )

The story that drew some of the biggest applause during Sarah Palin's speech last night is that of a farmer from central Ohio, whose relationship with John McCain started with tapping on a wall 40 years ago. For Ohio Public Radio, WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more from the Republican convention. (more )

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland is paying tribute to the "Father of the Electric Guitar" this fall. 93-year-old Les Paul will be honored at the 13th annual American Music Masters series, a weeklong event that begins Nov. 10. A lineup is being assembled for a tribute concert November 15th at Cleveland's State Theater. Paul invented the modern electric guitar and pioneered many innovations in multi-track recording technology. He was inducted into the early influence category at the Rock Hall in 1988. (more )

Interest rates and housing prices are down, and "sure-fire" investments are hard to come by. So some are taking what extra money they have and investing in trading cards. Professional card dealers and autograph hunters say business is good, though changing. Sure, a baseball card of baseball great Honus Wagner sold for $1.6 million this summer. But traders say football cards are the hot ticket today, and we're entering their busy season. (more )

The field of Democrats hoping to replace the late Cleveland Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones became clearer today. One potential candidate said he will not run, while another candidate made her intentions official. (more )

Senator Barack Obama stumped in Northeast Ohio (today), trying to win over women voters in a county that strongly supported Hillary Clinton in the primary. (more )

In many ways, the 2008 Republican National Convention is not about the 2008 presidential election. It's the place where Ohio politicians position themselves for future elections, as John Kacich did this morning for the 20-10 gubernatorial election. (more )

As head of the national Republican Party's Committee for Arrangements, former Ohio House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson has spent the last 18 months planning a business meeting and party for 45 thousand people. From Davidson's suite looking out over the Xcel convention floor in St. Paul, WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more... (more )

Ohio's unemployment rate is at a 16 year high. A left-leaning think tank that studies employment issues says that's only one problem faced by Ohio's workforce. (more )

Everything about the Republican National Convention -- from seating to Karl Rovesays -- Ohio matters. From the Twin Cities, WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more from the Xcel convention center in St. Paul. (more )

Senator Barack Obama continues his Midwest bus tour of battleground states with two stops in eastern Ohio Wednesday. (more )

Karl Rove appealed to state pride, Republican pride and pride in John McCain when he spoke to the Ohio delegates breakfast at the Republican National Convention this morning. From Minneapolis, WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more ... (more )

Right after the Ohio delegation's breakfast broke Monday, the news broke that Sara Palin's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant and planning to marry the father. But the delegates took the news in stride -- and circled their defenses around their likely vice presidential nominee. From the Republican National Convention in the Twin Cities, WKSU's M.L. Schultze has reports ... (more )