A recent HealthGrades study names Cleveland as one of the top 10 U.S. cities with the safest hospitals. Toledo also made the list, along with Minneapolis-St. Paul, Boston, and Honolulu.

The study analyzed 40 million Medicare patient records from 2007 to 2009 and used the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's 13 patient safety indicators to identify the top performing hospitals in the nation. The patient safety indicators include incidents such as "foreign objects l... Read more >

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, Chicagoist named Great Lakes Brewing Co.'s Conway's Irish Ale its "Beer of the Week." This is the second time Chicagoist has featured a GLBC beer, the first being the Edmund Fitzgerald Porter a few years ago.

"Conway's is a smooth-drinking 6.5% ABV ale that pours brownish-orange with a quickly dissipating off-white head. It's sweeter than you might expect, and lighter, too - this beer is almost too easy to drink as it warms up, which doesn't... Read more >

A new study by Kiplinger, an internationally recognized publisher of business forecasts and personal finance advice, names Cleveland as one of the top 10 cities for commuters. The Ohio Business Development Coalition issued a press release on the study.

"According to Kiplinger.com, cities must have a metro population of at least one million and a low congestion cost (a measurement of wasted time and fuel as calculated by the Texas Transportation Institute). Kiplinger also... Read more >

KeyCorp has announced that KeyBank's renovated office space in the historic Higbee Building on Public Square has earned LEED® Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

"The Green Building Council's LEED certification system is the foremost program for the design, construction and operation of green buildings. By using less energy, LEED-certified buildings save money for families, businesses and taxpayers, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute... Read more >

The Greater Cleveland Film Commission has announced that Marvel Studios will shoot parts of the film The Avengers in Cleveland.

"Marvel Studios is bringing The Avengers to Ohio for two reasons: the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit and the efforts of the Greater Cleveland Film Commission. We look forward to collaborating with the Film Commission and working in the great state of Ohio," said Louis D'Esposito, Co-President of Marvel Studios.

The Ohio Film Tax Credit... Read more >

Antenna Magazine visited Cleveland's current crop of food trucks as part of the series "Fast Food: Taste-testing the best of what the nation's roads have to offer." The series has also featured food trucks in New York City, Washington, D.C., New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Portland.

The reporters were pleasantly surprised by what Cleveland had to offer. "Sure, the weather was below freezing, but the people we met and the food we ate made us happy we'd made our way there. M... Read more >

A recent Los Angeles Times article featured Kill the Irishman, a new film that tells the story of legendary Cleveland mobster Danny Greene, who went to war with the Mafia for control of the city's underworld economy in the 1970s.

The film is based on the book "To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia" by Rick Porrello, now chief of police in Lyndhurst, where Greene was killed by a car bomb in 1977.

Cleveland is not a well-known Mafia city, says the... Read more >

ABC News reported on American Greetings' recent announcement that its headquarters, which employs 2,000 people, will remain in Northeast Ohio.

American Greetings, the largest publicly traded greeting-card maker in the U.S., said last year that it was considering a move to Chicago due to increased city income taxes in its hometown of Brooklyn.

Ohio Governor John Kasich lobbied to keep the company in Ohio by signing legislation to create substantial tax incentive... Read more >

A recent post in the travel section of USA Today mentions Cleveland's recent homage to Superman and his creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The two teenagers created the comic superhero while growing up in Cleveland's Glenville neighborhood in the 1930s.

Cleveland is now paying tribute to the Man of Steel and his creators by placing street signs bearing the Superman insignia and honorary street names such as "Lois Lane" in the neighborhood where Siegel and Shuster on... Read more >

CheapFlights included Cleveland on its recent list of the World's "Top 10 Emerging Fashion Destinations."

"With the increase in cheap flights making different countries and cultures more accessible, the world evolves more fully into a globalised society with a lifestyle that takes influence from many different cultures. As such, it makes sense that fashion would influence travel and travel would influence fashion, putting new cultures top of mind and opening doors and min... Read more >

Four Cleveland-area hospitals made HealthGrades' "America's 50 Best Hospitals 2011" list: Summa Akron City and St. Thomas Hospitals, Akron General Medical Center, Marymount Hospital, and Hillcrest Hospital.

The rankings were based on an analysis of more than 140 million Medicare patient records over an 11-year time period.

"To be recognized with this elite distinction, hospitals must have had risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates that were in the top 5%... Read more >

The Korea Times, the oldest English-language newspaper published in South Korea, featured the Cleveland Museum of Art in a recent article. The museum will hold an exhibition called "The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art" from March 27 to August 28.

Korean and Japanese artists have combined visual art and poetry for centuries, using the themes of classical Chinese poetry as inspiration for calligraphy, painting, and the decorative arts.

The works... Read more >

A recent article in the Los Angeles Times examines the debate surrounding Cleveland's economic renewal.

"Cleveland has weathered this recession much better than past slumps, as local industries have retooled and reinvented themselves. Old shops and factories have embraced new technologies. And for the first time in a while, there are grounds for optimism," the article states.

During his recent visit to Cleveland for the Winning the Future Forum on Small Busine... Read more >

The Huffington Post recently posted an interview with Albert Albano, executive director of the Cleveland-based Intermuseum Conservation Association (ICA), the nation's oldest non-profit regional art conservation center. Founded in 1952 by the directors of six Midwestern museums, the ICA "protects, preserves and enriches the shared heritage of art and material culture through conservation, advocacy and education."

The ICA has one of the largest climate-controlled fine art... Read more >

The James Beard Foundation has just announced its list of Semifinalists for this year's James Beard Awards, to be held in New York on May 9. As usual, Cleveland-area chefs and restaurants fared well. The final list of nominees will be released on March 21.

Michael Symon racked up nominations in the the big-time categories of Outstanding Chef and Outstanding Restaurant (Lola).

Jonathon Sawyer from Greenhouse Tavern is in the running for the much-coveted Rising ... Read more >

Great Lakes Brewing Company, Ohio's first and most celebrated craft brewer, ranked #22 out of 25 "Top Brewers" in the latest issue of Beer Advocate, a respected monthly magazine dedicated entirely to beer. Beer Advocate reviewed hundreds of thousands of customer beer reviews for their annual "Best of" issue, which is now on shelves.

Beer Advocate also included two Great Lakes Brewing Company beers, Dortmunder Gold Lager and Eliot Ness Amber Lager, on its list of "Top Ligh... Read more >

The New York Times opinion pages series "Disunion" recently covered President Lincoln's visit to Cleveland on February 15, 1861, just months before the outbreak of the Civil War.

"Disunion revisits and reconsiders America's most perilous period -- using contemporary accounts, diaries, images and historical assessments to follow the Civil War as it unfolded."

Cleveland was already an important part of the country's emerging economic heartland, and by 1865 it wou... Read more >

A recent TIME posting mentions President Obama's upcoming visit to Cleveland. President Obama and members of his cabinet, in association with Cleveland State University and Northeast Ohio organizations JumpStart and NorTech, will hold a "Winning the Future Forum on Small Business" on February 22.

The Forum will present an opportunity for small business owners to communicate their ideas for economic growth and creating jobs directly to the President and his economic team.... Read more >