Riot police shut down Palmerfest
May 9, 2009This article was reported by Dave Hendricks, Gail Burkhardt and Laura Service, and written by Dave Hendricks.
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Baseball: Pitchers look to recover from poor start of the season
May 7, 2009Zach Elmer is the first to admit that his senior season hasn't gone as planned.
Palmerfest gears up for 18th anniversary
May 7, 2009When Ohio University alumnus Chris Loy was asked by his crush if she could hang a banner at his house on Palmer Street during a party in 1991, he had no idea they would be married just a few years later.
Southeastern Ohio grandparents make sacrifices to afford raising grandchildren
May 7, 2009Trinia Green had to quit her full-time job and her retired husband, Ed, had to go back to work so that they could raise Trina's three young grandsons - a situation neither of them expected to find themselves in after their 60th birthdays.
APR Ratings: Ohio athletics above the grade in academics
May 7, 2009Ohio athletics earned high marks when the NCAA released its annual Academic Progress Rate report this week.
Q&A: Ohio alumnus, NFL player brings reggae to Athens
May 7, 2009Co-creator of the Island Heat Caribbean Music Festival Landon Cohen, former OU football player and a defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions, talked to The Post's Gina Edwards about the Island Heat Caribbean Music Festival, coming back to Athens and the afterparty.
Track: Ohio rests key players as MAC championships loom
May 7, 2009With the Mid-American Conference Championships a week away, coach Clay Calkins isn't taking any chances.
Crash sends three to hospital
May 7, 2009A three-way crash lined up traffic along East State St. Friday after a maroon Grand Prix tried to cross five lanes between Save-A-Lot and Dunkin's Diamonds.
Softball: Bobcats start off on wrong foot against Broncos in tournament
May 7, 2009The Bobcats' backs are against the wall.
Music festival to heat up Big Red Barn
May 7, 2009While tomorrow's forecast predicts thunderstorms, Island Heat Caribbean Music Festival co-organizer Alico Marks said he isn't concerned.
Many Ohioans unaware of education policy
May 7, 2009Ohioans need to get schooled on their state's education policy and funding, according to the results of a poll released Monday.
New communication tower to be assessed by engineering company
May 6, 2009The City of Athens selected an engineering company to assess radio frequency emissions and structural security of the new communication tower on Roosevelt Drive.
Spree or Obsession?
May 6, 2009Shopping addicts may not show physical symptoms, but the financial and emotional fallout of compulsive shopping is closer
Softball: 1st round of tournament rescheduled
May 6, 2009Last night's first-round matchup in the Mid-American Conference softball tournament between sixth-seeded Ohio (22-23, 12-10 MAC) and third-seeded Western Michigan (22-20, 16-6 MAC) was postponed until 10 a.m. today.
That's What She Said: Watching TV has 'cathartic' effects
May 6, 2009Some buy shoes or take a bubble bath. Others seek an adrenaline rush through bungee jumping or skydiving. But when I'm throwing a pity party or am stressed out, I turn to an inanimate object that lets me live vicariously through it: the TV set. Whether angry or sad, watching TV provides an intimate setting for those emotions to be expressed and/or resolved.
Top 5 (5/7/2009): Top 5 Warning Signs of a Shopping Addiction
May 6, 20091. You head to a store when you've experienced a setback or a disappointment, or when you feel angry or scared.
Akron/Family blend folk with chaos on experimental album
May 6, 2009The psychedelic folk band Akron/Family may be named after a northeast Ohio city, but their sound takes more from open pastures and green mountains than the concrete of urban Akron.
Because I Said So: Columnist reviews her own life after watching '17 Again'
May 6, 2009A few weekends ago I watched 17 Again, starring Zac Efron, and it really made me wonder what I would do if I were given the chance to be 17 again.
