BAGHDAD, Iraq -U.S. troops backed by attack helicopters clashed with militants in a Mosul neighborhood yesterday, killing 20, the military and Iraqi officials said. In Baghdad, gunmen killed a Shiite Muslim cleric, and two missing Sunni clerics were found shot dead, police said.
The Parks and Recreation Department has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in the past year on several projects around Athens, with much of the money coming from donations.
WASHINGTON -A White House official said yesterday the United States' image abroad had suffered irreparable damage from a now-retracted Newsweek article alleging that American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay desecrated the Quran, the Muslim holy book.
BOSTON -Alexander Westerhoff and Thomas Lang celebrated their first wedding anniversary yesterday by holding a sign on the Statehouse steps reading: Thank you Massachusetts for one year of equality.
The Athens County Board of Elections and the Athens County Commissioners yesterday decided how to update county voting machines in compliance with the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
The Ohio baseball team could not overcome a Vanderbilt rally in the sixth inning that produced six runs, falling 13-4 at Bob Wren Stadium last night.
Ohio University sophomore Micah Mitchell was appointed the university's newest student trustee.
Students graduating in Ohio University's Class of 2005 will enter the best job market in four years, and many can expect to earn increasing average salaries, according to reports published by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
Swimsuit season is here, and many bikini-clad Ohio University students can be found laying out on the greens. But even with the pressure to fit into a bathing suit after a long winter, most students seem to have a healthy outlook on dieting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Ohio University students are seemingly always faced with the same choice at Student Senate election time -stick with the status quo, or go with the unproven. Invariably they seem to choose the former, which is precisely what they should do in this particular election. But that doesn't make the process -or the choice -any more appealing than it was last year.
A new sex toy boasts protection and pleasure enhancement.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -Stacey Kennedy-Boccieri, pregnant and mother of two, inherited much of her husband-lawmaker's civilian job while he was overseas with the military: handling constituent calls, running his home legislative office and more.
In an attempt to alleviate financial burdens within the state, a number of mayors -including those of Cleveland, Cincinnati and Lorain -have recently supported a statewide ballot issue that would give Ohio cities with at least 50,000 residents the authority to legalize casino gambling in their cities. It also would allow counties that draw 1 million tourists or more per year to have casino gambling. The ballot issue passed its first hurdle last Friday when Attorney General Jim Petro approved the language on the petitions, and if enough signatures are collected -it will require more than 322,000 signatures from at least 44 of Ohio's 88 counties -then the issue would appear on the November ballots. Despite the age-old criticisms against gambling, it is time for the state and its citizens to seriously consider casino gambling as a one of many possible solutions to the state's economic problems.
NEW YORK -Our Fathers confronts a subject that seems all too ripe for exploitation: sexually abusive priests in the Catholic Church.
The Miami softball team (34-24) beat Marshall (38-20) 5-2 for the Mid-American Conference Championship Sunday, advancing to the NCAA tournament for the first time in Miami's 31-year history of its softball program.
A few weeks ago, Bong Hill went up in a puff of smoke.
Last week, there was a debate in this very newspaper over which team will win the NBA Finals.
The Ohio men's basketball team will get to take a once in a lifetime trip this summer when it travels to Europe for some international experience and preseason practice.
Margaritas, Latin music and a crowd of hip-shaking, spinning dancers usually are part of a scene from an exotic, south-of-the border hot spot. Casa Cantina, 4 W. State St., replicated that scene with a Latin Dance Workshop to celebrate International Week last night.
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