WASHINGTON -President Bush prodded Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday to provide a model for other Mideast nations to follow by holding genuinely democratic and contested presidential elections.
Am I the only person who wishes that a guitar chord was played every time I came into a room? I bet not. I -along with countless other viewers -stared eagerly at Clarissa's window, waiting for the familiar ladder to appear, followed by Hey Sam (cue chord).
BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio -Domestic difficulties, financial problems with the family farm or a possible argument with his grandfather could have caused an 18-year-old to kill his family and friends in two farmhouses on graduation day, the sheriff said yesterday.
Companies have to give them credit: college students are learning to use their Visas and MasterCards wisely, even when shopping online.
Yale University ethicist Gene Outka frames the issue of stem cell research partly as one of urgency -saying that abortion involves a pressing conflict between a pregnant woman and a fetus, whereas limits on stem cell research merely affect patients who in theory might reap medical benefits at some future time.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -A mortar barrage killed three Iraqi children and their uncle as they played together outside their Baghdad home, the latest deaths in an insurgency that claimed a total of six lives yesterday.
While most students and professors are packing for home or vacations, the members of the Ohio football program will be settling in for a summer of conditioning and preparation.
The 2004-05 Ohio athletic seasons provided plenty of memorable moments to relive again and again around the proverbial water cooler.
School is almost over, so it's time to gear up for summer's hottest concerts, movies and reality TV. Although this list is only a sampling of entertainment, it will keep your mind off work and school this summer.
Ohio volleyball coach Geoff Carlston has named Nadia Edwards to the coaching staff for the 2005 season.
Nelsonville City Council will see a new face in council chambers.
Imagine this scene: a hundred college students in the studio audience of CNN's Crossfire, waiting for the show to begin. The day's topic is Who is the Greatest American President? Before the lights dim and the cameras start rolling, the hosts, Paul Begala and Robert Novak, survey the audience.
Eyebrows were raised when Ohio's $55.4 million investment in a valuable coin collection seemed to have a mere $530,000 unaccountably loaned by Thomas Noe, record keeper for the coin collection, savvy businessman and active advocate and financial contributor for the Republican Party. This investment into valuable coins was created for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation in order to fulfill the noble duty of compensating those injured on the job.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -Dutch voters worried about social benefits and immigration overwhelmingly rejected the European Union constitution yesterday in what could be a knockout blow for a charter meant to create a power rivaling the United States.
BRUSSELS, Belgium -Digging in for a new trade war with Washington, the European Union filed a counter complaint yesterday at the World Trade Organization, claiming that U.S.-based Boeing Co. receives illegal government aid.
Twenty Mid-American Conference athletes automatically qualified for the national championship meet after the Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Regional Championships were completed Saturday.
It was great to see some positive news in the lead article of the Thursday, May 26 edition of The Post (McDavis praises OU for shrinking diversity gap) regarding the University's improved numbers in terms of both diversity and overall enrollment. However, I find it curious (if not exactly surprising) that The Post's coverage of these developments included no mention of the recent revamping of the front door of the University's Web site, which had the goals of 1) encouraging admitted students to enroll at Ohio University and 2) encouraging diversity in the student population among its primary aims when it was launched. In fact, it's rather ironic that the reverse side of the same article (page two) featured Day 50 of The Post's continuing crusade against that very same Web site, this time proudly labeling it Xtremely awful.
WASHINGTON -The Bush administration claimed success yesterday for its program designed to intercept weapons technology, saying it helped end Libya's weapons program.
The Athens County Commissioners approved putting a 3-mill levy on the November ballot to support the Athens County Children Services Board yesterday.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -U.S. and Iraqi troops battled foreign fighters near the Syrian border and found the body of Anbar province's missing governor, the highest-ranking Iraqi official kidnapped since the fall of Saddam Hussein, authorities said yesterday.
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