VATICAN CITY Ñ Cardinal Bernard Law celebrated Mass in mourning for Pope John Paul II in St. PeterÕs Basilica yesterday, ignoring protests from victims that his handling of the sex abuse scandal in the U.S. Catholic Church should disqualify him from the honor.
NEW DELHI Ñ India and China agreed yesterday to form a Òstrategic partnership,Ó creating a diplomatic bond between AsiaÕs two emerging powers that would tie together nearly one-third of the worldÕs population.
An unfinished agenda and an executive session lasting more than an hour last night summed up the Nelsonville City Council meeting.
With a new offensive system and a coach of their own, the Ohio quarterbacks are spending the spring practice season learning in an environment of friendly competition.
Discussion at last night's Athens City Council committee meeting included issues such as liquor permit holdings and bar disturbances, along with an improvement proposal for sidewalks and emergency sewage pump.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -A U.S. contractor was kidnapped yesterday in the Baghdad area, the latest in a string of abductions that have forced many foreigners here to work under armed guard. A pickup truck also exploded near a U.S. convoy as it patrolled a crowded market in the troubled city of Samarra, killing at least three people and injuring more than 20 others.
Athens weather during spring quarter is a hippie's -I mean any college student's paradise.
The editorial The Roughnecks (April 6) tells me that the executive editors of The Post are so out of touch with national affairs that they ought not attempt opinion pieces on such subjects. Furthermore, they need to consult a dictionary now and then. My Encarta World English Dictionary gives this for roughneck: Roughneck... 1. Hired thug. Somebody who is violent, especially a hired thug (informal); 2. Coarse person. Somebody who behaves in a rough, bad mannered way; 3. (Industry) Oil field worker. An unskilled worker on an oil drilling rig.
WINDSOR, England -Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles wed in a modest town hall ceremony Saturday with the blessing of the queen and the Church of England, sealing a tangled love affair ignited at a polo match more than 30 years ago.
(U-WIRE) -I was raised Catholic, but I have mixed feelings about the legacy of Pope John Paul II.
Dozens of vibrant Navajo weavings and a hands-on educational gallery constitute the Weaving is Life exhibit, currently on display at the Kennedy Museum of Art, located in Lin Hall at The Ridges. The exhibit began on March 12 and will remain on display through Oct. 30.
There is no better way to talk about how the government is not working for the American people than the case of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas -a poster boy for everything that is wrong with politics. His story has unveiled a web of corruption and pay-to-play politics more tangled than the pile of unwashed clothing scattered across my floor and just as rank.
WASHINGTON -Private GOP tensions over Tom DeLay's ethics controversy spilled into public yesterday, as a Senate leader called on DeLay to explain his actions and one House Republican demanded the majority leader's resignation.
Ohio's open records law might change and government officials could be subject to mandatory training concerning the law if new legislation is passed. The House bill was prompted by a 2004 study by the Ohio Coalition for Open Government, which detailed open records law noncompliance across the state. The coalition is a tax-exempt group affiliated with the Ohio Newspaper Association, a lobbyist group.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -Tens of thousands of supporters of a militant Shiite cleric filled central Baghdad's streets Saturday and demanded that American soldiers go home, marking the second anniversary of Baghdad's fall with shouts of No
KABUL, Afghanistan -The death toll from the fiery crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan rose to 18 after searchers found the remains of two more American soldiers in the wreckage, the military said Saturday.
When a rape occurred at 3 a.m. during January in Grover Center, Ohio University did not change any of its security policies for access to academic facilities. Security issues came to the forefront again Tuesday night when an armed man entered Alden Library's Learning Commons. Despite those two incidents, the university should refrain from changing its current security policies.
The Ohio men's golf team has not played in a competitive event since March 24, in which it narrowly lost a match against High Point University.
World-renowned artist and Ohio University alumna Phoebe Beasley will deliver the undergraduate commencement address June 11.
The Ohio women's lacrosse team will play its first of three straight home games today as it welcomes California for a non-conference match up.
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