A day of hearing amendments to Gov. Bob Taft's budget ended at 9 p.m. yesterday when the Ohio House of Representatives passed its version of the tightest budget in 40 years -a budget Athens County will benefit from.
After months of rumors, speculation and debate, it appears as if House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, will be unable to simply brush away claims that he violated ethical standards in office. Various charges have been levied against DeLay, ranging from questions about his overseas travel to campaign payments to family members and connections to political lobbyists under federal investigation. In addition to questions about those matters, DeLay has also been admonished multiple times by the House of Representatives Ethics Committee.
College may be overwhelming for most students, but some face even stiffer challenges in their quest to make the grade.
JERUSALEM -The Israeli military plans to disarm residents of four Jewish settlements in the West Bank two weeks before the communities are to be dismantled this summer, officials said yesterday, reflecting growing concern that settler resistance in the West Bank will be far more difficult to put down than in the fenced-in Gaza Strip.
A new area for installation art is opening in Seigfred Hall.
The Ohio baseball team will continue its home stand tonight as they face Otterbein in the first of two non-conference contests this week.
From the start, it's tough to ignore how much What Comes After the Blues
FORT BRAGG, N.C. Ñ An Army sergeant charged with a grenade attack that killed two U.S. officers in Kuwait went on trial yesterday, with his lawyer trying to stave off a possible death sentence by arguing that his client suffered from mental illness.
Ohio University is lacking in mental health professionals for students, relative to its comparable schools.
WASHINGTON -His Senate approval to be U.N. ambassador still in question, John R. Bolton told skeptical Democrats yesterday that the world body had gone off track at times but that he was committed to its mission.
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.
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