JERUSALEM -Palestinian militants in the West Bank town of Jenin issued a belligerent challenge yesterday to the new Palestinian leadership's efforts to rein in militant groups, shooting in the air and demanding that the visiting security chief, Interior Minister Nasser Yousef, leave the area immediately.
For graduate students trying to show off their artistic growth and expose their work to the public, Ohio University provides them their opportunity through the graduate art shows.
Because of a statistical snafu, the Ohio women's basketball team's attendance figures are temporarily bloated.
In February of 1996, Ervin Darnell Worthy of Akron was told by a U.S. District Court Judge that he would be spending the rest of his life in prison.
By Saturday, the mass confusion known as the MAC men's basketball East and West division races will finally be settled.
The primary objective of a university home page is to attract new students. I remember visiting www.ohio.edu while I was in high school, and while it may not have been the best Web site I've ever seen, it was enough to keep me interested.
With finals week around the corner, many students may have difficulties finding a computer on Alden's second floor Learning Commons. Other labs around campus that are practically unheard of can offer solutions.
NEW YORK -Grammy-winnig hip-hop star Lil' Kim lied to a grand jury about a shootout at a radio station in 2001 to protect her former manager and a friend, a federal prosecutor said yesterday at her perjury trial.
JEFFERSON, Ohio -One thing Jean Waldron knows for sure about her 111-year-old mother, Mary Margaret Dean-Smith, is that she is determined.
Despite a tough start to the 2005 season that included a loss in overtime to Duquesne, the Ohio lacrosse team's players and coaching staff are confident that the team will only get better as the season progresses.
Ohio University is moving forward in its search for a candidate to fill the newly-created director of governmental relations position. That future employee will be charged with the task of strengthening relations between OU and the state and federal government. An institution such as OU desperately needs a full-time employee to focus his or her full attention to lobbying for the university's agenda. OU has undertaken this process after much preparation and the university should be praised for identifying a potential weakness and attempting to rectify it.
WASHINGTON -A closely divided Supreme Court ruled yesterday that it is unconstitutional to execute juvenile killers, ending a practice in 19 states that has been roundly condemned by many of America's closest allies.
Ohio welfare and aid recipients might see increases in cash assistance on the horizon for the first time in five years.
Erin Isbell made it clear that she wanted to beat the Miami RedHawks last night.
LONDON -Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday called for free and fair elections in Lebanon following the surprising resignation of the pro-Syrian government and stressed the need for polling independent of contaminating influences.
Athens County law enforcement is beefing up its security and communication systems with new portable radios in compliance with a recent mandate by the Department of Homeland Security to improve communication among first responders.
VATICAN CITY -Pope John Paul II managed to speak in two languages with a top Vatican official yesterday, the first clear sign the pontiff was regaining his voice after throat surgery.
Wednesday will definitely mean more than hump day for the Ohio men's basketball team.
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