Several flea in hit-and-run accident on Union Street
Oct. 21, 2004Three cars were damaged early this morning in a hit-and-run accident outside an Ohio University building.
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Claim against EPA rejected
Oct. 21, 2004CINCINNATI -A court yesterday rejected a claim by environmentalists that the government should force Ohio to comply with requirements of a federal program designed to make sure power plants, factories and other large polluters do not exceed air pollution limits.
Ceremony honors former presidential press secretary
Oct. 21, 2004WASHINGTON -Former presidential press secretary and journalist Pierre Salinger was remembered yesterday as a brilliant reporter and a critical messenger for John F. Kennedy's New Frontier.
Young cornerback reflects on season so far
Oct. 21, 2004Editor's Note: In the midst of his second season as a Bobcat, cornerback T.J. Wright has established himself as one of the Mid-American Conference's best young defensive backs. The redshirt sophomore, who has intercepted six passes during his college career, will share his thoughts with Post readers throughout the rest of the season and offer an inside look at what it's like to be a Bobcat.
Campaign flier challenged
Oct. 21, 2004Ohio Sen. Joy Padgett helped make a campaign flier mailed earlier this week charging her opponent, Terry Anderson, with blaming America for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
The lowest blow
Oct. 21, 2004Ohio Sen. Joy Padgett, R-Coshocton, has stooped to a shocking new low in her race against Athens restaurateur and former journalist Terry Anderson. Her campaign, in coordination with the Ohio GOP, has distributed fliers that show Anderson meeting with one of the men who tortured him during his long captivity in Lebanon. The flier uses the picture to make the point that Anderson is soft on terrorism. If any illusions remained about civility in 21st century politics, they now have been obliterated.
It's no myth: nice guys truly do exist
Oct. 21, 2004He was sitting outside my building smoking a cigarette as I trudged home from the newsroom in the rain.
'Unfair suggestions' may have led to Martha Stewart charge
Oct. 21, 2004NEW YORK -Martha Stewart, trying to clear her tarnished name even as she serves a prison term, claims in her appeal that her trial was tainted by a barrage of unfair suggestions that she was charged with insider trading.
Typhoon Tokage ravages Japanese islands
Oct. 21, 2004TOKYO -Rescue workers and Japanese troops waded through sludge yesterday to search for victims of mudslides in Japan's deadliest typhoon in more than a decade that ripped across the country, killing 63 and leaving 25 missing.
Cheney criticizes opponent
Oct. 21, 2004SYLVANIA -Vice President Dick Cheney laughed yesterday at John Kerry's hunting outing, saying it clashed with the senator's voting record on gun rights.
Guided By Voices prepares for silence
Oct. 21, 2004This weekend, Ohio's greatest rock band makes its last stand.
If only 'Ink' were as wicked sweet as the Sox
Oct. 21, 2004I was all ready to go with an amazing column this week -one that was funny, smart and inspiring all wrapped in one -but I decided to go with something completely different at the last minute. How can I prove that what I had in store for my seventh column was that good? Well, I guess you'll just have to trust me that it was different than the first six.
Prize-winning photojournalist remembered for passion, wit
Oct. 21, 2004NEW YORK -Eddie Adams, the late Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist known for his emblematic images of the Vietnam War, was remembered Thursday for his wry smile and bright eyes that revealed an endless passion for telling the stories of humanity.
Commander relieved of duties
Oct. 21, 2004BAGHDAD, Iraq -The company commander of a U.S. Army Reserve unit whose soldiers refused to deliver fuel along a dangerous route in Iraq has been relieved of her duties, the U.S. military said yesterday.
Iran unlikely to halt enrichment
Oct. 21, 2004VIENNA, Austria -Iran is unlikely to accept European incentives aimed at getting it to suspend uranium enrichment, diplomats said yesterday, raising the prospect of a showdown next month between Tehran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency.
Sarah Jessica Parker comes home
Oct. 21, 2004Women -and a few men -from Ohio University flocked to the Blue Gator, 63 N. Court St., last night to see Sarah Jessica Parker. Parker, who was born in Nelsonville, was in town to encourage students to vote.
U.S. base releases 17 Afghans
Oct. 21, 2004KABUL, Afghanistan -Seventeen Afghans were released yesterday from a U.S. base at the center of an investigation into the deaths of two prisoners in custody, according to the international Red Cross.
Volleyball trying to keep perfect conference record
Oct. 21, 2004After a five-game road trip that saw the Ohio volleyball team win every game of every match, the Bobcats return home this weekend for the first time in nearly a month.
K-9 unit excluded from TV show
Oct. 21, 2004CINCINNATI -City lawyers have canceled filming of the city's police dogs and handlers for an upcoming television special only months after a dispute over plans to allow the TV show Cops to ride with Cincinnati police officers and film them.
