LOS ANGELES -Outfitting every U.S. commercial passenger plane with anti-missile systems would be a costly and impractical defense against terrorists armed with shoulder-fired rockets, according to a study released yesterday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -Government officials will be required to take classes on Ohio's public records laws and would face a $250 a day penalty for noncompliance under a bill introduced Monday.
WASHINGTON -As Congress started to digest a new Bush administration request of $80 billion to bankroll wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its top budget analyst yesterday projected $855 billion in deficits for the next decade even without the costs of war and President Bush's Social Security plan.
Look at the dog in the picture. If you are a pet person like I am, then you've probably drooled over him for half an hour already. In extreme cases, such as mine, you might even have resorted to baby talk. If you're not much of a pet person, you probably thought, Hm... a dog. That's definitely an aesthetic improvement from the guy who is usually on there. What I am fairly certain of is that nobody looked at Seamus and went, Yum! That sure looks delicious!
UNITED NATIONS -The United Nations broke with years of protocol and commemorated the 60-year anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps, directly linking its own founding with the end of the Holocaust in some of the strongest language ever.
Jack Frech is drafting a proposal to shake a few apples from the $800 million tree of federal funding for needy families planted in the Ohio General Assembly.
A bundle of papers, yet unsigned, is all that keeps Athens Media Access Center Director Richard Sams from knowing the fate of his organization.
How is getting rid of Ohio University shot glasses (Use of OU logo: shot
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -The violent Islamic Hamas is prepared to suspend attacks if Israel stops targeting militants and agrees to release thousands of Palestinian prisoners, the top Hamas leader said yesterday.
With more than 76 percent of Americans 13 years and over using an instant messenger application, according to America Online, Inc., buddy icons offer a way to individualize online communication.
WASHINGTON -President Bush plans to ask Congress to spend more to crack down on undocumented workers and arrest and deport illegal immigrants. But he wants to fund only a fraction of the new Border Patrol agents called for in a bill he signed last year.
On a recent Friday, students spent their afternoon waiting for hours in the cold simply for the opportunity to donate blood to the American Red Cross.
Every year at the end of January on a Tuesday, I suffer through a few minutes of Good Morning America and eagerly await the announcement of the Academy Award nominations.
Nelsonville's planning and development committee met last week for the second of two public hearings to discuss a grant application for $180,000 to stabilize the condemned Scott building, 89 W. Washington St., owned by L'Heureux Properties.
Brenda Kim, a resident of Chauncey, is calling for the termination of Chauncey's mayor, Frederica Shover, and the release of 911 calls that she claims pertain to her.
From uncontrollable hair to the sting of a shock, static electricity is virtually impossible to avoid in winter.
Ohio University has been doing the right thing by keeping a 2-year-old hiring freeze cold. When former OU President Robert Glidden implemented the hiring freeze two years ago, it was in response to a budgetary crisis and necessary to keep the university's books in the black. But President Roderick McDavis and the administration are looking into eliminating the hiring freeze or modifying it.
For the next month, Ohio University organizations are raising money and gathering materials for students who have been called to active duty.
Two men were indicted Monday for kidnapping a Bowling Green State University student in Athens, a story that has gained attention statewide.
Solutions by The State News