UNITED NATIONS -President Bush delivered an unapologetic defense of his decision to invade Iraq, telling the United Nations yesterday that his decision helped to deliver the Iraqi people from an outlaw dictator. Later, Bush condemned the beheading of a U.S. hostage by an Islamic militant.
COLUMBUS -An environmental group asked a federal court yesterday to order an end to alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at a southern Ohio coal-fired power plant and to impose thousands of dollars in fines on the utilities that own the plant.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -A posting on an Islamic Web site yesterday claimed that the al-Qaida-linked group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has slain a U.S. hostage in Iraq, just 24 hours after a grisly video showed the terror mastermind beheading another American captive.
Students and residents walking down Court Street may notice new signs for two familiar businesses.
To call Athens a bustling metropolis would be a bit of a stretch. But, for Leonard Mjomba, it's the closest he has ever come to living in the big city.
As one that cherishes the ideals of a free and democratic society, the recent decision by the Department of Homeland Security to revoke the work permit of Professor Tariq Ramadan is extremely troubling. Dr. Ramadan was appointed the Luce professor of religion, conflict and peace building at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. He accepted the position expecting to start his tenure on Aug. 24 of this year. In late July, however, the department informed Ramadan that his approved visa was denied. No explanation for the denial was issued to either him or the university.
LOS ANGELES -Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal punk band The Ramones
I am writing this letter in part angered and in part saddened at the ignorance displayed by Elliot R. Field's piece on Sept. 16 (Ban favors gun boundaries
An effort to install electronic voting technology for the upcoming November election was halted by Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell in July because voting machines failed to meet security requirements.
class=maintext>City officials have ordered trash pick-up be resumed for several Uptown businesses and residences.
The state of Ohio avoided both a lawsuit and a potential disaster when it agreed to take steps to inform roughly 34,000 felons on parole or probation that they have the right to vote in this November's election. In Ohio, convicted felons are permitted by law to vote unless they are currently incarcerated. Once on parole, on probation or after having paid their debt to society, felons can once again exercise the right to vote.
Hi. My name is Bryson Turner, and I'm lazy. It's something that I have had to deal with for as long as I can remember. Laziness is, at least in America, treated like a disease without a cure, and it's detested more than Carlos Boozer in Cleveland. Being lazy is the greatest way to waste skill, talent and time, according to popular opinion. I just can't figure out why.
Special rates, free food, T-shirts -and all you have to do is sign up for a credit card. No obligations. No catches. Harmless. Right?
Childhood prodigy turned adult jazz-rock guitarist Derek Trucks is bringing his band Saturday to the Blue Gator, 63 N. Court St.
The Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeast Ohio in Logan distributed nine million pounds of food to about 200 organizations in nine counties last year, but demand for food is still rising, and the amount of food available is waning.
To paraphrase the Gipper, there you go again, Mr. Kovach. On Monday, Kevin Kovach wrote that Arnold Schwarzenegger [recalled] historical events that never happened
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -These are not good days for the people who are trying to sell New York on a machine that lets you inhale a martini instead of drinking it.
NEW YORK -Mind you, Barbara Walters is not retiring.
After eight years of touring the country playing shows for dedicated fans, the members of Homunculus are calling it quits to pursue other ventures. But before the band separates, it has decided to do one final tour.
Students and community activists will meet for a workshop this weekend to discuss peaceful ways to resolve conflicts in Colombia, Indonesia and Sudan, said Karla Schneider, assistant director of Southeast Asian studies at Ohio University.
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