BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Guerrillas fired a barrage of mortar rounds at Baghdad's largest prison yesterday, killing 22 prisoners in an attack a U.S. general said may have been an attempt to spark an uprising against their American guards.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Disgraced Oklahoma City police chemist Joyce Gilchrist doctored trial evidence and may have destroyed hair samples that could have exonerated a man now on death row, according to a confidential police memo.
During yesterday's Athens County Commissioners meeting, the commissioners agreed to pay $750 for the cremation of Louis Principe. Principe passed away on March 8, 2004 at the Sunset Motel, and no one has claimed him. His deceased wife's ashes are buried in Morgantown, W. Va. The $750 will pay for his cremation and transportation to the cemetery.
Peter Bratt, director and writer of Follow Me Home
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators reached a $4 billion settlement yesterday with NextWave Telecom Inc., ending years of legal wrangling over lucrative wireless licenses.
As politicians and religious officials have heated debates about gay marriage, often pitting Jewish and Christian faiths against homosexual lifestyles, members of Christian, Jewish and LGBT communities met last night in Baker University Center to dispel the myths of ideological conflict. Instead, courage and hope were the prevailing messages for queers who seek to simultaneously embrace their faith and their sexual identity.
Lisa Ling, former co-host of ABC's The View
After an information session last night, candidates for the Ohio University Student Senate now will begin campaigning.
CHICAGO - Sammy Sosa is the Cubs' career home run leader. Greg Maddux is still looking for his first win since returning to Chicago.
CLEVELAND - Matt Lawton got Cleveland off to a good start and David Riske finally finished off a win.
There is nothing like going to the beach in the middle of Spring Quarter. Lucky for the Ohio women's golf team - they are heading to Virginia Beach for the Virginia Beach Intercollegiate Sunday and Monday.
It's 2:30 in the morning and my first microeconomics test is closing in faster than a hungry drunk and the Gyro Buggy. I have yet to study the vocabulary, concepts or graphs of the chapters. Anxiety has set in.
Some Ohio University faculty members are raising awareness and trying to recruit professors to form a local union chapter.
In an effort to see more action in voting booths and resolve a long-standing ballot-access issue, the Libertarian Party of Ohio recently hired an executive director.
Two exhibits open today at the Kennedy of Museum of Art - one depicting Vietnamese life through watercolor and the other exploring dream life through sculpture.
I would like to address the flier stating Rachel Corries will not be taking finals this week
The Alexander Local School Board has set the ribbon cutting date for the newly completed school building for Aug. 15.
With the softball team already taking two from Marshall last week, it was looking to sweep the series with a win yesterday afternoon but fell short in the clutch, falling to the Marshall Thundering Herd 5-1 in eight innings.
During the course of the year I have written several columns called random funny stuff
I am a fan of competition. In fact, I am so into the idea of winners and losers that I recently spent an entire night picking out candidates from the Miss USA Pageant along with a group of friends. We each got our own pick and hoped she would win.
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