Dunces Debate: Writers debate half clothes halftime event
Jan. 28, 2004Fans: slurp soda pop, not drool
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Broncos trample Ohio in conference game
Jan. 28, 2004The Western Michigan Broncos trotted over the Ohio men's basketball team last night, 96-73, taking an early lead and never looking back.
Kent State beats Toledo in battle of division leaders
Jan. 28, 2004Mid-American Conference men's basketball action was furious during the weekend as Kent State and Toledo met in a battle of division leaders.
Kent beats Ohio
Jan. 28, 2004The Ohio women's basketball team again proved that it can hang for 20 minutes with any school in the Mid-American Conference. The problem with that, of course, is that 20 minutes will only get a team to the half.
Surprises surface for swimmers
Jan. 28, 2004Ohio swimming and diving is coming down to the final month of competition. The Post's Laurie Duffy sat down with coach Greg Werner to talk about this season's surprises and Mid-American Conference scheduling .
Woman convicted of murder in deaths of three infant children
Jan. 27, 2004MONTICELLO, N.Y. - A woman convicted of killing three of her newborn children in the 1980s was sentenced to 25 years to life yesterday, less than a year after their mummified remains were found in a storage shed in Arizona.
Israel to release Palestinians in prisoner swap
Jan. 27, 2004TEL AVIV, Israel - A Lebanese guerrilla leader about to be freed in a prisoner swap testified yesterday that Israeli interrogators raped him, sodomized him with a club and kept him naked for weeks in a round-the-clock effort to extract information on a missing Israeli aviator.
Blue Jackets' rally cannot overcome early deficit
Jan. 27, 2004COLUMBUS - The New Jersey Devils never lose track of one important fact.
Spare Saddam
Jan. 27, 2004(U-WIRE) - The destroyed man who had his teeth examined on television screens across the world last month was a fallen leader, a shadow of the dictator whose statue U.S. forces toppled last April in Baghdad. The world community has united around a single demand that, not spurred by sympathy for the heartless mass murderer, comes from a higher conviction and faith in humanity: No matter what form his trial takes, they ask that Saddam Hussein not be given the death penalty.
Dems blame Voinovich for poor performance
Jan. 27, 2004Ohio State Sen. Eric Fingerhut, D-Cleveland, will face Norbert Dennerll Jr., a lifelong politician and educator, in the March 2 primary for Ohio's Senate seat.
Water-supply protection plan reaches final stage of design
Jan. 27, 2004The Wellhead Protection team is reaching the last step in the development of a plan to protect Athens' water supply while several area businesses continue to collect inventory.
Bush brushes off questions about prewar intelligence, defends CIA
Jan. 27, 2004WASHINGTON - President Bush said yesterday that Iraq undoubtedly posed a threat to America last year and the U.S.-led invasion was justified, despite his outgoing arms inspector's conclusion that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction.
U.N. to send team to aid in rebuilding Iraqi government
Jan. 27, 2004BAGHDAD - The United Nations agreed yesterday to send a team to Iraq to help break the impasse over electing a new government, as the deaths of six more American soldiers in roadside bombings underscored concerns about security in the volatile nation.
Taft to address Ohio economy in state speech
Jan. 27, 2004COLUMBUS - The economy and programs to increase jobs are expected to dominate Gov. Bob Taft's sixth State of the State speech today.
Kerry sweeps N.H. primary in 2nd victory
Jan. 27, 2004MANCHESTER, N.H. - John Kerry overpowered Howard Dean to win New Hampshire's primary yesterday, scoring a second-straight campaign victory to establish the four-term senator as the Democratic Party's presidential front-runner.
Looking for the real nice guys
Jan. 26, 2004Last week, two of my best friends and I were dancing around in the dorms at 2 a.m. singing the lyrics to Good Charlotte's Boys & Girls.
Sales tax repeal will harm budget
Jan. 26, 2004The Citizens for Tax Repeal, with the help of Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, is working feverishly to end the sales tax increase. Its motivation for doing so and the positive effect it will have on Ohio's strained budget is a mystery.
Four dead in home with high carbon monoxide
Jan. 26, 2004COLUMBUS - Four people died after being found unconscious yesterday morning in a house where high levels of poisonous carbon monoxide were detected, authorities said.
Ohio hockey puck stopper soars to new heights
Jan. 26, 2004When the Penn State Icers left Bird Arena last year, they had in their hands both the American Collegiate Hockey Association national championship trophy, and the heart of Ohio goalie Brian Gallagher.
New assault educator steps into role at OU
Jan. 26, 2004Now that Sue Ellen Hughes has been hired, officials say some weight will be lifted from the shoulders of the Ohio University Department of Health Education and Wellness.
