They're everywhere. Beautiful people walking or driving around town, looking confident, all with one thing in common - a cell phone attached to the side of their head. They ignore the world around them, deep in conversation with someone equally special. They're obviously cooler than me - but is it
WASHINGTON - Congress snuffed out Democratic opposition yesterday and approved a belated $373 billion bill financing most federal agencies and endorsing President Bush's policies on overtime pay, food labeling, media ownership and guns.
ZANESVILLE, Ohio - A fire that started in a first-floor bedroom of a two-story house killed a 7-year-old girl and critically injured two other people, firefighters said yesterday.
Following a weekend where the Bobcats won the Central States Collegiate Hockey League regular season title and earned a first round bye in the league tournament is no easy task for the Ohio hockey team.
NEW YORK -- A federally funded crime database run by seven states is increasingly looking to privacy advocates as a potent substitute for the data-mining program the Pentagon scrapped after public rebuke.
The Ohio men's basketball game at Marshall last year showed that records do not necessarily matter in a rivalry game. This year the records will not matter - they are too similar.
Student initiative has brought about a plan to cut Ohio University's diesel costs in half while improving air quality and recycling.
Less than three months ago, Stephanie Willets was training for another season of mid-distance races for the Ohio women's track and field team. Today, she is working for Papa John's.
Brown v. Board of Education
NEW YORK - Energized by successes in Texas and Michigan, activists opposed to abortion are expanding aggressive campaigns against a favorite target - the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Activists hope the tactics that delayed construction of a new Planned Parenthood clinic in Austin, Texas, and helped shut down a clinic in Houghton, Mich., can be replicated across the country.
In a letter to President George Bush Tuesday, U.S. Senators Mike DeWine and George Voinovich from Ohio, pushed for the approval of federal disaster assistance to Athens County. Their letter supports Gov. Bob Taft's similar Jan. 16 request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Once they've moved off campus, some students think they are out of the university's reach.
WASHINGTON - An Ohio congressman said yesterday he will sue Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi for failing to publicize information about health care benefits and services to veterans and their families.
WASHINGTON - The recording industry yesterday sued 532 computer users it said were illegally distributing songs over the Internet - the first lawsuits since a federal appeals court blocked the use of special copyright subpoenas to identify those being targeted.
The Athens music scene has a lot of quality music to offer, according to the Redtails, a local band distinguished by their hard rock sound and classic rock influences.
Ohio football coach Brian Knorr announced the hiring of Phil Earley as the Bobcats' new offensive coordinator yesterday. Earley, the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach for Nevada the past four seasons, joins the Ohio coaching staff to assume the position that was left open after the firing of Greg Gregory in December.
Gov. Bob Taft appointed Jennifer Simon interim director of the Governor's Office of Appalachia last week. Simon has been the assistant director since 1999 and replaces Joy Padgett, who was recently appointed to the Ohio Senate.
Ohio University Student Senators spoke out last night in support of domestic partner benefits for university employees, in opposition to Ohio House Bill 272.
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