WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to decide whether it's unconstitutional for children in public schools to pledge their allegiance to one nation under God.
Rev. Mike Castle, a gay clergy member and the main speaker at the Coming Out Christian Service last night, likened his experience being defrocked by the Southern Baptist church to falling off a train.
Athens is home to a bevy of businesses that put social consciousness, globally and locally, before big-time profits.
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Supplies of food, gasoline and other essentials ran short yesterday as protesters demanding the president's resignation blocked roads and virtually paralyzed the capital of La Paz and the nearby city of El Alto.
It's a scary time to be living in Dick Cheney's America. And in Bob Taft's Ohio.
University Curriculum Council made suggestions yesterday for the bachelor of criminal justice program in response to a seven-year assessment that found the curriculum and goals fail to meet expectations.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Suicide car bombers struck in Baghdad for the third time in a week yesterday, this time outside the Turkish Embassy in yet another blow against those who would help the U.S. occupation. Witnesses said the driver and a bystander were killed, and hospitals said at least 13 were wounded.
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court rejected an appeal yesterday that jeopardized state medical marijuana laws that allow ill patients to smoke pot if they get a doctor's recommendation.
Athens county citizens now can check if sexual offenders live in their neighborhoods by accessing the names and addresses of offenders online.
Following Sept. 11, many Americans associated the roller coaster stock prices and increased unemployment rates with the attack.
OKLAHOMA CITY - The judge in the state's murder case against Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols said yesterday that lack of cooperation from the federal government was jeopardizing Nichols' right to a fair trial.
Nelsonville-York City Schools gained a new piece of property at last night's school board meeting.
LOS ANGELES - Mechanics for the nation's third-largest public transportation system went on strike yesterday, shutting down buses and trains that an estimated 500,000 daily riders count on to get around Los Angeles County.
BOSTON - Mob informant Stephen The Rifleman Flemmi pleaded guilty yesterday to racketeering charges to avoid the death penalty under a deal in which he accused his former FBI handler of helping to set up a murder.
The neighborhood boys pooled their money, a sum of 75 cents, and approached Bryony Dwale and her mother, members of Circle of Gaia Dreaming, an Athens group of about 40 followers of earth-centered religions. The giggling huddle shoved a 5-year-old boy to the front and asked the women to turn him into a frog.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - John Allen Muhammad entered innocent pleas yesterday as the death-penalty trial of the sniper suspect got under way a year after a series of deadly shootings terrified the Washington area.
When goods are not available locally, several Athens businesses concerned with socially conscious, sustainable practices turn to imports that have been certified as fair trade.
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