Doomsday prophets are always warning us that we won't know it's happening until it's actually right on top of us. In Athens, we forget about those scraggly minutemen who guard the street corners of large cities with signs that say, The apocalypse is nigh. I bet you could spot a fair number of those guys this week along West Addison Street in Chicago, and just as many along Yawkey Way in Boston.
WASHINGTON - President Bush questioned yesterday whether investigators would be able to determine who leaked the identity of an undercover CIA officer but said his staff was cooperating. I want to know the truth
Athens Video Works' dating show, Hookup, promises a free meal, engaging company and the possibility of a relationship for those brave enough to bare their romantic endeavors on television.
COLUMBUS - Ohio could suspend new enrollments in its prepaid college tuition program, beset by soaring tuition costs and declining investment returns.
With the first stage of California's gubernatorial fracas over today, people around the United States are asking themselves, Could it happen here?
NEW YORK - A pet tiger rescued from a Manhattan apartment after biting its owner will have a new home at an Ohio sanctuary with plenty of grass, trees and birds.
Ohio volleyball player Laura Hageman might as well start printing business cards with the title Mid-American Conference East Player of the Week.
On Oct. 1, Mary Scott reported that $600 had been stolen from her purse. The purse had been on a table in her apartment over a three-day period, during which the money was stolen. Scott gave the police a list of people who had access to her apartment during that time, according to an Athens Police Department report.
A former Ohio University administrator pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of attempted tampering with records, a fourth degree felony.
The Federal Aviation Administration should go ahead with its plan to put video cameras in commercial airliners.
JHANG, Pakistan - Police exchanged fire with rioting demonstrators yesterday at the funeral for an assassinated hard-line Sunni Muslim politician, and at least one person died in sectarian violence elsewhere in the country.
Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community may feel a little more at ease when using restrooms at Ohio University.
WASHINGTON - The wife of New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg was abducted at knifepoint yesterday from the couple's suburban home and forced to withdraw money from a local bank, police said. She was released unharmed.
JERUSALEM - Bolstered by U.S. support for Israel's bombing raid in Syria, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday his nation won't hesitate to attack its enemies anywhere - heightening concerns it may widen the Palestinian conflict by again striking countries it accuses of harboring terrorists.
They may not be blockbuster hits, but fans of independent films adamantly express their belief that the medium sheds light on an artistic aspect of cinematography often ignored by mainstream filmmakers.
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Authorities suspended a three-day search for a helicopter that a 911 caller said went down with six people on board, and officials said the call may have been a hoax.
The Golden Buckeye card is no longer only for retail discounts; prescriptions for drugs now also are included as an advantage to people at least 60 years old.
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