Group petitions to bring hip-hop to Athens streets
Oct. 6, 2003The Ohio University Hip-Hop Congress is on a mission to bring hip-hop to Halloween.
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Arafat installs emergency government headed by Qureia as prime minister
Oct. 5, 2003RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat installed an eight-member emergency Cabinet yesterday with Ahmed Qureia as prime minister, an apparent attempt to deflect possible Israeli action against him following a suicide bombing a day earlier.
Ohio drops two at home
Oct. 5, 2003The Ohio soccer team continued to struggle this weekend, suffering two one-goal defeats at home.
ROTC members prepare for real world through training
Oct. 5, 2003The winds blew hard on Stimson Field Friday morning as four Blackhawk helicopters landed to pick up about 50 Ohio University Army ROTC cadets for a weekend at Camp Dawson in eastern West Virginia.
U.S. closes controversial detention camp; Iraqi lawyers win concessions
Oct. 5, 2003BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military has shut down Camp Cropper, an increasingly notorious makeshift prison where hundreds of Iraqis were crowded into tents through Baghdad's scorching summer, a U.S. official reported yesterday. The detainees were scattered to other facilities.
Coalition officials say 320,000-plus Iraqi soldiers paid; ex-soldiers deny it, launch protest
Oct. 5, 2003BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hundreds of men claiming to be former Iraqi soldiers converged at a U.S. base in central Baghdad and in the southern city of Basra yesterday, demanding financial assistance in a second day of violent protests.
Details released in Uptown accident
Oct. 5, 2003Details have been released regarding the Uptown car accident last weekend that left one female injured.
Ohio upset bid falls short
Oct. 5, 2003The Ohio football team had an upset within vision but could not finish it and lost, 30-23, in overtime at No. 16 Northern Illinois Saturday.
OU students, faculty team up for Liberian documentary
Oct. 5, 2003Two students and one professor from Ohio University left for Liberia Thursday to launch the filming of a documentary they plan to create when they return to Athens later this month.
State considers hiring private company to do human resource work
Oct. 5, 2003COLUMBUS - The state is studying the idea of outsourcing human resource processes to a private company, even though it has already spent $9.1 million to improve the way state employees do the work.
Lower alcohol limit leads to 155 arrests
Oct. 5, 2003TOLEDO - The state's lowered drunken-driving threshold has led to 155 arrests in the first two months after the law took effect, according to the State Highway Patrol.
California governor signs health-care reform law
Oct. 5, 2003SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As the number of women claiming they were groped by Arnold Schwarzenegger grew to 15 yesterday, the actor headed for a campaign march in Sacramento, while Gov. Gray Davis signed a law making California the largest state to require employer-paid health care.
Woman opens fire at church, killing her mother, church's pastor and herself
Oct. 5, 2003ATLANTA - A woman opened fire at an Atlanta church before services started yesterday morning, killing her mother and the minister before committing suicide.
Paul Bunyan Show has something for all
Oct. 5, 2003The crowd erupts as the call is made: Five on blue! The call signifies a bull's eye for the participant on the blue target in the ax throw, one of the many events at the Paul Bunyan Show.
Israel attacks Islamic Jihad base in Syria in retaliation for suicide bombing, army says
Oct. 5, 2003MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights - Israel bombed a target inside Syria that it claimed was an Islamic Jihad training base, striking deep inside its neighbor's territory yesterday for the first time in three decades and widening its pursuit of Palestinian militants.
Former diplomat claims leak puts his wife at risk
Oct. 5, 2003WASHINGTON - The former diplomat whose wife's identity as a CIA officer was disclosed by the Bush administration said yesterday that the leak has put her life in danger, and the government is not protecting her.
Calendar changes face of fundraising
Oct. 5, 2003Raising money for charity has never looked so good.
