 |
|
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
|
|
|
|
advertisements
|
 |
| College presidents seek debate on drinking age | |
College presidents from about 100 of the nation’s best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus. more... |
|
| Family watches Ohio microwave death case unfold | |
Relatives of month-old Paris Talley teared up, closed their eyes or stared at the courtroom floor as a projector showed jurors gruesome autopsy photos of the brown-haired baby covered in bright red burn marks. more... |
|
| Fay comes ashore in Florida as storm, no hurricane | |
Tropical Storm Fay moved inland today after making landfall in southwest Florida, bringing soaking rains and gusty winds but failing to reach the minimal hurricane status that had been predicted. more... |
|
| Ambush of French paratroopers near Kabul kills 10 | |
About 100 insurgents ambushed a group of French parachutists, killing 10 soldiers in an area outside the capital known as a militant stronghold. more... |
|
| Russian soldiers take prisoners in Georgia port | |
Russian soldiers took 20 Georgian troops prisoner at a key port in western Georgia today and commandeered American Humvees awaiting shipment back to the United States after taking part in earlier U.S.-Georgian military exercises. more... |
|
| Shaky economy hits kids | |
Hard times and higher fuel prices will follow kids back to school this fall. more... |
|
| Relatives of lost WWII sub’s crew to meet in Ohio | |
Don Reid was a boy when his older cousin joined the Navy, then disappeared when his submarine sank off the Alaska coast in 1942. Searchers found the wreckage of the USS Grunion last year. more... |
|
| Testimony to begin in Ohio microwave death retrial | |
Testimony was set to begin in the retrial of a woman accused of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven. more... |
|
| Musharraf resigns as Pakistan president | |
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced today that he will resign, just days ahead of impeachment in parliament over attempts by the U.S.-backed leader to impose authoritarian rule on his turbulent nation. more... |
|
| Russians announce troop withdrawal has begun | |
Russia said its military began to withdraw from the conflict zone in Georgia today, but left unclear exactly where troops and tanks will operate under the cease-fire that ended days of fighting in the former Soviet republic. more... |
|
| Bush hits Russia on ‘bullying and intimidation’ | |
President Bush today accused Russia of “bullying and intimidation” in its harsh military treatment of Georgia, saying the people in the former Soviet republic have chosen freedom and “we will not cast them aside.” more... |
|
| U.S.: Quds, Hezbollah training hit squads in Iran | |
Iraqi Shiite assassination teams are being trained in at least four locations in Iran by Tehran’s elite Quds force and Lebanese Hezbollah and are planning to return to Iraq in the next few months to kill specific Iraqi officials as well as U.S. and Iraqi troops. more... |
|
| Payday lenders’ high rate won’t be on Ohio ballot | |
Payday lenders won an argument with the Ohio Ballot Board Thursday that they couldn’t win with the Legislature — that payday loans shouldn’t be described using the high annual percentage rate that has come to define the industry. more... |
|
| Judge says Ohio library can’t stop group’s meeting | |
A federal court judge ruled Thursday that a central Ohio library can’t stop a conservative Christian activist group from holding a meeting with religious aspects inside a library meeting room. more... |
|
| Slaughterhouse case fuels kosher justice movement | |
Very little goes unexamined in the kosher world. From meat and poultry to the coating on vegetables and the ingredients in mouthwash, rabbis who determine whether a product meets Jewish dietary laws scrutinize the most minute details about all things consumed. more... |
|
| Georgia: Russians move into Gori | |
 |
Explosions were heard near Gori today as a Russian troop withdrawal from the strategic city seemed to collapse. A fragile ceasefire appeared even more shaky as Russia’s foreign minister declared that the world “can forget about any talk about Georgia’s territorial integrity.” more... |
| Urbana man gets 34 years in crash that killed 3 | |
 |
A man who started a nine-vehicle crash that killed three Chinese graduate students was sentenced Wednesday to a maximum of 34 years in prison. more... |
| Ohio voting law may be a boon for Obama supporters | |
Never mind the last days of the presidential campaign. The busiest days for Barack Obama’s campaign in this perennial swing state are likely to be a month before Election Day. more... |
|
| Fewer Americans hit the road in June | |
The summer vacation season began this year with Americans behind the wheel less. In all, we drove 12.2 billion fewer miles in June than a year earlier, the biggest monthly decrease in a downward trend that began in November. more... |
|
| Bombs target Shiite pilgrims, police in Baghdad | |
Two roadside bombs went off Thursday in separate Baghdad locations, killing one policeman and wounding 17 people, including 14 Shiite pilgrims headed on foot to the holy city of Karbala for a major religious festival, police said. more... |
|
| Russian tanks roll deep into Georgia | |
Russian tanks rolled into the crossroads city of Gori today then thrust deep into Georgian territory, violating the truce designed to end the six-day war that has uprooted 100,000 people and scarred the Georgian landscape. more... |
|
| Driver guilty in crash that killed 3 Urbana students | |
A man accused of causing a crash that killed three Chinese graduate students in western Ohio was convicted Tuesday of three counts of vehicular homicide. more... |
|
| Ohio woman meets longtime pen pal | |
 |
In 1958, when Americans were driving two-tone station wagons from their ranch-style houses to see the latest 3-D movie at the drive-in, Francine McNulty wrote her first letter to a pen pal in England. more... |
| Burger King worker in Ohio takes bath in sink, loses job | |
Burger King Corp. said Tuesday it has parted ways with an employee who was recorded taking a soapy bath in the restaurant’s utility sink. more... |
|
| Olympic opening uses girl’s voice, not face | |
 |
A 7-year-old Chinese girl was not good-looking enough for the Olympics opening ceremony, so another little girl with a pixie smile lip-synched Ode to the Motherland, a ceremony official said — the latest example of the lengths Beijing took for a perfect start to the Summer Games. more... |
| After DNA test, judge releases Ohio inmate | |
A judge on Monday released a man who spent nearly 18 years in prison on a charge he raped a 10-year-old girl after a lab reexamining cases across Ohio showed that his DNA profile doesn’t match evidence from the crime scene. more... |
|
| Georgia says bombings continue after Russian order | |
Russia ordered a halt to military action in Georgia today, after five days of air and land attacks sent Georgia’s army into headlong retreat and left towns and military bases destroyed. more... |
|
| Half of overweight adults may be heart-healthy | |
You can look great in a swimsuit and still be a heart attack waiting to happen. And you can also be overweight and otherwise healthy. more... |
|
| Study: Women rise in state government leadership | |
The number of women in state government leadership positions is on the rise, with the percentage nearly mirroring their representation in the general population in six states, a study has found. more... |
|
| AG’s office says Detroit mayor violated bond | |
A judge who has already sent Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail overnight is set to decide whether the embattled mayor has violated his bond a second time. more... |
|
| Swarms of Russian jets bomb Georgian targets | |
Swarms of Russian jets launched new raids on Georgian territory today and Georgia faced the threat of a second front of fighting as Russia demanded that Georgia disarm troops near the breakaway province of Abkhazia. more... |
|
| Gas prices continue to drop across the nation | |
A national survey shows gas prices continue dropping across the nation. The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline at self-serve stations was $3.85 Friday, down almost 15 cents from two weeks ago. more... |
|
| Retrial begins in microwave baby-death case | |
Jury selection began today in the retrial of a woman accused of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven. more... |
|
| 3 record prices set at Ohio State Fair | |
Price records in three livestock categories were set Sunday at the Ohio State Fair Sale of Champions. more... |
|
| Opening night big TV draw for NBC | |
The colorful Olympics opening night ceremony from Beijing on NBC averaged 34.2 million viewers, making it the biggest television event since the Super Bow. more... |
|
| McCain seeks to define himself and Obama | |
 |
John McCain’s efforts to define Barack Obama have been well cataloged in recent days, from the substantive (calling Obama a tax raiser slow to offer an energy plan) to the silly (comparing the Illinois senator to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.) more... |
| Banks borrow less from Fed; Wall Street takes pass | |
Banks borrowed slightly less over the past week from the Federal Reserve’s emergency lending program, while Wall Street firms didn’t draw any loans. more... |
|
| McCain calls for probe of company he once aided | |
Republican John McCain called Thursday for a federal investigation into plans by the DHL shipping company that could cost 10,000 jobs here, as he and his campaign manager took criticism for helping DHL complete a key corporate merger in 2003. more... |
|
| Despite demons, Ivins stayed at high-security lab | |
What took so long? Army scientist Bruce Ivins had a history of paranoia, obsession and delusional thinking. And newly unsealed court documents show he didn’t keep them to himself. more... |
|
| Ohio governor to fight payday lending industry | |
A budding fight intensified Thursday as Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat, joined Republican leaders in a campaign to protect one of the nation’s most restrictive payday lending laws. more... |
|
| Bush arrives in Beijing for Summer Olympics | |
 |
President Bush flew to the Chinese capital today, becoming the first U.S. president to attend Olympic Games on foreign soil. more... |
| FBI declares anthrax case closed | |
Advanced DNA testing led federal investigators to suspect a government scientist in the 2001 anthrax killings. The scientist’s behavior, e-mails and unusual work hours convinced them they had the right man. more... |
|
| In Ohio, McCain to discuss job losses | |
 |
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is taking up the issue of possible job losses due to the closure of a DHL shipping site in Ohio, the result of a corporate merger aided by his campaign manager during his work as a lobbyist. more... |
| Justice Dept. to review Ohio police shooting | |
A police officer cleared of criminal charges in a woman’s death during a drug raid still faces a federal review and a lawsuit filed by the victim’s mother. more... |
|
| Protesters detained by Beijing police | |
 |
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were taken to a police station amid ramped up efforts by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes. more... |
| Obama, McCain diverge on solution for energy woes | |
 |
Democrat Barack Obama blamed Republican energy policies for some of the nation’s economic woes Tuesday as his GOP rival John McCain advocated a large expansion of nuclear power. more... |
| 11 charged in connection with credit card fraud | |
Eleven people, including a U.S. Secret Service informant, have been charged in connection with the hacking of nine major retailers and the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. more... |
|
| Sentencing set for $1.9 billion Ohio fraud case | |
The government wants a federal judge to sentence four codefendants convicted in a $1.9 billion corporate fraud case to prison terms that could mean life behind bars. more... |
|
| Bush: China must end detentions, ensure freedoms | |
Bound for the Beijing Olympics, President Bush is carrying a message of “deep concerns” about the state of human rights in China and urging the communist nation to allow political freedoms for its citizens. more... |
|
| Judge agrees to unseal documents in anthrax probe | |
The chief judge of Washington’s federal courthouse today unsealed hundreds of pages of documents in the FBI’s nearly 7-year investigation of anthrax mailings that killed five people. more... |
|
| Oil prices drop nearly $4 after storm threat | |
Oil prices plunged to a three-month low Monday, briefly tumbling below $120 a barrel in another huge sell-off after Tropical Storm Edouard seemed less likely to disrupt oil and natural gas output in the Gulf of Mexico. more... |
|
| Security tightens in Xinjiang following attack | |
Police tightened security in China’s western Xinjiang region today and Olympic organizers sought to reassure residents and visitors after a deadly attack on police heightened jitters just days ahead of the games’ opening ceremony. more... |
|
| Edouard hits Texas coast with strong wind, rain | |
 |
Tropical Storm Edouard hit the Texas Gulf coast east of Galveston today with strong winds and rain but was expected to weaken as it makes its way inland during the day. more... |
| President Bush tells troops Iraq no longer ‘hopeless’ | |
President Bush said Monday that U.S. troops going to Iraq soon will find a country dramatically different from the one that was “hopeless” before his troop buildup. more... |
|
| Ohio officer acquitted in deadly shooting | |
 |
Local black clergy who helped ease racial tensions after a white police officer killed a black woman said they are “grossly disappointed” by the officer’s acquittal and plan to form a coalition to seek justice for all members of the city, where one in four residents is black. more... |
| Attackers kill 16 police at Chinese border post | |
Two men rammed a truck into a clutch of jogging policemen and tossed explosives, killing 16 officers today, state media said, in an attack in a restive province of western China just days before the Beijing Olympics, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. more... |
|
| Study: Restaurant kids’ meals loaded with calories | |
Parents looking for healthy meal choices for their children are likely to find slim pickings on the menus of the nation’s top restaurant chains, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit public health group. more... |
|
| Lima officer’s fate goes to jury | |
Standing at the bottom of the pitch-black staircase with an automatic rifle slung over his shoulder, Sgt. Joseph Chavalia felt a hand grab the back of his thigh. more... |
|
| New lottery game to begin in Ohio today | |
Bars, restaurants and liquor stores were scheduled today to start a statewide lottery game that officials hoped would offset projected budget deficits. more... |
|
| Ohio State Fair takes green approach to waste | |
Butter cows and other wondrous sculptures carved from the dairy products will get more use after they’re done being displayed at the Ohio State Fair. more... |
|
| Analysis: Congress’ tank hits empty on energy help | |
In a summer of nationwide anguish over fuel costs, Congress’ attack on soaring gasoline prices has been full of high-octane rhetoric and low-energy results. more... |
|
| Higher ed bill aimed at cutting costs goes to Bush | |
Congress on Thursday sent to President Bush the first major overhaul in a decade of the federal higher education act, giving strong, bipartisan backing to a bill aimed at making college more accessible and affordable for hundreds of thousands of low-income, minority, military and disabled students. more... |
|
| Anthrax scientist commits suicide as FBI closes in | |
A top U.S. biodefense researcher apparently committed suicide just as the Justice Department was about to file criminal charges against him in the anthrax mailings that traumatized the nation in the weeks following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to a published report. more... |
|
| Officer in deadly raid says he felt threatened | |
 |
A white police officer told jurors Thursday he thought his life was in danger when he shot at an unarmed black woman during a drug raid, killing her and injuring the 1-year-old boy she held in her arms. more... |
| Small jet crashes in Minnesota; at least 8 killed | |
A small jet crashed in strong thunderstorms Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing at least eight people, including several casino and construction executives. more... |
|
| Bush declares progress in Iraq war | |
President Bush declared progress today in the Iraq war, saying terrorists "are on the run" and a generally improved security environment should permit further U.S. troop reductions. more... |
|
| More delays today at JFK after software glitch | |
 |
A software glitch that snarled air traffic and caused baggage pileups at John F. Kennedy International Airport stretched into today, with more flight cancellations expected. more... |
| Fat cat needs a new home in New Jersey | |
 |
Talk about New Jersey's fat cats. A 44-pound feline was found waddling around Saturday without a collar in Voorhees, and officials at the Camden County Animal Shelter hope she gets a nice - hopefully, diet-friendly - home. more... |
| Little progress since bridge collapse | |
In the days and weeks following the horrific, rush-hour collapse of I-35W a year ago Friday afternoon, national and local politicians promised critical repairs would be made immediately to the nation's most problematic bridges. more... |
|
| Sen. Ted Stevens to face judge in corruption case | |
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is due in federal court to answer charges that he lied about hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts from an oil services contractor. more... |
|
| ‘Night, night, (can’t) sleep tight; too much light’ | |
 |
Twinkle, twinkle, little Internet router. And cell phone. And digital video recorder. And cable modem. And game console. And power strip. And TV — even though it’s turned off. more... |
| Old asylums decay, but some eye pricey restoration | |
 |
Equal parts graceful and eerie, massive brick and stone asylums once loomed over towns from Maine to California as the 19th century’s ideal for the humane treatment of the mentally ill. more... |
| Questions remain in slaying of pregnant soldier | |
A suspect is in custody, but authorities aren’t saying much about the death of a pregnant soldier whose body was found in a motel bathtub in Fayetteville more than a month ago. more... |
|
| As crops burn, farmers increasingly use sunscreen | |
Just like people damage their skin in the sun, fruits and vegetables also can get nasty burns. That’s why farmers are increasingly applying sunscreen to their crops to prevent skin blistering, heat stress and blemishes. more... |
|
| Pre-pregnancy diabetes tied to more birth defects | |
Diabetic women who get pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with birth defects than other women, according to new government research. more... |
|
| Bush: Former Army cook’s crimes warrant execution | |
President Bush could have commuted the death sentence of Ronald A. Gray, a former Army cook convicted of multiple rapes and murders. more... |
|
| Administration OKs new way to help mortgage market | |
The Bush administration and federal banking regulators joined with the nation’s four largest banks Monday to endorse a new way to pump money into the battered U.S. mortgage market. more... |
|
| U.S. deficit zooming to half-trillion on eve of new administration | |
For both Barack Obama and John McCain, Monday’s reported hike in the budget deficit was bad news. But not bad enough for either presidential candidate to scale back his impressive roster of costly campaign promises. more... |
|
| Insurer offers discounts to drivers with monitors | |
A high-tech monitoring device makes it possible to reduce insurance premiums for drivers who avoid jackrabbit starts and slam-on-the-brakes stops, an insurance company says. more... |
|
| Police: Man shot churchgoers over liberal views | |
An out-of-work truck driver accused of opening fire at a Unitarian church, killing two people, left behind a note suggesting that he targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal policies, including its acceptance of gays, authorities said Monday. more... |
|
Contact | Paper Locations
Copyright © 2008 The Bellefontaine Examiner, Hubbard Publishing