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Masked Muslim students shout slogans during a rally at the Welcoming Monument in central Jakarta yesterday to protest the presence of U.N. peacekeeping forces in East Timor. There is a prevailing mood of anti-U.N. sentiment here in Jakarta for what Indonesians believe is the U.N. intervention of Indonesian affairs. See story page 13.
Tobacco task force approves spending $10.1 billion
by Andrew Welsh-Huggins
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS - More than half of Ohio's $10.1 billion share of the national tobacco settlement should go toward building schools and paying for education technology, a task force recommended yesterday.
The Governor's Tobacco Task Force approved its recommendations 14-1, sending them on to the Legislature.
Woman helped others
by Tschanen Niederkohr
THE POST
A mother and a wife, she spent her recent years battling cancer. But her life, the majority of which was spent helping others, was cut short after a two-car accident just before noon on Tuesday.
Forty-five-year-old Sharon McMullen, of Albany, was killed when a cement truck crushed her car on State Route 56, about six miles west of Athens.
'Good' gifts by students
by Tschanen Niederkohr
THE POST
Ohio University sophomore Sandy Irwin has found she can help disadvantaged people locally and globally without stepping foot outside Athens.
Irwin and about 12 other OU students are volunteering at Good Gifts, a new wagon business on Union Street.
Stewart Street closed temporarily
by Brent Hartke
THE POST
Motorists will be forced to avoid the sharp curve in Stewart Street behind Gamertsfelder Hall while construction crews work to straighten out the street.
That portion of Stewart Street soon will be closed to through traffic for three weeks, said Richard Schultz, facility planner for Ohio University.
Network of musicians creates 'brotherhood'
by Jenny Elig
THE POST
While perusing the World Wide Web, you may come across a nicely stylized site complete with a bulletin board, a chat room and listings for local bands. You've stumbled across the Athens Musician Network.
AMN was founded about three years ago by Matt Toledo, a former Ohio University student and current Frognet employee.
Nation's plant varieties decline
by Amy Beaudreault
THE POST
Plants fight extinction daily, and a recent study found 29 percent of seed varieties in the United States are threatened, according to the Associated Press.
More than 80 percent of seeds sold a century ago are no longer available, and 30,000 plant species worldwide are near extinction.
Clinton signs bill to increase salaries
by Terence Hunt
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - President Clinton signed legislation yesterday that will double future presidents' annual salaries to $400,000 and let members of Congress collect their second pay increase in two years.
House and Senate members' salaries will climb by $4,600 to $141,300 a year beginning in January. Members of Congress last got a pay increase in January 1998 and before that in 1993.
Appeal against ABC thrown out
By RUSS BYNUM
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA - A federal appeals court yesterday threw out a $10 million libel judgment against ABC, saying lawyers failed to prove the show "20/20'' skewed a story to make a bank executive look like a crook.
Alan Levan, chairman and chief executive of BankAtlantic, sued the network over a 1991 broadcast he said used false statements and misleading editing to attack his character. A jury ruled in his favor in 1996.
Antiques are link to past
by Thomas Velardo
THE POST
The smell of linseed oil and wood finish fills the air as one enters the front door of Random House. To the left, antique wooden furniture and a mint green iron dentist's chair with a black-leather seat make one pause. To the right, an antique wooden cuckoo clock that no longer sings hangs on the wall behind the counter. Slightly further back in the room is an antique black and gold-maned merry-go-round horse on a brass pole, rising high above the wooden furniture that is surrounding its perch.
Habitat for Humanity hires director
by Amanda Iacone
THE POST
In the past nine years, eight families have worked alongside community volunteers to build their own homes. Now, nine more families will have the chance for safe, affordable housing thanks to two grants from Habitat for Humanity International and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Acting, idea of thriller 'Double Jeopardy' will leave audience members pleading the fifth
by Dan Eaton
THE POST
As long as there are movies with disgruntled, sardonic law enforcement officers, there will be roles for Tommy Lee Jones. As sure as asbestos will give you cancer, Jones will be forced to hunt down fugitives. Sure enough, they will be innocent. When will someone let this man hunt down a person who is actually guilty?
Movie creates beauty
by Justin Choma Zimmerman
THE POST
The true strength of a movie rests on how much it can convince you, the audience, that what is occurring on the screen is real. That the characters who are moving around, bumping into each other, changing directions and each other's lives at a moment's notice... well, they're just like you. Aimless. Lost. Alone. And beautiful.
Send in the clones
Play Staff
THE POST
College students make absolutely no sense sometimes; as a marketing demographic, we have bizarre mannerisms, warped priorities and atrocious eating habits. Our clothing labels range from Hilfiger to Klein to Karan, but our food labels?
From your closet to mine: Thrift in review
by Kate Westrich
THE POST
Is it a bad sign when you have a frequent shopper card at your local Goodwill? Personally, as the proud holder of such a card, I don't think it is. Thrift stores are a great opportunity to buy cool clothes at a cheaper price. They also provide you with a chance to experiment with your wardrobe without going broke doing it.
Folk-a-Twang?? Todd Burge mines new songwriting territory at Casa
by Jenny Elig
THE POST
Todd Burge has a reoccurring dream. He is performing at an important gig with an untuned guitar, producing cacophonous, discordant music, sweating bullets.
Fortunately, this hasn't happened yet to Burge, a folk guitarist from Vienna, WV.
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Mining disputed
by Mary Ellen Hardies
THE POST
An Athens Environmentalist is fighting the development of a new coal mine because he says it will destroy an already fragile creek. But industry officials and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency disagree.
An Ohio State Appeals panel will have to settle the dispute between Buckingham Mining and Athens Environmentalist Chad Kister.
Parental notification resolution on hold
by Kevin Schneider
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Senators scrapped a resolution urging Ohio University to strike down its one-year parental notification pilot policy.
Senate President Tom Ramage said the resolution was tabled at last night's meeting because of a conference next Wednesday between senate members and OU administrators.
Recruitment kicks off
by Nikki Klemmer
THE POST
The 523 women who registered for sorority recruitment, formerly known as rush, will undergo a different schedule from past years.
The events will take place over two consecutive weekends instead of throughout one week, said Amy Owens, president of the Women's Panhellenic Association.
Inmate rights under debate
by Michelle Everhart
THE POST
Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981 and was sentenced to death. Since then, millions of people around the world, such as Hollywood stars, college students and Amnesty International members, have rallied to prevent Abu-Jamal's execution and to prove his alleged innocence.
Rehabilitation under scrutiny
by Bryan Buckalew
THE POST
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction currently houses over 46,000 inmates in 31 different institutions across the state of Ohio, and in 1998, 1,383 parole violators were returned to prison.
Forecasters predict dry spell to follow flooding
by Estes Thompson
THE POST
TARBORO, N.C. - More heavy rain fell yesterday on eastern North Carolina, delaying the ebb of flooding that has destroyed hundreds of homes since Hurricane Floyd, but forecasters promised a dry spell was on the way.
Studies find honey keeps the body healthy
by Amy Beaudreault
THE POST
A little honey might provide more than a sweet taste. As National Honey Month, September marks the most productive month for honey in the United States.
Since European settlers introduced honey bees to New England in about 1638, honey has been used in everything from preparing food to making cement.
Cohen raises concern for safety of peace keepers
by Robert Burns
THE POST
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Pro-Indonesia militias may be planning guerrilla raids on the Australian-led international peacekeepers in devastated East Timor, American officials said yesterday.
Bill to clean up boxing gets House committee approval
by Katherine Rizzo
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - A House committee voted yesterday to crack down on the prizefighting business but stopped short of banning felons, in part because the biggest boxing promoter, Don King, served time for two Ohio killings decades ago.
The legislation is intended to protect young fighters from exploitation.
Another student arrested for threat
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WESTERVILLE, Ohio - Police arrested a 16-year-old accused of saying he was going to blow up a high school - the seventh student charged with making a bomb threat at one of the schools in the suburban Columbus district in the past two school years.
Regulators consider neighbors' conerns
by Katherine Rizzo
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - Would-be neighbors of a Chicago-to-New York natural gas pipeline begged federal regulators yesterday to kill the project, complaining that it would hurt the environment and reward a company that treated people badly.
Court refuses to reconsider case
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS - The Ohio Supreme Court refused yesterday to reconsider its decision striking down a law limiting the amount of money awarded in lawsuits, ending the state's effort to preserve the 2 1/2-year-old law.
The court voted 4-3 to deny a request by Attorney General Betty Montgomery to reconsider its Aug. 16 ruling that the law violated the constitutional separation of powers among the three branches of government.
Networks: fall season looks good
by David Bauder
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - Whoosh! That breeze you feel from the West Coast comes from television executives - some of them, at least - breathing a sigh of relief.
TV's fall season is off to a promising start, offering hope to broadcast networks numbed by a steady exodus of viewers to cable during the past few years.
Union officials under investigation
by David Bauder
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - The Labor Department is suing two union officials alleging they invested pension funds in ''imprudent'' deals with companies owned by a top fund-raiser for President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The lawsuit names as defendants Jack Moore, former executive secretary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and John Grau, executive vice president of the National Electrical Contractors Association.
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