Today's Edition:
Tuesday, February 12, 2002

Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee/ Assignment Photo Editor Paul Mullins of Appalachian Community Visiting Nurse Association works with Olga Miller to get her to stand with her bad knee in her room.  Mullins is a physical therapist; he visits Miller two times a week at her home.  Although Miller can’t walk right now, Mullins is teaching her how to move around with her bad knee.

City terminates police chief
by David Laber/ Staff Writer
Nelsonville City Council passed a motion last night terminating Mike Perez as police chief and paying him $40,000 to avoid a potential lawsuit... continued

Case switched to common pleas
by Stephanie Corbin / Staff Writer
An abduction case has been sent from Athens County Municipal Court to the Athens County Common Pleas Court because of probable cause.... continued

Faculty wants bigger salary increase
by Erica Ryan / Campus Editor
Despite university-wide budget cuts stemming from a loss of state funding, Ohio University faculty members will ask officials for a 5 percent pay raise next year instead of a previously proposed 3 percent increase.... continued

Women’s center, LGBT friendly floors discussed at forum
by Nick Juliano / For The Post
“Don’t walk alone.”
“Watch how you dress.”
“Stay in well-lit areas.”... continued

City Council receive funds to remodel street
by David Laber / Staff Writer
Nelsonville business owners voiced their objections about the Ohio Department of Transportation’s construction proposal for Canal Street last night at the city council meeting.... continued

Ohio Lottery announces state will apply to the Big Game
by Andrew Welsh-Huggins / AP Statehouse
Correspondent
COLUMBUS — Ohio will apply to join the Big Game multistate lottery, hoping to tap the potential of "astronomical" jackpots as a way of stabilizing declining lottery profits and patching a $1.5 billion state budget deficit, the Ohio Lottery announced yesterday.... continued

In-home nurses a welcome relief
by Brynn Burton / Staff Writer
Kara Schoonover took her nursing job because she thought it would not be stressful. But after 11 years, she is proven wrong every day.... continued

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Hasan Sarbakhshian/ The Associated Press Iranians display anti US slogans during a rally in central Tehran Monday Feb. 11, 2002. Tens of thousands of people took part in a rally marking the 23rd anniversary of Iran's 1979 revolution. Posters read, “We will trample US under our foot.” Hundreds of thousands of Iranians take to street in anti-U.S. rally Survivors of Kosovo atrocities ready to face Milosevic at U.N. trial Israel launches air attack on Gaza City, tanks briefly enter West Bank city U.S. forces investigating allegations that prisoners taken in raid were beaten Study finds unprecedented pollutant levels in New York after attack at World Trade Center N.J. governor orders budget cuts to close $2.9 billion deficit Byrd asks Supreme Court to halt execution Conley signs bill of information

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