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Gaertner, Ohio Baseball Outscore Northern Iliinois, 5-4
By: Todd Ward
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The Ohio Bobcats' baseball team won the first game of its three-game series with Northern Illinois. It was a back-and-forth game right from the start with both teams scoring two runs in the third inning. NIU (14-21, 9-4 MAC) scored first on an RBI single by Jamison Wells, followed by an RBI double by Tommy… Read More
Boston Police: Bombing Suspect Is In Custody
By: Associated Press
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Boston Police say a 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings is in custody after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead. Police announced via Twitter that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was in custody. His brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, was killed Friday in a furious attempt to escape… Read More
Three Men Arrested For Heroin Possession
By: WOUB Contributing Writer
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Portsmouth and Scioto County Police arrested three men yesterday on drug charges. Joshua M. Walls, 33; Aaron M. Knolton, 24; and Brandon L. Jackson, 32, were arrested after officials seized 130 grams of "suspected heroin" valued at $18,200. Officials also found $4,400, a firearm, digital scales, and other drug trafficking materials. The arrests were made… Read More
Former OU Professor Awakened By Boston Shootout
By: Megan Moseley, Taylor Mirfendereski
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A former Ohio University professor says he was awakened by the sound of police sirens and gun shots that led to the death of an MIT police officer and one of the two Boston bombing suspects early Friday morning. Casey Hayward lives on Mount Auburn Street in Watertown, Mass, just several blocks away from the… Read More
Governor Says Mass Transit Resuming In Boston
By: Associated Press
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UPDATE 6:20 PM: Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says mass transit service is resuming in Boston even though one Boston Marathon bombing suspect is still on the lam. Authorities in Boston had suspended all mass transit and warned close to 1 million people in the entire city and some of its suburbs to stay indoors as… Read More
Protesting Arrested Students Tout Their Action on Facebook
By: WOUB Contributing Writer
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Four students arrested for disrupting an Ohio University Trustees' meeting Friday are getting some interactive attention on their Facebook site. The students were arrested late Friday morning after about a dozen of them entered the Board of Trustee's meeting in Walter Hall to protest a planned increase in tuition. Holding a banner saying "Education is… Read More
Plane Overshoots Runway At Columbus International Airport
By: Associated Press
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A plane overshot the runway this morning at the Port Columbus International Airport, narrowly avoiding a potentially dangerous crash. The red-eye flight was headed to Columbus from Los Angeles when it encountered severe turbulence upon descent. The pilot attempted to turn the plane around at the end of the runway to avoid running off the… Read More
Students Arrested After Protesting During OU Trustees Meeting
By: WOUB Contributing Writer
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By SARA BRUMFIELD Messenger staff journalist A handful of Ohio University students were arrested around 11:30 a.m. on Friday during the university's board of trustees meeting in Walter Hall. About a dozen students positioned themselves between the board and the audience to protest the approved 1.6 percent tuition increase for next year. The increase will… Read More
Columbus Plane Goes Off Runway
By: Associated Press, Megan Moseley
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A Columbus airport passenger plane overshot the runway this morning. The Delta flight from Los Angeles went off the end of a runway slightly after landing before dawn. Brooks Jerosz, former WOUB reporter and Ohio University alum, was on the plane when it happened. "It was a smooth landing but we were coming in fast… Read More
House Intelligence Democrat Tells of Boston Bomber Suspects’ Arms
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The senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects had collected pipe bombs, grenades and improvised explosive devices before they confronted police. Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger said that the brother who fled after a furious gunfight hurled some of the devices at police as he drove away in a stolen… Read More