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Examining All Of Facebook’s New Gender Options
By: Bianca Hillier
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It’s a right of passage for this generation to sign up for a Facebook account—this process, however, just got a little more complicated. No longer is a Facebook user forced… Read More
Study Shows Little Voter Fraud In Ohio
By: Statehouse News Bureau
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The Ohio House is poised to take up some controversial election bills this week. Majority Republicans who support those plans say they will protect the integrity of the vote. But… Read More
Gay Marriage Law Proposal Causes Some Confusion
By: Statehouse News Bureau
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Gay rights advocates throughout Ohio say they want to undo the effects of a 2004 voter passed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. But how and when activists intend to do… Read More
“Lil’ Buds” Art Exhibit Opens At Bowen House
The latest art exhibit at the Bowen House is the Lil’ Buds art show, which features the work of students in kindergarten through fourth grade. The exhibit will continue through… Read More
Summer Food Sponsors Needed In Ohio – Reimbursements Offered
By: Associated Press
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Ohio officials are looking for more sponsors and sites in a federally funded program that offers children from low-income families free breakfasts or lunches during summer when they don't get… Read More
Mine Proposed For Ohio Linked To WV Chemical Spill
By: Associated Press
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A citizens group is requesting extra scrutiny of a company's plans for an underground coal mine in eastern Ohio because of the January chemical spill that contaminated the water supply… Read More
Snow Covered Side Roads Delay Some Schools
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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UPDATE 4:21 p.m. Portions of the region are under a winter-weather advisory starting Monday evening into Tuesday afternoon. According to the National Weather Service, areas could get between two and… Read More
The New Short Story: Dinty W. Moore Cultivates Flash Nonfiction For The Digital Age
By: Jeff Worley
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To get a quick sense of who Dinty W. Moore is and where he is on the planet, take a deep breath and read from his self-styled online bio: "Dinty lives in Athens, Ohio, the funkadelicious, hillbilly-hippie Appalachian epicenter of the locally-grown, locally-consumed, goats-are-for-cheese, paw-paws-are-for-eatin', artisanal-salsa, our-farmers-market-rocks-the-hills sub-culture, where he grows his own heirloom tomatoes and edible dandelions, and teaches a crop of brilliant undergraduate and stunningly talented graduate students as director of Ohio University's BA, MA, and PhD in Creative Writing program." Exhale. It's immediately apparent that Moore likes what he's doing and where he's living.
More Miles Than Money: A Fan’s Look Back at Alejandro Escovedo
By: Joan Butcher
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This Sunday, Americana troubadour Alejandro Escovedo will perform with R.E.M.'s Peter Buck at Stuart's Opera House. Longtime fan Joan Butcher looks back at Escovedo's career, plus Mark Hellenberg talks with the acclaimed singer-songwriter via phone.