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![Astrocyte cells like these from the brain of a mouse may differ subtly from those in a human brain.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/glial-cells-ef2aee4d0473253013ce0f3cfa06cc144b9b4f04-e1566508914732-900x422.jpg)
Subtle Differences In Brain Cells Hint at Why Many Drugs Help Mice But Not People
By: Jon Hamilton | NPR
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A detailed comparison of mouse and human brain tissue found differences that could help explain why mice aren’t always a good model for human diseases.
![U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration David Zatezalo](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/092018MSHA_Zatezalo9-e1537567463722-900x422.jpg)
Mines That Change Owners Have Worse Safety Record, Audit Finds
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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A new federal government report shows that mines that changed ownership had worse safety records than mines where ownership did not change. According to an audit from the Department of Labor’s Office of the Inspector… Read More
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Beshear Puts Health Care at Forefront in New Ad
By: Associated Press
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Democrat Andy Beshear is trying to nudge health care to the forefront of Kentucky’s race for governor with a new TV ad. In the ad, Beshear… Read More
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One Woman Dead, Another Hospitalized from Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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ATHENS, Ohio – The Athens County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a woman in Millfield. According to a news release deputies and EMS were dispatched to 15990 Millfield Road… Read More
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Speaking With Mike Elliott of Supernobody
By: Emily Votaw
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Most everybody is a Supernobody fan. (Except for Unmonumental bassist Brian Koscho and The D-Rays guitarist Erick Coleman, but we’ll get into that later.) Supernobody is a roughly six-year-old local… Read More
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Fourteen Charged in Alleged Athens County Drug Ring
By: WOUB News Team
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UPDATE 11:30 A.M. 8/23 – Two more people allegedly connected to an Athens County drug ring have been apprehended and appeared in court. Athens County Common Pleas Judge George McCarthy set… Read More
![A guard sits in his truck at the entrance to the Darby Coal Mine in Holmes Mill, Kentucky, on May 20, 2006 - the day an explosion in the mine killed five miners. The owners of the mine later failed to pay nearly $3 million in penalties for mine safety violations at Darby and other mines.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ap_060520030242-70b438cceeaf06065538866dbce02bfa2a94127e-e1566483138802-900x422.jpg)
Mines No Safer Despite $1 Billion In Fines, Federal Audit Says
By: Howard Berkes | Robert Benincasa | NPR
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A Labor Department audit found no correlation between the federal system that fines mining companies for unsafe conditions and safety in mining operations.
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The Other Years II Gladden House Sessions 2019
By: Liz Penry and Mikayla Schuyler
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The Other Years brought a timeless performance from Louisville, KY, to the Gladden House — one embellished with banjo, fiddle, and guitar. With roots in the regional music scene, they were… Read More
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Developer Cuts Plans for Power Plant After Nuclear Bailout
By: Associated Press
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LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio electricity company says it is canceling plans to build a gas-fired power plant because of the state’s recent nuclear bailout. The Vindicator reports that the plant… Read More
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Man Convicted of Impersonating US Prosecutor at Traffic Stop
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Michigan man has been convicted in West Virginia of impersonating an assistant U.S. attorney. A federal jury found 55-year-old Joseph Ziegler guilty Wednesday after a… Read More
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Duo Hopes to Push Opioid Settlement Toward Hospitals
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — West Virginia University President Gordon Gee and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich are creating a nonprofit that will fight to steer cash from any national opioid… Read More
![Mourners bring flowers to a makeshift memorial Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, for the slain and injured in the Oregon District after a mass shooting that occurred early Sunday morning, in Dayton.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AP_19218610659782-e1565121795868-900x422.jpg)
History Organization Accepts Mass Shooting Memorial Items
By: Associated Press
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A history organization says it will preserve and archive items left at a temporary memorial to victims of an Ohio mass shooting earlier this month. Brady… Read More