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NBA owners vote to reject Sacramento Kings' proposed move to Seattle

2013-05-15 18:40:00

NBA owners voted Wednesday to reject the Sacramento Kings' proposed move to Seattle, the latest in a long line of cities that have tried to land the franchise. The 22-8 vote in Dallas followed a recommendation made last month by the NBA's relocation...

For Muslims, bad memories and new worries

2013-04-18 16:48:00

There are few Muslims in the small northeast Ohio town where Karen lives with her Palestinian American husband and their five children. In a region where Amish and Mennonite women cover themselves, Karen and her 20-year-old daughter, Amanda, find the...

Need to clean up your Facebook profile? Get a 'Facewash'

2013-01-23 16:01:00

Got a Facebook profile with vulgarities or embarrassing pages you shouldn't have liked? Now there's a way to clean them up. A trio of Kent State University undergrads have put together the "Facewash" app that'll search through a user's Facebook activity...

Times college football rankings: Five California schools make the list

2012-11-28 15:33:00

Rankman has rarely been this excited about two recently "dropped out" teams playing on a Thursday night in Piscataway, N.J. The showdown between Rutgers and Louisville now features two teams representing three different conferences. Rutgers is joining the...

Merit scholarships could cost neediest college students

2013-05-20 03:54:04

Many colleges are offering more merit aid to recruit high-achieving students -- often, advocates say, to the detriment of low-income students. "With their relentless pursuit of prestige and revenue, the nation's public and private four-year colleges are...

Reaching for the STARS

2013-05-20 03:54:04

WVU's Center for Black Culture and Research recently hosted its annual Dr. Carter G. Woodson Black Graduates Recognition Celebration. This year's event also recognized the Academic STARS -- STudents Achieving and Reaching for Success -- who became a...

KSUA professor wins prestigious national award

2013-05-19 06:54:02

Irene Edge has kept students on the cutting edge of information technology for decades. Years of commitment to her students and Ashtabula County were honored recently as Edge, an assistant professor at Kent State University-Ashtabula Campus, received...

Community rallies behind Taylor Robinson's family

2013-05-19 04:34:02

Her daughter has yet to come home. Carmilla Robinson wants no one to forget that. Two weeks have passed. Mother's Day has come and gone, and yet 19-year-old Taylor Robinson remains missing. On Saturday, a crowd nearing 200 or more joined the Akron...

Theater workshop open to teachers, directors; scholarships available

2013-05-17 06:47:00

Area drama teachers and directors are invited to attend a two-day workshop, Wednesday and Thursday, July 17-18, in Petoskey. The workshop is designed for directors, both experienced and novice, of K-12 casts, but everything taught will be applicable...

Kent State begins process of finding next university president

2013-05-15 06:14:02

Kent State University has taken the first steps to find a replacement for retiring President Lester Lefton. Trustees on Tuesday named fellow trustee Richard Marsh as chairman of the search committee. Marsh, a retired FirstEnergy Corp. executive and...

Regional Digest: Asaph Schwapp Service Tuesday

2013-05-13 18:53:30

Schwapp Services Tuesday The public is invited to the viewing for Asaph Schwapp, the Weaver High and Notre Dame graduate who died Wednesday after battling non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. The viewing is from 9-11 a.m. Tuesday at the Carmon Funeral Home, 807...

Star Beacon, Ashtabula, Ohio, Don McCormack column

2013-05-13 07:14:02

There's been an unquestioned rebirth taking place in Herald Country. Buoyed physically, financially and, most important, emotionally, by the move into a much better facility for its high school, don't look now, but St. John High School is slowly but...

Hitchcock Design Group announced that Steve Wilson has joined the firm as a senior associate in its planning and urban design practice.

2013-04-02 10:44:00

11/9/02 University of Connecticut Police, showing off their goal-line defense, use pepper spray to hold back unruly students who stormed the field after UConn routed Kent State 63-21 in the final game played at Memorial Stadium tried to tear down the goal posts.

2012-05-22 08:02:00