General Editorials latest RSS headlines - Ohio Standard.com Provides the latest RSS feeds for General Editorials. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Ohio Standard.com http://www.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/10/id/45d771c7290844e9/ en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:16:21 -0400 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:16:21 -0400 30 Mexico City massacre marked forty years on Forty years ago, the Mexican army opened fire on students peacefully demonstrating in Tlatelolco, Mexico City, on 2 October 1968. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/415299/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:30:02 -0400 Ohio Standard.com http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/415299/cs/1/ Too many students come unprepared A shocking 70 percent of new students at Normandale Community College in Bloomington need to enroll in one or more remedial math courses before proceeding to college-credit work. More than half need r... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18399152/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:50:23 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18399152/ Come Nov. 5th, All Will Be Forgiven Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., smiles before answering a question during a media availability session Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 in Phoenix. McCain has joked that the media i... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18400902/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:01:30 -0400 CBS News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18400902/ Jeannette man killed in weekend crash A Jeannette man was killed early Saturday in a one-vehicle accident in Hempfield. Kevin W. DeLuke, 24, was pronounced dead at 5:19 a.m. at the scene of the accident on Greensburg-Mt. Pleasant Road. ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18400904/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:48:31 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18400904/ Industry man who took gun to Obama rally headed to trial A Beaver County man has been ordered to stand trial on charges that he disrupted a presidential campaign rally for Sen. Barack Obama in August by wearing a gun and carrying a Bible outside the event. ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18400903/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:48:30 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18400903/ Youngstown fire kills 4 children, their mother and grandmother Fire investigators believe gasoline was poured on the front porch and then ignited, causing the two-story wood house on the East Side of Youngstown, Ohio, to burn quickly and with ferocity. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18400905/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:48:29 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18400905/ U.S. editorial excerpts -4-+ NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press: STICKING IT TO CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles) To the long list of things California doesn't need righ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18400906/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:30:53 -0400 Breitbart http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18400906/ Weighing In On the VP Debate Correction: In this interview, we incorrectly said that after Dan Quayle's debate performance, "George W. Bush won [the] election." In fact, Quayle was the running mate for George H.W. Bush. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18394671/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:38:52 -0400 NPR http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18394671/ Erie County, Pa., Community Organizations Respond To Report On Racial Health Disparities By Improving Health Care Access, Editorial States Department of Health report -- "Health Disparities in Erie County" -- showed "disturbing statistics about poverty, women and children's well-being, cancer and chronic illness," according to the editor... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18394275/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:36:19 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18394275/ The academies without Adonis Adonis to Transport? Why didn't he resign? How can he swing in the wind there and watch his life's work in Education being unpicked stitch by stitch? Whenever our leaders say that policy not personn... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18398618/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:32:29 -0400 The Independent http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18398618/ Take a tip from Heston, Jamie Two new events appear to display our very peculiar relationship with food. Jamie Oliver's campaigning food programme went to Rotherham to address the under-class's lack of basic food knowledge and ski... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18398616/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:32:26 -0400 The Independent http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18398616/ Part minister, part hostage, Mandy changes the game No one ever thought of Gordon Brown as a master of surprises, but this is one for the record book. It was as if, early in Book One of Paradise Lost, God had invited Lucifer to rejoin the Angelic cabin... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18398621/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:32:04 -0400 The Independent http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18398621/ Boris has some explaining to do He has ridden out many much more serious storms over the past three years, but suddenly a meeting with the Mayor of London produces the resignation of Sir Ian Blair. The Metropolitan Police Commission... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18398620/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:30:38 -0400 The Independent http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18398620/ Be afraid – Palin It was like watching a sleek Afghan hound compete for best-in-show with a shamelessly winsome mongrel. From the moment Sarah Palin surged on to the stage and grasped his hand, asking if she could call... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18398619/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:30:37 -0400 The Independent http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18398619/ Hockey moms and capital markets By Spengler Why do Asian investors depend on American capital markets? Given the near breakdown of key sectors of the American market, one might expect Asians to bring their money home. Quite t... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390776/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:26:28 -0400 Asia Times http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390776/ Health service must evolve at same pace as medical world THE case of a dying man who had to pay for his own anti-cancer drugs has forced politicians to confront a difficult dilemma which could help determine the future shape of the National Health Service. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390086/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:01:59 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390086/ Editorial One - October 3, 2008 "); $('#search_jobs,#search_news,#search_companies').css('font-weight','normal'); $('#search_site').css('font-weight','bold'); $('#searchform').attr("action",'/search/results.html'); } function c... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18389885/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:16:36 -0400 Business Journal http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18389885/ US cool to Israeli strike on Iran By Peter Hirschberg JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will travel to Moscow this week for talks that will focus largely on Iran's nuclear program at a time when there seem to be gr... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390778/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:26:27 -0400 Asia Times http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390778/ RTS Has Toughest Week Since By Courtney Weaver / Staff Writer Trading on the dollar-denominated RTS exchange was suspended three times on Friday as anxiety deepened over whether the U.S. House of Representatives would pass a $70... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18393425/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:47:08 -0400 Moscow Times http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18393425/ A way through the Afghan labyrinth if you are interested in contributing. Since international re-engagement in Afghanistan was initiated seven years ago, the key institutions of a permanent government have been established. Cons... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390780/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:26:25 -0400 Asia Times http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390780/ Pakistan, US await militant showdown soldier leaves Afghanistan. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization showed its willingness to compromise on core principles by publicly approving Washington-backed Karzai's proposal, made on Fri... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390779/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:26:26 -0400 Asia Times http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390779/ Yes we can, seriously Yes we can, seriously By Muhammad Cohen HONG KONG - Between Republican Senator John McCain's incoherent flailing on the Wall Street aid package and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's verb... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390781/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:26:25 -0400 Asia Times http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390781/ The facts and fables of a unified Korea The facts and fables of a unified Korea By Andrei Lankov SEOUL - Roh Moo-hyun, former president of Korea (2002-2007), this month delivered a lengthy speech on the policy he believes Seoul shoul... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390782/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:26:24 -0400 Asia Times http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390782/ The Wall Street bust The Wall Street bust Commentary and weekly watch by Doug Noland I still owe readers a thorough analysis of the Q2 2008 flow of funds. For now, I'll just point out some data relevant to the current... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390784/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:26:20 -0400 Asia Times http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18390784/ How to be sacked in style John Rentoul: How to be sacked in style "/> John Rentoul: How to be sacked in style "/> John Rentoul: How to be sacked in style "/> http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18388545/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:28:45 -0400 The Independent http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18388545/ Immigration farce will damage Scottish NHS CHANGES introduced to streamline the complex immigration rules in the UK have had unforeseen consequences for doctors from overseas who have completed their undergraduate medical training in Scotland. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18385970/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:13:18 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18385970/ Jaguars receiver faces trial The Jaguars defense stops Najeh Davenport just short of the goal line in the first quarter last night at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville Fla. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18388546/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:55:45 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18388546/ Game 5 Steelers vs. Jaguars The Steelers' Mewelde Moore picks up yardage against the Jaguars at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville Florida. Please scroll down for more images. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18388547/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:55:44 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18388547/ Sarah Palin, all-American cheerleader There was something jarring about GOP candidate Sarah Palin's appearance at the vice presidential debate, and it was not just her refusal to answer questions, or the mock Reagan-esque mannerisms of th... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382822/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:03:12 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382822/ Mother Nature demands Californians pass Prop. 7 Mother Nature is the one that will really call the shots, and the best experts say that the tipping point on global warming will be less than a decade away. We need more renewable electricity not jus... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382825/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:03:03 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382825/ Keep cell phones out of class Back before "texting" was a verb, teachers had to keep an eye on their students to make sure they weren't passing hand-written notes to each other. Those days are quickly joining the days of the slide... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382841/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:29:13 -0400 Deseret News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382841/ Pelosi, Reid hurting U.S. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid seem to be playing right into the hands of our enemies. They don't want to look for alternate energy sources needed for this great republic to survive. They want to stop dr... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382843/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:29:08 -0400 Deseret News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382843/ Same-sex marriage hurts many Editor - A number of your letter writers ask what's wrong with gay marriage and how does it affect other people. I have no problem with gay marriages being recognized by the government. I think if Joh... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382826/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:03:02 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382826/ Asking the right God question » Discuss Article Forget Bill Maher, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris. These atheists du jour have nothing on the most famous anti-theist of all time. Good old Karl Marx is ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18385376/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:34:34 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18385376/ Sticking it to California To the long list of things California doesn't need right now, let's add the transformation of an efficient government program into a money waster. The blame if this happens won't belong with the Legis... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18385375/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:34:36 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18385375/ Everything in politics planned I am reminded of a saying attributed to President Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Nothing in politics happens by chance. If something happened in politics you can assume that it was planned." If this statemen... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382844/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:29:07 -0400 Deseret News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382844/ No longer worried about Palin Have you ever written something or said something to someone that you wish you could take back? My letter on Oct. 3 was written days ago when Gov. Sarah Palin was having interview trouble and Wall Str... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382847/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:29:04 -0400 Deseret News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382847/ The Republican works hard for the 28th District Voters in the 28th House District will experience a collective flashback when they go to the polls Nov. 4, where the ballot will include a re-run featuring two solid candidates. Republican Mike Turza... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18385378/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:20:09 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18385378/ Conservatives seek historic majority in Canadian poll OTTAWA -- In the shadow of a historic national election in the United States, Canada is amid its own historic campaign that could redraw the electoral map and produce a fundamental political realignme... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18385379/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:20:09 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18385379/ The case for a league of democracies With global tensions rising, what do you suppose keeps some foreign policy columnists up at night? It is the idea of a new international organization, a league of democracies. On both sides of the Atl... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382824/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:03:06 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382824/ Economic crisis has been brought on by welfare state As our financial markets totter, as homes go into foreclosure, as Wall Street executives lose millions, as Americans have more and more difficulty getting loans, can anyone be happy? Certainly. Those ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382839/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:29:10 -0400 Deseret News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382839/ Rough sailing for Somalian stability When pirates off the coast of Somalia captured a ship carrying grenade launchers and 33 Russian tanks, they got something they likely didn't bargain for: worldwide attention. The international commun... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18385173/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:05:49 -0400 Denver Post http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18385173/ Border Patrol agents doing their duty to keep us safe (Profiled? Silvio Torres-Saillant, a Syracuse University professor, says he has been stopped by Border Patrol agents at a bus station several times this year / Michelle Gabel, USA TODAY) http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18380055/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:58:18 -0400 USA Today http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18380055/ Election could decide fate of Roe, other big court issues Supreme Court — usually a high-profile subject — is barely discussed. For nearly every American, though, the impact of the next president's appointments stands to be enormous. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18380062/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:58:10 -0400 USA Today http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18380062/ Name that Treasury chief letters@usatoday.com . Letters for print consideration are edited for accuracy, clarity and length, and comments of 250 words or fewer have the best chance of being published. Letters that include ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18379244/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:58:09 -0400 USA Today http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18379244/ Failure on financial vote But what about the rest? Some 367 were neither retiring nor particularly vulnerable. Yet, when duty called, a majority of 192 cast their votes for stalemate. This vote is a scathing indictment of the... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382208/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:41:14 -0400 USA Today http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382208/ Power struggle brewing over players in Olympics and the head of the players union yesterday foreshadowed a potential power struggle over whether the world's top pro players will continue to participate in the Olympics past the 2010 Games. The NHL ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382211/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:36:44 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382211/ Shock jock Stern marries local native NEW YORK -- Shock jock Howard Stern has embraced tradition. The radio talk show host known for hosting porn stars married his longtime girlfriend, Beth Ostrosky, formerly of suburban Pittsburgh, on Fr... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382209/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:36:44 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382209/ Olmert’s change of heart Israel , Ehud Olmert, now says that Israel must withdraw from East Jerusalem and nearly all of the West Bank. What a shame he didn’t push this policy when in power. If something like Olmert&rsq... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382212/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:19:55 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382212/ No on Question 3; no bailout either G reyhound racing in Massachusetts isn’t what it once was. Fewer people are gambling with fewer dollars. The proximity of massive resort casinos and declining interest among younger Bay Staters ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382213/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:19:55 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18382213/ McCain is deluding himself over the John McCain is desperate to talk about the surge rather than the splurge. His Iraq war is set to cost one trillion dollars, and his deregulation-mania has cost hundreds of billions. So in order to mai... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378755/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:28:07 -0400 The Independent http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378755/ Steelers trail Jaguars, 14-7 Jaguars cornerback Rashean Mathis, left, intercepts a pass intended for wide receiver Santonio Holmes during the first quarter tonight in Jacksonville, Fla. Mathis returned the interception for a touc... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378759/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:57:05 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378759/ How to smooth the transition in Iraq Mahmoudiya, a town south of Baghdad, was part of the area long known as the "Triangle of Death" because of the extraordinary number of Sunni insurgent attacks against coalition forces and Iraqi civil... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378756/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:25:10 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378756/ Letters to the Editor U.S. must conduct Pakistan raids for security In regard to the Sept. 15 article, "Raids into Pakistan: What US authority?": Pakistan has almost no control over what happens in its Federally Administ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378758/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:25:11 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378758/ Uneasy calm grips curfew-bound Kashmir Mukhtar Ahmad | Arab News SRINAGAR: An uneasy calm prevailed in the Kashmir Valley as an indefinite curfew was imposed on the Kashmir Valley yesterday, a day before separatist leaders had planned to h... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378762/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:31:16 -0400 Arab News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378762/ To drill or not to drill is not the question To drill or not to drill is the wrong question. Real solutions to the energy and climate crisis are available today if we focus on what we have in abundance instead of arguing over what's exhausti... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378757/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:25:10 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378757/ This hatred is borne out of fear of disability People – even some disabled people – find it difficult to understand or believe why or how non-disabled people can hate some of us enough to want to insult, abuse, torture or kill members ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378754/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:28:08 -0400 The Independent http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378754/ Riots break out in Maharashtra town, situation tense Shahid Raza Burney | Arab News PUNE: Police reinforcements of the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) were rushed to Dhule district in Vidarbha region yesterday from here, after communal riots broke out... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378761/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:31:15 -0400 Arab News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378761/ Settler violence hits new high 6 October 2008 A new dynamic has emerged in the West Bank: Jewish settlers are on the warpath. Hundreds of them are engaged in violence against Palestinians. Palestinians are being intimidated and har... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378760/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:31:13 -0400 Arab News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378760/ Presidential race builds characters Todd Gitlin | LA Times This election campaign is about more than its issues, slogans, proposals, strategies, tactics, attacks or counterattacks. Like most presidential elections, it represents a colli... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378763/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:31:12 -0400 Arab News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378763/ An opportunity for change too 6 October 2008 Financial institutions in nearly every Western economy are on the brink of collapse, said The Observer in an editorial yesterday. Excerpts:Such is the disorientation created by the eart... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378764/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:31:09 -0400 Arab News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378764/ America must end its military dreams Jonathan Power | Arab News As said Micawber: &#34Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen, nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty po... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378765/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:31:08 -0400 Arab News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18378765/ Why domain is name of the game A MAN from Edinburgh recently found himself on the wrong end of a decision by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo) over his purchase of the domain name narnia.mobi. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374432/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:37:12 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374432/ Is it in best interests of university students to live at home to save money I DIDN'T feel there was any point in leaving home. I live in Bearsden, 20 minutes away by train. It was financially not possible to move out, so it was never really discussed. It was always just assum... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374433/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:37:10 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374433/ The state of things to come in US elections WITH less than a month to go before the US presidential elections, Barack Obama and John McCain are dropping the megaphones and pulling out the pocket calculators to plot a path to victory through Ame... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374427/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:37:23 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374427/ Governments on full alert as banking sinks deeper FOR those agonising whether to follow the example of veteran multi-billionaire American investor Warren Buffett and dip a toe into banking shares, events are set to put them out of their misery. This ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374428/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:37:21 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374428/ Was this style over substance – or at least something similar to it SOMETIMES, when old-fashioned newspaper hacks like me gather in darkened corners to reminisce and take stock of our present-day business, there are mutterings about "the tyranny of design". The phrase... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374429/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:37:15 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374429/ The Polluters Must Pay By Joseph E. Stiglitz It doesn't take a genius to figure out that the United States' financial system -- indeed, global finance -- is in a mess. The problems in the U.S. economy and financial system h... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376336/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:23:40 -0400 Moscow Times http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376336/ Faith. Belief. Trust. This economic orthodoxy was built on superstition Over morning newspapers with the Today programme in my ear, I eye my garden nervously. If I ripped up the roses and the lavender, how many rows of potatoes could I fit in? Enough to feed a family? Is ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376329/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:50:12 -0400 The Guardian http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376329/ Brezhnev Comes to Washington I have repeatedly drawn parallels in this column between President George W. Bush's United States and the Soviet Union during the rule of Leonid Brezhnev. The similarities between the two regimes are ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376335/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:23:39 -0400 Moscow Times http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376335/ Anything to get onscreen It's not often that one is gifted with the opportunity to describe Warren Beatty as "prescient", but such is the reassuring silver lining to an otherwise pretty dark cultural phenomenon. Back in 1991 ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376331/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:50:16 -0400 The Guardian http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376331/ politics caused this crisis of capitalism WITH turmoil in the world's markets, politicians and commentators have been demanding more regulation and control of the financial sector. Their reaction is entirely predictable – but entirely wrong... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374430/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:37:18 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374430/ Their horns blow on We're living through a golden age of British boasting. Can it last, now Loadsamoney has turned into Loadsaredundancy? I believe it can. Our highly trained British braggarts have said too much, too lou... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376330/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:50:14 -0400 The Guardian http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376330/ Making Strategic Assets Accessible to Investors The Russian government has demonstrated its readiness to bolster the financial system with billions of rubles, including plans to refinance outstanding corporate loans to prevent margin call sell-offs... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376333/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:23:37 -0400 Moscow Times http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376333/ 2. Graft-Fighting Lawyer Harassed by Police Lawyer Inna Yermoshkina gave little thought to the two dozen police officers waiting near the entrance of her apartment building when she returned home one evening in May. After all, she thought, she ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376332/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:23:35 -0400 Moscow Times http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376332/ Penguins fall to Ottawa, 3-1 STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- The Penguins will have to settle for a split of their two games against Ottawa in the NHL Premiere. They lost to the Senators, 3-1, today in the second game in as many days at th... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376337/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:20:27 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18376337/ Credit worthy local bodies As a part of the exercise to measure the financial efficiency and to move the urban local bodies towards an era of debt-financing development projects, the Ministry of Urban Development initiated a st... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18372469/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:25:20 -0400 The Hindu http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18372469/ Coming to terms with resurgent Taliban For the bulk of the Indian strategic community, the unthinkable is happening — the prospect of an Afghan settlement involving the Taliban is increasing. http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18372470/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:25:20 -0400 The Hindu http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18372470/ Here the hedge fund managers live — became the catchphrase of the decade. Over the past two weeks Wolfe has been bombarded with questions: Where are the Masters of the Universe now? Who is left to take the blame? “The mo... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18372471/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:25:19 -0400 The Hindu http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18372471/ Bittersweet return for Olympic star The most celebrated woman in Kenya is not a politician, nor a pop star. She is a humble 18-year-old with a devastating sprint and a million dollars in the bank. In the two weeks since returning home f... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18372472/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:25:19 -0400 The Hindu http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18372472/ Hill District man held in Indiana County drug bust State police have charged a Hill District man with drug possession and delivery after an undercover agent purchased heroin from him in Indiana County. Justin Colbert, 23, of Shipton Street, was arres... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374080/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:55:04 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374080/ WVU QB White OK, coach says West Virginia coach Bill Stewart said today that quarterback Patrick White wasn't diagnosed with a concussion, and he doesn't expect the two-time Big East offensive player of the year to miss any prac... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374079/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:55:05 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374079/ Coalition of the irresponsibles The decision by Tata Motors to move the Nano small car project out of West Bengal is a setback for development policy in the State, one for which the Trinamool Congress as well as the political partie... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18372468/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:25:21 -0400 The Hindu http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18372468/ A Test For Fans Most cricket enthusiasts across the world agree that India is the new nerve centre of world cricket. So much so that this debate — whether the balance of power in world cricket has shifted to the... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374081/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:36:17 -0400 Times of India http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18374081/ Crippled economy is voters Editor - The Sept. 28 Insight section paints an astounding picture of a U.S. economy spinning out of control and a government unwilling to prevent budgetary cataclysm. These authors, sharing popular s... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18370442/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:04:29 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18370442/ Vote no on Proposition 7 It's hard not to like the outlines of Proposition 7, a ballot measure that would push California to shift sharply from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The timing - with $4 gas, a move to offshore dr... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18370441/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:04:26 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18370441/ No debate between Biden & Palin Editor - The biggest disappointment in the debates was Gwen Ifill, who effectively threw in the towel as soon as Sarah Palin indicated that she would answer the questions (or not) according to her own... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18370443/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:04:17 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18370443/ Stop this civic vandalism Brian Rudman: Dreams of costly world-class icon a bridge too far on the waterfront Auckland's civic planners do not often get things right, and on the rare occasions that they do, they have a disma... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18370903/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:50:08 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18370903/ Rethinking the taxation system Monday, Oct 06, 2008, Page 8 US President George W. Bush has signed into law a massive bailout package for US financial institutions. The bill had initally been rejected by the House of Representativ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18370240/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:31:07 -0400 Taipei Times http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18370240/ Pitt ranked 24th in new AP poll; Penn State still No. 6 Buoyed by a 26-21 upset of then No. 10 South Florida, the Pitt Panthers have earned a spot in the Associated Press top 25. The Panthers (4-1) are ranked No. 24 in the latest poll, which was released t... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18372124/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:27:03 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18372124/ Tomorrow is last day to register to vote Citizens who wish to vote in the Nov. 4 election must be registered by tomorrow. Registered voters who have moved or changed their name or party affiliation must also notify their elections office by ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18372123/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:27:03 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18372123/ Pet Peeves and Facing Foreclosure October 5, 2008 · Host Liane Hansen reads letters from listeners about NPR food essayist Bonny Wolf's commentary on her pet restaurant peeves and about NPR's story about an elderly woman who wa... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18368687/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:37:13 -0400 NPR http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18368687/ When Washington Is Not Taken Seriously Well, it was some week. Washington finally did something. The right thing? I hope so. Frankly, I don't have the expertise to know for sure. What I did conclude was that the problem was so serious, som... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18370098/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:12:48 -0400 CBS News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18370098/ Winning Powerball ticket sold in Pa. Pennsylvania Lottery officials today said that one winning ticket for last night's $20 million Powerball drawing was sold in Pennsylvania. The winning numbers were 1, 4, 26, 32 and 39 and the Powerbal... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18370101/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:03:05 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18370101/ Amendment 58 a poor way to hike taxes Asking the oil and gas industry to pay more in state severance taxes seems like a fair idea. Giving scholarships to needy Colorado college students is a laudable aim, too, and so is wildlife preservat... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18369890/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:50:10 -0400 Denver Post http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18369890/ DOJ names - and needs - prosecutor Nearly lost in the presidential race and the pressures of the financial crisis was news last week that Attorney General Michael Mukasey had appointed a federal prosecutor, Nora Dannehy, to continue th... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18367024/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:31:25 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18367024/ NCLB helps kids, teachers Thanks, Deseret News, for finally printing the truth about No Child Left Behind. Truth: Schools that are considered "in need of improvement" receive extra federal dollars — hundreds of thousands ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18362653/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:23:54 -0400 Deseret News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18362653/ Obama stance not about race I am tired of being called a racist by people like John Preston Creer (Readers' Forum, Oct. 2) because I am not voting for Obama and Biden. I wouldn't call someone supporting Obama and Biden a sexist ... http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18362652/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:23:53 -0400 Deseret News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18362652/ Fed waiting to fleece sheep What do we look like to the banking cartel that is the Federal Reserve and its foreign and domestic cronies? We look like a field of 300 million sheep begging to be fleeced. Cassandra Legge http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18362651/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:23:52 -0400 Deseret News http://story.ohiostandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/18362651/