Archive for June 25th, 2008
Fossil of most primitive 4-legged creature found
AP Illustration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists unearthed a skull of the most primitive four-legged creature in Earth’s history, which should help them better understand the evolution of fish to advanced animals that walk on land.
The 365 million-year-old fossil skull, shoulders and part of the pelvis of the water-dweller, Ventastega curonica, were found in […]
Employee kills five at Kentucky plant
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) — An employee shot and killed a supervisor and four others after an argument at a western Kentucky plastics plant in a rampage that ended in the gunman’s suicide, police and a company official said Wednesday.
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The shooting happened around midnight at Atlantis Plastics in this
Ohio River town of about […]
Record Ohio University gift grows
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A record gift to Ohio University has grown by more than $10 million, now that the value of the donors’ estate has become clearer.
University President Roderick McDavis announced in Dayton Wednesday that Fritz and Delores Russ left about […]
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Omar Vizquel returns to Cleveland as a Giant and helps hand Indians another tough loss
CLEVELAND — Omar Vizquel’s return was about the only thing worth celebrating for fans at Progressive Field on Tuesday night. Unfortunately for those 29,024 people at Cleveland’s home park, their beloved former shortstop, an 11-time Gold Glove Award winner, wasn’t in town to rejoin the Indians. Instead, he was […]
Wind turbines get Lorain OK
LORAIN — The winds of change have blown into Lorain. City Council amended the city’s heavy industrial district zoning code Monday night to allow for wind turbines to be used under a permitted basis. Councilman Dennis Flores, D-2nd Ward, sought the change when he learned that Lorain-based Turtle Plastics wanted to build a […]