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Saturday | Lifestyle

Essays, drawings trace canal's history, modern use

Canal fever once was a fearsome malady, with workers dying of typhoid, cholera and smallpox while digging the canal.

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Related Topix: Ohio, Cleveland Metro, Akron, OH, Summit County, OH, Cleveland, OH

Thu Nov 05, 2009

WKYC-TV

NIH: Kent State University named as training program site

Kent State University has been named a designated Training Facility of the National Institutes of Health's National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program , becoming only the second facility in the country to receive this designation.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Maple Heights Press

2 charged with sale of heroin at KSU: Arrests made after month-long probe

Following a month-long investigation in which undercover agents bought heroin from a Streetsboro man, the Portage County Drug Task Force arrested that man and an accomplice during an operation on the Kent State University campus.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Portage County, OH, Streetsboro, OH, Kent, OH

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Fox 8 - WJW

Fire Hero Arrested after Saving Friends

KENT, Ohio -- Michael Barrett Jr. and his friends were winding down from a typically busy Halloween night in Kent.

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Related Topix: Fire, Kent, OH

Nurse.com

Destination: Capturing Nursing in Ohio

Rich in opportunity, strong in affordability, and home to world-class schools, Ohio is first choice among many nurses for establishing lifelong careers.

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Related Topix: Ohio, Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati, Wright State University, Cleveland Metro

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Examiner.com

Devo get 'Fresh' with new album, tour, documentary

Ignorance used to be bliss. Yet somewhere along our evolution as a society, we all went ape.

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Related Topix: New-Wave, Devo, Ohio

Recordpub.com

Kent voters face five-way choice for City Council

At least one Kent City Council at-large seat will change come January no matter what happens during Tuesday's election.

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Related Topix: Kent, OH

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Maple Heights Press

Biosafety facility unveiled at KSU: Program trains how to handle bioterror

Most Americans who are old enough remember where they were Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked the United States, killing more than 3,000 people in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Western Pennsylvania.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Ralph Regula, US Politics, Ohio

Fri Oct 30, 2009

WYTV

State Working to Fix Abandoned Coal Mines

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources recognizes the issue of abandoned coal mines stretches across much of Northeastern Ohio.

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Related Topix: Leetonia, OH

Thu Oct 29, 2009

COLDFUSION Developer's Journal

ICAP Ocean Tomo Engaged to Exclusively License Intellectual Property...

ICAP Ocean Tomo , a unit of ICAP Plc , announced today it has been engaged to exclusively license an intellectual property portfolio developed by researchers at the world-renowned Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Services, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

Maple Heights Press

Ravenna school for sale: City, others interested in building, but no offers yet

Just what will become of the Ravenna High School on Main Street once the new facility on North Chestnut Street is completed? That is the $1.3 million question, and the topic of rumors and speculation around town.

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Related Topix: Ravenna, OH

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Maple Heights Press

Transit center could be key to resurgence: Kent, PARTA, KSU await word on $21 million grant

If Kent's civic leaders are betting on the city's economic resurgence, then the big money is on plans for a shared-use transit center to jump start an additional $105 million in redevelopment projects.

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Related Topix: Kent, OH

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Salem News

Council candidates presented at for.....

Kent State University, the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce and the Salem News sponsored a forum for city, Perry Township and Salem City school district candidates at the KSU City Center Monday.

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Related Topix: Salem, OH, US News

Local News

Debate on Casinos

A debate over the fate of casino gambling in Ohio attracted about 100 people to a forum on Issue 3 at Kent State University's Student Center Monday evening.

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Related Topix: Ohio, Ohio Government, Cleveland Metro, Financial Services, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Mon Oct 26, 2009

The Toledo Free Press

First woman president at BGSU - thinks bigger'

When Carol Cartwright retired as president of Kent State University in 2006, she never expected that two years later she would be at the helm of another university.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

Business

Minority-business mentoring program done

The Partnership for the Minority Business Accelerator , a consortium of Akron Urban League, Akron SCORE and Kent State University, has completed the mentoring program for its first group of minority-owned businesses.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

The Star Beacon

County has H1N1 vaccines

Information about the H1N1 flu, known as the swine flu, changes almost daily, County Health Commissioner Ray Saporito said, making educating the masses about the highly contagious pandemic flu difficult.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Ashtabula, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Medicine, Nursing

Charleston Daily Mail

Obama is president of academia, too

GLENN Beck is America's favorite rodeo clown. He used to be one. His critics keep sneering about it.

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Related Topix: Michelle Obama, UC Santa Cruz, Antioch College, Occidental College, Opinion

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Recordpub.com

Trick or Treat for communities in Portage County

Trick or Treat for communities in Portage County will take place this year on the following dates and times.

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Related Topix: Portage County, OH, Brady Lake, OH, Garrettsville, OH, Hiram, OH, Mantua, OH

Tue Oct 20, 2009

La Prensa - Lorain/Cleveland Edition

Foundation scholarships may be the answer

We've all seen the news reports. Over the last few years, the cost of a college or university education has skyrocketed, creating a dilemma for countless students and their parents.

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Related Topix: Rap, Cleveland Metro, Notre Dame College, University of Pittsburgh

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