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"Battleborn," the astonishingly wise debut story collection by Claire Vaye Watkins, takes its title from the tattoo-worthy nickname of her home state, Nevada; the stories are set in the beautiful, treacherous territory of the desert, and are populated by characters drawn to its dry washes, their psychotic delusions or lucky-strike fantasies hazily ... (more)

Danville Police officer Chad Lishness is in serious condition at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center recovering from injuries sustained in a one car-pedestrian accident in Millwood on Sunday morning.

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Ihuoma Eneli, MD, MS , medical director for the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition at Nationwide Children's Hospital, was recently named as a member of the Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight Steering Committee by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

President Barack Obama speaks at Ohio State University's spring commencement ceremony in the Ohio Stadium, May 5, 2013, in Columbus.

Music can help soothe the fear and anxiety of critically ill patients who have been placed on ventilators, reducing both their stress and their need for sedatives, according to a new study.

OHIO STATE TO HOLD INVASIVE SPECIES SEMINAR May 20, 2013 Source: Ohio State University news release The Ohio Woodland Stewards Program is holding a four-part seminar series for growers, gardeners, landscapers, homeowners and others on invasive species, the problems they cause and how to deal with them.

Days before his administration descended into multiple scandals - each of which exposes the inherent discrimination and duplicity of big government - U.S. President Barack Obama gave a commencement speech at Ohio State University extolling Orwellian omnipotence.

In his May 5 commencement address at Ohio State University, President Obama advised the graduates to be wary because "Unfortunately, you have grown up hearing voices which incessantly warn of government." He then goes on to say, "They warn you that tyranny is lurking around every corner.

As college tuition and fees soar, parents and students can't help but question the outsized salaries of public college presidents just reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education's annual survey.

Hospitals in Ohio and at least 14 other states have forced undocumented immigrant patients who were injured or sick to return to their home countries, according to a recent report.

President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, told graduates of Morehouse College Sunday to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives.

The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to review a case against the Ohio State University Medical Center clarifying the standard of care that the Ohio Patient's Bill of Rights provides patients in Ohio psychiatric institutions.

OHIO STATE WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS NUTRIENT APPLICATION, MANAGEMENT, STEWARDSHIP May 17, 2013 Source: Ohio State University news release Legal issues regarding manure hauling, as well as issues surrounding equipment inspections and highway safety, will be discussed by Ohio State University experts and others during a joint workshop and meeting of the ... (more)

Two seniors laugh during Saturday's graduation at the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, where 16 graduates obtained degrees.

At the Faith Mission Outreach Eye Clinic, Dr. Joan Nerderman understands that - for people without money, food or a place to live - poor vision doesn't always rank as an immediate concern.

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A deer tick is shown under a microscope. Common in the Northeast and now every county in Pennsylvania, the tiny ticks spread dangerous Lyme Disease, named after Lyme, Conn., where the disease was first recognized.

Speaking at Ohio State University earlier this month, Barack Obama urged students to pay no attention to those paranoid types who 'incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity.' Oddly enough, in recent days the most compelling testimony for this view of government has come from the president himself, who ... (more)