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Cincinnati in Chaos After Cop Kills Unarmed Man
by Bill Lascher
 
Racial tension and allegations of police brutality that have been festering in Cincinnati erupted as riots ravaged the city this week following the shooting by police of an unarmed black man last Saturday.
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OPIRG Report Could Mean Reality Check For Borrowers
by Bill Lascher

Another day older and deeper in debt?
College students across the country, including many at Oberlin, may not realize just how true this could be for them. According to a report just released by the Public Interest Research Group’s national body, nearly four-fifths of all students surveyed underestimated the cost of their loans by an average of $4,846.
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Recent Headlines

–Crew of damaged U.S. spy plane returns from China; Bush administration refuses to provide full apology.

–U.S. gun deaths drop by more than 25 percent during 1990s.

–Dutch Senate passes law approving euthanasia, making it the first country to legalize assisted suicide.

–Former California State Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa leads in first round of L.A. mayoral elections; fellow Democrat James Hahn to face him in June run-off.

–43 killed in stampede at South African soccer match.

–Families of victims of Oklahoma City Bombing to watch execution of Timothy McVeigh on closed-circuit television.

–Scientists discover technique to limit the intoxicating effects of smoking marijuana by blocking cannaboid receptors in the brain.

–11 militants killed in conflicts this week in disputed Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

–Northern Irish peace threatened by renewed hostilities on eve of third anniversary of Good Friday accords.

–Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic in good condition after hospitalization.