Recently added articles from Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH):

EDITORIAL: American torture.(Editorial)

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--On Friday, President Bush repeated the declaration -- "This government does not torture people." He did so in the wake of a report in the New York Times last week revealing that the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel issued two secret memos in 2005 authorizing the CIA to ...

The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, Marla Ridenour column.(Column)

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Marla Ridenour Oct. 10--When Joe Torre called, Eric Wedge dropped everything. The Cleveland Indians manager decided the celebration could wait. Torre, the 67-year-old Yankees manager, could have been worried about his own future Monday night after Cleveland ...

Cosmo Guy. Brian Watkins of Kent...

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Cosmo Guy. Brian Watkins of Kent is Ohio's representative in Cosmopolitan magazine's annual 50 Hottest Bachelors list. You can learn more at http://www.cosmopolitan.com. You can also vote for him in the mag's "bachelor of the year" competition. Voting continues through Thursday. ...

The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, Lisa Abraham column: Ohio grown, Ohio eaten.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Lisa Abraham Oct. 10--How hard is it to spend a year eating only food that was grown, raised or made in Ohio? Ask Eric and Erica Matheny in March. Right now, they're feasting. Since June, the Akron couple has been eating the best the ...

The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, Jewell Cardwell column: 'Giving Doll' program is in full swing.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jewell Cardwell Oct. 10--The amazing and emotional yearlong globe-trotting journey is one Jan Householder didn't make alone. Neither she nor her brigade of buddies needed a passport. And the beauty of it is that Householder's "Giving Doll" ...

Liquid crystals showing promise as drugs.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Tracy Wheeler Oct. 10--When most of us think of liquid crystal technology, we think of digital watches, laptop computers, or flat screen TVs. But researchers at Summa Health System, Kent State University and California-based biotechnology company IC-MedTech ...

MRDD will open new center.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Stephanie Warsmith Oct. 10--A center serving adults with disabilities in Summit County will open this month in the Acme plaza in the Ellet area of Akron. The complex, at 2420 Wedgewood Drive, will house a Gift Gallery Store featuring artwork and products made ...

Barberton donation center maintains hope.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Bill Lilley Oct. 10--BARBERTON -- Debi Baker has her own kids to take care of. Two children and three grandchildren, to be specific. That's more than enough to keep anyone busy. But Baker's focus isn't on her home these days. It's on her second ...

Manufacturing output up in Ohio.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Paula Schleis Oct. 10--Northeast Ohio manufacturers are employing nearly 92,000 fewer people than they did 15 years ago, but their collective economic output has still managed to grow 6 percent in that time. That's because the workers who have survived to see ...

EDITORIAL: Independent thinking.(Editorial)

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Jennifer Brunner brought to a halt the Republican plot to unleash a flood of nominally independent candidates into the race for clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Court. The secretary of state ruled all seven independent candidates off the Nov. 6 ballot for failing to meet the ...

EDITORIAL: Their way.(Editorial)

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Of all the moments in the American League division series, the Cleveland Indians winning three games to one, leaving the New York Yankees to think about spring training, our favorite moment came in the fourth inning of the concluding game. Victor Martinez delivered a splendid ...

Stark girl 1st in '07 exposed to virus.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Downing Oct. 10--The Akron-Canton area has its first human case of West Nile virus in 2007. While an 11-year-old Canton girl was being treated in a Summit County hospital recently for aseptic meningitis, test results showed she had been exposed to the ...

Eating locally is best practice for health, taste, environment.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Several months ago, my father, husband and brother-in-law were seated around my parents' dining room table when the after-dinner conversation turned to my father's days of butchering. My dad has never worked as a butcher. They were talking about Dad's younger days when ...

Struggling on offense, Cavs lose to Wizards.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Brian Windhorst Oct. 10--CLEVELAND -- The starting lineup the Cavaliers had on the floor to tip off the preseason Tuesday was identical that in Game 4 of the NBA Finals in June. Right now, though, that team and this team are more different than alike. It ...

Eyes on Ohio State's Chekwa.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: George M. Thomas Oct. 10--Ohio State Buckeyes defensive back Chimdi Chekwa largely went unnoticed by college scouts, primarily because they had trouble finding his school in Clermont, Fla. It wasn't until Notre Dame came to see wide receiver Richard Jackson ...

McManamon: Better relax, Tribe fans, Borowski is the closer.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Patrick McManamon Oct. 10--Have the relaxation tape ready. Start practicing yoga. Ponder some deep thoughts by Jack Handey. The Indians are going to the American League Championship Series and Joe Borowski will be pitching the ninth ...

Akron girl honored for rescue at pool party.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Carl Chancellor Oct. 10--Cheryl Gerlak is still a bit woozy from the blow to the back of her head she suffered while swimming in a backyard pool Monday. But even through the mental fog, the 26-year-old mother knows whom to thank for being alive. "She is my ...

11 area nonprofits get grants.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--The trustees of the Austin-Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation have approved grants totaling $194,491 for 11 nonprofit organizations in Stark, Wayne, Tuscarawas and Holmes counties. The grants are: $50,000 to Habitat for Humanity in Canton for four homes to ...

Ex-player still feels ties to Tribe.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Bill Lilley Oct. 10--BARBERTON -- It was April 1954 and both Hal Naragon and the New York Yankees were riding high. Just not together, mind you. Naragon was a 25-year-old rookie catcher from Barberton, fresh off a two-year stint in the United ...

Walsh Jesuit girls win golf district title.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Tom Gaffney Oct. 10--MASSILLON -- The Walsh Jesuit girls golf team found the surest way to put the past to rest. The Warriors won the Northeast Ohio District Tournament Tuesday on the South and East courses at The Legends in Massillon to qualify for next ...