The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) back issues from September 2007:
HYPOCRISY ALWAYS MATTERS.(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ann McFeatters "Guilt, I mused, has an interesting way of twisting one's thoughts." -- Sherlock Holmes WASHINGTON -- If you were a prominent "family values" politician caught making gestures indicative of a sexual proposition in a public restroom to an ...
PESSIMISM ON IRAQ.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Congressional investigators have weighed in on the Iraqi government's progress in meeting 18 benchmarks Congress mandated this past spring when it passed a huge bill continuing the U.S. presence there. A leaked draft of the report by the Government Accountability Office to be ...
PATROLLING THE RIVER.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Ohio River belongs to all of us. We all drink its water, we all enjoy its beauty and we all recreate in it or on it, whether that means fishing, boating, skiing, tubing, swimming or zooming around in a personal watercraft. But when that recreation goes awry -- ...
THOU SHALL NOT PANDER.(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Neikirk Yes, yes, the biblical version is more reliable, but hands down Mel Brooks' account of the origins of the Ten Commandments is more entertaining. It also may have a firmer grasp of the human condition, especially the human condition through the ...
KING COAL: ITS TOLL IS HIGH.(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Goodel, Washington Post Underground coal miners work in the darkness, invisible to most of us, and when they die -- also in the darkness, from methane explosions or rock falls or any of the hundreds of other hazards they face every day -- their deaths usually ...
WEEK BEGINS ON GRIM NOTE.(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Dan Hassert and Robert White National pundits had a blast this week with yet another resignation of a high-ranking Bush administration official, this one U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and yet another sex scandal involving a high-ranking elected official, this ...
TEXAS TOWN ABUZZ OVER REPORTS MYTHICAL, BLOODSUCKING 'CHUPACABRAS' ARE REAL.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Elizabeth White, Associated Press CUERO, Texas -- Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years. She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. But the roadkill she found last month ...
CRAIG TO RESIGN HIS SENATE SEAT.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane, Washington Post WASHINGTON -- Abandoned by his party, Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho is expected to announce today that he will resign his seat amid criticism over his arrest and guilty plea in a police sting operation in an airport men's ...
WARNER DECIDES NOT TO SEEK SIXTH TERM.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia, one of the most authoritative voices in Congress on the military and a key figure in the debate over Iraq, said Friday he will not seek a sixth term in 2008. Warner, 80, was ...
DIANA TRIBUTES ARE BITTERSWEET.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Kim Murphy , Los Angeles Times LONDON -- There were the familiar clusters of wilting flowers propped in the fence, the poems, the sniffles, yet another replaying of Elton John's "Goodbye, English Rose." But in the end, a nation still fractured by 10 years of grief and ...
MILITARY CHIEFS TELL BUSH OF CONCERNS.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON -- At a key juncture in the Iraq war, the military chiefs conveyed to President Bush on Friday their concern about a growing strain on troops and their families from long and repeated combat tours. Bush met privately at the Pentagon with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and ...
CHINA SLAMMED.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON -- A government advisory panel on religious freedom denounced on Friday new regulations issued by China that appear aimed at undermining the Dalai Lama, exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan ...
IMMIGRANT LETTERS.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... SAN FRANCISCO -- The Social Security Administration cannot start sending out letters to employers next week containing notification of more serious penalties for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants, a federal judge ruled Friday. Ruling on a lawsuit by the nation's largest federation of ...
WHALES LESS IMPORTANT.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... SAN FRANCISCO -- The Navy can use high-powered sonar during exercises off the Southern California coast, despite the technology's threat to whales and other marine mammals, a federal appeals court ruled ...
PRESIDENT QUITS.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio -- The president of Antioch College quit Friday, four months ahead of schedule as the school prepares to shut down temporarily next summer. Steven Lawry did not ...
COAST FUEL SPILL.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... GUANICA, Puerto Rico -- Miles of rocky shoreline and mangrove thickets have been fouled by a fuel spill drifting along Puerto Rico's southwest coast, environmental officials said Friday. The slick also could threaten a pristine coral reef off ...
ROVERS BACK.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... LOS ANGELES -- They're old and dirty, but NASA's Mars rovers are back in the exploration business after enduring a lengthy Red Planet dust bowl that blocked most of the sunlight they ...
SCIENTISTS PINPOINT THE BRAIN'S NEURONS THAT LEAD TO MEMORY.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Los Angeles Times Tracing the circuitry of memory in the brain, scientists have found that neurons activated during traumatic experiences also store the memory of those events. The discovery, reported this week in the journal Science, moved researchers a step ...
1 SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SQUEAKS THROUGH.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: David Pitt, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa -- Sean Fritz snapped his cell phone shut Friday and turned to his partner. He shouted an address and sprinted toward a car. "Let's go." The race to get married was on. If he and Tim ...
POLITICIAN THINKS WATERGATE AFTER OFFICE BREAK-IN.(News)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Byline: Joe Wessels, Post contributor A break-in at Hamilton County Democratic Party headquarters has one Cincinnati City Council candidate wondering if he was possibly singled out. Brian Garry, a second-time candidate for Council who's been endorsed by the ...
KROGER RECALLS STORE BRAND POTATO SALADS.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press Kroger Co. said Friday the grocery chain was recalling its store-brand "Southern-Style" and "Mustard" potato salads because of concerns they have been tainted with E. coli bacteria, according to state agricultural officials. The Ohio ...
EXTORTION THREATS ARRIVE IN OHIO.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Milcia, Associated Press CLEVELAND -- The FBI is looking overseas for suspects who have phoned bomb threats to more than 26 grocery stores, banks and discount stores in 15 states, including two Friday to a grocery store in Deerfield Township and a bank in Symmes ...
AILING WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY TONY SNOW RESIGNS.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Terence Hunt, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Bush named a new press secretary on Friday, replacing the high-profile showman Tony Snow with his quieter, stickler-for-detail deputy, Dana Perino. Snow, 52, battling cancer, said he was stepping down ...
POLITICAL ENGINES REVVED.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Wessels This weekend is supposed to mark the unofficial start to the campaign season, but it's already in high gear -- and promises to get even more fast-paced in the coming weeks, if the slew of press releases to my e-mail inbox is any indication. I ...
UC MEETS TUESDAY ON HOSPITAL ISSUE.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Health Care -- The University of Cincinnati's Board of Trustees plans to meet in special session on Tuesday to ratify a memorandum of understanding involving local hospitals. The five hospitals involved, which include University Hospital, have already signed the memorandum, ...
COMEDY SHOW BENEFITS KIDS VOTING PROJECT.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Fund-Raiser -- Interested in seeing a future Bill Murray or John Candy? The Second City, the Chicago-based improvisational troupe that incubated those stars' careers and those of many "Saturday Night Live" veterans, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at Northern Kentucky ...
INTRUDERS ATTACK PAIR IN MIDDLETOWN APARTMENT.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... POLICE -- Middletown police were looking Friday for two men who broke into an apartment, assaulted the residents and stole money. Police responded to 4146 Bonita Drive about 11 p.m. Thursday to investigate reports of a woman screaming. They found the resident, Jessica ...
LABOR DAY WEEKEND EVENTS.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A glance at some events around the tri-state marking Labor Day: Today * Labor of Love Car Show: Shriners Hospitals for Children is hosting a cruise-in at the Drawbridge Inn, Fort Mitchell, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Boone County Fairgrounds. The shows are free ...
COURT SAYS VOTERS CAN DECIDE LEAD-PAINT ISSUE.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: John McCarthy, Associated Press COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Supreme Court on Friday ruled that voters can have the last word on whether paint companies should be subjected to paying damages to families whose children were sickened by exposure to lead paint. The high ...
CONFERENCE HERE ON CLEAN WATER STRATEGY.(News)(Conference news)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Post staff report Scientists, business and government leaders and environmentalists from across the United States and nine other countries will converge in Cincinnati next week for a conference on clean water. The groups, in what is being dubbed a global ...
THE NEXT ONE COUNTS MANY REGULARS SIT IN FINAL PRESEASON GAME.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Byline: Kevin Goheen, Post staff reporter It wasn't exactly Mike Jones stopping Kevin Dyson short of the goal line to preserve a Super Bowl XXXIV championship for the St. Louis Rams, but Bengals defenders Ed Hartwell and Marvin White deserve their share of kudos for ending ...
BATTLE OF BULLPENS GOES AGAINST REDS.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Byline: C. Trent Rosecrans, Post staff reporter ST. LOUIS -- If a game is coming down to a battle of the bullpens, the Reds probably aren't going to win. Friday night it did and they didn't, as the Cardinals beat the Reds 8-5 at Busch Stadium in the first game of a ...
DJOKOVIC CAPTURES MARATHON MATCH.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Howard Fendrich, Associated Press NEW YORK -- They broke out odd little dances after hitting big shots, swaying their hips and rocking their arms to music only in their heads. They pushed their beleaguered bodies this way and that for 4 hours, 44 minutes on ...
ROSTER BOWL NOT MEANINGLESS TO ALL.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Lonnie Wheeler Tell John Busing that Friday night's exhibition game was meaningless. Tell Quincy Wilson. Tell T.J. Wright, Skyler Green, Andre Frazier. The score, yeah. Meaningless. Irrelevant. The Bengals stopped the Super Bowl champions on the 1-yard line ...
MAUK'S RETURN COMPLETE ARM HEALTHY, UC QB SHOWS.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Byline: Josh Katzowitz, Post staff reporter Early in the preseason, Ben Mauk wasn't physically ready to start at quarterback for the University of Cincinnati. In fact, he had to take off practices because his arm was sore and couldn't handle the stress of throwing on consecutive ...
BENGALS 14, COLTS 6.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... * THE GOOD (Offense): Left tackle Levi Jones got his second extensive game action of the week and appears ready to start the season opener against Baltimore. * THE GOOD (Defense): OK, the Colts didn't exactly have their "A" team out there but it still took them until late in ...
PLAYING WITH SUBS LEAVES JONES PERPLEXED.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Byline: Kevin Goheen, Post staff reporter The good news for the Bengals from Friday night's 14-6 preseason finale win against Indianapolis is that for the second time this week left tackle Levi Jones played an extensive amount of minutes. He showcased that the left knee he has ...
MACKANIN: PHILLIPS' GLOVE GOLDEN.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Byline: C. Trent Rosecrans, Post staff reporter ST. LOUIS -- Reds interim manager Pete Mackanin spent the first half of the season as the Reds advance scout, watching all the other teams in the National League play. It wasn't until he took over for Jerry Narron that ...
'PHILVILLE' BECOMING THE PLACE TO BE.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Byline: Adam Kiefaber, Post contributor MASON, Ohio -- Two years ago, Phil Dalhausser was a raw and underdeveloped volleyball player living in Santa Barbara, Calif. He shared a studio apartment whose bathroom door would barely open. At 6 feet 9, he grew frustrated at the little ...
LOCAL HURDLER PAYNE WINS BRONZE AT WORLDS.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... OSAKA, JAPAN -- A late addition to the U.S. team, David Payne arrived at the world track and field championships just in time to begin competition in the 110-meter hurdles. He'll be coming home with a bronze medal. The Wyoming High School and University of Cincinnati graduate ...
FINES FOR ABSENT TENNIS PLAYERS.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... NEW YORK -- The men's tennis tour is instituting fines and suspensions for players who fail to show up at top tournaments without a good excuse. "We're going to be fair here. Players have expressed concerns about this. This is not the best news they've ever had," ATP chairman ...
HARRISON: I'M BEING SUSPENDED.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... FOXBOROUGH, MASS. -- The NFL will suspend New England Patriots safety Rodney Harrison four games for violating its substance abuse policy, Harrison said Friday night. "My purpose was never to gain a competitive edge," Harrison said. "Rather, my use was to ...
JAGS, LEFTWICH PARTING WAYS.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... JACKSONVILLE, FLA. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars said Friday they are parting ways with quarterback Byron Leftwich after four frustrating, injury-filled seasons. They hope to trade him, but are resigned to releasing the former ...
STRAHAN ENDING HIS HOLDOUT.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Seven-time Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Strahan has decided to end his holdout and return for a 15th NFL season with the New York ...
'BIG 3' STRUGGLE IN 1ST ROUND.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... NORTON, MASS. -- They have combined for 121 victories and 19 majors. But when Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh played together Friday for the first time on the PGA Tour, the only number that mattered was on their scorecards. The "Big Three" were a combined 3-over par ...
EX-MASTERS CHAMP BREWER DIES.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... LEXINGTON, KY. -- Gay Brewer, the 1967 Masters champion who won 11 times on the PGA Tour, died Friday at his home after a fight with lung cancer. He was 75. Brewer, who retired from the Champions Tour in 2000, had been ...
UC WINS IN COACHING MILESTONE.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... CINCINNATI -- The University of Cincinnati women's soccer team beat Xavier University 2-1 in two overtimes Friday at UC's Gettler Stadium. ...
FREEDOM LOSE ON THE ROAD.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... CHILLICOTHE, OHIO -- Beau Blacken had a 3-for-4 night, including a double, but the Florence Freedom lost to the Chillicothe Paints 3-1 Friday ...
KYLE BUSCH CONFIRMS GIBBS' TOYOTA SWITCH.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press FONTANA, Calif. -- While Joe Gibbs Racing officials remained mum Friday on the anticipated switch from Chevrolet to Toyota, Kyle Busch was more than happy to talk about it. Busch, who will leave Hendrick Motorsports to drive for JGR in 2008, ...
VILLENEUVE GETS TRUCKING EX-FORMULA ONE DRIVER SWITCHING TO NASCAR.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jenna Fryer, Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A little over a year ago, Jacques Villeneuve had finally found peace in politically charged Formula One. He was newly married with a baby on the way, his ride with BMW-Sauber seemed secure and he had just ...
STOREY'S 3 TDS LEAD ANDERSON OVER MASON.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Post staff report Anderson running back Elijah Storey finished with 197 yards and three touchdowns on 16 carries Friday night as the Redskins beat Mason 35-12 in a high school football game at Mason. Storey scored on runs of nine, 57 and four yards. ...
U.S. OPEN AT A GLANCE.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A look at Friday's play at the $19.653 million U.S. Open tennis championships: * MEN'S SEEDED WINNERS: No. 2 Rafael Nadal, No. 3 Novak Djokovic, No. 8 Tommy Robredo, No. 12 Ivan Ljubicic, No. 15 David Ferrer, No. 17 Carlos Moya, No. 20 Juan Ignacio Chela, No. 23 Juan Monaco ...
UNCORK MESSAGE BOARDS.(At Home)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Joyce Rosencrans Teen girls and 'tweeners often have the desire and ability to create bulletin boards -- newer name, message boards -- with style and panache. We're talking visually arresting arrays of personal memorabilia, such as snapshots, movie tickets, theater ...
BRANCHING OUT DISPLAY NATURE'S MORE HUMBLE BOTANICALS AS FALL-COLOR BOUQUETS.(At Home)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Mary Carol Garrity, Scripps Howard News Service Early one morning, as I sleepily peered out my back window, I saw manna from heaven. Sometime in the dark of night, one of the towering shade trees in my courtyard let go of a beautiful dead branch. I know most ...
INCORPORATE AROMATIC PLANTS THAT WITHSTAND DRY SEASONS.(At Home)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Maureen Gilmer, DIY Network Aristotle made no bones about it. Regions north of the Mediterranean coast were not suitable for civilized life. His southern world was a warm, mild one that stretched across most of Spain and Portugal, southern France, all of Italy except the ...
CONSUMER SPENDING REBOUNDS IN JULY.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Consumers returned to the malls in July after taking a breather in June. The Commerce Department reported Friday that consumer spending rose by 0.4 percent in July, double the June increase. The spending was supported by a solid ...
GOOGLE HOSTS NEWS CONTENT.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -- Internet search leader Google Inc. on Friday began hosting material produced by the Associated Press and three other news services on its own Web site instead of sending readers to other destinations. The change affects ...
FACEOFF OVER TV SALES ON ITUNES.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Apple Inc. escalated a dispute with NBC Universal over the pricing of television shows by announcing Friday it would not sell any of NBC's programs for this fall season on iTunes. Earlier, NBC had told Apple it would no longer ...
JETBLUE'S BATTLES TRAVELERS HAVE FORGIVEN, BUT INVESTORS HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: John Wilen, Associated Press NEW YORK -- Memories of the Valentine's Day ice storm that grounded more than a thousand JetBlue flights and tens of thousands of passengers didn't stop Suzanne Dohm from flying the airline. "One incident like that is not going to ...
SEC QUESTIONS EXECUTIVE PAY.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- The Securities and Exchange Commission in the last week has been asking 300 of the largest U.S. companies with a request for even more information on pay to their top executives. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, faxes from ...
HOW FAITH REBUILT HER MARRIAGE.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Denise Jackson knew that her marriage to Alan Jackson wasn't perfect. She was too needy and insecure in the relationship, and he was on the road a lot, becoming one of country music's biggest superstars. Still, she wasn't prepared for the shock she got in 1998, shortly after ...
DEATH.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Michael Jackson, a leading world beer critic who praised the brews of Belgium and acknowledged he would never be as famous as "that Michael Jackson," has died. He was 65. Jackson, known as "the beer hunter," died Thursday of a heart attack at his home in west London. Jackson especially ...
LAWYER WANTS BRIT TO PAY UP.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Kevin Federline's lawyer wants Britney Spears to pay some of her ex-husband's legal expenses in their divorce case, court documents show. Attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan said in an Aug. 26 declaration that Federline has "no net income" after various expenses, and that his spousal support of ...
INSTALLING PEDESTAL SINK IS TRICKY.(At Home)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ed Del Grande, DIY Network Q: My husband thought he would surprise me by installing a new pedestal sink. Boy, did he surprise both of us when he went to hook it up. Turns out he can't figure out how to anchor it to the wall. He has the water and drain line hooked up, but ...
FAKE FLOWERS EVOLVE FOR SHOWY OUTDOOR USE.(At Home)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Shawna Vanness, Newsday OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. -- From the looks of it, Honey Starr is quite the gardener. Splashes of summer color rim the grounds of her Old Westbury home. Deep terra cotta pots filled with lush-looking dahlias and hyacinth line the deck ....