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NCAA lifts Penn State’s postseason ban for Sandusky scandal, restores scholarships in 2015

Associated Press September 8, 2014

Penn State is back in the bowl business.The NCAA on Monday lifted the on-the-field sanctions placed on the Penn State football team for the Jerry Sandusky scandal, including immediately eliminating the...

The Baltimore Ravens fired Rice Monday, Sept. 9, 2014 after TMZ released a video showing Rice knocking his now-wife Janay unconscious in an elevator in February. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun/MCT)

Ravens cut Ray Rice after release of video showing he hit fiancee in casino elevator

Associated Press September 8, 2014

BALTIMORE (AP) — Ray Rice was let go by the Baltimore Ravens on Monday and suspended indefinitely by the NFL after a video was released showing the running back striking his then-fiancee in February.The...

News on the go: Aug. 25, 2014

Alicia Balog August 24, 2014

Authorities in Pennisula are asking experienced paddlers on the Cuyahoga River to be on the lookout for any out-of-the-ordinary items amid the search for a woman whose car was found in the Cuyahoga Valley...

Search continues near park for missing Ohio woman

Associated Press August 24, 2014

PENINSULA, Ohio (AP) — Authorities are asking experienced paddlers on the Cuyahoga River to be on the lookout for any out-of-the-ordinary items amid the search for a woman whose car was found in the...

NHUS says American held in Syria has been freed

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American journalist kidnapped and held hostage for nearly two years by an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria was released Sunday, less than a week after the horrific execution of American...

More troops to Iraq; special forces considered

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United State is deploying up to 275 military troops to Iraq to protect the U.S. Embassy and other American interests and is considering sending a contingent of special forces soldiers...

Military sex assault reports surge by 50 percent

Lolita C. Baldor, AP May 1, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports by members of the military of sexual assaults jumped by an unprecedented 50 percent last year, in what Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel declared a "clear threat" to both male...

Kosar believes he’s off TV for slurred speech

Tom Withers, AP April 24, 2014

CLEVELAND (AP) — Former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar believes he has been unfairly sacked as a TV broadcaster.Kosar has been removed as a color commentator for Cleveland's preseason games by the team....

Provost fellow Jarrod Tudor reviews notes at Monday afternoon's faculty senate meeting in the governance chambers, March 17, 2014.

Educational Policies Council emphasizes student success

Marissa Barnhart March 17, 2014

Melody Tankersley, associate provost for academic affairs, said she calls the policies discussed during the Educational Policies Council (EPC) meeting “student success policies.”“We’re looking...

Sochi’s opening show: Let Putin’s games begin

Angela Charlton, Associated Press February 6, 2014

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — It's designed to celebrate a millennium of Russian might and this country's modern rebound, and kick off two weeks of extraordinary human endeavors and planetary sportsmanship. But...

Speaker: Immigration overhaul tough to pass

Donna Cassata, Associated Press February 6, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker John Boehner on Thursday all but ruled out passage of immigration legislation before this fall's elections, saying it would be difficult for the Republican-led House to act...

Government panel urges end to phone data spying

Stephen Braun, Associated Press January 23, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government review panel warned Thursday that the National Security Agency's daily collection of Americans' phone records is illegal and recommended that President Barack Obama abandon...