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1. Global warming claims all hot air, says speaker at OU2. Palmer Fest house fire tenants speak out about arson, street fest3. Police chief: City can’t stop parties before they start4. Parties spun by OU alums have bootie-shakers raving5. High St. student renters take on big local landlord6. Is another oil and gas land-rush starting in Athens?7. Tanning parlor fights to get back into uptown Athens storefront8. Oak and Mill fests mellow down easy9. Landowners’ group renews leasing pitch10. City Council acts to ban ‘fracking’ in water supply area11. Wal-Mart asks judge to grant store win in shoplifter’s lawsuit12. Pills defeated relative when no other drugs could do it13. OU and city officials urge better fest behavior14. Local developers hoping to revive struggling hotel15. David Alan Jones16. Festering fests; down, down deep; and the Golden Rule17. Hall of Fame baseball coach calls it a day at OU18. OU student charged with raping 17-year-old19. Graphic design students show off their chops20. Woman who led police on high-speed chase pleads not guilty
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Thursday, July 22,2010
Local poverty to be featured on Sunday's "Dateline NBC" show
The NBC News television program “Dateline NBC” will feature Athens County in a program that will be broadcast this Sunday at 7 p.m.
The program will look at poverty in America and will focus on people struggling to make ends meet in Athens County and southern Ohio. Athens County Job and Family Services representatives were contacted by Dateline NBC producers about the program, but do not know what will be shown in the July 25 broadcast.
Dateline NBC Reporter Ann Curry traveled to Athens County for the story, and said in an article posted on Mediabistro.com that the interviews she did here reminded her of some of her global reporting.
“This reporting is more like my experiences covering third world countries than any other I have ever done in America,” Curry said in the article. The article is posted at Ann Curry Reports on ‘Friends & Neighbors’ - mediabistro.com: TVNewser In a news release, Athens County Job and Family Services expressed satisfaction that the national news program looked at the hardships that people face living in poverty today. “We hope that this program will help more people gain a better understanding of America’s poor and the struggles they face just to meet their basic needs of food and shelter,” the release said.
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Fix common household eyesoresBanish pet odors with easy stepsPets are financial responsibilities dressed in furForest Service apparently on verge of allowing oil-gas leasesWhat good does Ohio University provide to Athens community?City just encourages drunk-fests by closing traffic, recognizing eventsIraq-Afghanistan vets are saying no to NATO in ChicagoLet’s hope that climate change denial evaporates into stupidityIn just one day, professor sees highs and lows of Ohio UniversityWayne forest has good reasons not to allow oil-gas leasing
Probably came to Athens because they were afraid to send her to SE Kentucky.
Makes Athens look like Bucks County PA.
I need links to share with friends on how to help..Anyone able to point me in that direction?