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NEW DELHI (AP) - India effectively barred foreign journalists Thursday from covering a rare visit by the Dalai Lama to a Buddhist monastery close to Tibet in an apparent effort to ease Chinese anger by reducing news coverage of the trip.The exiled Tibetan... Full Story »

VERAPAZ, El Salvador (AP) - Torrents of mud and boulders choked the streets of Verapaz on Sunday, part of massive wave of rain-fueled flooding that authorities said killed 91 people throughout El Salvador and left about five dozen missing.Almost 7,000 peop Full Story »

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Pvt. Joseph Foster took a bullet in the leg during the Fort Hood shooting rampage. He pauses when he's asked about the mayhem, then credits a stout heritage with bringing him through the ordeal and leaving him eager for his schedule Full Story »

CLEVELAND (AP) - Hundreds have come together to pray and sing on a walk to the home in Cleveland where police say a suspected serial killer lived among the remains of 11 women. Those holding candles and walking Sunday night from a church service to Anthony... Full Story »

Little Muskies band marches to state Striking a pose during the State Band Competition Saturday at Dublin Coffman High School, the John Glenn High School Marching Band came away with an "Excellent" rating. The Full Story »

CALDWELL - Cambridge resident Suzette Ford, 41, remained incarcerated in the Noble County jail Friday after being arrested earlier this week during a multi-jurisdictional drug operatio Full Story »

CALDWELL - A Byesville area man remained incarcerated in the Noble County jail after providing an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper with a false identity following a recent accident on Route 82 Full Story »

Cambridge police charged two 19-year-olds following vandalism at a downtown Cambridge business Friday. Officers charged Andrew D. Elkins, Zanesville, with criminal damaging and Jessey Full Story »

A jury on Friday convicted John W. Kulyk, 45, of Cambridge, on four felony offenses stemming from a robbery at Bud's Drive-Thru on June 16. Kulyk was convicted of robbery, a second-degree felony Full Story »

Gov. Ted Strickland will be the speaker at the semi-annual membership meeting of the Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association on Nov. 19 at Francis Family Restaurant in Cambridge, OMEGA Executive Director Greg DiDonato said Full Story »

Area residents will have several Veterans Day activities from which to choose this weekend through the holiday on Wednesday. Sunday Full Story »

Town Hall with Moll Nov. 10 Congressional candidate Jeanette Moll will host a public Town Hall meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at the Cassell Station Volunteer Fire Department, 4500 Peters Creek Road, near U.S. 40, Cambridge. Moll has conducted sev Full Story »

Army: Shooting suspect taken off ventilator FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- A U.S. Army spokesman says the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood has been taken off a ventilator but still remains in intensive care at a military hospital. Spokes Full Story »

Drug/alcohol policy meeting set at CHS The drug/alcohol policy meeting scheduled to be held at Cambridge High School Nov. 5 has been rescheduled to 7 p.m. Nov. 9 in the school gymnasium. The meeting will be for all coaches, student athletes and their par Full Story »

Coats for Kids looking for 'lightly' used coats The Kiwanis Club of Cambridge is on the search for "lightly" used coats for children. The need for winter coats has grown. The Kiwanis Club has joined with The Salvation Army in asking area residents to lo Full Story »

Wonderland of Trees display continues The Wonderland of Trees preview continues until 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11. at US Bank, Wheeling Avenue, Cambridge. The public is invited to view the items during bank hours, Monday and Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Full Story »

MARYSVILLE, Ohio (AP) - The freshmen came into the room prepared to be bored. Several brought coffee; others had cookies. A few opened their textbooks and began to read.They sneaked uncomfortable looks at the 14 inmates lined up before them, and one girl s Full Story »

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection may change its policy for inspecting coal ash impoundments after a survey uncovered more problems - and dams - than expected.A report detailing the survey shows engineers fou Full Story »

SHELBY (AP) - The floor of VFW Post 291 has been scuffed by the shoes and boots of veterans who fought in wars going back nearly a century, to World War I.The setting is a comfort for Willis Cochran, who served in the Navy during the Vietnam War.But his ja Full Story »

CLEVELAND (AP) - Police in Cleveland have identified another woman whose remains were discovered at the home of a suspected serial killer. Full Story »

DELAWARE, Ohio (AP) - Prosecutors in Ohio are asking a court to drop charges against a man accused of participating in a cancer scam.Authorities in Delaware County said Friday that Phylip Chen of Columbus passed a lie detector test.Chen had been accused of Full Story »

CINCINNATI (AP) - A southwest Ohio Hispanic group has published a book it hopes will help students better understand Hispanic and other immigrant groups and curb anti-immigrant sentiment.The Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati USA introduced the book publicly Frid Full Story »

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A Southeast Texas man was convicted Friday of capital murder in the 2007 beating death of his 2-year-old stepdaughter whose battered body was found in a container floating in Galveston Bay.Jurors deliberated for 4 1/2 hours before f Full Story »

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio is spending $18,000 in overtime to erase a backlog in the processing of mail-in vehicle registrations.For the past month, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles has been late in mailing out registrations to motorists because of staffing sh Full Story »

WADSWORTH, Ohio (AP) - When Silvia Reed left Summa Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital with her new baby in her arms, bittersweet tears streamed down her face.The birth of her first child last week also marked the death of the place where she loved to work.Reed had Full Story »