NEW YORK — Potential candidates for Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office are taking stands on the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslim students, ranging from cautious support to a warning about curtailing civil liberties.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Caving to a massive campaign by Internet services and their millions of users, Congress indefinitely postponed legislation Friday to stop online piracy of movies and music costing U.S. companies billions of dollars every year. Critics said the bills would result in censorship and stifle Internet innovation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Several hundred protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement converged on the West Lawn of the Capitol Tuesday to decry the influence of corporate money in politics and voice myriad other grievances.
WASHINGTON — Four House lawmakers received VIP discounted loans from the former Countrywide Financial Corp., the lender whose subprime mortgages was largely responsible for the nation’s foreclosure crisis, according to congressional investigators.
Senior forward Travis Wall (Columbus/Upper Arlington) and sophomore midfielder Paolo Bucci (Dublin/Bishop Watterson) scored goals that gave Ohio Wesleyan a 2–0 first-half lead, and the Battling Bishop defense held off a determined Calvin squad during the second half as the Bishops defeated the Knights 2–1 in the NCAA Division III national championship game on Saturday in San Antonio, Texas.
Senior forward Travis Wall (Columbus/Upper Arlington) tallied a goal and an assist as sixth-ranked Ohio Wesleyan stormed back from a 2–0 halftime deficit to defeat eighth-ranked Ohio Northern 3–2 in a third-round game of the NCAA Division III tournament on Friday at Roy Rike Field.
Senior midfielder Dylan Stone (Easton, Conn./Barlow) scored in the 38th minute to lift sixth-ranked Ohio Wesleyan over 15th-ranked Washington (Mo.) 1–0 in a second-round game of the NCAA Division III tournament on Sunday at Roy Rike Field.
WASHINGTON — Republicans in the Senate Thursday dealt President Barack Obama the third in a string of defeats on his stimulus-style jobs agenda, blocking a $60 billion measure for building and repairing infrastructure like roads and rail lines.