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Looking Back UConn's Dream Season
The Hartford CourantUConn-Georgetown is always fun, usually meaningful, but maybe no more so than a night long ago. That game started what we have today. Almost 19 years have passed since 14-0 Georgetown came to town ranked second, facing a UConn team that surely would be...Tags: Alonzo Mourning, Jim Calhoun, Dikembe Mutombo, NCAA Tournament, University of Connecticut
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Damn Yankees: O's bid for Teixeira foiled by New York, again
When the New York Yankees won the sweepstakes for free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira yesterday, it marked the second time they derailed the Orioles' quest to acquire the Mount St. Joseph alumnus. Even when the Orioles win against the Yankees, they...Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies, Oakland Athletics
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Taking luxury down a notch
Tribune reporterCustom builders are using more lumber and less stone, delivering shrub-free yards, and subbing those Sub-Zeros for General Electric appliances. These are among the efforts of local builders trying to protect their bottom line amid shrinking budgets and...Tags: Retirement, Forests, Metal and Mineral, General Electric Company, Building Material
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Jersey colors getting to be all about the money
mark.herrmann@newsday.comWhen The Hockey News did a recent fans poll about the best uniforms in the National Hockey League, the Chicago Blackhawks won big. That was good news for anyone who likes the color red, and for everyone who is concerned that the league is inching toward a...Tags: Bret Hedican, Meteorological Disasters, Soccer, Montreal Canadiens, Kristi Yamaguchi
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Big Obama victory fails to change political landscape in Broward County
Political WriterBroward is more Democratic than it's been in years and its voters turned out overwhelmingly for Barack Obama. But the increasing number of Democrats and all the Obama voters didn't do anything to alter the local political landscape. In each of the...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, George Bush, Weston (Broward, Florida)
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Forget the write-ins, elect the real candidates on the ballot
It happens every election, and unfortunately, this one is no exception. On Nov. 4, voters will be asked to choose between a proven incumbent and a blank space in several county and statehouse races, thanks to a useless concept called the write-in...Tags: Eleanor Sobel, Upper House, Broward County, Florida, Voting
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A Poor Boy's Eyes Are Opened To Wider World In "The Pool"
LOS ANGELES TIMESFor his keenly observant narrative feature debut, documentary filmmaker Chris Smith and writer Randy Russell have deftly transposed Russell's short story "The Pool" from Iowa to the Indian state of Goa, in the small city of Panjim. It centers on...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Iowa, Movies
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'The Pool' is a beautifully told story
amNewYork movie criticAt first glance, Chris Smith's feature film debut, "The Pool," seems about as divergent from his documentaries, "American Movie" and "The Yes Men," as a movie can get. "American Movie" was about two friends from Milwaukee making a low-budget horror...Tags: Movies
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Reviews: 'The Pavilion' and 'Scaredycats'
"This is the way the universe begins. A raindrop, that isn't really a raindrop, drops like a word. . . ." Those lines open Craig Wright's "The Pavilion," now at the Lyric Theatre. And therein lies a theme. As the old adage has it, an entire universe...Tags: David Lynch, Theater, Los Angeles, South Pasadena
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Analysis: Case against Ivins not airtight
The Associated PressLacking hard proof, federal prosecutors relied on the process of elimination and circumstantial evidence to finger Bruce Ivins as the anthrax killer. Their case might be compelling, but it is not airtight. Government investigators didn't place Ivins...Tags: Trials, Illnesses, Defense, FBI, Prosecution
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Former Husky Ursery Touched Many Lives
Courant Staff WriterRobert "Spider" Ursery sure left those who cared about him with plenty to talk about. Ursery, a senior co-captain when UConn won the 1988 NIT, died last Sunday after a six-year battle with Hodgkin's disease. He was 44. On Saturday, close to 500...Tags: Jim Calhoun, University of Connecticut, Jeff Hathaway, Vehicles, Clifford Robinson
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Southern Section playoff schedules and results
Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008 SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFS DIVISION V-AA Second Round Pacific Hills 75, San Gabriel Academy 33 Femi Kannike had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Derick Flowers added 12 points, 15 assists, seven rebounds, six steals and two blocked...Tags: Torah, Delphi Corp, Forests, Kevin Smith, Game Playing
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