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The NCAA invests in officiating companies

Published October 13, 2008

The NCAA invested in two officiating management companies in an effort to improve fairness of college athletics. Working collaboratively with The Arbiter and Excel Sports Officiating , the NCAA will head...

Shooting puts face on foreclosure crisis

Published October 12, 2008

AKRON, Ohio (AP) âÄî By the time deputies came to escort Addie Polk out of her home of 38 years, the 90-year-old had taken out her life insurance policy and placed it next to her pocketbook and...

Fire burns 750 acres northeast of Los Angeles

Published October 12, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Firefighters backed by water-dumping helicopters and planes gained ground Sunday on a wildfire that destroyed two homes and forced the evacuation of about 1,200 people in a rugged area...

NCAA proposal more leeway for taking online classes

Published October 9, 2008

[email protected] Student-athletes might soon be able to use online classes to be eligible for competition. The NCAA will next week decide on a proposal that would allow student-athletes to take these...

Gophers fall in the polls after loss to Robert Morris at Ridder Arena

Published October 8, 2008

After splitting games with Robert Morris University last weekend, the Minnesota womenâÄôs hockey team dropped from No. 3 to No. 7 in the USA Today/USA Hockey womenâÄôs poll. Minnesota-Duluth...

NYC National Debt Clock runs out of digits

Published October 8, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) âÄî In a sign of the times, the National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing figure. As a short-term fix, the digital dollar sign on the billboard-style...

1 dead in Knoxville mall shooting

Published October 8, 2008

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) âÄî A customer opened fire in a crowded shopping mall Wednesday afternoon, killing a clothing store employee before he was shot and wounded by police officers, authorities...

Higher Ed act imposes new requirements

Published October 8, 2008

A 29-word addition to the Higher Education Opportunity Act enacted in August will require federally funded international programs to âÄúreflect diverse perspectives and a wide range of views.âÄù...

Graduate astronomy student Dan Weisz stands in front of the telescope observatory on the roof of the Tate Lab of Physics on Monday.  Weisz is part of a group of researchers using the Hubble telescope to compare the development of different galaxies.

U astronomers chart galaxy formation

Published October 7, 2008

University astronomy professor Evan Skillman and graduate student Dan Weisz are expanding our corner of the universe, one star at a time. Last week, the ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey , or ANGST, a collaboration...

Gay candidates anticipate breakthroughs on Nov. 4

Published October 7, 2008

(AP) âÄî In his liberal Colorado district, it's no big deal that Jared Polis is gay. Yet his expected victory Nov. 4 in a congressional race would be a historic milestone and, he hopes, send an...

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