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Women finish last in Puerto Rico tourney

by Austin Cumblad
Published February 27, 2008

The Minnesota women's golf team has opened its spring season the past three years at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic against one of the toughest fields in college golf. With 14 of 18 teams in the field ranked...

Amnesty International protests clampdown on freedoms in Russia

Published February 27, 2008

.MOSCOW (AP) - The Kremlin has clamped down on freedoms in the run-up to Russia's presidential election, an international rights group said Tuesday. Amnesty International released a report ahead of Sunday's...

History of underwear revealed in Polish museum exhibit

Published February 27, 2008

>OPATOWEK, Poland (AP) - Victoria has no secrets in this Polish town. In an exhibition that's making some Poles do a double-take, the Museum of Industry in Opatowek has chronicled the evolution of women's...

Polygamist leader faces more charges in Arizona after previous conviction

Published February 27, 2008

.KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was handed over to Arizona authorities Tuesday to face sex charges stemming from the arranged marriages of two teenage girls to older relatives. He...

Minor glitch causes blackout for 3 million people in Florida

Published February 27, 2008

.MIAMI (AP) - A relatively minor glitch in Florida's electrical grid somehow triggered a chain reaction Tuesday that caused a nuclear plant to shut down and briefly cut power in patches from Daytona Beach...

Inmate sues for right to have sex change

Published February 27, 2008

.BOSTON (AP) - A killer who sued to have a sex change claims her body is becoming more masculine again because she's being denied treatment in prison as she awaits a ruling in her bid for the surgery. Michelle...

Civilians fearful as Turks move into Iraq

Published February 26, 2008

.AMADIYA, Iraq (AP) - Turkey says it is not targeting civilians as it chases after separatist rebels in northern Iraq, but people in Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region say they have lived in fear since...

Kosovo looks to NATO to help secure violent borders

Published February 22, 2008
Serbia and Kosovo's Serb populations have refused to give Kosovo independence.

Lawmakers approve house arrest-style scheme for terrorism suspects until 2009

Published February 22, 2008

.LONDON (AP) - British lawmakers agreed Thursday to allow a house arrest program for suspected terrorists to continue for another year, but warned the system could begin to resemble Guantánamo Bay...

Minn. has chance to rebound

by Austin Cumblad
Published February 22, 2008

The Minnesota men's tennis team is hoping the state of Texas will be the destination that ends its early season skid. The Gophers, who have lost six of seven duals to start the spring season - including...

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