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...willing to cross the picket line and some neophytes who saw an opportunity for some stage time. When she made a compromise offer to pay the comics $25 a set only on weekends, some of them, like Garry Shandling, thought it was fair and went back to work - a blow to the comics' shaky solidarity. "I think there was a lot of good that was accomplished by that strike," says Shandling. "I certainly didn't cross the picket line just to work. But I thought it could have been resolved. It did not need to be dragged...
...moved up in weight class, he got a big win last weekend, and he pumped everyone up today. We really need these guys to step up and go out there and fight.” At the 197 lb. weight class, senior Jonathan Butler was dealt an agonizing blow, losing the boat in overtime. During regulation, it appeared that Butler had managed to snatch a takedown in the last few seconds of the match but time was called before the points could register on the scoreboard. Butler’s opponent did suffer a setback, incurring a one-point penalty...
...think Brown’s a physical team and they compete hard, and I think both team laid some very good hits, but that’s all a part of the game,” Donato said. While proving they weren’t hesitant to blow the whistle, the officials appeared to hand out penalties on several clean plays (for example, docking the Bears’ Mike Stuart for roughing on a textbook clean hit against the boards) while missing several flagrant infractions (such as a blatant takedown by Brown’s Devin Timberlake). The officiating, however...
...Gaza, people may be celebrating this blow against Israel, but realists among the Palestinians know that this first suicide bombing after a year's hiatus will make it more difficult to argue the case with the Egyptians of keeping the Rafah border open - the only entry and exit point into Gaza. Egypt says it is prepared to keep the fence open - but only if Hamas and Fatah share responsibility for it. After the breakdown of three-way talks in Cairo last week, that seems unlikely. Hamas has agreed to help Egypt reseal most of the border fence, but even that...
...away from Israel's top-secret nuclear reactor. As a doctor rushed among the injured, he paused to open the jacket of one severely wounded man and found that he was wearing an explosives vest. The victim was a second suicide bomber, who was also supposed to blow himself up. Says Chief Inspector Kobi Mor, "When I arrived at the area, one of the people told me that there was a terrorist who was still alive. I pulled out my gun and saw him reaching towards his explosives belt. I fired at the terrorist...