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...Monday, NBC, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), Globes producer Dick Clark Productions and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) feverishly tried to cut a deal that would have allowed the Globes to go forward without forcing actors to cross picket lines to make their acceptance speeches. But talks broke down over NBC's plan to supplement the press conference with a clips reel, a special episode of Dateline using already taped actors' interviews and an Access Hollywood-style broadcast from the after-parties with casual acceptance speeches from the revelers...
...have been more unusual were all the last-minute deciders. "I've never seen this many people in New Hampshire undecided this late," said Dale Kuehne, associate professor of politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, as voters prepared to go to the polls. Arizona Sen. John McCain, near-broke and plummeting in the polls just months ago, put on the same green sweater he wore for his 2000 comeback in New Hampshire, and even stayed in the same hotel room. "There is no superstition I won't indulge," he said. In the end, the sweater worked: McCain beat former...
...Freshman Michael Biega scored within the first five minutes of the game, his seventh goal in six games, to give the Crimson an early lead. But Harvard had to fight to protect its lead.Although Harvard shut down the Buckeyes' first three first-period power-play opportunities, persistent Ohio State broke through at 5-on-5 late in the frame. With 1:23 to go in the first, OSU freshman Kyle Reed tapped a rebound past sophomore goalie Kyle Richter to tie the score. Eager to keep up their momentum, the Buckeyes stayed on the offensive, but Alex Biega broke...
After he was placed under arrest, Wu kicked a police officer and then broke the rear window of the police car while seated inside, the log said...
...first public appearance since he was sworn in, Kibaki called for calm, said he would talk to "concerned parties" once that was achieved and urged "leaders" to restrain themselves and their supporters "from engaging in unlawful activities." Security forces will remain "vigilant" and "deal firmly" with those who broke...