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...Florida hospice, even some conservatives wondered whether the unusual tactics spearheaded by legislators in Washington went too far. In Florida, there were revealing cracks in the state's conservative cohort, as some Republican pols who usually side with Governor Jeb Bush (who backs efforts to keep Schiavo alive) broke ranks. Powerful state senator Dennis Jones helped defeat eleventh-hour attempts in the Florida legislature last week intended to save Schiavo, telling TIME it was "the wrong vote." Some Florida Republicans say they winced when DeLay insisted that keeping Schiavo and patients like her alive was more important than "the sanctity...
...scandals go, a D-list Bollywood actor caught propositioning an unknown undercover reporter from an equally unknown TV channel isn't exactly Monica Lewinsky. Nevertheless, India was agog last week when upstart channel India TV broke what quickly became known as the "casting-couch scandal." In a Bombay hotel room rigged with hidden cameras, has-been screen villain Shakti Kapoor told what he thought was an aspiring young actress: "I want to make love to you. And if you want to come in this line [of business], you have to do what I am telling [you] to do." Kapoor then...
Though the Crimson eventually broke through with seven shots on McKee in the final 12:37 and a one-timer by sophomore Ryan Maki that clanked off the underside of the crossbar, the damage could not be undone...
...trudging towards a third extra frame, a Raiders turnover handed possession back to Harvard at the Crimson blue line, where assistant captain Ryan Lannon threaded a perfect pass through traffic and squarely onto Du’s stick as he crossed into the Colgate zone. Skating unopposed, the center broke for the net, then nudged the puck across the crease to his forehand and tucked the game-winner inside the right post, ending the fourth-longest contest in the history of the ECAC playoffs four hours and four minutes after it began at the Pepsi Arena...
...strike broke a stalemate that had lasted since Corriero tied the game just 38 seconds into the third period. On that goal, the second of the team’s two scores at 5-on-3, Corriero cleaned up the rebound from a Vaillancourt slapshot and tucked it past Clark to knot the contest...