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...Crimson could not repeat its dramatic success. Harvard lost 4-2 in penalty kicks against the Huskies. But it looked like junior keeper Lauren Mann had put the Crimson ahead earlier. Tied at 1-1 in penalty kicks, Mann looked to block the Huskies third kick. However, the referee called the junior goalie for a penalty, saying that she moved forward before the ball was kicked. It is a call that has rarely been made in the collegiate, or professional game. The resulting kick went in the net off the hands of a diving Mann, giving Northeastern a lead...
...people accumulate body fat in the abdomen—what we call central obesity, or apple obesity—those people are more at risk than people with fat in their hips or thighs—peripheral, or pear, obesity,” says Kahn, the section chief on obesity at Joslin Diabetes Center and a Harvard Medical School professor...
...letter to Mukasey is a signal that Democrats intend to probe what critics call the "dark side" of the Bush Administration even after it leaves office, according to congressional sources. Besides the Siegelman prosecution, such investigations could focus on the authorization of harsh interrogation methods and the role of Karl Rove and former White House aide Harriet E. Miers in the firing of U.S. Attorneys...
...global financial crisis has produced a wide array of critics, but no pairing has been stranger than what you might call the capitalism-in-crisis coalition. Anti-government ideologues on the right and anti-business activists on the left are both arguing that capitalism is under threat, though from very different forces. The right-wingers fear that federal market intervention is just the tip of a socialist spear, while the left-wingers gleefully declare that the crisis is proof of capitalism's inherent failure...
...wish fulfilled with Barack Obama's election victory, but it could mean more than they bargained for. For all their enthusiasm over the prospect of a new tone from Washington, European governments now face the sobering realization that the new President is far better placed than his predecessor to call on Europe to put more troops in harm's way in Afghanistan. It is a call they'd rather not take, but one that some may find hard to refuse...