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After beating Florida State, the 8-0 Irish are in the hunt for a place in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 3 to determine the national champion. "This season is magical because nobody expected it. He's done a spectacular job," says NBC's Schanzer. And fans can't wait for next year. That's because Willingham's success has made Notre Dame a top choice for the nation's schoolboy stars--even if Willingham was never top choice for Notre Dame. --With reporting by David Thigpen/South Bend
...Chechen raid may also kindle fierce debate about Putin's war. He rose to the presidency of Russia in 2000 on a promise to restore Moscow's grip on the rebellious republic of Chechnya. For the past two years, he regularly claimed victory was all but won. As the champion of order and stability, Putin enjoyed strong public standing, while the government's harsh censorship of news from the war zone nearly a thousand miles from the capital has kept the grim realities of the stalemated conflict off the front pages and out of the minds of ordinary Russians...
BEST MAKEOVER ETrade Financial etrade.com Last decade, ETrade was a champion of online stock trading; today, while still letting you do trades on the cheap, it's a financial superstore with style, revamped and reorganized to provide a full array of banking and investing services. Users can open a checking or brokerage account, pay household bills, apply for home-equity loans, even get car-insurance quotes. In another twist, the site has built a bricks-and-mortar presence, opening personal-service locations in dozens of SuperTarget retail stores...
...victory secured a Harvard second-place finish behind now nine-time defending Ivy champion Princeton. The Crimson could still secure a share of the Ivy title if the Tigers lose to Penn, but that is unlikely to happen since Princeton has lost one Ivy game in the past nine years...
...Crimson needs to make some improvements on both ends of the ice—and fast. As the reigning conference champion, Harvard won’t be able to take any nights off, and it can expect several teams in the league to compare quite favorably with Brown in terms of talent...