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...under (mostly inaccurate) fire on an almost daily basis. Spring has seen an escalation in both the number and intensity of operations by the Taliban and its allies - although there may now be less direct involvement by al-Qaeda personnel, the new guerrilla war appears to involve a coordinated command structure combining Taliban fighters, loyalists of the fiercely anti-American warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and other former Mujahedeen commanders alienated from the U.S.-backed government in Kabul...
Well, it isn’t that there are vast disparities in the size and quality of rooms. Nor is it the disparities in location. Nor that all undergraduates pay the same rooming fee to occupy rooms that would likely command differences of over 100 percent if priced on the open market...
...there had been clues for days that perhaps Saddam had escaped again. The U.S. had not yet sent a team to dig for proof--for his body or at least his DNA--at the site of the April 7 bombing. (Despite denials from Washington, officials at U.S. Central Command stuck by their claim that they have his DNA. Franks won't say how the sample was obtained, but sources point to a dental lab found at one of Saddam's palaces.) Pentagon officials now think that Saddam may have been hiding in a white-stuccoed house adjacent to the building...
...after UMass’ Matt Boulanger sacrificed, moving the runners to second and third with one out, Walsh maintained faith in Wahlberg’s command. The coach called for an intentional walk to Minuteman freshman Frank Curreri to load the bases...
...Gale is struggling with the day-to-day challenges of raising eight children on less than half the $80,000 salary her Army reservist husband Randy was earning as a lineman for Sprint. He left three months ago for what could be two years with the 350th Civil Affairs Command in Hungary. Michelle fixed the dryer herself to save the service charge, but then the car broke down. Their savings account has shrunk to $175, and groceries alone cost $800 a month. When Randy asks how things are going, Michelle tries to change the subject. "I hate to tell...