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...part, that's why AT&T's been helping TerriblyClever, explained Chris Hill, vice president of mobility product development. TerriblyClever won the $10,000 grand prize for AT&T's "Big Mobile on Campus" contest for best smartphone application shortly after it launched, and AT&T has been introducing Beykpour and Wasserman to university information officers around the country. Hill said that iStanford did a great job of implementing all the things students want from a smartphone application; the next step is rolling it out to schools nationwide. "College kids across the country will be demanding this," he said...
...ordeal. One night shortly after Blagojevich's initial arrest, a group of black ministers gathered at his home to hold a prayer vigil. Yet Blagojevich has previously expressed concerns that Burris' race has affected his electoral chances. In a 2002 radio interview, the governor said Burris lost the primary contest for the gubernatorial contest that year because the color of his skin "hurt...
...played host to Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Dec. 25. She took the opportunity to criticize Hamas for its rocket attacks. The silence of her Egyptian hosts is now being seen by Palestinians as indirect collusion with Israel, damaging Cairo's ability to play mediator. Furthermore, in the contest for primacy between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, Hamas - as the "victim" of this episode - emerges as the victor in the eyes of Arabs and Palestinians. Already, elements of Abbas' Fatah Party, the bulwark of the Palestinian Authority, are campaigning against the security cooperation with Israel and talking about boycotting...
...Mumbai assailants used Pakistan as their base to organize their attacks but that Pakistan's shadowy but powerful military spy outfit, the Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI), may once again be linked to the radicals allegedly behind the late November assault on India's financial center. The old, poisonous contest between civilian and military leadership seems to be emerging again...
...grabbed an 11-point lead about halfway through the second half. The Owls (4-5) were able to use a 29-14 free throw attempt advantage on the game to knock down points from the charity stripe and run past Harvard in the last minute of the contest. Rice did not even need excellent shooting from the line to mount their comeback—it only made 62 percent of its free throw shots for the game—as the pure advantage in quantity proved to be enough to squeak by the hot-shooting Harvard team. Harvard freshman forward...