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...Part of the explanation, said Capt. Erik Peterson, may be the Mahdi Army's plan to lie low and deny the Americans targets for their operations. But the 29-year-old company commander said that didn't explain a similar decline in activity by Sunni insurgents. He said Charlie Company had recently conducted raids against Mahdi Army targets and clearing operations against Sunni insurgents. Several members of the company said they had just completed an operation in which they captured Sunni insurgents, including several sniper teams. Still, it is unlikely that those operations alone could have blunted the Mahdi army...
...Harvard women’s water polo coach Erik Farrar was nervous about his team’s trip to the Ivy Championship tournament this weekend at Brown, he had every right to be. In addition to the usual opening-weekend jitters, the Crimson had to deal with an injury-filled bench and a starting lineup that contained four freshmen and just two upperclassmen. Even with these setbacks the Crimson took second place overall, going 3-2 on the weekend to take second place in the tournament. Harvard faced the Bears in the championship game after defeating Penn...
...Erik Lie, an options expert at the University of Iowa, says, "Apple has carefully released some information--not so much as to fall into a trap but enough to tease the media and investors." He says that the extent of Jobs' involvement is still unclear and that Jobs can claim ignorance, as others have done. "But there will be continuous pressure on Apple to reveal more information," says Lie. "And if it doesn't, ongoing investigations might...
...points in overtime and will likely be matched-up against Cusworth in the rematch.INJURY REPORTTwo of the Crimson’s reserves have been battling health problems in recent weeks and are unlikely to play against Dartmouth.Sophomore forward Kenyon Churchwell has been suffering heart problems, while sophomore point guard Erik Groszyk is trying to recover from a concussion.Churchwell is out indefinitely after undergoing tests to determine the cause of the problem. His last game was December 28 at UC Irvine.Groszyk suffered a blow to the head during the Crimson’s 87-79 win at Long Island on December...
...Capt. Erik Peterson knows fighters from the Mahdi Army militia of Moqtada al-Sadr are all around, even though he can't see them. Peterson and his men usually catch only glimpses of the Mahdi Army while on the streets of Ghazaliya, a sprawling neighborhood in western Baghdad where Shi'ite militants are pressing a campaign to drive out Sunnis. Acting on neighborhood tips, Peterson's men search suspected Mahdi Army safe houses, which often have a green ribbon hanging on the front door. Sometimes the signs are even more obvious. One house thought to be a Mahdi Army fighting...