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...competitor to claim his first victory, as Murphy posted a rousing 7-5 overtime win with a last-second takedown. After trailing the Tiger’s Zachary Morse for much of the bout, Murphy (1-12) battled to a late tie before overcoming his junior opponent in the extra frame.“Sean Murphy got a huge win tonight,” Weiss said. “He’s been coming along hard and with that come-from-behind win I couldn’t have been happier.”Jantzen and senior Tommy Picarsic...
...plot and sentenced to 18 years in prison. That was a shorter sentence than prosecutors had hoped for, but French justice officials say the case and its outcome is, nevertheless, a timely reminder to Washington that international cooperation to combat terrorism can succeed without recourse to phantom prisons, extra-legal trials, or morally questionable extraordinary renditions. President Barack Obama has said that he will seek to shut Guantanamo, address detainee charges of kidnapping and torture, and return terror suspects to federal court systems, where convictions and stiff sentences may be difficult to obtain...
...Bush administration approved as part of the war on terror. Previous legal challenges to such measures were thwarted by government refusal to provide courts with evidence or testimony requested, citing state secrecy. Many observers now hope the Obama administration will release previously withheld information as it deconstructs the extra-legal system for dealing with terror suspects and return them to courts that handled them before 9/11. "That's an important move, because trials and convictions are supposed to render justice to victims, their families, and society - and revenge-seeking kangaroo courts don't do that," a French counter-terrorism official...
...proposal, presented by Romance Languages and Literatures Professor Virginie Greene, would also give students an extra year to fulfill the language requirement, as well as the option to petition for coursework at other institutions—both in the United States and abroad—to count towards its completion...
...excited because we want to play well, we’re at home, and we’d like to see if we can win,” Amaker said. “But I think certainly, because it’s Yale, there’s a little extra incentive.”“I’ve learned about that since I’ve been here,” he added.Tomorrow night, the Crimson faces a similar test against Brown. The Bears come into Cambridge without a league win, having lost to Yale twice...