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Attention holiday shoppers: Returning all those silly snowflake sweaters, that fifth pair of Isotoners or that Chia Pet is about to get a little tougher. Retailers have been tightening their policies and relying on computer authorization systems to track and limit returns and exchanges, and this year they're even more aware of fraudulent returns. Retailers say they are just trying to soften the hit they expect to take--as much as $30 billion each year--from theft and fraud. "Honest customers won't be denied when they're in the right," says Joseph LaRocca, vice president of loss prevention...
...didn’t always look like the Crimson would be victorious over Kansas. After the first five events, the Jayhawks held a 51-42 lead. But that would be Kansas’ high water mark.Following the Jayhawks’ win on Friday in the fifth event, the 100-yard breaststroke, Harvard went on a tear. Bassi won the 200 fly, starting a streak of eight straight wins that would continue into Saturday. Slaight followed Bassi with a win in the 50-yard freestyle, Papadakis won the one-meter dive, and Bassi finished off Friday by leading the Crimson...
...recovered to win the next two games and the match, 9-6, 9-10, 9-1, 9-6. All other Harvard players swept their opponents in three games: freshman Verdi DiSesa played at the third position, junior Garnett Booth played at the fourth, sophomore Chessin Gertler at the fifth, and junior Todd Ostrow at the ninth. “It shows that we’re progressing here,” said captain Will Broadbent, who defeated his opponent, 9-3, 9-0, 9-4 at No. 1. “We’re playing well, we?...
...victory over Princeton on Saturday. It was the second consecutive win for Colgate (4-3) and second straight loss for Princeton (1-3). Chones contributed his second double-double of the season, finishing with 11 points and a career-high 15 rebounds. Reed registered two assists to move into fifth place in Colgate history in that category. Colgate ended the first half ahead 21-11 and never looked back. The Raiders shot over 51 percent while holding Princeton to under 33 percent from the field. Noah Savage scored 13 points and Patrick Ekeruo added nine for the Tigers. TEMPLE...
Yale’s power play is currently converting 7.9 percent of its attempts—second to last in the nation—while Harvard is fifth from the top with a 23.9 success rate...