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Both teams had hopes of a top-two finish at regionals, which would have guaranteed a spot at the Ultimate Players Association College Championships (a first for the women and a repeat for the guys). But, Redline and the Quasars came up just short, finishing fifth and third, respectively...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield | Title: Redline, Quasars Burn Out at Regionals | 5/9/2009 | See Source »

...Except that life is much messier and all the odds were against them, and in a real sense it diminishes Bristol's challenge, and her clear determination to meet it, to pretend otherwise. Only 4 in 10 teenage mothers finish high school; less than 2% of girls who have babies under 18 will finish college by the time they are 30; just waiting until 20 or 21 increases the odds fourfold. Two thirds of families of young unwed mothers are poor. When pregnant teens do marry, they are 50% more likely to get divorced than those who marry without being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Defense of Bristol Palin, Abstinence Spokeswoman | 5/8/2009 | See Source »

...which I have five finals and seven summer applications. Oh, and all of my classes are still meeting.” Really? Well then stop chatting it up in the Lamont café and go do some work. 3. Don’t announce to the world when you finish your finals by changing your Gchat status to “DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D” Here’s a shocker: some of the people on your contacts may actually still have finals (!!). So save your glee till after the last day. Except, even then, try not to brag about...

Author: By Jessica L. Fleischer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Three Things I Hate About You, Reading Period | 5/7/2009 | See Source »

...Moved to Iran in 2003, where she worked as a freelance journalist for the BBC, Fox News and National Public Radio. After her arrest, her father, Reza Saberi, told the AP she had been working on a book about the culture and people of Iran, and had hoped to finish it and return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imprisoned Journalist Roxana Saberi | 5/7/2009 | See Source »

...military must first finish a difficult endgame. The remaining Tigers, numbering perhaps in the hundreds, are far outnumbered by the thousands of Sri Lankan soldiers arrayed around them. They could be dealt with within a matter of hours, says Army Commander Lt.-Gen. Sarath Fonseka, if not for the civilians. And so the military is moving cautiously. Military officers near the combat zone say that they believe that Prabhakaran is very close, suspected to be holed up at Vellamullivaikal, deep within the 7-km-long sliver under the Tigers. There is one unspoken fear among them: what will the final...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Colombo's P.R. Battle Against the Tamil Tigers | 5/6/2009 | See Source »

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