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...drove her eight hours to her home in Eastern Cape. Wary of the failure rate of Lombard's unmonitored returns, we worked with a dedicated social worker in Indwe to ensure that the conditions under which she was originally trafficked did not reappear. A suburban-Chicago couple has given her a full scholarship, enabling the otherwise impossible goal of finishing school. She is HIV-negative. It is a stretch to call her lucky. But she has another chance at life...
Dartmouth’s 42-32 edge on the boards was especially costly given that Harvard was struggling with its shooting—something that is usually a strength for the Crimson...
...Crimson had to hit the ground running in Arlington, as the Ivy squad found itself outmatched against a top-25 team. The Sun Devils (7-4) opened the contest with three straight falls, the most devastating of which left Buxton (141) sidelined with a concussion. Given an 18-point cushion, Arizona State was never threatened, despite forfeiting the 197-lbs. bout. The Harvard captains set a strong example for the squad, though, earning decisions in a pair of tough efforts. O’Connor (18-0) held off illness long enough to notch a 6-5 win over Te Edwards...
...Foreman of Barry University in Miami doesn't think the scandal will cause much fallout for those, like Crist, who have returned the money in a timely fashion. (Since Rothstein's indictment last month, Crist, who is in a tight race for a U.S. Senate seat this year, has given back $9,600 that Rothstein donated to his campaign.) "In that case, it really shouldn't affect this year's elections," says Foreman...
...fatal attack are 1 in 264.1 million. Both odds decrease somewhat if you are bleeding or, it turns out, peeing. By comparison, the chances of drowning during a visit to the beach are just 1 in 2 million. And the chances of being struck by lightning in any given year are 1 in 500,000, according to the National Weather Service - a risk that narrows to 1 in 6,250 over an 80-year lifetime. Four people died in shark attacks in the U.S. from 2004 to '08; during the same period, the National Weather Service estimates, 2,700 Americans...