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...Oscar had a few surprises in store, and some rare suspense. In the moments before Michael Douglas announced the winner for Best Picture, some people who thought "Gladiator" a lock had second and third thoughts. The Roman rasslin' epic had already copped four Oscars (for Actor, Costume, Sound and Visual Effects), but so had "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (for Foreign Film, Art Direction, Cinematography and Score) and "Traffic" (for Director, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay and Editing). When Douglas finally said, "And the Oscar goes to... 'Gladiator,'" even those of us rooting for "Crouching Tiger" were grateful that our dark horse...
Considered a lock for future NBA stardom after a sensational freshman year in 1999, Maggette passed up a chance to become the "big man" on campus and instead opted to turn pro. Instead of stardom, he's now a bench player on the Los Angeles Clippers. Some...
Dartmouth, as the ECAC regular season champion and consensus No. 1 team in the country all season, should make the tourney regardless of what happens this weekend. Minnesota-Duluth, the WCHA tournament champion, is also considered a lock...
...mother of a five-year-old who died from leukemia. A clone of my son created from a lock of his hair would never make it possible for me to forget that he is gone forever. STEPHANIE WOLF Memphis, Tenn...
...companies ignored those warnings while they circulated mostly in the technical community. FBI officials are now trying to go over their heads to alert top managers to the threat of the new cyber-racket. As one agent put it, "We can't prevent bank robberies if you don't lock the doors...