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...DeWolfe Street, ran through a red light and sped off onto Memorial Drive. Grants said that because the incident happened so fast, the driver of the S.U.V. was unable to provide a description or license place number of the other car. The driver, who appeared to be in his mid-twenties, was visibly shaken after the incident but suffered only lacerations on his hand. He was treated in an ambulance on the scene for about 45 minutes before being taken home. His car, a Dodge Ram Challenger, was towed away after the crash. Grants said that there is no ongoing...
...will tell you that the existing week and a half long Reading Period is crucial to his absorption of course material. Changing finals to before the holiday break would necessitate a drastic shortening of Reading Period, unless the College were also to begin classes in early September instead of mid-September. This fix would have problems of its own, though, too. Both professors and students appreciate the late start date of school because it allows for more travel and reflection during late summer. Ultimately, we like the extra-long study period that holiday break and Reading Period allow for. Sacrificing...
...Washington isn't expecting a problematic outcome in Colombia, where staunch U.S. ally Alvaro Uribe is likely to win resounding reelection after the Supreme Court last fall approved a Constitutional amendment allowing presidents to serve second terms. A poll in mid-December showed Uribe with 73% support; his closest competition comes in at 5%. Uribe did chastize the U.S. ambassador for warning that paramilitary leaders, usually allied with the government, could try to interfere with the elections. He called the diplomat's assessment "meddling" in Colombia's internal affairs. Uribe, nevertheless, has not complained about Plan Colombia, the $3 billion...
...corporate ladder in the process. My guess is that Palm will sell plenty of these, and that Microsoft will be happy about it. That is, unless they don't get into the legal mire that Research In Motion's BlackBerry has been in for a while - in mid December, mobile e-mail software developer Visto sued Microsoft for patent violations, particularly pertaining to Windows Mobile...
...Kwan, a nine-time U.S. champion and five-time world gold medalist, injured her groin, and has been unable to practice jumps or spins since mid-December. She had just recovered from a hip injury that kept her from competing at any international events in a season in which she is trying to make her third Olympic team...