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...predicament facing a lot of black bears in the Garden State. And yes, we're talking about the same New Jersey known as the tollbooth capital of America; the nation's most densely populated state. A thriving community of about 1,200 bears roams around northwestern New Jersey, say officials, and others have been captured across the Hudson River from New York City. The animals, while rarely aggressive, are growing bolder--mauling trash cans, frightening Boy Scouts on camping trips...
...Junior quarterback Gavin Hoffman, a transfer from Northwestern, captured the Penn single-season passing record last year, throwing for 2,322 yards. Hoffman also established records for completions and pass attempts...
...tech. They had fire, sticks and stones, and little else. Yet their traditional oral culture is of great antiquity; their structure of myth is remarkably coherent and continuous across millenniums, not just centuries; and, as anyone can see who visits some of the sacred cave sites scattered across northwestern Australia, their traditions of rock-painting - animals and fish of every kind, spirit figures and the imposing, fearsome effigies of the great Rainbow Serpent - are as impressive as anything in the caves of Lascaux or Altamira and tens of thousands of years older. As far as we know, the Australian Aborigines...
Marianne's financial situation makes her more secure than many single mothers. Brennetta Simpson, 44, an assistant dean of music at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., wasn't thrilled about going through childbirth, so she decided to adopt. But she had serious concerns about whether she could afford to do so on her university administrator's salary. Another problem: Who would take care of her child if she were to die unexpectedly? She got her best friends in California to agree to step in as surrogate parents in that event...
...Later in the month, the Crimson finished a solid 18th at the Midlands tournament in Northwestern. Despite taking only five wrestlers, the Crimson edged out rivals Lehigh and Cornell--which both fielded full teams--and beat Iowa twice in its two head-to-head match-ups with the Hawkeye grapplers...