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...supercop in a placid English village. But the local detectives warn Sgt. Nicholas Angel that Sandford is an arsenal waiting to explode...
...Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda keep poking her with long bamboo poles. Hua Mei, who is in heat and (biologically, at least) ready to mate, gets another prod, pushing her in the direction of the neighboring cage where her putative partner, Wu Gong, is watching with placid indifference. Hua Mei reluctantly decides to cooperate and, raising her tail, pads delicately backward toward Wu Gong. The male panda takes one look at her proffered hindquarters and scoots over to the far corner of his cage. Turning his back, he sits down and begins munching on a stalk...
...insurgents took control of the Diyala River Valley outside Baqubah almost as soon as the Americans deployed elsewhere in Iraq. That was back in November 2006. The streets of Diyala province then became deadlier than ever, as the string of placid farming hamlets nestled among dense palm groves shuddered with violence. The province and its capital, Baqubah, which lies 30 miles north of Baghdad, unraveled. The once mixed villages have become sectarian enclaves; banks, stores and markets have shut down for fear of murder and bloodshed. But at the end of February, the U.S. began patrolling the valley again...
...years in the spotlight of women’s hockey—four at Harvard and two with the U.S. Olympic Team—and Julie Chu is still finding new ways to distinguish herself.During a brunch ceremony at the Hilton Lake Placid Resort in Lake Placid, N.Y, site of the 2007 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four, the USA Hockey Foundation selected Chu as the recipient of this year’s Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given to the top player in the college game.“In my 13 years of coaching at Harvard...
...hockey co-captain Julie Chu made the cut as one of three finalists for the 2007 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award by USA Hockey, announced Monday. The award, which honors the top player in NCAA Division I women’s hockey, will be presented at the Hilton Lake Placid Resort in Lake Placid, NY on March 17. Joining Chu among the finalists are Mercyhurst forward Meghan Agosta, the first-ever freshman to make the top three, and Wisconsin forward Sara Bauer, the 2006 winner. Chu has 66 points this season, and leads the nation with 2.28 points per game...