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...tree-house villas are set on stilts above the compound's waterfall-fed creek, it's hard to avoid a bit of communing. Located 90 minutes by car northwest of Cairns on 30 acres of rain forest next to the Daintree River, the Eco Lodge offers visitors a front-row seat at one of nature's greatest shows: the world's oldest continuously surviving rain forest. Dusk on any of Daintree's screened-in balconies is a noisy delight as an invisible chorus of birds, frogs and insects serenades nightfall from the giant vine-draped ylang-ylang trees...
...which beat UMass 11-3 in last night’s Fraser Field nightcap.“It’s going to be unbelievable under the lights out there,” Wilson said. “It’d be great to win two in a row and maybe start a dynasty-type deal, you know?”—Staff writer Alex McPhillips can be reached at rmcphill@fas.harvard.edu...
...Monday, former Governor George Ryan, 72,is the third Illinois goverrnor since 1973 to be convicted of federal crimes. Ryan, who won worldwide acclaim and even a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for clearing out the state's Death Row and putting a moratorium on executions, was found guilty of running campaigns - and government offices - like a personal piggy bank to enrich himself, family and friends. The verdict, convicting Ryan on 18 counts ranging from racketeering to mail fraud, came after five months of testimony from more than 100 witnesses, including Ryan's previously convicted former chief of staff, some...
...feel terrible for the kid,” Brown said, “Because he’s absolutely pitched [like] the best pitcher in the Ivy League, which he is, two weekends in a row, but he has two losses to show for it rather than two wins. You can’t waste pitching performances like that down the stretch...
...home race the lightweights will have all year, the Crimson fell flat in front of its partisan crowd. Harvard’s first varsity dropped a back-and-forth battle to Dartmouth on Saturday, relinquishing the Biglin Bowl for the first time in three years. Though the second varsity rowed to a four-seat victory, extending its undefeated dual streak to 13 wins over 26 opponents, the Big Green took home the Biglin Bowl in an upset bid.“Maybe we were a little complacent after this past weekend,” said senior varsity bowman Alex Phillips...