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With a grand jury now expected to convene Monday to weigh indictments of two or three of the Duke lacrosse players tied to allegations of raping an exotic dancer, defense lawyers say they fear their clients are being targeted in a setup or sting operation possibly perpetrated by law enforcement. The lawyers have advised the players not to trust or respond to any e-mails sent to each other, one attorney tells Time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Were Duke Players Victims of an E-Mail Sting? | 4/14/2006 | See Source »

...mail] came from a confidential informant, but we have reason to believe it came from the police, hoping it would make all the players nervous," says one defense lawyer. "That didn't work." A spokesperson at the Durham Police Department would not comment on the allegations of a setup, and said she would not forward TIME's inquiries to any of her superiors over the holiday weekend. No one at the Durham County District Attorney's Office could be reached for comment Friday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Were Duke Players Victims of an E-Mail Sting? | 4/14/2006 | See Source »

...large amounts of information, Horowitz said. Betts said astronomers had been ill-equipped to receive such a signal until the installation of the new telescope Tuesday, which can detect a billionth-of-a-second flash of light. “There have been small targeted searches, but with this setup...they’ll be able to cover the whole sky, increasing their sky coverage by a factor of 100,000,” Betts said. According to Horowitz, the 72-inch telescope cost only $50,000 because it does not provide as sharp a picture as most astronomical projects...

Author: By Laurence H. M. holland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Prof Goes High-Tech in ET Search | 4/13/2006 | See Source »

...College and Campus Life Fellow Justin H. Haan ’05 took over the bulk of the planning and funding of the event, leaving the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) to do what it does best: negotiate with the artist and plan the production of the concert itself. This setup avoided many of the pitfalls that have plagued the planning of previous Springfests by the Undergraduate Council (UC). For example, planning was able to start in December and artist negotiations started January, a much earlier timetable than the UC and its stricter funding guidelines could accommodate. Also, the Dean?...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Rockin' The Yard | 4/10/2006 | See Source »

...setup of the fencing room at the MAC—a long, narrow space that features simultaneous bouts with different weapons—makes for the ultimate, and often the extreme, spectator sport. Fans line up along the walls, mere inches away from the action; in particularly aggressive bouts, fans must lean into the wall to avoid, well, getting hurt. In this the year of the men’s first ever outright Ivy League title, they offer the “automatic tournament berth” neither basketball team could muster this season...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SOONER OR TAITER: Harvard Has Own Brand of Madness | 3/16/2006 | See Source »

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