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...Then came the shocker. On Feb. 7, news leaked that Princess Kiko was pregnant-11 years after she last gave birth. To many, the timing of the leak (just before the bill's submission) and that of the baby's conception (just after the panel's recommendation) seemed, well, like happy coincidences. Koizumi promptly tabled the bill. If the child is a boy, traditionalists will know that their prayers have been answered. And if it isn't? Then they'll just have to offer up some more...
...China. Google launched a Chinese version of itself, Google.cn, that is heavily censored to comply with Communist Party regulations. For a company with the unofficial motto "Don't be evil," a company that has picked up the fallen standard of Internet idealism, that was a bit of a shocker. Did the virtuous Google just sell out its honor...
...People who know both of us aren’t surprised,” Cohen says. “But for my friends in other extracurriculars it’s more of a shocker. My sense is that underneath the congratulations it’s like, ‘What the hell?’ It’s not something people would say, but it’s there...
...seemed like finally the women’s collegiate hockey world had a team to beat.This past weekend, however, Wisconsin proved that the national picture is still wide open as the No. 4 Badgers outshot the Bulldogs by a 37-23 margin, tying Duluth 2-2.Moving east, the biggest shocker came against an ECAC frontrunner. Just last weekend, Clarkson proved that it may be just as good as No. 2 St. Lawrence by splitting a series with the Saints.On Friday and Saturday, however, Niagara—which had been 4-9-1 before this series—swept the Golden Knights...
After dropping four of its last five down the stretch in 2004 and, due to graduation, getting ostensibly worse in the offseason, the Tigers’ road victory over a squad which was on the cusp of cracking the top 25 should have been the shocker of the weekend...