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...ECONOMY 58% Percentage of Americans who say their income is falling behind the rising cost of living, compared with 44% who said the same six months ago 13% Percentage who cite housing as the biggest economic problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...overlooked is the recent stellar play of sophomore Jeremy Lin. The guard notched 41 points in two weekend contests and was named Ivy League Player of the Week.Columbia comes into the game placed third in the Ivy League standings, winners of five out of its last six games. Cornell (18-5, 10-0 Ivy), on the other hand, leads the Ivies and has a chance to secure the nation’s first bid to this season’s NCAA Tournament with a win tonight against Dartmouth. The Big Red is led by a pair of sophomores, Ryan Wittman...

Author: By and Timothy J. Walsh, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Crimson Set To Ride Momentum In NY | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...We’re in a position fighting for first place, and they [Columbia] have nothing to lose,” Delaney-Smith said. “That set of factors makes it a very dangerous game for us.”Having equalled a program-best six Ivy League wins, Columbia will look to senior captain Michele Gage for inspiration against the Crimson. The Lions’ leading scorer with 11.6 points per game, Gage has scored in double figures in seven straight games.On the eve of the biggest weekend of Harvard’s season thus far, Delaney...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Reigning Ivy Champs Need Two W’s | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...six days before Clinton arrived for this rally, there was another one just down the hill from UT in front of the Texas Capitol: Barack Obama's. And there, hundreds of placards emblazoned "Change We Can Believe In" popped up from a crowd estimated between 15,000 and 20,000. Obama spun his magic in an hourlong speech that was lacking the wonkish details about nuclear proliferation and educational testing offered by Bill Clinton. The crowd was enthralled if not inspired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas, Bill v. Barack | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...Democratic activist Glenn Maxey is passing out his campaign flyers to people as they leave. A former state representative and the first openly gay member of the Texas Legislature, Maxey is running for county tax collector. Tonight he has passed out some 3,000 flyers. At the Obama rally six days ago he had given out 5,000 and ran out of them. Running an "insurgent" campaign against a longtime incumbent, he has thrown in his lot with Obama. "I can knock on 50 doors in two hours or I can train 200 Obama supporters to go to the caucuses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas, Bill v. Barack | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

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