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Against Charlotte this past weekend, the Harvard baseball team (3-10) was the ball. The 49ers (11-5) scored more runs in each of the first two games than the Crimson was able to score all weekend, as Charlotte took three straight victories in Charlotte...
...that point the Crimson bats—which had reached double digits in runs the day before—had dried out. Harvard’s offense was unable to solve 49ers pitcher Kelly McLain, who picked up the save in Charlotte’s third-straight...
...these films trailed Alice in Wonderland, whose $34.5 million made it the box-office champ for a third straight week. The fanciful collaboration of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp has earned $265 million in North America and an additional $300 million abroad to become the biggest worldwide hit since Avatar, which is still in the top 10 after 14 weeks. (See James Cameron's special effects...
Walmart, the world's largest retailer, has seen better days. Yes, profits rose 22%, to $4.63 billion, in the fourth quarter of '09. Even coming out of the Great Recession, many consumers are trading down to shop at the discount superstore. However, for the third straight quarter the store saw negative same-store sales growth; during the last three months of 2009, same-store sales dropped 2%. Overall traffic in Walmart stores was down too. To Walmart executives and investors, this disturbing trend has to be reversed; despite the earnings growth, Walmart's stock fell 1.1% on the day earnings...
...Terriers dominated the opening minutes, rattling off five-straight scores to start the contest. Behind Taft’s two first-half goals, BU led 7-1 at the break...