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...that withholding creates its own all-or-nothing melodrama. That applies again this year, when some pretty intriguing head-to-head races are shaping up. Can Crash, the quintessential L.A. indie drama, make a stretch run to overtake the early favorite, Brokeback Mountain? Can Hollywood's most dapper leading man, George Clooney, beat out schlumpy but likable Paul Giamatti? Is dark horse Felicity Huffman the one to knock off everyone's darling, Reese Witherspoon? Will anyone catch Philip Seymour Hoffman...
...local motels doubling as witness safe houses, officials realized they couldn't always live up to the protection promise. Unlike the federal witness-protection program for turncoat mobsters and cocaine kingpins, there is no reconstructive surgery, no house with a pool in suburban Phoenix. Baltimore authorities had to stretch their $400,000 annual budget in 2005 to accommodate 184 families in hiding--a few with as many as 11 members. Although some are relocated near family as far away as California, most are loath to leave Maryland and wind up languishing in motels just outside the city limits. "I wish...
...Crimson finally turned it on down the stretch, but their desperate run was launched too late to take effect. Senior center Brian Cusworth’s layup with 3:26 to play made it a twelve-point game. Brown did not make a field goal the rest of the way, but a 7-of-10 performance from the free-throw line ensured the completion of the upset...
...Crimson gets four of its final six at home against two teams it handled, one it fell to at the buzzer, and another that needed to shoot the lights out to win. The road trip to Penn and Princeton still looms, but anything less than 5-1 down the stretch would be a disappointment.Dartmouth—Laughing? Come talk to me when the Big Green takes four of its last six and finishes 5-9 in league play.Cornell—For some reason, I like the Big Red at home against Penn on Saturday (more on that later...
...replacement pole by a Canadian coach while in the transition area, held the position on her third-and-final lap, and Scott began the final loop a nose behind Finland's Virpi Kuitunen, neck-and-neck with Sweden's Lina Andersson. The race came down to the final stretch, when Andersson broke a stride clear of Scott to win the gold medal with Anna Dahlberg in 16 minutes 36.9 seconds. Scott, 31, and Renner, 29, finished 0.6 seconds behind for the silver. Finland won the bronze, 2.3 seconds off the pace, and Norway finished fourth...