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...Theft should sweep Carey's writerly anxieties away. After the chaotic excesses of My Life as a Fake, his new narrative grabs you by the throat and proceeds with a comic urgency not seen since True History of the Kelly Gang. Artist Boone is not dissimilar from that novel's vociferous antihero. But instead of the colonial authorities, he's up against an ex-wife (his unnamed "alimony whore") and an art-world ?lite (including "the idiots at Sotheby's") intent on stripping him of all worldly assets and self-esteem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Literary Steal of Approval | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

Defense lawyers questioned the 911 call, noting that the woman at one point said she was driving by the house, then later that she was walking by it. They also challenged the scope of the DNA sweep, since the team captains told prosecutors that not every player was at the party. Even outraged students and alums like Hopman are urging people not to prematurely judge the players. "We are all Blue Devils in the end," she says. Good teamwork can still bring Duke together. Even when it's tearing it apart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fraternity of Silence | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

...into the machinations of the death squads are rare, but U.S. and Iraqi forces have gained some intelligence on them. Some operations have been uncovered in Sunni-controlled areas, like those of the radical Ansar al-Sunnah group discovered in Latifiyah more than a year ago during a U.S. sweep called Operation River Walk. Execution videos, swords and instruments of torture were found by soldiers in what were deemed to be killing rooms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Iraq's Militias Be Tamed? | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

...ever depend on two, but that was the goal and it feels great to get it from a team that we split with last year.”HARVARD 8, PRINCETON 2Senior Josh Klimkiewicz and Wilson propelled the Crimson to a harder-than-it-looked 8-2 win to sweep the twinbill from the Tigers with three combined home runs. Klimkiewicz rocketed out solo shots in the third and sixth, and Wilson iced the contest with a three-run jack in the ninth that provided the final margin.“Klimkiewicz and Wilson back to back are pretty good...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No Fooling Around for Crimson | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

...Brown on Feb. 3.Though those games were sandwiched by five- and six-game dry spells, The Man returned when Harvard’s season was on the line.His two scores against St. Lawrence and two helpers the next night against Clarkson helped secure a regular season-ending sweep that clinched a first-round bye in the ECAC tournament.Since then, Murphy has registered nine points in five postseason games, including a hat trick to close out the Saints in Game 3 of the quarterfinal series and two goals and two assists against Cornell in the championship game last Saturday...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Finally, Senior Steps Into the Spotlight | 3/22/2006 | See Source »

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