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...We’ve been on the road for what seems like forever, and I think it’s certainly taken its toll,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. “We didn’t seem to have our legs in the first half, and it really seemed like it affected our shooting...
...officials to present the findings. Among the litany of sobering statistics: 5.4 million people die each year - one every six seconds - from lung cancer, heart disease or other illness directly linked to tobacco use. Smoking killed 100 million people in the 20th century, and the yearly death toll could pass 8 million as soon as 2030 - 80% of those deaths will be in the developing world, where tobacco use is growing most rapidly. "We're on a collision course," said Dr. Douglas Bettcher, director of WHO's Tobacco Free Initiative...
...Those casualties are taking a toll at home. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper warned last month that Canada would pull its 2,500 troops out of Afghanistan altogether by early next year if allies do not agree to send more troops to the embattled Kandahar province, which stretched Canadian troops now on patrol. "Kandahar is the center of the Taliban insurgency," he told reporters in Ottawa last month. "If NATO cannot put all the necessary troops and equipment in Kandahar province, I don't think it's ultimately going to do it anywhere...
Injuries continued to take a toll on the wounded Crimson wrestling team yesterday against Boston University. In action at the Malkin Athletic Center for its third match in a six-match home stand, Harvard had to cope with the lack of freshman Corey Jantzen, junior Andrew Flanagan, and senior co-captain Robbie Preston due to injury. Unable to field anyone for the 133 lb. and 144 lb. weight classes, the Crimson faced a 12-point disadvantage from the onset of the match but came back to end the meet on a tie with the Terriers...
...Cost of driving all 157 miles of the Indiana toll road for those paying cash, up from $4.64. With the federal gas tax unchanged since 1993 at 18.4 per gal., tolls on bridges, tunnels and highways will see significant...