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Harvard will play its first game of the new semester Friday night against Union at Bright Hockey Center...
...because of an ongoing inquiry by Oregon's attorney general, John Kroger. "I welcome the independent official investigation - the purpose of which is to address those questions," says Adams. Despite the disappointment of his supporters and the calls for his resignation (from, among others, the Oregonian, the local police union and JustOut, a local gay periodical), Adams says he is staying on as mayor. But he appears contrite. When asked if the media hold public officials to an impossible moral standard, he simply says, "No," then adds, "It's a very high standard, and it can be intrusive...
Leave Your Heart. If you're staying Stateside, try San Francisco's Taj Hotel's "Love Is in the Air" weekend, which includes champagne and strawberries, breakfast in bed and prix fixe dinner at the Union Square hotel's award-winning restaurant. $275 per night. Available through Feb. 28. 340 Stockton Street, San Francisco, 415-781-5555 (See 10 things to do in San Francisco...
...still others are just passionate people with extra time on their hands - have finished their first run through of the bill. While readthestimulus.org enters the second, fact-checking phase, some volunteers have taken on side projects of their own. Kristina Rasmussen, director of government affairs at the National Taxpayers Union, has been cross-referencing the federal agencies mentioned in the bill with U.S. Office of Management and Budget's program assessments and has found a number of programs that are receiving money despite poor performance reviews...
...Israel secured pledges from Egypt, the European Union and the U.S. to stop the weapons flow into Gaza. But Gazans are worried that if the tunnels are closed, that could cut off the few threads of commerce and supplies leading into Gaza. "If Israel keeps the borders sealed off, we'll keep digging, and only Allah can stop us. Let the Israelis drop their bombs. Without the tunnels, we can't survive anyway," says Aymad. "And if a bomb catches me underground, well, they won't have to dig my grave...