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Lauren N. Moore, another first-year, said the suspension had little impact on students in her year and therefore was not of great concern...
...project, which began at the start of the year, was led by Federico Capasso, a professor of applied physics at SEAS, and two international teams—one from Japan and one from Switzerland, according...
Clemmons has a history of getting out of jail, despite an alarming criminal record. As a 17-year-old living in Arkansas, he was sentenced to consecutive prison terms totaling nearly 100 years for five different felony charges, including robbery and illegal possession of a handgun. During his courtroom appearances, he frequently exhibited unruly and violent behavior, throwing things and even lunging for a guard's handgun. Yet in 2000, citing the young age at which he had been sentenced and his newfound devotion to God, Clemmons, then 27, wrote a letter pleading for clemency from then governor Mike Huckabee...
...promptly violated parole, was in and out of prison, then moved West to avoid the Arkansas penal system. He tried to start a lawn-care business but never got out of trouble with the law. In May this year he began talking about his ability to fly and his feeling that the Secret Service was looking for him. Clemmons also said he believed he was the Messiah and that the President would soon acknowledge him as such. But on Nov. 28, Clemmons apparently wasn't reflecting on his relationship with God. Ed Troyer, spokesman for the Pierce County sheriff...
...plan, saying its push to train Afghan fighters "will be the main focus of our campaign in the months ahead." The Afghan national army, which jumped from 6,000 troops in 2003 to 24,000 in 2004, has been growing by about 1,500 troops monthly over the past year. (Iraq's security forces, protecting a smaller population than Afghanistan's, now total...