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Hawking prepares to boldly go

By Keaton Miller | Mar. 11, 2007

Keaton it Real: This week, Keaton discusses Stephen Hawking's desire to experience space travel first hand.'

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Wisconsin's own Democratic U.S Rep. Dave Obey can now be found on Youtube.com, as he angrily expresses frustration with the war in Iraq to a former soldier's mother in the hallway outside Congressional offices in Washington D.C.

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UW’s SWAP Shop to relocate to Verona

By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 11, 2007

UW-Madison's Surplus With A Purpose Shop, a store featuring wares ranging from used computers to bar stools to bicycles, will move from its 2102 Wright St. location to a Madison suburb, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Saturday.

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Badgers advance to Frozen Four in 4-OT thriller

By Eric Levine | Mar. 11, 2007

It took 127 minutes and nine seconds of action Saturday night, but junior forward Jinelle Zaugg's goal in the fourth overtime sent the Wisconsin women's hockey team to the Frozen Four for the second straight season as the Badgers defeated Harv'

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Anti-alcohol advertising fails to inhibit bingeing

By Marcie Benson | Mar. 11, 2007

STOP THE MADNESS. Wait, what madness, stop March Madness? No, ""STOP THE MADNESS"" is the slogan of a new advertising campaign that reprimands universities for allowing major alcohol corporations to advertise during collegiate athletics. The adv'

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UW College Republicans respond to Nick Barbash

By Letters to the editor | Mar. 11, 2007

I feel compelled to respond to the March 8 article ""Coulter slur reflects Republican supporters"" written by my peer Nick Barbash. Barbash wrote an article about the dangers of allowing college Republicans to bring hotheaded, provocative speake'

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Man battered at S. Park Walgreen’s

By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 11, 2007

Madison police said a 47-year-old man was battered and robbed last Tuesday in the Walgreen's parking lot at 2121 S. Park St.

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Can’t get in to heaven with that music

By Julia Shiplett | Mar. 11, 2007

A war is being waged between my floorboards. The reason is, those floorboards haven't stopped vibrating since August, and I can't take it anymore. The incessant daily sound and pulse of my neighbors' bass under my feet have brought me to that eye-twitching point of annoyance and fury. Something inside is going to snap soon.

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Hit-and-run at Regent, Park intersection injures one

By Quinn Craugh and Meghana Agni | Mar. 11, 2007

Police are searching for suspects who left a person critically injured from a hit and run accident early Saturday morning at the intersection of South Park Street and Regent Street. '

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Tucker breaks Michael Finley’s UW scoring record

By Adam Hoge | Mar. 11, 2007

CHICAGO—Some of the pain of losing the Big Ten Championship went away shortly after the NCAA Tournament seedings were announced Sunday, as the UW men's basketball team received the No. 2 seed in the Midwest bracket and will play in Chicago next weekend.

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Jay tells a Storey

By Jay Storey | Mar. 11, 2007

So I made it. Tomorrow marks the big 21 for me, and barring an ugly Monday afternoon incident, I will have avoided any legal reparations for my underage drinking.

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Culture clash a miscommunication

By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 11, 2007

This unfortunate situation, which arose from a discussion of law and culture, unwittingly proves a point Kaplan was trying to make: Cultural differences intervene in our social and legal conduct in ways that are hard to anticipate.'

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Bite of the Week

By Jay Storey | Mar. 11, 2007

Scotch Egg

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The skinny on trans fats

By Paul Blazevich and Sarah Nance | Mar. 11, 2007

Everything you always wanted to know about trans fats.'

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Wis. Billionaires bring home big bucks

By The Daily Cardinal and Andy Van Sistine | Mar. 11, 2007

Wisconsin has always bred loyal cheeseheads, but a new ranking shows the state may be boasting a new crowd. '

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UW falls to Ohio State, gets No. 2 seed

By Sam Pepper and Jon Spike | Mar. 11, 2007

fter splitting the two games with Ohio State during the regular season, the rubber match in the Big Ten Tournament Championship did not go the UW men's basketball team's way. Ohio State got out to an early lead and never looked back, steamrol'

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UW men’s track wins indoor national championship

By Daily Cardinal Staff and Tom Lea | Mar. 11, 2007

Chalk up another triumph for UW in the realm of track and field. The UW men's indoor track team won its first indoor national championship Saturday and also became the first Big Ten team to claim the honor.

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‘quietLoud’ speaks volumes at the Overture Center

By Emily Semmelman | Mar. 11, 2007

The Overture Center's latest exhibit, ""quietLoud"" by FOURum, a group of Madison artists, is a cohesive display of brilliant art with patterned detail.

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Wisconsin rocks Denver to keep season alive

By Jon Bortin | Mar. 11, 2007

The Badger men's hockey team moved closer to somehow getting back to the NCAA Tournament this weekend, defeating Denver to move on to the quarterfinals of the WCHA Final Five.'

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Prof remarks elicit

By Amanda Hoffstrom | Mar. 11, 2007

University of Wisconsin Law School senior faculty members and UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley issued separate statements Friday surrounding the recent controversy involving law professor Leonard Kaplan and student accusations of racist comments toward Hm'