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‘Chocolate’ makes a sticky mess out of cinema

By Kate Manegold | Feb. 1, 2007

A boring and clichAcd love story of forbidden love between the supernatural and humans, ""Blood and Chocolate"" is as bad as its laughable name. Based on the successful young adult novel by Annette Curtis Klause, the movie focuses on 19-year-old Vivian (Agnes Brucker), teenage girl by day and dangerous werewolf by night, and her struggle to choose between life as a mortal or as a ""loup-garoux,"" running wild at night with her pack.

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UW socialists talk Iraq withdrawal at ISO’s spring kickoff

By Amanda Hoffstrom and Brittany Jones | Feb. 1, 2007

Days following the March for Peace protest in Washington, D.C., members of the International Socialist Organization gathered to debate ongoing questions involving the war in Iraq.

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Assembly moves to cross out line-item veto

By The Daily Cardinal | Feb. 1, 2007

The state Assembly voted in favor of banning the ""Frankenstein Veto"" in a 71-25 vote Thursday. The veto is a line-item veto that allows the governor to cross out words and parts of sentences of proposed bills, which critics have said allows hi'

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Police chase ends with man crashing car into tree

By The Daily Cardinal and Kyrie Caldwell | Feb. 1, 2007

Nigel Goodwan, 29, led police on a car chase Tuesday night on Madison's east side, resulting in Goodwan crashing his car into a tree and police recovering marijuana from his car.'

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Mayor Cieslewicz aims for re-election in 2007

By Quinn Craugh | Feb. 1, 2007

Starting today, The Daily Cardinal will profile each of the four candidates with a Q&A segment before the Feb. 20 primary election, which narrows the race to two. First, is incumbent Mayor Dave Cieslewicz.

Badgers set to face off against athletic ASU

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ASM will have Regents hear budget fight, Rath says

By Lara Sokolowski | Feb. 1, 2007

Although the Associated Students of Madison continued its ongoing battle against UW System policy Wednesday night by officially approving the budgets of all General Student Services Fund organizations, UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley will most likely str'

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If you want to meet your favorite athlete, this is not the way to do it

By Jon Bortin | Feb. 1, 2007

Columnist Jon Bortin presents an easy way to find yourself getting arrested for trying to meet your favorite player.'

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Star quietly dominates tennis world

By Zach Kukkonen | Feb. 1, 2007

Sports Editor Zach Kukkonen says Roger Federer is one of the greatest athletes in the world but is still not appreciated enough.'

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IU’s 19-0 run dooms Badgers

By Crystal Crowns | Feb. 1, 2007

The Wisconsin women's basketball team (5-5 Big Ten, 16-7 overall) had a rude awakening Thursday evening as Indiana (3-7, 14-9) ended its five game losing streak at Assembly Hall 83-56.

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Hill, Crooks to miss spring football season after surgeries

By Adam Hoge | Feb. 1, 2007

Two UW football starters will miss the spring season after suffering shoulder injuries.'

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Mayor Dave inches ahead of Allen in campaign fundraising

By Lexie Clinton | Feb. 1, 2007

Campaign finance reports documented new proximities in the mayoral race between candidates Ray Allen and Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Wednesday.'

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Mayor hopeful Ray Allen looks to improve Madison

By Quinn Craugh and Leah Leonidas | Feb. 1, 2007

In day two of our series, Ray Allen sat down with us to do a Q&A. Allen grew up in Milwaukee and graduated with a degree in Journalism from UW-Milwaukee. Allen has lived and worked in Madison for 38 years, and he currently owns and operates The Madison Times. He is actively involved in the community and has devoted much of his time to fixing education, public safety and the environment.

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Junior guard scores 20 points off Hoosier bench

By Sam Pepper | Feb. 1, 2007

The Badgers saw a half-time lead disappear as Indiana and junior guard A.J. Ratliff got hot in the second half.'

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Berquam brainstorms with students at forum

By Heather Gjerde and Leah Leonidas | Feb. 1, 2007

UW-Madison Interim Dean of Students Lori Berquam voiced her plan to reach out to every student on campus and to cater to varying student opinions as the next dean of students at a forum in the Red Gym Thursday night.'

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Doyle speaks to U.S. Senate on stem cells

By Dusty Pashouwer and The Daily Cardinal Arts Columnists | Feb. 1, 2007

The morning after putting research expansion at the forefront of his State of the State address, Gov. Jim Doyle jetted to Washington to urge the U.S. Senate to increase federal funding for embryonic stem cell research Wednesday.'

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A split won’t do it

By Nate Carey | Feb. 1, 2007

Towards the end of any regular season in college athletics, teams battle for position going into their conference tournament or postseason game. Each game down the stretch is considered a must win, and anything less can permanently damage a team's momentum.

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Lady Badgers get their shot at Indiana

By The Daily Cardinal | Feb. 1, 2007

A day after the UW men's basketball team lost at Indiana, the women's team takes on the Hoosiers in Indiana Thursday.'

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Streetcars obscure real election issues

By Joseph Lindstrom | Feb. 1, 2007

If you haven't heard any talk recently about Madison possibly implementing a streetcar system for downtown transportation, then you certainly haven't been hanging around mayoral candidates Ray Allen and Peter MuAoz. '

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Woods determined to replace King as Madison’s Dis. 8 alder

By Mary Malahy | Feb. 1, 2007

City Council president Austin King and supporters gathered Wednesday at the Red Gym to endorse Lauren Woods and officially kick off her campaign for the District 8 alder seat.

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Classic rock replaced by hip-hop on Madison’s new 106.7

By By Andy Holsteen and Ashley Ojala | Feb. 1, 2007

In an effort to fill the hip-hop void in Madison radio , Tom Walker, president of Midwest Family Broadcasting, recently launched the only exclusively hip-hop station in the Madison area.