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Surprise! Franken leans to the left in ’The Truth’

By Andy Van Sistine and Lexie Clinton | Nov. 18, 2005

George W. Bush did something phenomenal last November. He won one of the narrowest presidential elections in the nation's history. At a loss for words, Franken slumped back into his couch and watched the conservative media pop champagne and declare a mandate. Franken saw that the fact was the guy who based his platform on 'fear, smear and queers' had won by the skin of his teeth.

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Fake profile trashes Wiley, UW policy on labor

By Jamie Thomas | Nov. 18, 2005

Many UW-Madison students opened their e-mail Thursday morning to find a Facebook friend request from Chancellor John Wiley. The link led them to a mock profile engineered by the Student ' ¦

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Your friendship based on an iPod

By Eric Jensen | Nov. 18, 2005

Proposed by Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy in 1929, you probably know the theory of six degrees of separation in respect to the number of steps needed to link Kevin Bacon ' ¦'

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Hot: Mukluks

Nov. 18, 2005

This winterized version of the moccasin started to appear last winter and is popping up all over. The winter boot can be anything from bland to bulky and this near-variation ' ¦'

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Letters to the Editor

By Ben Pierson & Victoria Statz | Nov. 18, 2005

The Daily Cardinal ran a letter by Geoff Price on Nov. 16 saying that, while some religions, like Hinduism, may be compatible with evolution, Christianity is not. This is an ' ¦

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Hollywood loves dead rock stars

By Richard Leo | Nov. 18, 2005

Since the 1960s when The Beatles made A Hard Day's Night, the worlds of music and movies have often collided in film. Though numerous different kinds of music movies have ' ¦'

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Police find possible links in string of cab robberies

Nov. 18, 2005

Madison Police suspect that one person has been behind the five armed robberies of cab drivers in south Madison this month. The five incidents involved a man entering a cab ' ¦

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DIY: T-shirts

Nov. 18, 2005

Zazzle.com, along with several other websites, gives the quirky T-shirt seeker a new way to be original. Instead of going for the Urban Outfitters version of 'vintage,' and wearing the ' ¦'

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UW System may fund Madison K-12 charter school

By Carrie Lorig | Nov. 18, 2005

Assembly Bill 786, which would establish a K-12 charter school in Dane County to be run by the UW System, received the support of members of the community before the ' ¦

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Solving the crisis in North Korea

By Bill Rohde | Nov. 17, 2005

North Korea will continue to produce nuclear warheads at a rate of eight to ten a year, and six-party talks are not going to halt production anytime soon. After three ' ¦

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Badger Baloney: Good looking students enter hibernation

By Dan Wiersema and Owen Desai | Nov. 17, 2005

As the first snowflakes descend on campus, one thing is abundantly clear: the good looking people of UW-Madison are gone, buried under countless layers of winter clothing. Gone are the ' ¦

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And along came Nolan Polley

By Jon McNamara | Nov. 17, 2005

Kentucky transfer happily blending into Madison scene

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New Beer Thursdays

By JoEllen Amato | Nov. 17, 2005

Bell???s Winter White Ale'

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State Republicans defend bill of rights for taxpayers

By Whitney Jensen | Nov. 17, 2005

Despite a partial repeal of a Taxpayers' Bill of Rights in Colorado last month, Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are still in favor of instituting similar legislation for the state. TABOR, ' ¦

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’Schoolhouse Rock’ evolves

By Matt Hunziker | Nov. 17, 2005

Though challenging the status quo is the basis of all innovation, a certain amount of oversight is required to distinguish between good ideas and for example, Pat Boone's 'No More Mr. Nice Guy.'

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History of vegetables is more than garden variety

By Adrian Crabb | Nov. 17, 2005

There is a reason to eat your veggies besides their nutritional value. Packed into each bite are not just vitamins and minerals, but also the cultural history of their consumption. ' ¦'

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Stiem rising up the depth charts

By Ryan Hessenthaler | Nov. 17, 2005

Greg Stiemsma prepares for larger role in Badger frontcourt

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Pop icon shines on ’Confessions’

By Bridget Maniaci | Nov. 17, 2005

Madonna: dancer, sex icon, philanthropist, 47-year-old mother of two, children's author, and most importantly, a pop music icon. With an unparalleled career under her belt spanning two decades and myriad interests consuming her life, it could have been very easy for Madonna to take a relaxed approach on Confessions on a Dance Floor and put out a well-produced and polished album that lacked inspiration.

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Former coach still a force in WCHA

By Seth Bichler | Nov. 17, 2005

Ex-UW coach seeing hockey from new angle'

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’Derailed’ goes off tracks

By Ben Peterson | Nov. 17, 2005

Straight from the Hollywood thriller cutting block comes 'Derailed,' a film that falls somewhere in between entertaining and superfluous. It's one of those twisty con artist movies with plenty of curveballs, though a zealous eye could probably uncover most of the plot within the first 20 minutes.