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CALLing out ’Tookie’ Williams

By Dan Tierney | Nov. 17, 2005

The Crips have earned the dubious distinction as America's most publicized and successful street gang. Once a dysfunctional purse-snatching outfit based in south-central Los Angeles, the notorious group now operates in 42 states. While their founder, Stanley 'Tookie' Williams, awaits his execution, the recently formed UW-Madison organization Coalition Against Legal Lynching seeks to reverse his sentence.

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Buying multiple kegs would be illegal under new law

By Nick Osiecki and Alex Pacheco | Nov. 17, 2005

Buying more than one keg of beer could become illegal in Madison if a proposed keg registration ordinance is passed. The proposed ordinance has not breached the walls of the ' ¦

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City Council ratifies Capitol budget, tweaks operating budget

By CJ Parslow | Nov. 17, 2005

As city representatives debated a series of amendments to the city operating budget'ranging from parking fees to sister-city programs'for a second consecutive night Wednesday, some of the debates became pointed. ' ¦

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Wonder’s latest a spotty return to 70s glory

By Joe Lynch and Caleb Nesser | Nov. 17, 2005

Stevie Wonder's latest album, A Time to Love, is not the comeback much of the music press has been trumpeting it as. But when one takes into account the schmaltz Wonder has been releasing for the past twenty years, and the consistent brilliance he maintained throughout the entirety of the seventies, it is understandable that people are getting excited about a Stevie Wonder album that at least has some grit to it.

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Letter to the editor: Thank you John Palermo

Nov. 17, 2005

I read with some sadness the decision of coach John Palermo to step down. I came to know John when I spoke with him on several occassions about the progress ' ¦

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State scrutinizes Wal-Mart’s health care policy

By Dan Wohl | Nov. 17, 2005

Coinciding with a national week-long effort to draw attention to Wal-Mart's policies, state legislators unveiled a bill Wednesday aimed at cracking down on the retail giant's health care policies.

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State St. coffeehouse denies forcing out non-Christians

By Greg Stockwell | Nov. 17, 2005

A local coffee shop has spent the last few months restructuring after allegations of religious discrimination triggered the loss of many volunteers and staff members. The controversy began last spring, ' ¦

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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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Will you be my roommate?

By Elli Thompson | Nov. 17, 2005

As the season of apartment-searching, lease-signing and roommate-picking rapidly approaches, some words of wisdom on the great search'

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Reader of the Day: Jessica Bartz

Nov. 17, 2005

She vants your bloooood!'

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New bill may allow UW tuition gift certificates

By Nick Ihm | Nov. 17, 2005

With the holiday season fast approaching, students can ask for gift cards from Best Buy, The Gap and now the UW System under a bill that allows for tuition gift ' ¦

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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.

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Horkoscopes

By Sean Horkheimer | Nov. 17, 2005

From the Album Amnesiac by Radiohead'

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Food Connoisseurs: Lauren Sammel

By Chinthu Udayarajan | Nov. 17, 2005

Seldom does anyone dream of growing up to be a meat scientist, but things turned out to be quite different for Lauren Sammel after attending a meat science class in ' ¦'

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