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Can Duvall’s Japanese comeback take down the Brits?

By Connor McKnight | Nov. 18, 2005

Every red-blooded American loves an underdog. There's something about a rags-to-riches story that grabs the American interest. When Boston was down three games to none against the Yankees two Octobers ago, there wasn't a soul who didn't want them to pull off a Cinderella victory. Now, I think I can say that with conviction because, according to research, I'm fairly certain that Yankee fans don't have souls.

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Protesters to picket recruitment center

By Daily Cardinal Staff and Claire Allen | Nov. 18, 2005

An anti-war protest targeting the United States Army recruiting station at University Square, part of 'National Stand Down Day,' is scheduled for today. Endorsed by several national organizations including Iraq ' ¦

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UW opens regular season in Paradise

By Ryan Hessenthaler | Nov. 18, 2005

After coming off a 2-0 preseason when more questions were posed than answered, the Wisconsin men's basketball team headed yesterday for the weekend Paradise Jam tournament in St. Thomas, USVI ' ¦

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Not: Moon Boots

Nov. 18, 2005

Even in winter, footwear can make or break an outfit. The presence of Moon Boots on campus late last winter and again this year exhibit a case of outfit breaking. ' ¦'

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Downtown parking fines may rise in ’06

By Andrew Geisthardt | Nov. 18, 2005

Halloween's future in Madison is secure thanks in part to the Madison Police Department, but downtown commuters may feel a pinch from parking fines after Jan. 1, 2006.

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You might have been a terrorist, too

By Nick Rotchadl | Nov. 18, 2005

To be effective in winning the war on terror with a 'hearts and minds' strategy, the United States must end the rhetoric of 'good and evil' and 'for us or ' ¦

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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

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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, ' ¦