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The Wisconsin Women's hockey team (18-7-1 Western Collegiate Hockey Association, 24-7-1 overall) looks to continue its winning ways as it caps off the regular season against St. Cloud State (7-16-3, ' ¦

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Badgers invade Spartan 'Izzone'

By Jon McNamara and Abram Shanedling | Feb. 24, 2005

The No. 20 Wisconsin Badgers (8-4 Big Ten, 17-6 overall) travel to East Lansing tonight to take on No. 11 Michigan State (10-2, 19-4), a team seeking revenge after a ' ¦

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Mayor, alders cite alcohol as top concern at State of City address for UW students

Feb. 24, 2005

City officials express wishes for liberal drinking laws

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Oscars 2005

By By: Steven Nemcek | Feb. 24, 2005

The Oscars are Hollywood's chance to shine and pat itself on the back. It's a chance to single out various achievements and award those both deserving and undeserving. For the ' ¦'

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Victims of AIDS advocate tolerance, not fear

By Hayley Jacobs | Feb. 24, 2005

Journey of Hope spreads AIDS/HIV awareness

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News Briefs

Feb. 24, 2005

Madison Further information regarding Monday's blackouts targeted a UW-Madison-hired contractor as responsible for the city's underground fires. The contractor did not follow proper procedure for the university equipment he was ' ¦

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Accidental racism: It's what's for dinner

By Whitney Newman and Amos Posner | Feb. 24, 2005

Feeding people can be tricky business. Just ask my left hand. Last Friday night, I cooked for friends after drinking. Everyone relaxed while I served up the angel hair. No ' ¦'

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Buying votes with homeland security money

By Nick Barbash and Clay Thomas | Feb. 24, 2005

Don't worry, folks, we can all rest easy. Thanks to Tom Ridge, Condi Rice and the rest of President Bush's national security crew, Ludington, Michigan is now officially safe from ' ¦

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Weighing in discrimination

By Katrina Peterson | Feb. 24, 2005

Recently I came across an appalling article from several different news sources-Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, located in Atlantic City, N.J., has officially made it a requirement for their cocktail waitresses and bartenders to maintain a certain weight. Otherwise these employees will face up-to 90 days of unpaid probation. During this time, they can be put on a weight-loss program paid for by Borgata and attempt to lose the extra weight. If they do not succeed in doing so, they will be fired.

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Carb your enthusiasm!

By Morgan Brickley | Feb. 24, 2005

Whole-grain goodness'

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City OKs Gorham apartment building

By Amanda Becker | Feb. 23, 2005

Members of the City Council discussed the building of a 12-story student apartment building and increased parking on Capitol Square Wednesday evening at the City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King ' ¦

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Team 'Star Fox' ready for action!-Players experience 'assault' on classic title

By Jason Ducat | Feb. 23, 2005

\Star Fox"" for the Super Nintendo was a revolution of video game design. Back then a 16-bit machine pushing polygons like that had never been seen. The Nintendo 64 version ' ¦'

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DDR helps college students lose weight

By Sarah Wieckert | Feb. 23, 2005

Thanks to a brilliant Japanese idea, active video games now allow lazy-or money-conscious-college students to revel in the same mindless distractions from the intellectual world that traditional video games did ' ¦'

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Networks plan to sue FCC to recoup fine fees

By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal and Laura Kalinowski | Feb. 23, 2005

Various broadcasters are expected to bring a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission sometime within the next month, citing the FCC's failure to define standards for indecency violations. The networks ' ¦'

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Pax's Baby Bulls growing up

By Jon McNamara | Feb. 23, 2005

Born To Mack

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Blackout began at substation

By Molly Reppen and Luke Behnke | Feb. 23, 2005

Madison Gas and Electric determined Tuesday the cause of the Monday-evening blackout that left most of the State Street and Langdon Street areas powerless.