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Feb. 23, 2005An 11-second, 6.4-magnitude earthquake erupted in southern Iran Tuesday, ravaging the mountainous region and affecting 30,000 people. An estimated 500 victims have already been declared dead according to BBC News, ' ¦
An 11-second, 6.4-magnitude earthquake erupted in southern Iran Tuesday, ravaging the mountainous region and affecting 30,000 people. An estimated 500 victims have already been declared dead according to BBC News, ' ¦
How to play the game The object of Dance Dance Revolution is to keep up with the fast paced Japanese techno and pop music by stepping on a tough, sticky ' ¦'
Heather Vitale: It's the degradation, baby Have you ever been embarrassed by a family member? Heather has. Her eccentric basketball-announcing uncle may be a riot at the family reunions, but ' ¦'
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 ' ¦'
It has been a long tough road, marred by unexpected collapses, understandable coaching changes and sub-.500 records. But for seniors guard Stephanie Rich and forward Ebba Gebisa, Wednesday night's home ' ¦
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 ' ¦'
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 ' ¦
They are a rare breed who love the complex process of thesis development, the endless variety of sentence structure and the art of the perfect transition. Their majors range anywhere ' ¦'
UW-Madison Policy Alternatives Community Education discussed updated strategies for curtailing house parties at UW-Madison, including issuing notices to the university after parties get busted. Discussion revolved around certain \hot spots"" ' ¦
\When I'm writing and singing, I want be honest. I think it's important to use your real voice and not to posture or wax poetic, even if you're dealing with ' ¦'
In an effort to determine the extent of drug and alcohol use among UW System students, System officials, in conjunction with the UW-Madison Division of Information Technology and the now-defunct ' ¦
The Long and Short of It'
The state Senate passed a three-year property tax freeze by a 20-13 vote Tuesday, but Gov. Jim Doyle said he will veto it, possibly as soon as this morning. In ' ¦
It all seemed to start out so innocently. In 1991, MTV launched \The Real World,"" which offered viewers a bird's-eye view into the lives of an assortment of conflicted and ' ¦
Those who watched the most recent episode of \The Simpsons"" Sunday night may have noticed that it began with a warning that the episode dealt with the issue of gay ' ¦
Helping UW System students pay tuition was foremost on the minds of state Assembly representatives Tuesday morning at a meeting of the Colleges and Universities Committee at the Capitol. Of ' ¦
The e-commerce industry is booming, and everyone wants a piece of the pie. But when it comes to collecting sales tax on items bought over the Internet, certain states are ' ¦'