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Same-sex marriages to continue in S.F.

By Andrew Haffner and Maureen Backman | Feb. 23, 2004

Wis. Assembly to join ongoing national debate

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RIAA enters mob war in NJ

By Joe Uchill | Feb. 23, 2004

Elvis Costello is a gangster. So are The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Cyndi Lauper is a gangster. Alvin, Simon and Theodore (A.K.A. The Chipmunks) are gangsters. Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 'N Sync, ' ¦'

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Campus groups increase student vote turnout

By Andrew Haffner and Laura McCaul | Feb. 23, 2004

High voter turnout last Tuesday has not deterred a number of on-campus groups working toward greater voter participation. Forty-four percent of those eligible in Dane County voted in the Wisconsin ' ¦

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Silliness of 'Welcome to Mooseport' overstays its welcome

By Molly Reppen and Ben Schultz | Feb. 23, 2004

\Welcome to Mooseport"" is merely mildly amusing when it very well could have been uproarious. Although the film depends on the mismatch between Gene Hackman's dignity and Ray Romano's charm, ' ¦'

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Wisconsin experiences road woes again in Michigan

By Kate Hedlin | Feb. 23, 2004

The Badgers experienced their own version of road sickness as No. 10 Wisconsin (8-4 Big Ten, 17-6 overall) lost its second game in a row after failing to bounce back ' ¦

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Drake speculates on extraterrestrial life

By Dinesh Ramde | Feb. 20, 2004

Professor Frank Drake says it is only a matter of time before mankind detects signs of extraterrestrial intelligence. \Detecting alien life is like winning the lottery, and to win any ' ¦

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UW in jeopardy Sunday of season's first back-to-back losses

By Connor McKnight | Feb. 20, 2004

Michigan beat Badgers by one last year at Crisler Arena

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WSUM pits local bands in combat Saturday

Feb. 20, 2004

Eric Van Vleet The Daily Cardinal If you still have the democratic fever after our recent primary, and if the only thing that can cure it is more voting, you ' ¦'

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Lot Six 'fabled' success

By Emily Winter | Feb. 20, 2004

(Tarantula) If you've never heard The Lot Six, their third album is a good place to start. With popular bands like The Strokes and The White Stripes becoming more and ' ¦'

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Hillel brings Israeli films to Madison

By Ben Schultz | Feb. 20, 2004

There are plenty of award-winning films coming to Madison in the next few days. But don't look for them in the multiplexes and don't expect to see them honored at ' ¦'

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Kerry receives endorsement from AFL-CIO labor group

By Patrice Kohl and Marlon Lima | Feb. 20, 2004

The AFL-CIO boosted Sen. John Kerry's campaign for the presidency with its endorsement Thursday, an endorsement that could be key to helping Kerry, D-Mass., win the Democratic primaries. If the ' ¦

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Students grill provost on budget, class cuts

By Ivy Okoniewski | Feb. 20, 2004

With tuition going up and student services going down, students targeted UW-Madison administration with questions concerning alarming trends in class availability and funding at the Memorial Union Thursday.a \How long ' ¦

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Kentucky: first in bluegrass, first in presidential predictions

By Eric Kleefeld | Feb. 20, 2004

Tuesday night a very important election took place, one for which the repercussions could alter the very way we look at current national politics and how this year's elections might ' ¦

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San Francisco court may stop same-sex marriages today

By Elizabeth Wachowski | Feb. 20, 2004

A court hearing today in San Francisco may decide the fate of same-sex marriage in California. The same-sex marriage licenses issued this week by the city of San Francisco will ' ¦

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Finding Jesus is just a phone call away

By Holly Noe | Feb. 20, 2004

Hold your scorn the next time a neighbor's incoming text message interrupts one of your lectures-it just might be from Jesus. A wireless company in Finland made news recently for ' ¦'

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News Briefs

Feb. 20, 2004

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty met on the campus of UW-La Crosse Thursday to join forces on numerous issues, according to Wispolitics.com. Doyle said he is ' ¦

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Falafel reigns supreme at new Middle Eastern restaurant

By Kim Kolden | Feb. 19, 2004

\What is Falafel?"" you might ask. That's what the King of Falafel's owner Mishel Aldaee would like to help you find out. Located at 453 W. Gilman St., the King ' ¦'

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Jones to New York?

By Michael Jones | Feb. 19, 2004

We are all Yankees. It's 3 a.m. on a Sunday morning. I'm on my couch, happily ingesting a Jin's chicken sandwich and watching \Rounders"" for the 47th time. And for ' ¦

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Softball Tempe bound

By Andrew Haffner and Jesse Vazquez | Feb. 19, 2004

The Badger softball team is getting an early reprieve from the snow and cold of Wisconsin before spring break. This weekend they return to the desert of the southwest to ' ¦

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Rock 'n' roll is dead. Long live rock 'n' roll!

By Joe Uchill | Feb. 19, 2004

Pretentious as it sounds, rock is dying. Maybe it was the dominance of radio playlists by the '70s, which killed much of the appreciation for avant rock. Perhaps it was ' ¦'