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Crime In Brief

Nov. 11, 2008

Police were busy in downtown Madison over the weekend with weapons violations and a man harassing passerby on State Street.

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Women's tennis struggles at Indiana tournament

By Jake Langbecker | Nov. 11, 2008

The Wisconsin women's tennis team had a difficult time in Bloomington, Ind., losing the majority of their matches at the Indiana Invitational.

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Environmental activist pushes nuclear energy

By Cathy Martin | Nov. 10, 2008

Patrick Moore, an advocate of nuclear energy and co-founder of Greenpeace, spoke at the UW Energy Hub Conference Friday.

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County 911 center admits errors in handling calls before homicide

By Abby Sears | Nov. 10, 2008

The Dane County 911 Center failed to send police to a park on Madison's east side last week after receiving two calls before a man was beaten to death.

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Lawton outlines state's goals to promote renewable energy

By Megan Orear and Kaitlyn Schnell | Nov. 10, 2008

As keynote speaker at the UW Energy Hub Conference, Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton emphasized Wisconsin's important role in renewable-energy research and promotion.

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Valai's hit sets the tone for Wisconsin

By Nate Carey | Nov. 10, 2008

Columnist Nate Carey explains why sophomore safety Jay Valai's hit on Indiana's quarterback gave the Badgers game-changing momentum.

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Student killed by car while living abroad

By Erin Banco and By Rachel Schulze | Nov. 10, 2008

Kurt Leswing, a UW-Madison senior participating in the Semester at Sea program, was killed in Hong Kong last week.

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Van Hollen appeals to overturn ruling in voter-registration case

By The Daily Cardinal | Nov. 10, 2008

After losing in Dane County Circuit Court last month, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen filed an appeal Friday to overturn the decision to dismiss his lawsuit over voter-information verification.

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Fans to meet former Badger Ron Dayne at bookstore event

By The Daily Cardinal and Molly Reppen | Nov. 10, 2008

Fans can meet UW-Madison football legend Ron Dayne Nov. 24.

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Music snob speaks out

By Dale Mundt and Alec Walker | Nov. 10, 2008

Columnist Dale Mundt expresses his thoughts on nostalgia, emotion, and ways in which they can affect our opinion on music'

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Badgers earn first conference road win

By Scott Kellogg | Nov. 10, 2008

Wisconsin cruises past Indiana Saturday 55-20.

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SigEp members bike to Indiana to raise money for hospital

By Alyssa Connolly | Nov. 10, 2008

Members of Sigma Phi Epsilon biked to Bloomington, Ind., last weekend and raised over $5,000 for the American Family Children's Hospital.

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Men break into downtown apartment seeking drugs, money in targeted crime

By The Daily Cardinal | Nov. 10, 2008

Madison police do not believe the incident is related to other recent robberies in the downtown area.

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Tomorrow is another day for friendly bets

By Megan Corbett | Nov. 9, 2008

Megan learns about her friend's comprehensive knowledge of movie quotes.'

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'Role Models' of comedy

By Danny Gottleib | Nov. 9, 2008

Actors need little creativity from writers to make David Wain's latest comedy a success'

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Humanities stuck with lower funds

By Molly Reppen and The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board | Nov. 9, 2008

Despite a large gap between humanities funding and funding for other disciplines, humanities departments must accept the changing landscape of federal grants based on real-world applicability and benefits