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Pre-season rankings announcedOn Thursday, the Men's and Women's basketball teams of the Mid-American Conference met in Cleveland for the annual MAC preview, where they announced the preseason rankings of each team.


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Tossing political footballs

Since I was a little boy, I've loved politics nearly as much as I've loved sports. I remember days when I would walk around with my Scholastic Encyclopedia of Presidents of the United States, telling my parents over and over again how William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia only 31 days into office, or how seven presidents were left-handed.


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Freak show among the stars

It sounds like the plot of a new Nicholas Sparks novel: A young, hardworking gentleman falls madly in love with a fair beauty and they live happily together ...on an alien-infested spaceship.


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Worth the wait

Election officials are afraid that potential long lines at polling places will cause impatient citizens to renege on their right to vote for the next president, according to an article in Sunday's Los Angeles Times.


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Creepy careers

If discovering the secrets of a mystical cosmos or investigating crime scenes seem like attractive career choices, keep reading (at your own risk). In honor of the Halloween spirit, Career Services hosted an array of professionals in what may be deemed creepy careers on Friday-including a funeral home director, an Amherst Police detective with the Special Victims Unit and a local astrologer.


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Bulls swim ahead in standings

Heading into their meet against Ohio University, the Bulls women's swim team had its guard up for a team that was predicted to win the 2009 Mid-American Conference Championship by coaches across the conference.


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Bring 'em home

The Iraqi government is quibbling over important language in a security agreement with the United States, claiming anxiety over an open-ended withdrawal date for U.S.


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