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This Week's Theme: Movies that twistClassic: The Usual Suspects ("1995") This film reinvented the twist ending for a new generation.


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Twenty killed on third deadliest day in Iraq

A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter crashed Saturday afternoon northeast of the capital, killing all 13 American soldiers on board, and at least seven soldiers died in other parts of the country, officials said.


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Think before you ink

Anyone walking around campus with their eyes open is likely to see a pair of the now overly-popular Australian Uggs side-stepping a pile of snow somewhere nearby.


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Recipe Box

As the semester gets underway and all of those unread textbooks and assignments begin to pile up on your desk, you're going to wish it was still winter break.


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Correction

In Friday's issue, the column "Are you ready for some foot...ball?" was truncated by a printing error.


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Akron Zips up victory in final minutes.

On the back end of a road trip to the Buckeye state, the men's basketball team fell in a close contest to the Akron Zips Sunday afternoon, 66-59.Head coach Reggie Witherspoon led his team into the unfriendly confines of the James A.


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Making a dent

Heroes come in many forms.The traditional hero in comic books and blockbuster movies, including the animation flick "The Incredibles" and the new TV show "Heroes" on NBC, depict a world of fantasy in which magical powers can suddenly make everything right again.


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Life Focus: Fashion

The streets of New York City, Los Angeles and Buffalo are filled with them - the resurrection of leggings is nothing short of mainstream.Leggings are back and girls from all over can't seem to get enough of them.


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Not-so-average Joes

Yeah so "Rudy" made you cry, big deal. "Cinderella Man" made you think the Great Depression wasn't that bad.


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Sidelines

Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball LeadersPoints1. Martin Samarco- BGSU 21.8 2. Giordan Watson- CMU 18.9 3.


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"Relax, these are the good years"

"Ah mannaggia."This is the phrase that can normally be heard from my bedroom at two in the afternoon when I have finally motivated myself to get out of bed and grab the Advil.The word means "dammit" in Italian and expresses rage.


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Underground repairs continue on North Campus

Underground repair work in the North Campus Promenade is taking longer than expected due to an "unusual" delay, according to Keith Tramp of University Facilities.Tramp explained that the university's air conditioning system is comprised of a series of chilled water lines, or pipes carrying chemically treated water around campus."That's how all the buildings are cooled on North Campus," he said.According to Tramp, the muddy chasm dug in the Promenade between Lockwood Library and the Student Union was for a repair job of leaking pipes carrying chilled water to each academic building's individual air conditioning system."The chilled water line system is currently turned off for the winter, and they're going to repave the whole Founder's Plaza soon," he said.


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