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Indiana's flagship school loses $300,000 during a free application week.
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KUHAK, Afghanistan (Reuters) - As U.S. soldiers from Alpha Company stepped out of their outpost on a scorching July morning in Arghandab in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province, an all too familiar sound rang through the air.
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Spain's Rafael Nadal defeated Robin Soderling of Sweden on Sunday (6-4, 6-2, 6-4) to win a record fifth title at Roland Garros and avenge his first-ever defeat there last year.
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As television pictures showed the Russian and American jets park beside one another on the tarmac in Vienna, there weren't many in the US feeling sorry for the 10 heading east – except, perhaps, for one of their number: the Peruvian journalist Vicky Pelaez.
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One of the most coveted rides of the season, that on defending champion Fleeting Spirit in next week's July Cup at Newmarket, is still up for grabs after two of the weighing room's highest-profile names put their whips in the ring alongside last year's winning rider Tom Queally. But trainer Jeremy Noseda yesterday remained Capello-like in his refusal to name the name on the teamsheet. "Ryan Moore and Frankie Dettori have both said they'd be available," he said, "and with Tom as well, that gives a great choice of jockeys. We've got an idea of the way we'll go, but nothing is set in stone yet."
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James Lawton, Chief Sports Writer Most of football is in love with Spain – and for impeccable reasons.
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Top US military commander in Afghanistan General David Petraeus has met sharp resistance from President Hamid Karzai to a US plan to assist Afghan villagers in fighting the Taliban on their own, The Washington Post reported Saturday.The Post said the first meeting last week between the new commander and the Afghan president turned tense after Karzai renewed his objections to the plan to assist the villagers.
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Oprah Winfrey is once again the queen of celebrities. The media mogul has reclaimed her throne as the most powerful celebrity by Forbes magazine, knocking over last year's number 1 Angelina Jolie. - (AHN)
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Gene-screening has been used to identify women most likely to benefit from one type of breast cancer chemotherapy.
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Sinclair McKay applauds an intriguing history of covert surveillance, GCHQ by Richard Aldrich
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Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed how she lost her baby weight.
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A prominent Egyptian businessman facing a retrial in the killing a Lebanese pop singer had his trial postponed on Tuesday. The reason for the delay, a countrywide general strike by lawyers. - (AHN)
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