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Aug. 12, 1996
By our reckoning, no presidential candidate in recent history has had as much riding on his selection of a running mate. Republican stalwart Bob Dole -- dogged continually by concerns about his age (73)
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  • Matthew Cross
Aug. 12, 1996
Former Gophers golfer Tom Lehman was stuck in a four-way tie for 15th place going into Sunday's final round of the PGA Championships at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., and stayed there
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Aug. 12, 1996
The light was blinding. The water was dripping. Elmo hadn't eaten or slept for three days. SPRACK!!! "We have ways of making you talk." "I swear. I don't know," Elmo said. "What is this Indepentent
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  • Scott Bradley
Aug. 12, 1996
Since beginning his coaching career 20 years ago, Mike Hebert has become as identifiable with Big Ten volleyball as Superman is with Metropolis. Hebert, who was hired as the Gophers' head volleyball
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Aug. 12, 1996
U.S. Tests Projection of Military Power With Exercises WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite two terrorist bombings aimed at forcing American troops from the Persian Gulf, the U.S. military is intensifying its
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  • Brian Bakst
Aug. 12, 1996
An anonymous group that claims to represent faculty members has circulated a document in recent weeks demanding drastic changes in the University's tenure policy. The group, which calls itself the
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  • Bei Hu
Aug. 09, 1996
University graduate student Christopher Chiappari is concerned about another graduate assistant who will return from his trip abroad to find his health insurance gone. Chiappari, like other University
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Aug. 09, 1996
About $200 was stolen Wednesday from a cash register in the Gopher Game Room in Coffman Memorial Union. A man claiming to have a gun approached the cashier and demanded the money in the register, said
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  • Chris Vetter
Aug. 09, 1996
University students and staff will be unable to access several areas of Wilson Library next week while a sprinkler system is installed in parts of the building. Because the installation of the new
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Aug. 09, 1996
We're not alone in the universe, or so several scientists would have us believe. Planetary experts from NASA and other institutions told a captivated international audience Wednesday that a Martian meteorite
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Aug. 09, 1996
BOSTON (AP) -- A surprising number of people -- perhaps one in 100 whites -- have genes that can enable them to escape AIDS infection despite having risky sex thousands of times, scientists discovered. The
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  • Brian Vats-Fournier
Aug. 09, 1996
University psychiatry professor Dorothy Hatsukami thinks that last week's Food and Drug Administration approval of Nicoderm nicotine patches, the second brand to receive approval for over-the-counter
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  • Kamariea Forcier
Aug. 09, 1996
The man accused of murdering University student Kami Talley was arraigned Wednesday in Hennepin County District Court. Louis Cardona Buggs, 23, was indicted last week for first-degree murder. At the
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Aug. 09, 1996
If It Looks Like Yogurt, Tastes Like Yogurt -- USDA Says It May Be Meat WASHINGTON (AP) -- What's for lunch? For millions of America's schoolchildren, the answer soon may be yogurt, not meat. The
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Aug. 09, 1996
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Indiana University coach Bill Mallory could tell his prized defensive lineman, Bo Barzilauskas, no longer had his head or heart into football. "I had a feeling and I told him
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