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• Sophisticated hunters not to blame for driving mammoths to extinction

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  London, November 23 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have determined that sophisticated hunters cannot be blamed for driving mammoths to extinction, as these creatures and other giant ice-age mammals faced extinction 2,000 years before deadly speartips were invented.According to a report in the Guardian, the ...
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• Book Review: Democracy in Print

  
  The Lesser of Two Equals — Authority: 104
  Democracy in Print: The Best of The Progressive Magazine, 1909-2009 Edited by Matthew Rothschild Published May 1, 2009 University of Wisconsin Press 390 pp. ISBN 0-299-23224-7 Reviewed November 22, 2009 Out of all the casualties the economic crisis has been wreaking on the world (your humble narrator’s ...
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• Is "The White House Butler" an outrageously racist headline?

  
  Althouse — Authority: 758
  Theres been some discussion here in Madison, Wisconsin, where former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler is a visiting professor at the law school, about whether that headline, on a Wall Street Journal editorial , is racist. The editors begin: As consolation prizes go, Louis Butler cant complain. After ...
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• Your Week 12 College Football Scores

  
  Rumors and Rants — Authority: 598
  Record after week 11: 121-61, 84-96-2 AS 10 am ET : This is it. Indiana’s last football game of 2009. They’re not going to put pads on together on the field again whilst keeping score until the spring game in March/April. I can’t believe we’re already here. 12 pm ET The Game (10) Ohio State (9-2) ...
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• Wis. college kid busted for underage drinking via Facebook

  
  City Pages - The Blotter — Authority: 717
  A University of Wisconsin student learns theres a whole new meaning for the term "social networking."
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• "Its not like youre going to be walking down State Street in Madison or walking in downtown Milwaukee and theres going to be compassion centers or dispensaries every other door."

  
  Althouse — Authority: 758
  "I just dont think thats going to happen." The medical marijuana bills sponsor just doesnt think thats going to happen. All right then. Medical marijuana is sold under catchy names like Space Queen, Blue Dream, Purple Urkel and Train Wreck, and health-conscious users are gravitating toward vaporizers rather than ...
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• Kindle Educational Pilot Program Hits Roadblock

  
  Amazon Kindle, Kindle 2 And Kindle DX Blog — Authority: 454
  Amazon recently added the reading aloud feature to the Kindle and now the device will be able to read books out aloud so that e-texts are more easily accessible. This step has generally been appreciated by everyone except the National Federation of the Blind. As a result, educational institutions participating in the ...
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• Ant farmers use bacteria to make their gardens grow

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Washington, November 20 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have found that ant farmers, like their human counterparts, depend on nitrogen-fixing bacteria to make their gardens grow. The finding documents a previously unknown symbiosis between ants and bacteria and provides insight into how leaf-cutter ants have come ...
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• Your Week 12 College Football Picks

  
  Rumors and Rants — Authority: 598
  Record after week 11: 121-61, 84-96-2 AS 12 pm ET The Game (10) Ohio State (9-2) at Michigan (5-6) (+12) The Buckeyes are already going to the BCS and have no shot at the national title game, so this game is essentially a minor annoyance this year. Actually, that’s a welcome change since we’re only ...
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• Death of the mastadon

  
  The Why Files — Authority: 107
  Its one of the biggest puzzles of paleontology: Why did North Americas large mammals go extinct shortly after the glaciers melted about 15k years ago? New study suggests that hunters get the credit -- or blame.
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• Death of the mastodon

  
  The Why Files — Authority: 107
  Its one of the biggest puzzles of paleontology: Why did North Americas large mammals go extinct shortly after the glaciers melted about 15k years ago? New study suggests that hunters get the credit -- or blame.
  5 days ago

• 1996 Packers, 49ers Riot Game Changed Everything

  
  Total Packers | Green Bay Packers news, analysis, commentary, and video — Authority: 141
  There have been some great matchups in the history of the Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers series, but the high point came in the mid-to-late ’90s.Those years signaled a changing of the guard in an NFL once ruled by the 49ers and Dallas Cowboys. A well-built Green Bay Packers team with a mix of [...]
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• American Council on Exercise releases Wii Fit study results - Examiner.com

  
  Nintendo Wii Game and Accessories Review — Authority: 160
  The Age American Council on Exercise releases Wii Fit study results Examiner.com The American Council on Exercise (ACE) released study results last week regarding Nintendos Wii Fit. Conducted with the help of the University of Wisconsin ... Study Claims Playing Nintendo Wii Could ...
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• Warmer means windier on world’s biggest lake

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Washington, November 18 (ANI): Scientists have found that rising water temperatures are kicking up more powerful winds on Lake Superior in the US, with consequences for currents, biological cycles, pollution and more on the world’s largest lake and its smaller brethren.Since 1985, surface water temperatures measured ...
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• "Oh, the Humanities Building."

  
  Althouse — Authority: 758
  "You are a massive block of concrete that houses the studies for which you are appropriately named. Since your completed construction in 1969, you have been a cold, lonely home to the studies of music, art, English, and history; all of which seem strangely out of place beneath your sunken temple walls (perhaps with ...
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• Best WCHA Rinks

  
  Bourne's Blog — Authority: 422
    In order, my top three favourite college arena’s to play in.  Really, they’re overall favourites too, because no pro environment can match having a live band, student sections, chants and all the goodies of a college game.  Of course, my home rink, Sullivan Arena, is my overall favourite, based on the ...
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• "No. 21 Wisconsin beats Michigan 45-24."

  
  Althouse — Authority: 758
  "Scott Tolzien tied a career high with four touchdown passes and scored on a sneak, and No. 21 Wisconsin made Michigans miserable Big Ten season even worse with a 45-24 victory Saturday."
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• Your Week 11 College Football Scores

  
  Rumors and Rants — Authority: 598
  Record after week ten: 108-58, 76-88-2 AS Week 11 Picks 10 am ET : It’s already week 11. I can’t believe the season has gone this quickly. I’m sleeping in this morning, but will be up just in time for the opening kick for, and quick demise of, Indiana at Penn State. Fun way to spend a Saturday morning. ...
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• Boffins identify ‘cross-talk’ mechanism that contributes to colorectal cancer

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Washington, Nov 14 (ANI): Scientists from University of Wisconsin-Madison School have identified what they call ‘cross-talk’ mechanism that appears to contribute to colorectal cancer.This molecular mechanism allows two powerful signalling pathways to interact and begin a process leading to colorectal tumours.“We ...
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• A big religion-themed dorm for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

  
  Althouse — Authority: 758
  It will be a private dorm , part of Pres House, which is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, so we are not dealing with the constitutional problem of tax money flowing into a religious organization. Still, the Freedom From Religion Foundation — which is based here in Madison — expresses concern, through its ...
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