December 4, 2008
Rants According to the AP, in an effort to hide stolen earrings, a Florida teenager dropped them into a bottle of water and proceeded to drink and swallow the earrings as a security officer approached him.

December 2, 2008
Rants Thirteen high school students in Calgary have been suspended after beating a red-headed teen because of the color of his hair.

December 1, 2008
Rants According to news-press.com, a 37-year-old Florida man was arrested late Friday after sheriff’s deputies say he punched out a drive-through window because his order hadn’t been taken properly.

November 26, 2008
By Sarah Jeglum, Arla Shephard, Randy Ferreiro, Casey Smith, Natalie SikaviThursday is Thanksgiving, and while the giving of thanks on that day is certainly important, it’s sometimes hard to determine exactly what you’re thankful for.

November 21, 2008
“I’m thankful to be American.

November 18, 2008
Rants According to the New York Times, infants conceived with techniques commonly used in fertility clinics are two to four times more likely to have certain birth defects than infants conceived naturally.

November 14, 2008
“My favorite thing about Seattle in the winter would be, I guess, the rare chance that it snows and that it stays and sticks and just walking around campus in the snow.”

November 13, 2008
Rants According to the AP, a Florida teenager has been sentenced to 18 months in juvenile detention for persuading his senile grandmother into holding a gun in a homemade “gangster rap” video.

November 10, 2008
Rants A 13-year-old Somalian girl was stoned to death after her father accused her of committing adultery, according to InfoNICA.com.

November 7, 2008
“I hope to see what he promised ...

November 6, 2008
Rants According to the AP, an airline crew used duct tape to keep a passenger in her seat because they said she became unruly and started fighting flight attendants and grabbing other passengers.

October 27, 2008
Rants According to the Associated Press, 52 cows died at a Uruguayan ranch after lightning struck the wire fence they were leaning against.

October 24, 2008
“Well it has to be there, I guess.

October 23, 2008
The Daily questions the UWPD Chief of Police candidates about prominent UW community issues

October 15, 2008
Dear future UW Chief of Police, Your job shouldn’t be about appearances.

October 14, 2008
Rants More than one-third of recent Atlanta Police Academy graduates have been arrested or cited for crimes that have ranged from minor offenses such as shoplifting, to violent charges including assault.

October 9, 2008
Rants The Gastronomical Festival of the Cat in Peru, featuring delicacies such as cat burgers and fried cat legs, promotes the belief that eating cats can cure bronchial disease.

October 8, 2008
Election volunteers in Pennsylvania told a woman she would have to remove her Obama shirt to vote because the shirt was deemed inappropriate electioneering.

October 6, 2008
Rants: A Fort Myers man shot himself in the arm after his girlfriend refused to have sex with him.

October 1, 2008
There is a recession on the way, some experts say.

October 1, 2008
There is a recession on the way, some experts say.

June 6, 2008
Rants — A plaster statue of Jesus was stolen from a church in Detroit.The thieves apparently thought the statue was made of copper that could be sold for scraps.

June 6, 2008
Brought to you by The Daily’s sports writers

June 4, 2008
Sheena, Maks, Christian, Ben

June 4, 2008
Rants — Teenagers in Vermont who trashed the home of legendary American poet Robert Frost are being forced to take classes on his work as part of their community service.

June 4, 2008
Does your faith observe a day of rest?

June 3, 2008
Rants — A fire at Universal Studies has destroyed several historic sets and more than 40,000 films in a video vault.

June 2, 2008
Rants — A 15-year-old boy from New Zealand was injured after a hedgehog was thrown at him.

May 30, 2008
Rants — Heavy rains in Colombia and the resulting flooding this week have left 100,000 homeless.

May 29, 2008
Do universities put too big an emphasis on college athletics?

May 28, 2008
Perseverance, wrote Victor Hugo, is the secret of all triumphs.

May 28, 2008
Rants — Film director, producer and actor Sydney Pollock died at age 73 Monday evening.

May 27, 2008
Rants — A Russian space official admitted that the rough and very off-course landing last month of a Russian space capsule was due to a mechanical failure.

May 27, 2008
This year’s round of ASUW elections ended with cheers for some and tears for others.

May 23, 2008
Rants — Damaged levees in New Orleans are already showing leaks that might cause the levees to collapse in another hurricane.

May 23, 2008
**Sasquatch Music Festival 2008** When: Tomorrow through Monday Where: The Gorge Amphitheater, George, Wash.

May 22, 2008
Rants — The venerable Massachusetts Sen.

May 21, 2008
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May 21, 2008
Rants — The military government (that is, the repressive junta) ruling Myanmar has relented in its opposition to allowing neighboring countries to transport supplies across its borders.

May 20, 2008
Rants — Work on an $800 million reservoir designed to help restore the Everglades in Florida has halted after an environmental group launched a lawsuit against the project.

May 16, 2008
Rants — A Phillippine family emigrating to Winnepeg, Canada accidentally left their 23-month-old boy behind at the Vancouver, B.C.

May 15, 2008
Rants — A new report by the FBI says that mortgage fraud is on the rise.

May 14, 2008
Rants — The Chinese government has refused a request by the International Olympic Committee to relent in its censorship of the Internet for the summer games.

May 13, 2008
Rants — A Red Cross boat carrying rice, drinking water and other international aid supplies for the cyclone-ridden Myanmar sank Sunday.

May 12, 2008
The way things are playing out so far, which two teams do you think are going to make it to the finals in the NBA playoffs?

May 12, 2008
The editorial board’s ASUW endorsements

May 12, 2008
Friends and haters: Join us in a democratic forum  (in response to “Enough with the pathetic protests,” by Jeff Dickson, April 30) We are March 1st Solidarity (M1S), the group calling for U.S.

May 12, 2008
Rants — Liv Tyler and her husband are splitting up after five years of marriage.

May 12, 2008
Thursday: 5/15 Men’s golf at the NCAA Regionals in Bremerton, Wash.

May 9, 2008
(In response to “Time for major parties to take out the trash, again,” by Russ Wung, May 5)

May 9, 2008
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May 9, 2008
What are students doing for mother’s day?.

May 8, 2008
Rants — The death toll has reached 100,000 in Myanmar (Burma) since Cyclone Nargis hit this past weekend, and international aid is only now trickling in.

May 7, 2008
Do you think the Mariners trading Greg Norton was a good idea?

May 7, 2008
With the craziness of the upcoming presidential election, it looks as though more and more people are spreading the word about (and the love of) voting.

May 7, 2008
Rants — Oil prices climbed to $120 a barrel this week, curtailing many Americans’ travel and shopping plans.

May 6, 2008
Rants — Students in Singapore are being encouraged to be fruitful and multiply in an attempt to fight declining birth rates.

May 5, 2008
Monday, May 5 What: Power! 1967-1968 film with Black Panther exhibition When: 12-1 p.m.

May 5, 2008
Rants — China has officially admitted that a police officer and a Tibetan were killed in a gunfight in a remote area of Northwest China last week.

May 2, 2008
Rants - Paula Abdul got confused when commenting on a contestant this week on American Idol.

April 30, 2008
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April 30, 2008
Early Friday morning, UW freshman Chase Anderson died after he collided with the side of a Metro bus while skateboarding.

April 30, 2008
Rants - Miley Cyrus, 15-year-old star of television show Hannah Montana has been swept up in controversy regarding risqué photos for a Vanity Fair shoot.

April 29, 2008
Rants - Striking workers at the only oil refinery in Scotland have shut down a pipeline that supplies nearly a third of Britain’s North Sea oil.

April 28, 2008
Rants - Actor Wesley Snipes was convicted of tax evasion and will face up to three years in prison.

April 25, 2008
Rants - China’s coal reserves are down to 12 days, due to rising energy needs.

April 24, 2008
Rants - Food prices have risen 40 percent since 2007, leading to violence in many countries mainly in Africa and Asia that have been severely affected.

April 23, 2008
Nowadays, you can purchase organic roses, chips cooked with solar energy, hemp milk, Earth-friendly chocolate and even composting toilets.

April 23, 2008
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April 22, 2008
Green edition

April 22, 2008
Rants - Soldiers and police in Nepal have been authorized to shoot if they encounter resistance to the Olympic torch’s path up Mt.

April 21, 2008
Rants - Food banks say demand is higher than ever — while supplies are dwindling in the not-so-hot economy.

April 18, 2008
Rants: Jamyang Kyi, a prominent Tibetan entertainer and activist, is being detained by the Chinese government and has been missing for more than a week.

April 15, 2008
Raves The Acme World Oyster Eating Championship crowned its latest winner: 22-year-old Chicago resident Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti.

April 7, 2008
RANTS Last Thursday 10 people, most of them children, died in a Pennsylvania house fire.

April 2, 2008
It’s no secret that the dorms are bursting at the seams.

March 5, 2008
In May, the University will award 440 former students of Japanese-American descent honorary bachelor’s degrees — degrees they likely would have earned if they hadn’t been sent to internment camps in 1942.

December 7, 2007
Balducci's, a New York City deli, put ham on sale for Hanukkah.

December 6, 2007
Lagging behind, U.S.

December 6, 2007
In the print world, lists are like the snacks most sack lunches have intermixed with the baby carrots and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

December 5, 2007
Americans spend about $3.6 billion extra on water as a result of the extra households created by divorce.

December 4, 2007
The number of Americans infected with AIDS is 50 percent higher than previous estimates.

December 3, 2007
<b> Rants </b> Al-Jazeera aired a new video of Osama Bin Laden, who's still alive and free. For women, the number of smoking related deaths is still sharply on the rise. <b>Raves</b>

November 30, 2007
A British primary school teacher in Sudan is accused of insulting the Islamic prophet Muhammad because she allowed children in her class to name a teddy bear after the religious figure.

November 29, 2007
It's snowing at the Cascade summits, and the Mt.

November 28, 2007
A woman suspected to be the mother of the 2-year-old "Baby Grace" confessed to beating and torturing her daughter, according to court documents.

November 28, 2007
Only about 1 percent of the total revenue raised for the Seattle Marathon will actually go to charity, according to The Seattle Times.

November 27, 2007
An illegal boarder-crosser helped a 9-year-old boy after his mother crashed their van near Phoenix.

November 26, 2007
A Malibu, Calif.

November 19, 2007
<b>Rants</b> A New Delhi, India, man married a female dog in a traditional Hindu ceremony as atonement for stoning two dogs to death. There is an increased trend of women getting "virginity fixes," which is a surgery that replaces a woman's hymen. <b>Raves</b>

November 16, 2007
Washington State Patrol is giving SR-520 through Redmond extra attention with special patrols.

November 15, 2007
<b> Rants</b> A Cornell University student said she was one among several people used as a plant in one of Hillary Clinton's campaign Q-and-A sessions. Paul Allen dumped 2.4 million Dreamworks stocks, worth $75 million, in an attempt to balance his portfolio. <b> Raves </b> Scientists discovered that chocolate was originally used to make a beer-like substance drunk as a status symbol. Jones Soda is coming out with its "special" flavor Christmas sodas: sugar plum, Christmas tree, eggnog and Christmas ham.

November 15, 2007
The Washington State Supreme Court overreacted last week when it declared an entire property-tax initiative unconstitutional.

November 14, 2007
A powerful storm in the Black Sea caused a small tanker to split and sink just off of the Russian coast.

November 9, 2007
New business

November 9, 2007
<b> Rants </b> A Finnish high school student posted a death-threat YouTube video before killing seven classmates and his school's headmistress. Hollywood writers went on strike, in what a Disney executive called a stupid waste of time. <b> Raves </b> Australian scientists think they've been able to decode the complicated communication system of whale sounds. Thousands of bananas washed up on the shore of two Dutch North Sea islands after six containers fell off a cargo ship, bringing new meaning to "Banana Beach."

November 8, 2007
More than 60 percent of Radiohead's fans didn't pay for the band's new album "In Rainbows," and the remaining fans paid an average of $6.

November 7, 2007
Gisele Bundchen, the world's top supermodel, is insisting that she be paid in any currency but the U.S.

November 7, 2007
Maintaining and improving campus security and safety has been a much-publicized priority of the UW's since faculty member Rebecca Griego's death on campus last spring.

November 6, 2007
King Tut's face was revealed to the public for the first time.

November 5, 2007
Chinese pharmaceutical companies are now being accused of selling counterfeit medicine.

November 2, 2007
A boy younger than 13 confessed to starting the California fire that consumed 38,000 acres and destroyed 21 homes.

November 1, 2007
In response to the Sept.

November 1, 2007
<b>Rants</b> The Spirit of Washington dinner train is being shutdown, after its reroute failed to take off. A 19-year-old German girl escaped prison in her friend's suitcase. <b>Raves</b> Oil prices retreated from the new high when Mexico announced its oil production will continue as normal. NASA is going to join a program that would make it possible to detect levels of pollution in space.

October 30, 2007
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October 23, 2007
Whitney Little - Large conglomerates need regulations to deter them from getting too large. If the government is the only one with enough power to regulate these conglomerates, I think they should be the ones to do it.

October 23, 2007
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October 22, 2007
An Austrian motorist, who was too drunk to change his own tire, accidentally called emergency responders for help instead of a roadside service.

October 19, 2007
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October 18, 2007
The arrival of cigarette company Philip Morris on campus ignited some controversy this week.

October 17, 2007
U.S.

October 16, 2007
<b>Rants</b> A UK scientist was given a speeding ticket when he was caught testing what he claims to be the "world's most accurate speed detector." The latest Sim City video game added a new climate change variable, instilling consequences for using cheaper fuel sources. <b>Raves</b> New Jersey Transit is beginning a new campaign to encourage commuters to be more courteous, which includes encouraging people not to spread their belongings across several seats or make a lot of noise. Three Chinese men decided to create a full-sized transformer after seeing the blockbuster film.

October 12, 2007
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The United States announced it will be giving a new military aid package to Israel totaling $30 billion over the next 10 years, according to a report by The New York Times. This 25-percent increase in aid is intended to offset arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states.

July 18, 2007
A couple from Nevada left its babies to starve because of an obsession with playing Dungeons & Dragons online, according to an article on gamerush.zoomshare.com. The 11-month-old girl's hair was matted with cat urine, and she was also severely dehydrated. The 22-month-old boy was starving, had a genital infection and could hardly walk because of a lack of muscle development.

July 4, 2007
The arrival of the Fourth of July raises questions about what it means to be an American and why we celebrate a holiday where the main features are barbeques and pyrotechnics.

June 20, 2007
Norm Dick's commencement speech seemed to support his future political career more than it supported UW seniors' next stage in life. So to provide some inspiration to the graduating class, The Daily brings you "The top 10 things you actually learned in college."

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Picture the mezzanine of Suzzallo Library. Hundreds of bookcases reach almost to the ceiling, blotting out most of the dim sunlight. On one shelf, sandwiched between dusty annual reports on the University's land holdings, is a slim custom-bound volume. The report it contains is the only detailed description of a black time in the University's history. It has never been checked out.

May 30, 2007

May 30, 2007
Cora Chasse is amused by all the mail she has been receiving lately asking her to join the armed forces. The letters are sent out routinely to most graduating college seniors, but this senior says she has no intention of enlisting.

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"Who is Dick Erickson?" asked the title of a story in a 1964 issue of the now-defunct Seattle Magazine.

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May 22, 2007
Although Ram Dass, spiritual guru of the '60s, is now well into middle age, he hasn't lost any of the verve that cost him his Harvard professorship and cast him into the spotlight 20 years ago.

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A thousand years ago, the Russian people had no alphabet and no written literature. Instead, they had a tradition of legends and myths, which were passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation.

May 17, 2007

May 17, 2007
An initiative which would drastically reduce tuition at state colleges has been filed in Olympia by People for Affordable College Tuition (PACT), a group of community college and state university students.

May 16, 2007

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May 14, 2007
Outside one of the elevators is a poster advertising a dorm party; doors are covered with yellowed Scotch tape where Doonesbury cartoons once hung, and the linoleum is a blank gray.

May 14, 2007
Created by two medical students, the purpose of the site is to redistribute tourism profits to local individuals and businesses in developing countries.

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Three-inch hurdles may sound like a piece of cake, but just try 'em in a wheelchair.

May 7, 2007

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Even though many ASUW positions are running unopposed this year, there were a few close races that were hard to call. We are confident these people have what it takes to represent our student body, and we hope they take our endorsements to heart. Good luck to all the candidates

May 3, 2007

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Clear skies and sunny weather may have been a boon to the Opening Day boat parade Saturday, but they didn't help the Seattle Days of Resistance protest march.

May 2, 2007

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"When you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all." Not everyone shared President Reagan's attitude towards trees and wilderness, as was evidenced in Gasworks Park last Sunday when hundreds of people attended a rally protesting recent wilderness legislation introduced by Secretary of the Interior James Watt.

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It was hard to tell how many people crowded around Simon Wiesenthal; they pressed too tightly. Minutes before, the 73-year-old Nazi-hunter had finished Thursday night's lecture at Shoreline Community College.

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Both the UW and Seattle communities will hold vigils tonight to honor Virginia Tech massacre victims.

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April 16, 2007
A look backward in time through the yellowing pages of newsprint archives shows what The Daily and the UW looked like 25 years ago this month

April 16, 2007

April 16, 2007
Not interested in lecture?

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February 21, 2007
On Thursday night at about 9 p.m., a woman was robbed on the west side of Condon Hall.

February 21, 2007

February 21, 2007
You wouldn't try to play baseball without a bat, mitt and ball, so why attempt a hike without hiking boots, appropriate outerwear and a comfortable pack? Here are some things to keep in mind when planning your next trek through the great outdoors.

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There is some debate over the longest word in the English language.

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&raquo;You may want to reconsider that chai.

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