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'04 Race Pits '66 Yalies Against '68

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – This year’s presidential election is going to be a class war: Class of ’68 versus Class of ’66. “If Yalies were going to vote based on who’s an alum, you’d have to flip a coin,” said sophomore Alissa Stollwerk, secretary of theYale College Democrats (search). President …

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White House Dismayed at Philippines' Pullout

WASHINGTON – Expressing dismay about a close ally, the White House said Thursday thePhilippines (search)was sending “the wrong signal to terrorists” by withdrawing its military forces fromIraq (search)to save the life of a kidnapped truck driver. “There is no negotiation with terrorists,” White House press secretary Scott McClellan said. “There …

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Illegal Immigrant Worker Sentenced in Slaying of Actress Adrienne Shelly

NEW YORK – A construction worker who admitted strangling an actress and then hanging her body to make it look like a suicide was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday. Diego Pillco, a 20-year-old illegal immigrant from Ecuador, had pleaded guilty in February to first-degree manslaughter in exchange …

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