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  • September 2008

    • 'Foxy Knoxy' Faces Old Flame

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Sep 26, 08 12:50 PM CDT

      'Foxy Knoxy' Faces Old Flame

      (Newser) - Amanda Knox saw her one-time boyfriend in an Italian court today for the first time since they were arrested on suspicion of killing her British roommate, reports the Telegraph . The pair can’t write each other, but Raffaelo Sollecito sent the 21-year-old American flowers on her July birthday. They met at the trial for Rudy Guede, the third person prosecutors have accused of the murder. More »

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      Italy  • murder trial  • Meredith Kercher  • Amanda Knox  • University of Washington  • Perugia  • Raffaele Sollecito  • Rudy Hermann Guede

  • August 2008

    • Crows Recognize Human Faces: Study

      New York Times  |  Aug 26, 08 10:26 AM CDT

      Crows Recognize Human Faces: Study

      (Newser) - If you ever offend a crow, don’t expect it to forgive and forget. University of Washington researchers found that the birds recognize human faces long after an encounter, the New York Times reports. Participants wore specific masks when they captured campus crows; after their release, the birds angrily scolded those in the “dangerous” masks, leaving people in other masks alone. More »

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      birds  • study  • University of Washington  • Crows  • face recognition

  • June 2008

    • Polar Meltdown Threatened This Summer

      Independent (UK)  |  Jun 27, 08 6:24 AM CDT

      Polar Meltdown Threatened This Summer

      (Newser) - The North Pole may become free of ice this summer for the first time in human history. Thick Arctic sea ice that normally covers the polar region has been replaced by ice that formed only in the last year and is susceptible to seasonal melting, reports the Independent. It's a disturbing, symbolic landmark in global warming, scientists warn. More »

    • This View Zaps Stress, Naturally

      Seattle Times  |  Jun 11, 08 1:14 PM CDT

      This View Zaps Stress, Naturally

      (Newser) - For stress relief, there is no substitute for views of nature, the Seattle Times reports. A University of Washington study found that students who faced a stressful task returned to a normal heart rate most quickly while looking out the window at trees and grass. More »

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      psychology  • stress  • relief  • nature  • University of Washington  • natural resources  • Plasma TV

  • April 2008

    • Congratulations! ...Possibly

      Sports Illustrated  |  Apr 16, 08 11:59 AM CDT

      Congratulations! ...Possibly

      (Newser) - Most people will never get a full football scholarship offer from a big-name university. But those masses need not wonder what such letters look like: high school quarterback Tate Forcier has posted his collection of sometimes fawning, sometimes caveat-laden recruiting letters online. Sports Illustrated breaks down the coaches' voices, the letterhead style, and the legalese woven into those letters. More »

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      football  • NCAA  • Stanford University  • University of Michigan  • Oklahoma State Cowboys  • University of Washington  • Penn State  • athletic recruiting

    • Amanda Knox: 'Railroad Job From Hell'?

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Apr 13, 08 2:00 PM CDT

      Amanda Knox: 'Railroad Job From Hell'?

      (Newser) - Amanda Knox , the 20-year-old University of Washington student who's been held by Italian police since November as a suspect in her British roommate's murder, is the victim of a “railroad job from hell,”  an investigator hired by the “48 Hours Mystery” to review the case concluded. "They've put so much into Amanda Knox, they have to convict her now or they look like fools," he says on the show, broadcast last night. More »

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      murder  • Italy  • DNA evidence  • Meredith Kercher  • Amanda Knox  • University of Washington  • Perugia  • Raffaele Sollecito

    • 'Black Holes' Sap Net's Traffic

      DailyTech  |  Apr 9, 08 5:30 PM CDT

      'Black Holes' Sap Net's Traffic

      (Newser) - Ever wonder why that one website just won’t load? New research suggests that the obvious explanations, such as errors with either your computer or the site's Internet connection, are not always sufficient to explain blockages in net traffic, DailyTech reports. In fact, “Internet black holes”—service disruptions that occur when a viable path exists between the two computers—may be the culprit. More »

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      Internet  • Internet access  • University of Washington

  • January 2008
  • December 2007

    • U. Washington Students Push for Bruce Lee Memorial

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 27, 07 6:27 PM CST

      U. Washington Students Push for Bruce Lee Memorial

      (Newser) - University of Washington students are petitioning for the right to build a statue of Bruce Lee, the film icon who studied at the university for three years and offered martial arts classes at the student union. Students argue the statue would be step toward better artistic representation of the school's student body, 25% of which is Asian. More »

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      University of Washington  • statue  • martial arts  • campus  • martial arts movies  • public art

  • June 2007

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