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...Mary Lee Gunn, 58, a middle-school math teacher from Auburn, N.Y., filled a small black box with marbles last week and carefully hid it along the edge of a canal. Using a GPS (global positioning system) device, she recorded the exact geographic coordinates of her stash. Then, when she got home, she posted the box's location--along with some digital pictures taken near the spot and hints on how to find it--on the Web and invited anybody who was interested to try to find...
...surprises you that anyone would care enough to take Gunn up on her challenge, then you've probably never heard of geocaching, a high-tech treasure hunt played with handheld versions of the same GPS receivers that have guided missiles with such success in the war in Iraq. The sport, which started in a small way three years ago when the U.S. government opened up its network of 24 navigational satellites to civilian access, has lately taken off. The site on which Gunn posted the location of her marbles, geocaching.com boasts more than 100,000 members and 50,000 caches...
Prior to the game, Northeastern coach Joy Woog claimed that her team had “the advantage by far” in goal. After watching Gunn, her counterpart across the ice, allow four goals, Ruddock deflected Woog’s comment...
...herself had a strong night as a vital part of the Crimson offense. Playing the role of garbage-woman, Chu slapped a deflected shot from Catlin past an outstretched Gunn to cap off the Crimson scoring, 12:33 into the final period...
...third, and probably most spectacular, goal of the night came on a breakaway from sophomore Kat Sweet. After a perfectly timed-pass across the ice from Catlin, Sweet left all defenders behind her and shot the puck stickside just past the outstretched Gunn...