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...Communication, says the judge will have to decide whether the students are journalists and whether their website could be considered news media. Ugland says Illinois courts have accepted professional journals and government watchdog groups as reporters, suggesting they may take a similarly expansive look at student journalists. (Read "Twitterers Thwart Effort to Gag Newspaper...
...Rogers’ game-winning goal was hardly a solo effort. Senior Adam Rousmaniere and co-captain Andre Akpan combined on the assist, with help from classmate and co-captain Brian Grimm at midfield. The senior triumvirate was able to thwart the Yale defense, culminating in a pass to Rogers at the left post that allowed the freshman to seal the Crimson’s fate...
...Needles in Haystacks If Zazi represents a new kind of menace for the U.S., his arrest could be a double blessing, a counterterrorism official offers. Not only did it thwart a plot but it could also lead to a mother lode of information on al-Qaeda, the Taliban and the state of the global jihad. But there are other, less reassuring lessons from Zazi and from the alleged lone-wolf wannabe terrorists snared by the FBI in Texas and Illinois. For starters: hatred is patient. The American struggle against Islamic terrorism, already one of the longest wars in the nation...
...Cobra, reminiscent of the SPECTRE cartel of the early James Bond films. They're the sort of well-bred terrorists who, just before firing the weapons that will bring the world to its knees, invite a hero into their lair to explain their evil plans and allow him to thwart them...
...Because it occupies such a precarious position and must constantly thwart existential threats, Israel has no choice but to raise the question of loyalty to the state, especially when at least a percentage of its Arab population wishes for Israel’s dissolution. This is not to say that the issue of loyalty in this small nation doesn’t sometimes exude the same right-wing xenophobia that it does in the U.S.—just ask Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who wouldn’t seem to mind if all of Israel’s Arabs...