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The Duke Lacrosse case has resulted in hurting just about everyone it touches. The friends and families of the Duke Lacrosse players responded by taking a hike.

the amazing 2007 run that the Duke Lacrosse team is making after overcoming much adversity

As lawsuits are pursued against the prosecutor and the State of North Carolina, why are we afraid to confront the equally culpable civil rights leaders who fanned this fire?

Now that it has been proven that the Duke lacrosse players accused of rape were, in fact, innocent shouldn't those responsible for defaming their character on national television for over a year have to pay for their cations?

Mike Nifong who was seen nationally discussing the Duke University Lacrosse rape case is now under fire from all sides as more information on the case is revealed.

Located right on the sands of historic Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Duke Kahanamoku Statue honors a man known as the Father of International Surfing, and the Hawaiian Ambassador of Aloha.

Duke Snider was beloved by Dodger fans, who would argue his merits against those of New York's other two centerfielders, Mantle and Mays.

I have resisted commenting on the Duke Lacrosse scandal because, in reality, what's the point? It's a pretty disgusting mess, all things considered. But, er, here goes...

Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess" is a sinister poem that tells of several events in the life of a 16th century Italian count named Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara...

Looks like we have got ourselves a good old-fashioned catfight down in North Carolina.

A Duke University student was been found dead in his dorm room yesterday.

Duke and Kobe Bryant represent wealth, while both accusers represent class and race, or is it more sinister than that? Where elections really the reason two bad cases went forward?

An overview with legal commentary on the pending Duke University rape case.

Ambitious District Attorney facing disbarment expresses regret over his actions and is disheartened by the lost of faith and trust in his ability to hold office by colleagues now faces his critics.

Dukakis, the three-time Governor of Massachusetts, was the unsucessful Democratic candidate for the Presidency in 1998

Some of John Wayne's family and other notables joined hundreds of people for the unveiling and dedication of the new John Wayne statue by artist and sculptor Edward J. Fraughton at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.

Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh will attend the 133rd Running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 5. According to Greek mythology, mint is a sign of hospitality. What else will the Queen be doing?

I often tell my children that whatever you choose to do in live effects not only you, but everyone else within your circle of influence. With this case I was able to show him exactly how

breaking down the Duke Blue Devils and their chances of making it to the Final 4

A look at how hiding a true identity helps produce a stronger love in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Homer's The Odyssey.

The courtroom sat in an eerie silence...Duke's stomach was churning, and he took a side glance at his attorney, who gave him a tight smile... 'A flat earth yields justice.' That didn't make sense...then again, nothing did.

To survive running a ranch you have to diversify. Chico Basin Ranch in Southern Colorado does just that.

During the early Middle Ages, the tribal society of a European people managed to live for over 100 years without being invaded. Out of sheer happiness, they invented a democratic system of rule.

The Duke Blue Devils are a top ten team with a record of 27-5. I don't believe that this is the year for the Blue Devils in the NCAA Tournament, though.

She is known as the 'Mona Lisa of the Galilee'. The portrait, part of a mosaic floor dating from the third century, emerged fair, fresh and life-like for the excavation (continuing) of Sepphoris (Zippori - Heb.), once the capital of the Galilee.

A biased look from the perspective of a Carolina Tar Heel fan about the greatest rivalry in college basketball.

Duke University is being sued again, this time for kicking Rudy Giuliani's son, Andrew, off the golf team. Duke has had a bit of a problem with lawsuits concerning their student athletes over the years.

Of the few films to actually depict the Vietnam War as it raged in the 1960s, The Green Berets is the worst.

The use of episodic development, or the linear chain of events, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an effective narrative technique.

"The Duke," John Wayne, a man as fast to stick to his guns off screen as he was to use them on screen, is next up in the series.

This paper examines the religious symbolism and imagery in the Medieval Gothic Cathedrals of Europe.

That line between "bad habit" and "mental condition" may be blurring now thanks to some new lines of thinking behind the causes of Trichotillomania...

Mike Nifong, the prosecutor who tried the Duke Lacrosse Players rape case, was disbarred Saturday for his handling of the case

The woman who broght down Mike Nifong and the Duke Lacrosse team has gotten clean away with the lie that nearly caused another race problem. She should be prosecuted.

The Duke officials have now reached a settlement with the three students who were wrongful accused, but the terms were not disclosed.

A look into the reasoning of why the NAACP believes the hit TV show, The Dukes of Hazzard is racist.

The Norman Conquest of England transformed that island from a northern kingdom, oriented toward Scandinavia, to an Anglo-Norman Kingdom, oriented toward continental Europe. Here is a look at what led up to the Battle of Hastings, and its aftermath.

A new online diet and fitness plan run by medical professionals at Duke University.

Eddie Aikau is one of the most famous surfers to come from the state of Hawaii, where surfing got its start. Before his tragic death in 1978 Aikau made a name for himself as the king of big wave surfing.

Actor Michael Emerson has won over critics and fans in the role of Ben on the hit show "Lost." Read on to learn about Emerson's career on stage and screen, discover some fun facts about his personal life, and find out what he has to say about the character Ben Linus.

This article is a concise summary of the influential Medici family.

The Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 was led by the charismatic Prince Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender. Despite his initial success, his campaign failed, ending at the battle of Culloden. This paper looks at the Princes role in this campaign.

"Defenestration" is nothing more than a fancy name for the act of throwing someone out of a window. So, during the "Defenestration of Prague" some people in capital of the modern day Czech Republic got thrown out of windows. Further, they were very high windows!

Before the sport of surfing became bloated with corporate sponsorship, the camera of photographer Leroy Grannis captured the legendary surfers in legendary locations.

There are so many parks in the Raleigh-Durham area that it's impossible to name them all. Here are just a few that are within Raleigh-Durham that merit a trip.

In his novel The Faithful River, Stefan Zeromski, writing about the January Uprising in Poland, is in large part serving to extract some form of identity to place upon the Polish people, in order to create a unifying identity for the Polish people.

Several questions dealing with the political atmosphere during the 300-year Spanish colonization are discussed in detail to paint a picture of the long and treacherous road to the rise of Philippine nationalism.

I have known a few Texans, they travel in the summer and go to Texas in the winter, I guess you would call them snowbirds. These are 10 crazy Holiday gift ideas for the Texan.

This article outlines the various activities planned in the state of Virginia for Queen Elizabeth's visit.

Teaching outline and explication of key issues in Shakespeare's Henry the IV & V

This article describes how in one day one can visit Brussels' most important attractions while sampling some of the best chocolate in the world. There is perhaps no better way to tour this often forgotten European capital.

The Triangle area has attracted a lot of businesses that make working for children a solid part of there corporate identification. Here are three of the hundreds, plus a few charities that help them reach there goals.

This paper seeks to locate through Shakespeare's language the root of the supposed "humanity" modern readers find present in the character of Shylock, who can alternatively be seen merely as a stock Jewish stereotype.

The top 20 comedies of all time, including a brief summary and a famous quote left behind from each film. Compiled from an original list of 80, sure to spark debate or enthusiastic agreement.

402 participants ran or walked in the competetive and non-competetive races to raise funds and awareness for the SP Foundation.

The Crusades, which lasted almost 200 years and involved the whole of Europe, meant a lot to the history of our world. But were the Crusades simply a mistake that got out of hand?

It's that time of the year to try to figure out what teams are most likely to be upset early during March Madness.

The Duke Lacrosse case couldn't get much stranger than it is. The three accused students still have pending charges. The accuser has a baby by someone else. The DA has charges before the State Bar.

Duke is heading to the Sweet 16 again. They defeated Temple 62-52 on Tuesday.

In a surprising announcement, the Duke University, LaCrosse players were declared innocent of the charges of sexual assault of a stripper

On the evening of January 6, 2007 two young lives were taken in one of the most horrific crimes this country has ever witnessed. The details of the crime scene, and the events that took place within, are far worse than anything Steven King could dream up.

The Florida Gators made history when they repeated as national champions. They also cemented their ranks as the greatest team in the history of college basketball.

The global warming movement ignores science and rational analysis. It has become a modern religion that is resistant to debate and goes out of its way to crush heretics.

Lindsey Harding missed two free throws with .1 seconds as Duke lost to Rutgers 53-52

Alleged Victim in Duke Lacrosse Team Rape Gives Birth to a Baby Girl

Research into the life, the legacy and especially Justice Ginsburg's work on behalf of gender wquality over the years, continuing during her service on the Supreme Court

Bosworth was the deciding battle that set the course of English history for the over the next hundred years.

Just a few opinions on the directions the media has and will take... First, we have Fox News - they came from way behind after their formation to lead the pack of cable news companies. How did they do this? By being non-partisan and letting different voices be heard.

Duke's basketball team feasts off of manufactured offensive foul calls. The problem has grown to the point of fraudulent flops and similar tactics aimed at creating fouls against the opposition. Several proposals are suggested for ending the madness.

2007 had more than its' share of losers from the World of politics as well as the usual suspects from the World of entertainment. Here is one man's list of the Biggest Losers of 2007.

There are many causes to the weight gain experienced by most college freshmen, some of them are more obvious than others, and easier to treat.

The #7 seed West Virginia Mountaineers squared off against the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils in Washington, D.C., in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday, March 22.

Legendary Producer Walter Mirisch Couldn't Get the Legendary Director John Huston to Re-cut What Turned Out to be a Box Office Flop

The Duke Blue Devils had won as many NCAA championships as Belmont had been invited to the Big Dance (and that included this year's). But Duke had been knocked out of the NCAA Tournament last year in the first round, upset by Virginia Commonwealth...

My father was born Patrick Clancy Halling on the 28th of August 1924 in Launceston, second city of the Australian island province of Tasmania but largely raised in Sydney.

John Locke was born in Wrington to Puritan parents. His father was a country lawyer who served in a cavalry company on the Puritan side in the early stages of the English civil war. Locke was a very smart student and was well educated.

The role of alcoholic consumption in early America is something which affected not only the society as a group, but also the fight for American indepedence from Britain.

In William Shakespeare's historical plays, the main character is usually a non-fictional King with his court.

Good people do suffer from bad problems. Spastic Paraplegia is one of those evils that happens, often in the prime of life, and steals the ability to walk and talk while replacing it with unbearable pain.

This article is a satirical piece joking about the possibility of Virginia athletics being cursed.

In comparison of the two novels Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the theme of appearance versus reality in their coming of age experiences are brought forth and made evident through the picaresque novel technique.

In a case where the accused are essentially tried and found guilty before even going to court, what recourse do the men have against their accuser?

The Wilderness Road was the main trail of the early pioneers as they trekked through the mountains through the Cumberland Gap to the rich lands of Kentucky and beyond.

This article reviews and compares the 1973 and 1993 movie versions of "The Three Musketeers."

Today, the young men's nightmare has finally ended. North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper held a press conference in Raleigh's RBC Center to announce that all charges against Seligmann, Evans and Finnerty have been dropped.

It is unbelievable how monsterous a cheese has been made years ago for show.

Three Duke Lacrosse players who were charged with sexually assaulting a stripper during a party can breathe a little easier this afternoon. Several websites and news agencies have reported that prosecutors have dropped all remaining charges against the players.

After 11 months of accusations, misleading behavior by Mike Nifong, and multiple stories. The AG has said no rape occurred.

A British history lesson on Richard III and who was the real culprit in the murder of the two princes.

Love the Good Ol' Boys? How 'bout that General Lee? You'll see 'em all at the Dukesfest in Nashville, Every June.

The Tudors, a ten part series starting on Showtime, is covering familiar ground. The story of "the King's Great Matter" has been told on film, television, and the stage for decades.

Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning is decent