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<p>GOP presidential contender John McCain addresses the Armstrong Foundation's Livestrong Summit as cancer fighter Lance Armstrong listens.</p>
ERIC ALBRECHT | DISPATCH

GOP presidential contender John McCain addresses the Armstrong Foundation's Livestrong Summit as cancer fighter Lance Armstrong listens.

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McCain doubts rival's motives
Obama backs Iraq pullout for the votes, Republican says

On a day when Barack Obama basked in adulation on a Berlin stage, John McCain was far less adoring, using some of his toughest rhetoric of the campaign to accuse his Democratic rival of politicizing the war in Iraq.



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"I believe everybody is looking up to Ohio State to play for back to back (to back) national championships; that's pretty obvious to me." — Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald
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"I believe everybody is looking up to Ohio State to play for back to back (to back) national championships; that's pretty obvious to me." — Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald

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Preseason poll jilts Michigan
Media rank OSU No. 1 in Big Ten; Wolverines not in top 3

CHICAGO -- The 2008 Big Ten preseason media poll came out yesterday, and the top three were, in order, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Illinois.

What? No Michigan?

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<p>Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson), back together in search of the truth about a missing FBI agent</p>
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Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson), back together in search of the truth about a missing FBI agent

Movie review | The X-files: I Want to Believe

White snoozefest
Snowy, low-key thriller might keep fans of TV series awake, at least

If the truth is still out there, does anyone care anymore?

Six years after the once-hot TV series The X-Files left the air, 10 years after the only theatrical feature based on the series was released, a new X-Files movie arrives, with the teasing subtitle I Want To Believe.

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<p>Co-workers who knew Andres Gonzalez Aracen gather around a ghost bike on E. Main Street that honors the accident victim.</p>
Eric Albrecht | Dispatch

Co-workers who knew Andres Gonzalez Aracen gather around a ghost bike on E. Main Street that honors the accident victim.

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White bikes mark deadly crash sites

In a drainage ditch along Snouffer Road, tall weeds and grass pierce the spray-painted spokes of a white bicycle chained to a telephone pole.

The site, not easily noticed from a car or truck whizzing past, serves as a testament to time and tragedy.

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