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Yankees Sold, Moving to D.C.

By Red Boston | April 1

In a long-awaited move, cash-strapped New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner sold the underachieving franchise to Washington, D.C., mogul Abe Pollin. The team will move into RFK Stadium this week to begin the 2004 season. Pollin, who also owns the Washington Wizards basketball team, said, "It's our sincerest hope that this move will reverse the fortunes of the Yankees and possibly make them a World Series contender.

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Music News

April 1

This week in music brings news of The Strokes selling out, an even more maudlin Bright Eyes, homicidal Jack White, and more.

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Gibson preps for 'Passion' sequel!!

By Hank Rich | April 1

Hollywood has been buzzing over Mel Gibson's controversial film "The Passion of the Christ." However, it is the box-office return that is catching the attention of several studio bigwigs. Several major studios have approached Gibson about the possibilities of a "Passion" sequel, and Gibson recently announced he has struck a deal with Universal Studios for a big-budget sequel.

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Sports

'Once an Eagle, always an Eagle'

By Dale Berdman | April 1

He's known as the prolific 5-foot-11 shooting guard for the AU Men's Basketball team, but there's a darker side of Clawed that the fans don't know about. Sitting in his nest in a rundown building in Southeast D.C. wearing only a wife-beater T-shirt and shorts, Clawed reminisced about a childhood gone awry.

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Student charges $1.09 at Eagle's Nest

By Valiant Michelona | April 1

An AU student used her debit card for a small purchase at the Eagle's Nest late Wednesday evening, inconveniencing the nine cash-carrying patrons waiting impatiently behind her in line. Freshman Rachel Matthews purchased a 20-ounce bottle of Diet Coke with her credit card instead of cash, despite the transaction's total of $1.

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Music Notes

April 1

Linkin Park "Happy Songs" YAY! Records Bubblegum Pop **** 1/2 Are you about to break? Then pick up Linkin Park's new release of happy, inspirational songs. The band's latest CD has 10 songs, eight of them written by the band while all of the members were on a massive, nine-day sugar high.

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Pipe problems flush out student use of campus toilets!

By Annasus Dier and Ettenneaj Lemmik | April 1

According to AU's Director of Facilities, I.P. Knightly, all restroom facilities on campus will close for five days beginning this afternoon at 3 p.m. "High lead content in the water has been causing build-up that clogs pipes around campus," Knightly said.

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Sommers talks about freedom and feminism

By Kate Oczypok | April 1

Christina Hoff Sommers, author of "Who Stole Feminism?" and member of the Independent Women's Forum (IWF), spoke Wednesday evening in the Centennial Formal Lounge. Sommers, a professor of philosophy at Clark University since 1980, also wrote the book "The War Against Boys.

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Sports

Cheerleaders change when old lady complains

By Monty Adagomery | April 1

AU Athletics announced today that the Eagles cheerleaders will be changing their uniforms due to an ongoing law suit. Yesterday in court 72-year-old Eagles basketball fan Myrtle Smith claimed that she endured extreme emotional distress after watching an Eagles halftime show during a men's game in late February.

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'Headstrong' band preps for second LP

March 29

Being young and famous is a beautiful disaster: living out your prime in a bubble of sex, drugs, stale cigarettes and, well, rock 'n' roll. When "Headstrong" took to the charts of mainstream radio dials across the nation last year, something clicked, and Trapt's quartet was sucked into the vacuum of celebrity.

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Opinion

What was the best April Fools prank you were involved in?

March 29

"One time I switched my sister's shampoo with dog shampoo." - John Simmons is a sophomore in CAS. "My mother short-sheeted my bed." - Caitlin Vinson is a sophomore in CAS. "I told my sister that her ex-boyfriend was in love with her again. He really called the next day to tell her that and she didn't believe him.

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Campus Briefs

March 29

News briefs from AU's campus: course evaluation data to be placed online; delays of student government swear-in ceremony; AU outreach program on Friday.

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Cherry blossoms draw all ages to festival

By Andrew Peternith | March 29

The Washington Monument provided the backdrop as a multitude of kites, tethered to energetic children below, took to the sky this weekend. Early Saturday rain could not keep away the hundreds of people who ventured to the National Mall to celebrate the two-week Cherry Blossom Festival.

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Metro Briefs

March 29

Short news clips from the D.C. Metro area.

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Train bill sponsored in wake of Madrid

By Phil Turner | March 29

In the wake of the Madrid terror attacks that left over 200 people dead, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) is leading the charge into an inquiry about rail safety to prevent a similar tragedy from occurring in the United States. Last week, Norton sent a letter to Homeland Security Committee Chairman Christopher Cox (R-Calif.) requesting a full committee hearing on the nation's rail and subway systems.

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Opinion

A cover-up for modern times

By Corey Parker | March 29

Left columnist Corey Parker on the Bush administration's position on terrorism, and its response to related criticism.

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Sports

Eagles send Lafayette home crying

By Kevin Hilgers | March 29

If the outcome of Saturday's Patriot League lacrosse match against Lafayette was ever in doubt, it couldn't have been for more than 22 seconds. After AU senior Tara Michael scored from the left side at 29:38 and then from the right side three minutes later, it didn't take long to figure out where this game was heading.

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