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  • Filmmaker Fatih Akin says he made In the Fade to spotlight something terrorism stories often overlook: the victims. It follows a woman whose husband and 6-year old son have been murdered by neo-Nazis.
  • Like many public universities before it, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has made the move to the top level of college football, known as Football Bowl Subdivision. The program is now in its second year of play. The team is struggling and attendance is weak. The school is pumping more money into football, and some faculty are questioning the investment. But others are calling for patience.
  • It's "clean diesel" engine was key to its growth strategy. But top managers' quest to make Volkswagen the world's leading carmaker very likely sowed the seeds of the company's downfall, analysts say.
  • Buffalo consistently ranks as one of the most segregated cities in the nation.
  • A full-blown congressional debate on the expiring 2001 and 2003 tax cuts will unfold this fall, but some lawmakers have already weighed in on the most controversial issue: whether it makes sense, at a time of huge budget deficits, to extend tax relief for those earning more than $250,000.
  • More than a year after its revolution, Egypt votes for a new president on Wednesday and Thursday. The race is wide open and none of the 12 candidates is expected to get an outright majority. If those forecasts prove true, a runoff will take place next month between the two top vote-getters.
  • The award-winning chef, restaurateur, and head judge and executive producer of the Bravo show "Top Chef," talks about his philosophy toward food, how food TV has gotten more people interested in cooking, and why the current economic factors are making it challenging to own a restaurant.
  • He was the only person nominated for the top job on the assembly.
  • European explorers spent centuries searching for a passage through the ice at the top of the world. The Northwest Passage, a shortcut to Asia Europe, proved elusive until about 100 years ago. These days, thanks to global warming and a receding ice cover, the voyage is far easier to complete.
  • A Dallas-based mining company says it has started work to recover a critical mineral from historic mining deposits at a site near Fairbanks. The Bering Sea Land Bridge National Preserve has renovated its center in Nome. An Alaska state representative presented a longtime Fairbanks and KUAC reporter with an award from the state legislature on Wednesday. The top oil-producing company in Alaska announced last week that it's planning significant layoffs.
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