Aaron Hall was walking up to the foul line with the score tied and 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime when a reassuring thought came to his mind."We own overtime," Hall said. "I knew I just had to ignore the noise and stay focused." The Lincoln forward then hit all net on his first shot to give the Mustangs a 80-79 lead. He missed the second, but by the time host Burton gathered the rebound, the Pumas didn’t have time to get off a final shot.Lincoln (12-9, 6-1 AAA) is now 3-0 in overtime games this season.
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The Department of Transportation estimates that 42,000 Americans die every year on the nation’s highways. That figure would soar dramatically if guys like John Ryder existed. Ryder, a resourceful loner with an insatiable appetite for sadism, takes roughly 20 victims in "The Hitcher" — an impressive feat, given that the movie is barely 80 minutes long.
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Dance lovers, you are in luck. Double luck even, because next weekend you can experience simultaneous dance premieres by two international giants, Trisha Brown Dance Company and Richard Alston Dance Company.To what do you owe this exquisite double pleasure? To the eternal rivalry between Berkeley and Stanford, which spurs these great institutions to bring the best of the art world to our shores.
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It doesn’t take a national security expert to know that hands-free phone calling makes it easier to coordinate special ops. But no one appears to have told that to Jack Bauer and the other Counter Terrorist Unit agents on the hit FOX series "24" who rarely use telephone headsets while driving.
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The 2007 DVD season began with three mediocre weeks, but it looks as if there may be light at the end of the digital tunnel. In next week’s releases, we’ll say goodnight to John Boy one more time, witness Chuck Norris’ special powers and enjoy the third part of a horror masterpiece.WALKER, TEXAS RANGER — COMPLETE SECOND SEASON
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Darren Lynn Bousman likes sesame bagels and cinnamon bagels. He even likes chocolate chip. But he’s never lost his appreciation for the bagel in its purest form — the plain bagel. He hopes you won’t, either.
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The 26th annual Sundance Film Festival opened Thursday afternoon with a news conference featuring founder Robert Redford, program director Geoffrey Gilmore and Brett Morgen, director of the opening night film, "Chicago 10."
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Weird, disturbing plays are a dime a dozen. Complex, thrilling, engrossing, hilarious theater works are not so easy to find. Berkeley Rep’s first production of the year, "The Pillowman," is a rare bird that qualifies in both categories. If you don’t give up early (as a handful from the audience did at the Wednesday night premiere), you’ll be well rewarded, find it impossible to skip the second act and will be marinated in mirth and suspense.
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Winner of the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, Christopher Dillon Quinn’s "God Grew Tired of Us" follows the struggles of three young Sudanese immigrants displaced from their homes by civil war and relocated to the American heartland. Once there, they face difficult adjustments; far from their families and the simple, rural lives to which they are accustomed, they are wide-eyed fish out of water, like Borat minus the cynical agenda.
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To the shock of … well, OK, nobody, Lindsay Lohan has entered rehab. The actress announced in a statement, "I have made a proactive decision to take care of my personal health. I appreciate your well wishes and ask that you please respect my privacy at this time."
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