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Body Retrieved From Fall Creek Gorge

Body Retrieved From Fall Creek Gorge
Chris Bentley
Police tape blocks the path leading down to Fall Creek gorge on Saturday where a a body was removed the previous day.
June 27th, 2009
By Sun Staff
Cornell Police found a deceased female at the bottom of Fall Creek Gorge yesterday afternoon after receiving a call from a witness saying that a woman had jumped off the Suspension Bridge. Members of the Ithaca Police Department, Cornell Police Department, Ithaca Fire Department and Bangs Ambulance responded to the incident. The female has yet to be identified, as police are continuing to investigate the incident. Read More

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Security Breach Leaves 45,000 at Risk of Identity Theft

June 24th, 2009
By Sun Staff
On Tuesday Cornell informed more than 45,000 current and former members of the University community that their sensitive personal information — including name and social security number — had been exposed when a University-owned laptop was stolen earlier this month.

Kot Arraigned on Murder, Arson and Evidence-Tampering Charges

June 19th, 2009
By Sam Cross
After waiving extradition from Pennsylvania on Thursday, Blazej Kot returned to Ithaca on Friday where he was arraigned on several charges, including the murder of his wife, Caroline Coffey, on June 2. Tompkins County District Attorney Gwen Wilkinson formally accused Kot with second-degree murder, third-degree arson and tampering with physical evidence in Tompkins County Court with Judge John C. Rowley presiding.

Brown Selected as Next Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

June 14th, 2009
By Sun Staff
The University announced last week that Prof. Laura Brown, English, will become the next Provost for Undergraduate Education in July. The announcement came almost four months after Brown's predecessor, Michelle Moody-Adams, accepted the position as Dean of Columbia College.
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News From The Associated Press

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Sun Blogs

An Adirondack Adventure

July 3rd, 2009
By Guy Ross
It was pitch black out, even though the sun had barely set beyond the distant mountains. Dense cloud cover and even denser evergreens obscured the weak light of the quarter moon, making it nearly impossible to find secure footing on the slick rocks that studded the muddy trail. I had been hiking since 6 a.m. and now had no food, little water and was still three hours away from my car. Read More

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Watching a Sea of Green: June 25, 2009

June 25th, 2009
By Donial Dastgir
Maybe it’s because Michael Jackson has died—it’s a sad and unnerving feeling to think that he’s gone—but today has had a very peculiar quality to it. Even for Iran, today was rather strange. Read More

Sun Blogs

Diagnosing Cornell's Security Breach

June 24th, 2009
By Mike Wacker
At the present moment, Cornell Information Technologies (CIT) is slightly embarrassed to be dealing with a leak involving the personal records of 45,000 members of the Cornell community. Just slightly. Read More

Sports

Former Standout Goalie McKee Charged With Rape

June 25th, 2009
By Sun Staff
Four years after his record-breaking 2004-05 season for the men's hockey team, former goalie David McKee has been charged with raping an unconscious, intoxicated woman in California in 2006. On June 5, McKee pleaded not guilty to a one-count charge of rape of an unconscious person and one felony count of rape by intoxication. McKee, now free on $100,000 bail, is due back in court in Santa Ana, Calif., on July 10 for a pretrial hearing. If convicted, McKee faces a maximum of eight years in prison. Read More


Opinion

Talking the Talk, Walking the Walk

June 12th, 2009
By Jake Friedman
The Daily Show, one had to believe, had fallen off. Sapped of his steady stream of Bush- and Cheny-isms, Jon Stewart exposed himself as just another starstruck commentator from the time President Obama became a major player in the 2008 presidential campaign. Stewart still hasn’t come up with a consistent angle on the new president, but I think he hit on something a few weeks ago; after playing a clip of Obama’s recent Gettysburg-esque speech on gas mileage, in which he rejects the notion that “our nation [is] too divided, our people too weary of broken promises and lost opportunities to take up a historic calling,” Stewart said, “don’t blow your load on mileage, baby. Save it for when the Chinese invade.” Read More

Arts & Entertainment

Welcome to the Newsroom

May 1st, 2009
By Naushad Kabir
Director Kevin MacDonald (The Last King of Scotland) knows the dangers of the sudden turn, and yet has decided to embark on a convoluted thrill ride of a film with State of Play. The film boasts a typical government-thriller title, but what unfolds is far better than a typical espionage-subterfuge chase through the underworld of D.C. Read More

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Blogs

Watching a Sea of Green: June 24, 2009

June 24th, 2009
By Donial Dastgir
Much to my dismay, it looks like I’d spoken too soon about things appearing relatively calm in Iran. Today was chaotic. The major point of incidence in Iran was at Baharestan in Tehran. Baharestan is where the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) meets. Protesters amassed there today (the 24th) in an effort to again show their rejection of the election results that had President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad overwhelming reelected to the presidency. As is now frequently the case in Iran, where there are protesters there are Basij paramilitary forces. And where there are Basiji there is sure to be violence. Read More
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