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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615094935/http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032807/device/rss/rss.xml" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615094935im_/http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Sections/zNews Tools/Newstools/RSS/rss_icon.gif" align="Baseline" height="11" width="29" vspace="0" hspace="0"></a></div></td></tr></table><table width="320" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxB_3089180"><tr valign="top"><td class="boxBI_3089180"><div class="textHang" style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="headlineList2"><a href="/web/20060615094935/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13249612/" id="gted" ce="1">Jara's arrived and here to stay</a></span></div><div class="textHang" style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="headlineList2"><a href="/web/20060615094935/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13301651/" id="gted" ce="2">Great step for Barbaro: cast replaced</a></span></div><div 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href="/web/20060615094935/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13325033/" id="gted" ce="2">Official: Herrion, Charleston parting ways</a></span></div><div class="textHang" style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="headlineList2"><a href="/web/20060615094935/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13326232/" id="gted" ce="3">Knight's insurance company ruled not liable</a></span></div></td></tr></table></div></span></div><div class=" p7 "><span cm="Sports BColumnBelowAutoBox4"><script>getCSS("3089180")</script><div class="box_3089180" style="width:320;"><script></script><table width="320" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxH_3089180"><tr><td width="*" nowrap="true" class="boxHC_3089180"><div class="textSmallBold"> NCAA FOOTBALL </div></td><td width="80%" class="boxH2C_3089180"><div class="textSmall"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615094935/http://www.scoreboard.msnbc.com/msnbc/main.asp?frames=0&sport=ncaafb1a&cat=000">SCORES</a><a 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