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The Syracuse women's lacrosse squad held its first practice session of 2009 today in the Carrier Dome. The Orange returns nine starters and 18 letterwinners from last year's team that recorded the most successful season in the program's history.

Berlin - Europe remained in the grip of a cold spell Thursday, resulting in at least six deaths as well as heating shortages and travel delays. In Germany, a homeless woman froze to death in her tent near the town of Trier on the border to Luxembourg...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - After 34 days from the the last whistle at Mercyhurst on December 6, the Syracuse women's ice hockey team is ready to host its first action in 2009. The Orange welcomes Robert Morris for a two-game conference set on Friday, January 9 at 7 pm and Saturday, January 10 at 2 pm. The Orange - Colonials matchup will be the first action at Tennity Pavilion since Syracuse hosted Mercyhurst on November 14th and 15th. SU's January slate is chock-full of CHA combat. Following its two-game home stint, the Orange travels to Niagara University for the first showdown between the two schools on Saturday, January 17th and Sunday, January 18th. Both tilts are scheduled for 2pm. After the Western New York swing, SU returns home for two consecutive weekends of Orange hockey at Tennity Ice Pavilion. The Orange will entertain Wayne State on Friday, January 23rd at 7pm and Saturday, Janaury 24 at 2pm and then return to the sheet to tangle with Niagara on Friday, January 30th at 7pm and Sa

January is National Stalking Awareness Month, and this year marks the fifth anniversary of its observance. So why haven't you heard about it?Probably because 'there is still a widespread lack...

BERKELEY, California, Jan 2 (IPS) - The U.S. government's calls for civil society to work for "regime change" in Iran has increased pressure on activists on the ground who are engaged in a peaceful process of improving their society and addressing social problems, according to Sussan Tahmasebi, a prominent women's right activist in Iran who has not been allowed to leave the country for the past two years.

Younger women have equivalent access to kidney transplants compared with their male counterparts, but older women receive transplants much less frequently than older men, according to a study appearing in the March 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The results suggest that steps are needed to ensure that women are provided with equal opportunities to receive kidney transplants as they age.

(Rice University) A new Rice University study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that socioemotional meanings, including sexual ones, are conveyed in human sweat.