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• Climbing at the rec (BG News) Climbing to an ever higher height: Communication studies major Brian Murray puts the finishing moves on his route at the Rec climbing wall. Murray, who is now a senior, has been climbing at the Rec since he came to the University as a freshman from Lakota West High School.
• Climbing excursion ends in tragedy (Independent Online) A Cape Town woman fell to her death during a climbing outing near Muizenberg when the rope she was swinging on snapped, sending her plummeting to the ground fifteen metres below.
• 'It's Like You're Climbing Everest' (Los Angeles Times) Eleven boys thought they'd leave high school as they entered it -- together -- on graduation day. It wasn't that simple.
• Auburn police workload climbing, analysis shows (King County Journal) AUBURN -- Auburn police response to its lowest-priority calls such as a theft from a car jumped to just over 49 minutes last year, but police response to the highest-priority life-threatening calls has stayed under four minutes for the past five years.
• Christian mountain climbers reach out (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) A Christian climbing group is hoping to take the Gospel to places that other missionaries can't — or won't — go.
• Nikkei turns negative after climbing to 5-yr high (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average turned negative on Monday soon after hitting its highest level in five years as investors took profits in Sony Corp. and other firms that had gained on strong earnings.
• Climbing Up the Greens Rankings (RedNova) By Dzulkifli Abdul Razak TO be in the top 10 internationally is no easy feat, especially in matters as pervasive as the environment.
• Nikkei turns negative after climbing to 5-yr high (Reuters.co.uk) TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average lost 0.48 percent on Monday morning after touching its highest level in more than five years, as investors took profits in Sony Corp. 6758.T and other firms that have posted sharp gains on strong earnings
• Nikkei turns negative after climbing to 5-yr high (Reuters.co.uk) TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average turned negative on Monday soon after hitting its highest level in five years as investors took profits in Sony Corp. 6758.T and other firms that had gained on strong earnings.
• Simpson sister puts foot in mouth (Boston Herald) Ashlee Simpson regrets climbing on the counter at a McDonald's restaurant and asking a fan to "kiss my feet," because she claims the, er, footage capturing the incident was pieced...