New Zealanders take interest in case
Researchers analyze conviction of ‘Sunnyside rapist’
By Grant Smith
News Editor 

Researchers at a New Zealand university have spent the last 18 months analyzing the 1995 conviction of the alleged “Sunnyside rapist.”
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New drug gives hope to AIDS patients
‘It is such a significant development’

NEW YORK (AP) — A new, experimental drug is raising hopes for AIDS sufferers with strains of the virus that are resistant to existing treatments, but the complex manufacturing process is expected to mean high prices and limited quantities.
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Getting a bird’s-eye view
By Mark Grandstaff
Staff Writer

West Virginia netizens can now access online aerial views of the entire state, thanks to the WVU Geographic Information Systems Technical Center.
The maps are called digital orthophoto quadrangles (DOQ), computer-generated images derived from aerial photographs. The perspective displacements caused by camera angles and terrain are removed, adding the geometric qualities of a map to highly-detailed photographs.
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Our Perspective 
Parking rate increase by city council should cause  more good than bad
obody wants to pay more money than they’re used to paying, and that includes for parking. But when there is absolutely nowhere to park, the price of a meter becomes obsolete.
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First Listening: Lowenstein turns it up

By Jenn Young
Associate A&E Editor
The Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Warner Bros. 
Rating: 8

No, it’s not a Japanese porn and it’s not the latest anime cartoon to hit the United States. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is something much more complex and much more clothed. The album, which is the latest release from indie cult rockers The Flaming Lips, is a philosophical jest about dying and all those things that you question up to that point.
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Offensive line preview
Three seniors anchor improved unit
 By Gary Adam Harki
Sports Writer

 WVU’s offensive line will be integral in helping the team improve from the 3-8 record of last season. Winter and spring workouts plagued by injuries have helped open up the line for several newcomers.
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