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The second retrial for Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya has been pushed back to September, Delaware State Prosecutor Victoria Witherell said yesterday. After two mistrials, a third trial was slated to begin in April. Malinovskaya is charged with the murder of Irina Zlotnikov, a Temple University graduate student. (8 )
With no easy solution, a decision regarding the move of the liquor store could go either way. The looming controversy regarding the possible move of the 41st and Market streets liquor store to 4237 Walnut St. is still unresolved, with a ruling from the city zoning board expected to come sometime in the next week. (1 )
A baby elephant, on average, weighs 230 lbs. Last night, Richard Scarlett benchpressed about one and a half baby elephants: 425 lbs. at Pottruck's benchpress competition. The hour-long event, open to anyone in the Philadelphia community, started at 7 p.m.
Hip-hop artist Papoose will join Juelz Santana to headline the annual SPEC-TRUM spring concert, organizers announced late last week. The concert will be held downtown at the Theatre of the Living Arts on April 20 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets can be bought either on Locust Walk or through Ticketmaster.
Lawyers for mayoral candidate Bob Brady petitioned the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Friday to take jurisdiction away from a lower court and decide the status of Brady's candidacy. A local judge decided last week that Brady would be allowed to stay on the May 15 primary ballot after his candidacy was challenged for allegedly filling out campaign finance-disclosure forms incorrectly.
Sports economist explains rules of the game
Smith professor blasts high wages, low academic standards for student athletes
By David Gurian-Peck
Attention, college coaches: You're overpaid. So says Andrew Zimbalist, an economics professor at Smith College and one of the most renowned sports economists in the country. Zimbalist addressed an intimate crowd at the Penn Bookstore last night, reading an excerpt from his new book, The Bottom Line: Observations and Arguments on the Sports Business, before fielding questions for nearly an hour.

The Penn Police Department was re-accreditatied by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies this month, according to a PPD press release. The PPD became the first international accredited campus police agency within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania when it received its initial accreditation award in March 2001. (1 )
Mayer Hall installs brand-new laundry room
High-tech washing machines, dryers can be monitored online
By Ashwin Shandilya
For the lucky residents of Mayer Hall, laundry troubles may be a thing of the past. Penn officials and representatives from Mac-Gray Corporation, the company that manages Penn's laundry services, officially opened the newly renovated laundry room in Stouffer House's Mayer Hall last night.
Student gov't elections see few changes
Charges against Gardner Smith dismissed; 7 new to UA
By Rebecca Kaplan
Voter turnout may be at a record high of 41.4 percent, but the message of the voters hasn't changed: They like the status quo. The results of the student-government elections were released last night, and, of the 53 positions up for grabs, only 12 were filled by new faces.

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