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By Patrick Hruby
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Friday, December 9, 2005

From the Department of Bad News You Knew Was Coming -- more evidence the feds mismanaged Katrina relief? Get out! Paris Hilton has another sex tape? You don't say! -- we bring you the following update. Big-time college football remains an academic Bermuda Triangle. According to a report released this week, 33 of this year's 56 bowl-bound Division I football teams fall short of the NCAA's minimum scholastic standards, while almost half graduate less than 50 percent of their players. "The key," ...

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