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teams, 2 different worlds meet when Kentucky faces Wisconsin at Final Four
• ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- One and Dones? • Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan had a "Three and Done" one time. Devin Harris walked into his office after the 2004 season and told Ryan he wanted to head to the NBA. • "I told him that I would get back to him after I found out what the NBA people really felt," Ryan said of the eventual lottery pick. "And when I did find out and sat down and talked to him, he was just so relieved that I would allow him to go make a lot of money." • John Calipari lets his Kentucky players do that with regularity after only one season. He's had 11 One-and-Doners during his four-plus seasons at Kentucky and probably has a few more on this year's roster. • Wisconsin meets Kentucky in the Final Four on Saturday, in a national semifinal between two programs that approach the sport from completely different ends of the court. • ___
A look at the 8 candidates running for president in Afghanistan
• Eight candidates are vying to succeed President Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan's election on Saturday. A look at the field: • ABDULLAH ABDULLAH: Having gained 31 percent of the vote as runner-up to Karzai in the disputed 2009 elections, Abdullah has an advantage in name recognition and political organization. He was a close aide to the late Ahmad Shah Masood, the Northern Alliance rebel commander famed for his resistance to Soviet occupation and the Taliban. Abdullah has a strong following among ethnic Tajiks in Afghanistan's north, but his perceived weak support among Pashtuns -- Afghanistan's largest ethnic group at 42 percent -- could keep him from gaining a majority of votes, even though he is half-Pashtun. • ZALMAI RASSOUL: A former foreign minister, Rassoul has been national security adviser to the government and is seen as close to Karzai. He could end up being a consensus candidate among many political factions. A Pashtun like Karzai, he has a medical degree and is fluent in five languages, including French, English and Ital (Continued on page 25)
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