THE NATION - News from May 19, 2009
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A man has been shot near a Harvard University dormitory in Cambridge.
The man was wounded in the stomach outside an entrance to Kirkland House, one of a dozen dorms on the university’s campus. He was hospitalized in stable condition. Police said it was unclear whether he was a student.
Harvard officials said the shooting appeared to be an isolated incident.
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