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Connoisseurs of vintages and brews

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We all know Bloomington is a drinking town with a sports problem. It’s been like that for years, and nothing’s going to change anytime soon.




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28th Amendment: A right to secede

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The inclusion of a right to secede in our constitution, which would lay out specific situations in which a state or states had the right to leave and what specific steps and benchmarks have to be met to go about doing so, might have helped us avoid one of our nation’s most tragic armed conflicts.

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28th Amendment: Ditch hitchin’

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With all the debate circulating about the legality of marriage outside the traditional variety, it seems the most obvious choice is being overlooked.






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Colors on the plate

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Different colored fruits and vegetables contain different kinds of vitamins and nutrients your body needs.


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AMC Entertainment buys out Kerasotes Showplace Theatres

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The nation’s second largest theater circuit, AMC Entertainment, announced last month that it had reached an agreement to acquire 93 of the 96 movie theaters operated by Kerasotes Showplace Theatres. The sale includes both Bloomington theaters.


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The nuclear option

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President Barack Obama has acknowledged the need for an energy policy that will serve as a bridge from dirty, foreign fossil fuels to clean and domestically produced energy sources.


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America, Toyota should move forward together

WE SAY It is to the benefit of Toyota and Americans for their relationship to be rekindled once the car giant gets its act together and pays penance for its mistakes.



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Eli Lilly faces criticism for pay raise

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Last year was a bad year for Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly. The company faced a continued fall in stock price, government fines and bad publicity. This year looks no better. Last week, Lilly agreed to an $18.5 million settlement with the Arkansas Attorney General’s office over false advertising of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa.


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Refugee orphans find peace in US foster homes

Hiding from merciless militiamen and trekking through unforgiving mountainous terrain, Madhel Majok escaped the genocide of the Sudan that killed his parents. The 9-year-old fled to neighboring Kenya, where he survived vigilante shellings on his crowded refugee camp. Majok remained in limbo for eight years, waiting for any country to grant him refuge. Now 17, Majok has found safety in the home of Paul Boulanger, a 68-year-old single father who has fostered three dozen refugee children in 30 years.


Vangelis Keramitzis

Daily life amid national debt

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Amid the bustling side streets of ancient Athens, tucked among the ubiquitous storefronts hawking everything from gilded icons to phallic bottle openers, is a quaint shop called Agora Ethnic Jewelry. Having made a purchase the day prior, I approach a kind salesman with a few questions on conducting business in a nation whose debt has reached Olympian proportions.


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Hoosiers defend Big Ten title

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The decisive win the IU women’s swimming and diving team had been looking for all year could not have come at a better time. The No. 14 Hoosiers became back-to-back Big Ten Champions on Saturday, finishing 185.5 points ahead of second-place Minnesota.


Robbie Olson

Cook Group gives $15M to IU Athletics

The IU Athletics Department received a major financial boost on Sunday when IU President Michael McRobbie and Athletics Director Fred Glass announced the largest single gift in the department’s history.