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Watford, Jones lead young team to victory

By Zina Kumok · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 1:41 a.m.

NEW YORK – It wasn’t a blow-out. Just a solid win. Just the game IU needed.

IUPD employee expected in court

By Alex Benson · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 1:37 a.m.

IU Police Department dispatcher and Monroe County Sheriff reserve officer Eric Mayo is expected in court Jan. 6 after police say he paid a 19-year-old $5 and a pack of cigarettes to perform oral sex.

IU professor’s family, friends gather to celebrate Prize

By Biz Carson · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 1:36 a.m.

Elinor Ostrom's will receive the Nobel Prize for Economics on Thursday in Stockholm and will meet with global leaders at the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen on Sunday.

Weeg to leave volleyball team

By Drew Allen · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 1:36 a.m.

After two seasons as a member of the IU volleyball team and Academic All-Big Ten selection this year, Jessica Weeg has decided to call it a career. The sophomore outside hitter made the difficult decision after a season in which she appeared in just seven of 34 matches.

Inspired Hoosiers earn win in Jimmy V Classic

By Jordan Cohen · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 1:36 a.m.

Pitt has earned a reputation in recent years of bullying its opponents at Madison Square Garden, but it was the Hoosiers who socked the Panthers in the mouth and took their lunch money.

Ostrom presents speech in Stockholm

By Brad Zehr · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 1:34 a.m.

Elinor Ostrom condensed four decades of tireless economic legwork to 30 minutes in her Nobel Lecture.

IU trounces UT-Martin, 80-46

By IDS staff · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 1:33 a.m.

IU showed no mercy against a weaker opponent, routing the University of Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks 80-46 to improve to 6-3 on the year.

Calif. budget crisis hurts college affordability

Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 1 a.m.

California’s promise of an affordable higher education for its residents is being jeopardized by state budget cuts, the leaders of the state’s college and university systems warned.

Ohio executes inmate with 1st-drug lethal injection

Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 1 a.m.

LUCASVILLE, Ohio - Ohio has executed a convicted killer through the first U.S. lethal injection using a single drug, a longer but supposedly less painful method than previous executions with three drugs.

‘Mathletics’ discusses sports, math

By Tom Reese · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:58 a.m.

A Kelley School of Business professor, Wayne Winston, wrote a book about how professional sports teams use math to win games.

Honduras’ top anti-drug official killed Tuesday

Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:58 a.m.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Gunmen on motorcycles ambushed and killed Honduras’ top anti-drug official in the capital Tuesday, just two months before he planned to retire and move to Canada.

Woods’ mother-in-law released from Fla. hospital

Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:57 a.m.

OCOEE, Fla. - Tiger Woods’ mother-in-law was rushed to a hospital early Tuesday, touching off the second media frenzy in two weeks surrounding the pro golfer’s carefully guarded private life.

8 killed in crowded stairway during 400-person stampede

Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:57 a.m.

BEIJING - It was raining hard, and the hundreds of children leaving their evening classes raced down the narrow stairway closest to their dormitory.

Mo. teen pleads not guilty to killing 9-year-old neighbor

Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:49 a.m.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A 15-year-old Missouri girl pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing a 9-year-old neighbor who authorities say was slain because the teen wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone.

Uganda debates death penalty for gays, faces opposition

Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:49 a.m.

KAMPALA, Uganda - Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail.

BAM reaches out to music lovers

By Mallory Jindra · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:47 a.m.

New nonprofit group Bloomington Area Music aims to connect people involved in the Bloomington music scene into a network that can support and promote local music efforts together.

Student concertmaster leads Philharmonic through semester

By Lily Miller · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:45 a.m.

This year, junior Alexander Boissonnault fits the definition of concertmaster for the Jacobs School of Music’s Philharmonic Orchestra.

Neville sings at BCT

By Keiara Carr · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:43 a.m.

Though the rain didn’t leave Bloomington with a winter wonderland, the Buskirk-Chumley Theater was filled with holiday spirit Tuesday as Aaron Neville and his quintet took the stage for their third annual holiday tour.

Fearlessness in performance

By Caitlin Peterkin · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:40 a.m.

However, my glory on stage has been limited to those high school productions. I am the first to admit I don’t have the talent – let alone the guts – to pursue any sort of vocal or musical performance.

Bloomington Playwright Project brings ‘Sex/Death’ to stage for 7th year

By Jake Wright · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:38 a.m.

“The Dark Alley Series shows things that are too edgy for the main stage,” he said. The BPP will be presenting “Sex/Death XXX” at 10 p.m. today until Saturday and Dec. 14 to 16 at the BPP. “Sex/Death” is a combination of nine short plays featuring one-night stands, homicide, fetishes and imprisonment.

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