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Ads to promote flu vaccines

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Health is beginning a statewide media campaign to encourage people to get flu vaccines, officials announced Wednesday.


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The best of both worlds

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Bloomington is known for its variety of global cuisines, and Ashenda Hagos, owner of Puccini’s La Dolce Vita, continues that tradition by featuring many Ethiopian dishes on her Italian-style menu.


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IU loses in double overtime to Butler

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Despite a Darren Yeagle goal three minutes into Wednesday night’s game, the visiting Butler Bulldogs’ bite in the second half was too much for No. 14 IU to handle as the Hoosiers were upset 2-1 in double overtime.


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Zombieland

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IU’s Health Center is a peculiar place. Students flock to it every day, dragging along their various illnesses and ailments and eagerly anticipating a cured future. I was one of those students earlier this week. No big deal, I thought. Just another visit to the only building on campus where being stabbed with needles is okay.

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Indiana: illogically dry

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WE SAY Indiana’s ban on alcohol sales makes absolutely no sense and should have been repealed at the same time as Prohibition.


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Capitalism wins

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Michael Moore bemoans the rise of Ronald Reagan while splicing together clips of the Gipper’s commercials and movies. Moore rhetorically asks what will become of unions and cuts to a clip of Reagan showing off his revolver in a western film. Then Moore mentions the ill-fated Equal Rights Amendment. He cuts to a movie clip of Reagan slapping a woman in the face.


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Time is running out

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The president’s time for action is quickly dying as recent polls show that the Republicans are expected to gain 15 to 25 House seats during the next election cycle. If Obama has any hope of taking advantage of this super majority, he should propose his own plans now and truly lead the legislative fight. Otherwise, his agenda and legacy are likely doomed to share the same fate: failure.


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Brazil: An Olympic opportunity

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The recent decision of the International Olympic Committee to have Rio de Janeiro be home to the 2016 games is an event of the most extraordinary circumstances.


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When legends are let-downs

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As I checked my e-mail a few days ago, I was surprised to see a new message from the IU Auditorium sitting at the top of the inbox: “Bob Dylan added to fall lineup!” The man himself is coming back to Bloomington, but my reaction was more mixed than I’d like to admit. With a sigh, I closed my e-mail and quickly forgot about the news.



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TV takeover

We have already tackled the best and worst of alien action on the smaller screen, so it is only fair that we do the same for the small screen right?



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An obsession for our media-saturated age

Stories of extraterrestrials have become the new American folklore during the past 60 years or so. Many people claim to have seen UFOs or, even worse, to have been abducted and experimented on by alien life forms. In my hometown of Troy, just north of Dayton, Ohio, the stories of little green men are intensified by a well-known conspiracy theory. Those who believe in this theory think the extraterrestrial material recovered from the alleged incident in 1947 at Roswell, N.M., is now inside Hangar 18 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Foreign Technology Division in nearby Fairborn, where I lived when I was younger and where my grandparents currently live.


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UFO hunting not for the faint of heart, light of pocket

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If you’ve ever had an insatiable curiosity for UFOs , there may be a career choice for you yet. While The History Channel recently canceled “UFO Hunters,” the profession itself still exists. However, it is not an easy one.



'This is what it feels like to be dead'

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Twenty-three-year-old Debbie Kauble had just arrived at her friend’s house one evening when she received a panicked phone call from her mother telling her to come home immediately. Kauble had noticed a strange light out by the pump house before leaving the home on Indianapolis’ southeast side that she shared with her parents and two children. But the light was gone by the time she walked outside to leave, and though she noticed the garage door open, she had dismissed it. Returning home, Kauble walked out to the garage to investigate. Armed with a shotgun, she found the family dog cowering under a truck. The shotgun wasn’t loaded, but Kauble was relying on appearances. The garage was empty, and Kauble was about to turn back when suddenly her body temperature sky-rocketed. Confused and uncomfortable, she started in the direction of the door when something thudded into her chest. Frozen, Kauble dropped the gun as an intensely bright light enveloped her and her entire body started to vibrate.


"Whip It"

‘Whip It’ needs whipping into shape

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“Whip It” wants to be the cutest movie you’ve ever seen. Although it feels like a charming, feel-good indie film, Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut is horribly formulaic.


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Zombies line up to bust a gut – with laughs

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When it comes to horror-movie monsters, I’m firmly in the zombie camp. Fast, slow, virus-stricken or voodoo-bidden, I am pumped to see them bow-leggedly strut their stuff in the newest addition to the zombie comedy trend.


“Capitalism: A Love Story”

A crash course in America's f-ed up distribution of wealth

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Love him or hate him, Michael Moore is the king of documentary filmmaking. The proof is in the pudding: Three of his films (“Fahrenheit 9/11,” “Sicko,” “Bowling for Columbine”) are in the top six- highest grossing documentaries of all time, and his most recent effort will likely join this prestigious group.


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‘Angel’ fails to fly

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Mariah Carey’s new album “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel” attempts to empower females, but ends up alienating both men and women.With a plethora of anthems that resemble the single, “Obsessed,” Carey over simplifies male and female relationships by depicting men as stalkers and love interests and women as catty characters from “Mean Girls.”



Don’t tell – we kind of liked it

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Disney keeps churning out child pop stars, and Selena Gomez’s debut album “Kiss and Tell” follows the likes of Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. It’s exactly what one might expect, with its youthfully clever lyrics and bubbly sound.