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Brought up as beggars

By Liza Giambra · Tuesday, Oct. 20,2009 12:16 a.m.

MILAN - It is 9 a.m., the beginning of the Italian workday. On the morning metro there are men in business suits, women in heels and a child tapping her dirty pink converse to the beat of a Gypsy man playing a violin.

French press: Wild boar a mild bore

By Katie Knish · Tuesday, Oct. 20,2009 12:14 a.m.

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France - At first I thought it was a massive dog. After all, to the Aixois, a pooch is almost as necessary an accessory as the ubiquitous French scarf; it was far from unlikely that some huge pup had been let off its leash to amble around the Parc Jourdan.

AroundArts

Tuesday, Oct. 20,2009 12:08 a.m.

Summary of arts related happenings for the week ending Oct. 24.

Sinclair Wheeler follows his heart, love of performance

By Kelsey Finn · Tuesday, Oct. 20,2009 12:03 a.m.

After one and a half years of IU education, Sinclair Wheeler said he decided to drop out and put 100 percent into his career as an entertainer.

Documentary explores gay adoption

By Stephanie Doctrow · Tuesday, Oct. 20,2009 12:02 a.m.

Existing scholarly research shows little difference in the way single-sex and heterosexual couples raise their children. Why then is gay adoption still such a controversial issue?

David Barker ‘dodges bullets’ in true life play

By Jacque Donahue · Tuesday, Oct. 20,2009 12:01 a.m.

In a special two-day performance event, the Bloomington Playwrights Project organized David Barker’s one-man show, “Dodging Bullets.” The show chronicles the events leading up to when Barker’s brother in law attempted to murder him and his sister and what ultimately followed

UConn coach discusses his player's death

Monday, Oct. 19,2009 9:51 p.m.

One teammate performed first aid while another comforted a University of Connecticut football player who was fatally stabbed during a fight outside a school-sanctioned dance over the weekend, their coach said Monday.

Wooden a man for the game of life

By Frank Therber · Monday, Oct. 19,2009 9:48 p.m.

Last week marked not only the official return of college basketball, but the 99th birthday of one of college basketball’s greatest ambassadors.

Woman accuses roommate’s father of rape, flees place of residence

By Alex Benson · Monday, Oct. 19,2009 9:42 p.m.

A 21-year-old woman reported on Sunday that she had been raped by her roommate’s father.

Indy 500 princess program seeks applicants for 2010 festival

By Abby Hull · Monday, Oct. 19,2009 9:41 p.m.

The Indy 500 Festival is seeking 33 young women to serve as ambassadors for the 2010 500 Festival Princess Program.

Climate change threatens Indiana dunes lakeshore

By Ben Kerns · Monday, Oct. 19,2009 9:40 p.m.

The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore was listed as one of 25 parks most threatened by climate change in a report released earlier this month by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Bloomington Bicycle Club offers grants for safety

By Allison Tyra · Monday, Oct. 19,2009 9:38 p.m.

Bloomington is inarguably a bike town – cyclists are everywhere. IU is home to the Little 500, and when gas prices rise or the economy slumps, people are more likely to pull out their 10-speeds.

Ind. faces casino hit from Ohio, Ky. competition

Monday, Oct. 19,2009 9:33 p.m.

Indiana could lose up to $250 million in casino tax revenue if proposed casinos are approved in Kentucky and Ohio and planned expansions are made in Michigan, a fiscal analyst told lawmakers Monday.

Gary airport plans $50M project to move tracks

Monday, Oct. 19,2009 9:32 p.m.

Officials hope that by spring work can start on a $50 million project to move railroad tracks so that the main runway at Gary/Chicago International Airport can be extended.

New boilers could save prisons major bucks

Monday, Oct. 19,2009 9:32 p.m.

The installation of biomass boilers at four Indiana prisons are projected to save the state $36 million over 10 years.

State tax climate encourages small business owners

By Patrick Craig · Monday, Oct. 19,2009 9:27 p.m.

Indiana’s business tax climate was ranked 12th in the nation and scored higher on the evaluation than all neighboring states, according to a report from the Tax Foundation.

Business market index says recession ended in February

By Laura Sibley · Monday, Oct. 19,2009 9:25 p.m.

An index by the business school's Indiana Business Research Center reports that the recession ended in February, though its effects still linger.

The significance of Ostrom’s Prize

By IDS · Monday, Oct. 19,2009 9 p.m.

WE SAY Elinor Ostrom’s Nobel Prize is a true sign of the times.

Online only: Golden showers

By Chris Nelson · Monday, Oct. 19,2009 8:58 p.m.

You’re being green by making your shower golden. A Brazilian environmental group, SOS Mata Atlantic, says that if Brazilian citizens flushed just one less time during the day, they’d be saving 1,157 gallons of water a year. To put that in perspective, an Olympic swimming pool holds about 660,000 gallons of water. So if about 570 Brazilians just took a tinkle in a shower, they would save up enough water to fill that pool to the brim in a year’s time.

Misunderstanding Iran

By Zach Ammerman · Monday, Oct. 19,2009 8:56 p.m.

Iran is perhaps the country most misunderstood and misrepresented by the American public, the vast majority of whom write it off as simply another crackpot Arab dictatorship. Besides being completely untrue, the situation is far more complex than that. A history lesson for most Americans would go a long way toward assuaging the tensions between our two (similar) nations. The comparisons that many Americans draw between Iran and the Arab world are almost entirely superficial.

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