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Ahmadinejad sticks by his VP appointment

Wednesday, July 22,2009 6:14 p.m.

TEHRAN, Iran – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stuck by his controversial appointment for a key top deputy Wednesday in an unusual defiance of Iran’s supreme leader who reportedly ordered the man’s removal. His move deepens the dispute among the country’s hard-line leadership.

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Donation slump could hinder Salvation Army's disaster assistance

Wednesday, July 22,2009 6:09 p.m.

JACKSON, Miss. – The Salvation Army is struggling with dwindling donations across the country that will make it hard to give long-term assistance after a disaster, and a spokesman for the charity said “we have to hope and pray” this year’s hurricane season is mild.

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Biden: US stands with Georgia

Wednesday, July 22,2009 6:08 p.m.

TBILISI, Georgia – The Obama administration firmly supports Georgia, but President Mikheil Saakashvili must further encourage democracy, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.

Switzerland

Big banking and famous art in Basel

By Andrew Morris · Wednesday, July 22,2009 6:07 p.m.

BASEL, Switzerland – For the past two months, the Kunstmuseum in Basel has been host to an extraordinary exhibit thanks to its troubled artist and its troubled sponsor. Vincent van Gogh’s landscape artwork forms the bulk of “Between Earth and Heaven: The Landscapes,” an exhibition presented by the Union Bank of Switzerland, also known as UBS.

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‘Angela’s Ashes’ author McCourt dies in NYC at 78

By Hillel Italie · Sunday, July 19,2009 9:13 p.m.

NEW YORK – Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of “Angela’s Ashes,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning “epic of woe” about his impoverished Irish childhood, died Sunday of cancer.

Moon Landing Anniversary Photo Package

Strides in space

By Seth Borenstein · Sunday, July 19,2009 8:26 p.m.

WASHINGTON – The measure of what humanity can accomplish is a size 9 1/2 bootprint. It belongs to Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. It will stay on the moon for years with nothing to wipe it away, serving as a testament to a can-do mankind.

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Indiana man drowns in Lake Monroe

Sunday, July 19,2009 8:21 p.m.

David Richards’ body was found about five hours after he went missing, said Angela Goldman, Indiana Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman.

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Nuclear physicist’s work opens intra-atomic world

Sunday, July 19,2009 7:51 p.m.

IU nuclear physicist Mike Snow’s investigations into the weak interactions of low-energy neutrons will advance using equipment funded by the IU Office of the Vice Provost for Research and then be put into use at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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Informatics dean named interim VP for research

Sunday, July 19,2009 7:49 p.m.

IU President Michael McRobbie announced Thursday that School of Informatics and Computing Dean Robert Schnabel will serve as interim vice president for research while a search continues to permanently fill the position.

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Age ain't nothing but a number

By Zina Kumok · Sunday, July 19,2009 7 p.m.

Sports are for the young. But on Sunday, 59-year-old Tom Watson proved that even the soon-to-be-eligible-for-Social Security crowd can compete for championships.

Hall Enshrinement Football

Holtz, Cooper, Aikman head Hall of Fame class

Sunday, July 19,2009 6:58 p.m.

Lou Holtz and John Cooper were enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night wishing they had another team to lead out on the field.

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Late-night dancing still dirty in Iowa

Sunday, July 19,2009 6:55 p.m.

Dancing the night away in Des Moines doesn’t seem to be at the top of many must-do lists. Maybe because it’s illegal.

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Guild organizes Dine Local Week

By Hannah Spencer · Sunday, July 19,2009 6:50 p.m.

The third annual Dine Local Week, which started Saturday and runs through Thursday, will bring Bloomington residents food from less than 50 miles away, breaking the current trend in American meals discovered by Iowa State University researchers.

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