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Merck buying Schering-Plough for $41.1 billion

Monday, March 9,2009 10:46 p.m.

TRENTON, N.J. – Merck & Co. is buying Schering-Plough Corp. for $41.1 billion in a deal that gives Merck key new businesses, access to a promising pipeline of new products and the chance to further cut costs, including eliminating about 16,000 jobs.

An often-grim job search awaits many IU grads

By Sean Morrison · Monday, March 9,2009 10:40 p.m.

The unemployment rate hit 8.1 percent in February and payroll employment fell by 2.6 million in the last four months. Work now is harder to find, and the jobless pool is beginning to fill with applicants more experienced than most college grads.

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Around the Arts

Monday, March 9,2009 10:03 p.m.

Find out what's going on this week in the arts.

Professor Stanley Wells, chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace trust and one of the world's leading experts on Shakespeare studies according to the trust, poses next to a newly discovered portrait of William Shakespeare, in central London, Monday. The portrait, believed to be almost the only authentic image of the writer made from life, has belonged to one family for centuries but was not recognized as a portrait of Shakespeare until recently. There are very few likenesses of Shakespeare, who died in 1616.

Portrait discovered in family’s possession

Monday, March 9,2009 9:58 p.m.

The Bard, or not the Bard? That is the question posed by Monday’s unveiling of a centuries-old portrait of a dark-eyed, handsome man in Elizabethan finery.Experts say it is the only portrait of William Shakespeare painted during his lifetime – in effect, the sole source of our knowledge of what the great man looked like.But they can’t be certain.

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Master drag queens show heightened awareness of opposite sex

By Ryan Brown · Monday, March 9,2009 9:55 p.m.

Even in the limitless world of art, this inability to see beyond sex is inescapable. There is, however, a timeless tradition in performance that not only entertains, but also raises the question of gender in a highly discursive manner: drag.

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Bah Limbagh!

By Ashley Ames · Monday, March 9,2009 9:45 p.m.

My response to Limbaugh’s speech can be summed up in one short but extremely descriptive syllable: bah.

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A New Way Forward?

Monday, March 9,2009 9:43 p.m.

The Obama administration signaled a change in Middle East diplomacy when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the State Department would send two envoys to Damascus to meet with Syrian leadership, the first such visit since 2005.

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It’s Kenneth

By Jennifer Miller · Monday, March 9,2009 9:41 p.m.

I remember reading a spot a few months ago on new measures Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal took regarding the state’s health care and e-mailing my dad, saying that if I had to hedge my bets on a GOP pick for 2012, they’d be on him.

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Embracing stupidity

By Indira Dammu · Monday, March 9,2009 9:40 p.m.

Like many high school graduates, I was required to read Ayn Rand’s classic tome Atlas Shrugged.

The Conseco Fieldhouse entry hall in Indianapolis is seen in this Oct. 14, 1999 file photo. The Indiana Pacers inaugurated the fieldhouse with a Nov. 6, 1999 game against the Boston Celtics.

Official: Pacers can't afford to run Conseco

Monday, March 9,2009 8:52 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis Capital Improvement Board official is urging the city to take over the cost of operating Conseco Fieldhouse, saying the Indiana Pacers can no longer afford it.

Leonard Bernstein directs IU students in 1982.

IU Jacobs School lands prestigious gift

Monday, March 9,2009 11:44 a.m.

The IU Jacobs School of Music announced today that they will receive contents of composer Leonard Bernstein’s composing studio

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IU has reasons to be mad in March

By Dave Leno · Monday, March 9,2009 12:39 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Twenty minutes after the final whistle blew, the Hoosiers’ locker room was silent, as if jerseys and equipment were the only things inside.

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Fred Glass to meet with students

By IDS staff · Monday, March 9,2009 12:29 a.m.

Students can meet the new IU Director of Athletics Fred Glass from 3 to 5 p.m. today at Foster Quad’s Gresham Food Court.

IU senior forward Amber Jackson, center, walks off the court after IU’s 68-64 loss to Purdue in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Friday in Indianapolis. Jackson had 13 points in the loss.

Hoosiers' waiting game begins

By Brandon Smith · Monday, March 9,2009 12:29 a.m.

The IU women’s basketball team was still filled with hurt and heartache 30 minutes after its Big Ten Tournament ended. The women sat lifelessly in the Conseco Fieldhouse locker room, trying to cope after they coughed up a 14-point first-half lead en route to a 64-68 loss to in-state rival Purdue.

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International Center celebrates 50 years

By MaryJane Slaby · Monday, March 9,2009 12:24 a.m.

The Leo R. Dowling International Center opened remodeled office space and celebrated its 50th anniversary Friday. Students from different international student associations will use the third floor office space for storage and as a place to hold meetings.

Michael Barbaro speaks to students Sunday evening at Edmonson Formal Lounge. Barbaro is a reporter for The New York Times and has written extensively on Walmart and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Writer shares stories of New York Times

By Caitlin Ursini · Monday, March 9,2009 12:21 a.m.

New York Times reporter Michael Barbaro spent time discussing his experiences covering Wal-Mart scandals and New York City politics, along with his views on the direction of the newspaper industry.

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