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Retailers' lump of coal

By Sam Leffers · Monday, Dec. 8,2008 11:01 p.m.

Who knows what we did, but the facts are undeniable: Santa Claus officially put our economy on the naughty list. This year, retailers across the board are experiencing one of the least profitable holiday shopping seasons ever. Usually these trends affect some operations more than others, but this year, almost all retailers are receiving the proverbial coal-filled stocking.

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Economic problems benefit cobblers

Monday, Dec. 8,2008 10:24 p.m.

HIGHLAND, Ind. – While many businesses are facing tough times due to the weak economy, some shoe repair shops are racing to keep up with a spike in demand.

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New ad sparks interest in tiny Indiana town

Monday, Dec. 8,2008 10:21 p.m.

EVANSVILLE – Yes, there is a town called Santa Claus. A new RadioShack commercial has brought added attention this holiday season to the southern Indiana town named after the jolly old elf.

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Not exactly the holiday we need

Monday, Dec. 8,2008 9:21 p.m.

If you hoped the $750 billion financial bailout would improve the economy and save your job prospects, you probably have been disappointed. Unfortunately, if you were waiting for a good plan for the remaining $350 billion allocated for the bailout, you have to keep waiting. Indiana Republican Rep. Mike Pence recently signed on to a plan to create a tax holiday that would free the nation from income taxes for two months. The leftover $350 billion would cover the budget hole from the government losing two months of its biggest money maker.

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Health Reform in 2009: Are you Ready?

By Sanjay Mohanty · Monday, Dec. 8,2008 9:20 p.m.

Several weeks ago Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, released a much-discussed position paper on health reform in 2009. It outlines, in 104 pages, the problems of our current health system – high cost, low quality and 46 million uninsured. It also presents a plan for action, which is, without getting into details, one that resembles President-elect Barack Obama’s proposal more than it does Sen. John McCain’s.

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Go green, fight unemployment

Monday, Dec. 8,2008 9:18 p.m.

The news that we are reading today is incredibly depressing. We are seeing a financial crisis similar to that of the Great Depression: we are encountering job loss, leading to financial meltdowns which are supposedly “fixed” by giving billion-dollar companies more billions of dollars.

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Statistical outliers

By Erin Chapman · Monday, Dec. 8,2008 9:17 p.m.

During Thanksgiving break, I was hanging out with a group of friends when my friend’s mom asked us all what we were studying at school. My guy friend was the first to reply, “engineering.” The parents swooned and said things to the effect of, “Wow, you must be studying all of the time.” Then it was my turn. “I’m studying history,” I said, and they replied, “Oh, that’s fun,” where fun was clearly code for “easy.”

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Who cares?

Monday, Dec. 8,2008 9:14 p.m.

The IDS has lately given ample space to letters by David House, in which he trots out the same tired, old dog and pony show to explain why he believes homophiles should be denied equality before the law.

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Pause Game

By Chad Quandt · Monday, Dec. 8,2008 9:13 p.m.

For gamers, the holiday season has cemented itself as worthy of celebrating just for the sheer number of game titles that hit stores. At the end of October I found myself looking online at the list of upcoming games the way Hercules looked upon his Twelve Labors: a mighty challenge that would reward me not with penance for slaying loved ones but with blistered thumbs from slaying death zombies.

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More than a dozen arrested in response to Mumbai attacks

Monday, Dec. 8,2008 8:53 p.m.

Security forces raided a camp used by militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks and arrested more than a dozen people in Pakistan’s first known response to the assault, militants and an intelligence official said Monday.

Randy Wittman gestures to his players during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game on Saturday against the Los Angeles Clippers in Minneapolis. Wittman, a former IU basketball player, was dismissed as head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves NBA team Monday.

Wittman dismissed from NBA's Timberwolves

Monday, Dec. 8,2008 1:48 p.m.

MINNEAPOLIS — Former IU basketball standout Randy Wittman was fired as coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday, two days after an embarrassing 23-point loss at home to the last-place Los Angeles Clippers. Kevin McHale, vice president of basketball operations, took over as coach.

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