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International Harp Competition Finals to be held Saturday

By Karly Tearney · Monday, July 16,2007 2:34 p.m.

Auer Hall filled with the delicate sounds of the harp and resounding applause as harpists from around the world took the stage Tuesday and Wednesday during stage three of the seventh annual 2007 USA International Harp Competition.

Houston, Wii have a problem

By Mike Abrams · Monday, July 16,2007 2:33 p.m.

Stealing cars, running from the cops, shooting innocent people, soliciting hookers to revive health, never going to jail and if you die,restarting from your last save-point. It almost sounds like the life of a Hilton. Oh wait, Paris went to jail. Never mind.

Russian wins harp final

By Karly Tearney · Monday, July 16,2007 2:26 p.m.

Maria Krushevskaya is finally going home. But now she will be returning to Russia with a $55,000 Lyon and Healy gold concert grand harp and a first-place medal from the USA International Harp Competition. The win also includes thousands of dollars in cash prizes, a CD recording and recitals in New York, London and Taipei.

E-mail carries death threat from supposed hitman

By Ab D. Phillip · Monday, July 16,2007 2:21 p.m.

Several IU students, faculty and staff members received a threatening spam e-mail last week from a hijacked IU account, according to an IU Police Department statement.

Wildermuth could host media for debates

By Michael Zennie · Sunday, July 15,2007 9:23 p.m.

IU’s Ora L. Wildermuth Intramural Center could be getting more national attention if the Commission on Presidential Debates chooses Bloomington to play host to a 2008 U.S. presidential debate.

Board of trustees still waiting on 4 appointments

By Erin Riley · Sunday, July 15,2007 9:15 p.m.

Gov. Mitch Daniels has yet to appoint anyone to one of the four trustee positions he is responsible for filling. Four trustees, including one student, were set to take office July 1, but Daniels has not appointed them. This is not the first time he has missed that deadline.

Magazine highlights ‘Hoosier’ definitions

By Nadia LaMantia · Sunday, July 15,2007 9:10 p.m.

The word “Hoosier” has been defined in many ways, with both positive and negative connotations.

WonderLab event lets visitors ‘think outside the bubble’

By Kaitlin Shawgo and Kailtin Shawgo · Sunday, July 15,2007 8:51 p.m.

Bubbles wafted through a crowd of children, their parents and other adults simply looking for fun as BubbleFest celebrated its 12th annual event Saturday at Frank Southern Center Ice Arena, 1965 S. Henderson St. The event is a collaboration between WonderLab, an interactive museum of health, science and technology located downtown, and the Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department.

Bloomington Police reports

By Alberto D. Morales · Sunday, July 15,2007 8:02 p.m.

Suspect gets away after car chase Police are looking for a man who resisted arrest from police using a vehicle on July 12.

Ball State may have caused creek pollution

By Alexandra R. Moses and Jill Blocker · Sunday, July 15,2007 8:01 p.m.

MUNCIE – The Muncie Sanitary District and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management are conducting an investigation to determine whether Ball State University is responsible for pollution in Cardinal Creek, which runs through the campus.

Study shows moods, energy levels are affected by diets

By Ab D. Phillip · Sunday, July 15,2007 7:56 p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Recent studies show that the food you ingest plays a role in your daily functions, affecting mood, perception of pain and alertness.

Psychology study finds that men are just as ‘chatty’ as women

By Ab D. Phillip · Sunday, July 15,2007 7:55 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas – Contrary to long-standing claims by social scientists that women say three times as many words as men, psychology researchers at the University of Texas have determined that men and women speak the same amount each day.

Pakistani military convoys targeted by bombs, killing 38 in border region

By Abdullah AlShihri and Denis D. Gray · Sunday, July 15,2007 7:53 p.m.

A suicide bomber attacked a military convoy near the Afghan border on Saturday, killing at least 24 Pakistani soldiers as thousands of troops deployed to thwart a call for an anti-government holy war.

Scientists turn to former egg poachers to save Sri Lanka’s endangered turtle species

By Abdullah AlShihri and Sam Dolnick · Sunday, July 15,2007 7:53 p.m.

On a moonlit night, a group of young men huddled around a green turtle as it dug deep into a beach to lay its eggs. They could hear the turtle breathing and grunting as it went into a trancelike state, dropping eggs the size of pingpong balls into a glistening pile.

Los Angeles archdiocese to pay $660M in settlement

By Abdullah AlShihri and Gillian Flaccus · Sunday, July 15,2007 7:52 p.m.

The nation’s largest Catholic archdiocese has settled its abuse cases for $660 million, by far the largest payout in the church’s sexual abuse scandal, The Associated Press has learned. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the plaintiffs reached the deal Saturday, said Ray Boucher, the lead plaintiff’s attorney.

Ball State head coach resigns amid controversy

By Aaron Beard · Sunday, July 15,2007 7:46 p.m.

Ball State University’s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tom Collins officially announced the resignation of men’s basketball coach Ronny Thompson at a 1 p.m. press conference Friday.

White a finalist for Pan Am roster

By Aaron Beard · Sunday, July 15,2007 7:44 p.m.

Senior forward D.J. White is one cut away from making the roster for the American team in the Pan American Games after competing in five trial sessions over the weekend.

San Jose to face Columbus in ArenaBowl

By Aaron Beard and Greg Beacham · Sunday, July 15,2007 7:29 p.m.

There was only one champagne bottle in the San Jose SaberCats’ locker room, and that fit the spirit of the celebration.

NBA suspends Artest, Jackson

By Aaron Beard and Brian Mahoney · Sunday, July 15,2007 7:28 p.m.

Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson are in trouble with the NBA again.

IU football team’s desire will quiet critics

By Jacob Stewart and Jake Stewart · Sunday, July 15,2007 7:22 p.m.

IU is a big-time athletics school. This point is clear because of the construction on the North End Zone project that began recently, the board of trustees consideration of the construction of a new basketball arena (to be built once the approximately $130 million can be brought in to construct it) and a huge fan base that demands winning. But the size of IU athletics and its influence on the national market are not as high as those of Ohio State and Michigan. Those schools’ reputations? Great athletics programs that are home to one thing currently absent in Bloomington – a powerhouse football team.