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IU begins work with Google Book Search Project

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Google: It’s useful for more than looking up your name when you’re bored at work. Google’s Book Search Web site is working in collaboration with several universities to scan millions of books into its system, though some book publishers are wary of the project.



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Bloomington Police Reports

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Man, 37, fights police officer Troy D. Harden, 37, was arrested Wednesday for battery on a police officer, resisting law enforcement, resisting law enforcement with a vehicle, possession of a handgun without a permit, possession of cocaine and being a habitual traffic offender.


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Stephen Jackson ordered to do community service

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Last Wednesday, former Indiana Pacer and current Golden State Warrior Stephen Jackson pleaded guilty to a felony count of criminal recklessness and was assigned to 100 hours of community service. Jackson will fulfill his community service hours at a local community center called the Christamore House just west of downtown Indianapolis.



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Around The Game

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Four members of the IU women’s track and field team competed in USA Track and Field Championships over the weekend in Indianapolis. Senior Jessica Gall competed in the 10,000 meter run Thursday, finishing with a time of 35:26.91 to finish in 19th place. Also on Thursday, freshman Rachel Ehret ran unattached in the 3,000 meter event, finishing 10th in the junior race with a time of 10:23.00


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You’re OUTTA here!

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Because I hail from the (not so) great state of New Jersey, I have been genetically modified to bleed New York Yankees and distastefully hate every other baseball team in Major League Baseball. After hearing the Yankees received funding to build a new stadium, I was not only angry but baffled.


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Big Ten Network dedication to women a good business move

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As the Big Ten Network prepares to launch this August, questions surround whether it will be a successful business campaign or a bust that will fail to capture the attention of alumni. Last week an announcement that might have profound effect of the answers came from Big Ten Commissioner James E. Delany. The new network dedicated itself to “event equality” for men’s and women’s sports, pledging to have equal programming of live events within three years of its launch. The move is unprecedented on a national level, making the new network a champion for women’s athletics, which will already make up 40 percent of its programming in the first year of its launch.






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S.O.U.L camp brings musical sounds, students to campus

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This summer was the fourth year Camp S.O.U.L., which stands for “students obtaining unique musical levels,” brought high-school students to IU in mid-June The camp allows students to learn music and teaches them new vocal or instrumental techniques. It is just one of many camps that allows high school students extended learning experiences.



IRAQ ANFAL TRIAL

‘Chemical Ali’ sentenced to hang

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Two decades after Iraq’s military laid waste to Kurdish villages, the Iraqi High Tribunal on Sunday sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as “Chemical Ali,” and two others to death for their roles in the bloody campaign against the restive ethnic minority.