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Prosecutors filed charges Thursday against three people who allegedly conspired with suicide bombers in the attacks that killed 52 subway and bus passengers in London on July 7, 2005.
Prosecutors filed charges Thursday against three people who allegedly conspired with suicide bombers in the attacks that killed 52 subway and bus passengers in London on July 7, 2005.
Police are looking for a woman who stabbed another woman two times Wednesday night.
Sometimes, I have to remind myself that I’m in Indiana – and that’s a good thing. With just about every amenity available at our fingertips, it’s hard to believe that we go to school in the middle of nowhere. And then, at other times, I just want to forget. Like when I read that the Ku Klux Klan was planning a springtime march in Bloomington.
The framed photo of Alfred Hitchcock hanging on the wall of his University office reminds IU professor Lee Sheldon of his first encounter with the Hollywood legend. “‘Good morning, Mr. Hitchcock.’ That’s all I said,” Sheldon remembers.
"It’s like bringing the Rolling Stones to campus times 100.” What is it that has IUSA President Betsy Henke so enthused? Why would she sacrifice IU’s chances at having Mick Jagger scream relentlessly into a microphone while hoping his skin stays on his skull (it’s been looking kind of baggy lately)?
The Center on Philanthropy at IU announced last week that it received a $1.5 million endowment from the Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation to help further programs and education.
When I look at pictures of Pakistan’s so-called president, Pervez Musharraf, standing next to a smiling President Bush, I’m reminded of a similar photograph. The 1983 picture of Saddam Hussein shaking hands with Donald Rumsfeld seems to be long-forgotten.
Monday marked the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War, a 74-day British military campaign ordered by Margaret Thatcher to reclaim the islands after a 1982 invasion by Argentine forces. Today both countries make sovereign territorial claims to the small Atlantic islands.
LOS ANGELES – Film director Bob Clark, best known for the holiday classic “A Christmas Story,” was killed with his son Wednesday in a head-on crash with a vehicle that a drunken driver steered into the wrong lane, police and the filmmaker’s assistant said. Clark, 67, and son Ariel Hanrath-Clark, 22, were killed in the accident in Pacific Palisades, said Lyne Leavy, Clark’s personal assistant. The two men were in an Infiniti that collided head-on with a GMC Yukon around 2:30 a.m. PDT, said Lt. Paul Vernon, a police spokesman. The driver of the other vehicle, Hector Velazquez-Nava, 24, of Los Angeles and his passenger, described as a 29-year-old woman, were taken to UCLA Medical Center with minor injuries.
There are some changes being made to Bill Armstrong Stadium.
BAGHDAD – Four British soldiers were killed Thursday in an ambush in southern Iraq, while five U.S. troops died in separate attacks in Baghdad, and a U.S. Army helicopter went down south of the capital but all nine aboard survived, officials said.
The IU softball team has the opportunity to stamp a special imprint on the season Sunday when it hosts the No. 8 Northwestern Wildcats (28-7).
For many people, the thought of opening a new business with their entire family is a nightmare. But for the Bartley family, the April 14 opening of the Indiana Running Company is more like a dream come true.
University Information Technology Services released the results of its 2007 User Survey on Wednesday.
Freshman second baseman Evan Crawford stands near the IU dugout at Sembower Field. The public address announcer goes around the horn, introducing the Hoosiers in the starting lineup. Crawford hears his name, works his way through a gauntlet of high fives from teammates, then jogs around third into shallow left field. He nears the middle of the infield, cartwheels and back flips, landing smoothly and softly behind second base. The pregame flip dates back to IU coach Tracy Smith’s days at Miami of Ohio when one of his players, outfielder Ryne Robinson, did the same move. It was at a fall practice that Crawford told Smith he could perform the flip, too. “(Evan) had talked about it at fall practice,” Smith said. “One time on the turf at practice, he whipped out a bunch of them. They were pretty cool. I liked it. The fans like it.” The IU fans have embraced Crawford – as much for what he does on the field as his pregame acrobatics.
The IU men’s golf team will travel to West Lafayette tomorrow for the Boilermaker Invitational, its third tournament of the season. The two-day tournament will consist of 54 holes, with par set at 72. The team will play two rounds Saturday and one round Sunday.
This weekend has the potential to be a very memorable one for the IU women’s tennis team. The No. 34 Hoosiers (15-3, 5-0) will host a pair of matches this Easter weekend against two top-ranked teams.
The Indiana Relays track meet scheduled for Friday and Saturday is canceled due to bad weather, according to a news release from the IU Athletics Department.
Renee’s nasty attitude was finally called out by Tyra herself. The girls were asked to change their names to dreadful things like “Whitelle” and “Wholahay.” Jael took a dive off the deep end after harassing superstar 50 Cent. God, I love this show. The biggest shocker of Wednesday night’s episode of “America’s Next Top Model,” however, was probably the loss of cute, pixieish Sarah. I was expecting Renee, Whitney or even Jael to get the boot. I had a chat with Sarah to ask why she thought she was the latest girl eliminated, to ask her a few lingering questions from previous episodes and to see what she is up to now. The perky girl definitely isn’t too worried about her future. Before the show, Sarah already had a contract with Elite Modeling in Chicago. She works as a fashion and advertising photographer, and her recent undertaking is a new record label. She told me to check out her MySpace page (www.myspace.com/sarahvonderhaar) and listen to some of the Sheryl Crow-esque songs that were inspired by her experiences on the show, and I have to say that this girl has a future. I am not sure what field it will be in, but she is going ... somewhere.
Drug arrests, and crime in general, have filled the headlines the last few weeks. But the IU Police Department says there is no need for concern.