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Company makes nicotine beer to kick smoking habit

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 1:06 a.m.

A German company has devised a way to beat smoking bans in pubs -- it's put nicotine in its beer. NicoShot is currently being tested in Germany and might be approved in upcoming months. Nautilus, its German manufacturer, said the beer is designed to help smokers kick their habit rather than making the beer more addictive.

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Buried in stone

By Ashley Lough · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:59 a.m.

Dressed in dust-covered blue jeans and steel-toed boots, Tom Prince leaps into his red Chevrolet Cheyenne truck ready to deliver tools, water or whatever his fellow co-workers might need. With one foot on the gas pedal and the other on the brake, Prince grins widely.

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Class acts

By -Kehla West and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:48 a.m.

I keep having class with the same people. It always takes me a few months to realize this. The faces are different, and the kids answer to different names, but no matter. It's the same set of kids.

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Rainbow trash

By Alyson Brodsy and Asma Khalid · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:47 a.m.

Recently during dinner, I tried to explain the intricacies of "white trash" to a cosmopolitan, out-of-state friend. You see, she had never met "white trash." Thus, throughout the meal, she kept asking for more details, questioning my responses and second-guessing my descriptions.

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Vote and be heard

By Alyson Brodsy and Precious Sanders · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:45 a.m.

Last week, I received a pleasant surprise in my mailbox: my Monroe County voter registration card. Immediately, I detached the card, signed it, proudly slid it into my wallet and tried to calculate how many days were left until the next election.

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Chef rediscovers entreprenurial spirit

By Jessica Wolfe · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:44 a.m.

Life is like a box of chocolates for some, but for the enterprising Runcible Spoon owner and head chef Matt O'Neill, life is a path filled with chances and risks to take.

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The best woman for the job?

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:44 a.m.

We were not dazzled Monday by President Bush's nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to be the next U.S. Supreme Court justice. That's not to say we cannot be convinced Miers is the best woman for the job, but between now and her final confirmation vote, she'll need to pack an awfully strong punch.

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Hurricane Stan strikes Central America

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:38 a.m.

VERACRUZ, Mexico -- Hurricane Stan slammed into Mexico's Gulf coast Tuesday, forcing authorities to close one of the nation's busiest ports and spawning related storms across the region that left at least 59 people dead, most from landslides in El Salvador.

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Murals to liven up concrete floodwalls for Hoosiers

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:38 a.m.

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. -- Scenes of ferry boats and stately mansions are unfolding along the floodwall in Jeffersonville, linking southern Indiana to an Ohio River art project that stretches from Steubenville, Ohio, to Paducah, Ky.

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No clowning around; juggling club serious about 2005 season

By Wes Scott · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:36 a.m.

When talking about juggling, the first thing that might come to mind is the circus. However, the participants in the IU Juggling Club are anything but clowns. The Juggling Club has been around since the early 1980s and is still trying to rid the association of the circus that goes along with juggling.

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Rugby opens season strong, welcomes Slippery Rock

By Joel Sanders and Joel Sansers · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:35 a.m.

The IU rugby team suffered only its second loss of the season this weekend at the hands of the Indy Impalas. The loss dropped IU's record to 5-2, but team captain Hans Van Horn believed the Impalas proved to be a valuable experience for his team as it prepares for Slippery Rock University, coming to IU Oct. 8.

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Youthful IU struggles in Chicago

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:33 a.m.

The IU men's golf team concluded the Big Ten/Pac Ten Challenge in Chicago yesterday, finishing 11th in a 14-team field with a three-round total of 886. Host team Northwestern won the tournament by netting an 860 and was followed in the top five by Minnesota; Arizona State University; University of California, Los Angeles; and Washington University.

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Youthful IU struggles in Chicago

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:32 a.m.

The IU men's golf team concluded the Big Ten/Pac Ten Challenge in Chicago yesterday, finishing 11th in a 14-team field with a three-round total of 886. Host team Northwestern won the tournament by netting an 860 and was followed in the top five by Minnesota; Arizona State University; University of California, Los Angeles; and Washington University.

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Loukas nominated as 1 of 20 candidates for Olympic spot

By Steve Harris · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:31 a.m.

In 2004, diver Sara Hildebrand gave IU its lone representation on the pinnacle athletic stage in the Athens Olympic games. Sophomore Christina Loukas hopes to partake in a local passing of the torch by representing IU in the 2008 games. Her first step toward that honor came last week when the Olympic Medal Program selected her to join 19 other distinguished divers for a chance to represent the United States in Beijing.

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Feeling home on the road: Hayden ready for Louisville

By Steve Slivka · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:28 a.m.

When junior midfielder John Michael Hayden goes home for dates with his girlfriend, he always brings a soccer ball. That's because in Hayden's life, home is where the heart is, and his heart is tied to the sport of soccer. Even his girlfriend, Hollie Minogue, is a midfielder on the Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team.

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