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IU Auditorium hosts 42nd Street musical

The story that began the musical genre of "a star is born" and spawned a slew of movie musicals during Hollywood's depression era comes to the IU Auditorium Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. Although "42nd Street" originally was a 1929 film, Warner Brothers remade it as a musical in 1933 with choreography by Busby Berkeley and introduced a number of classic Hollywood stars.

Chefs gather for 'The Art of Chocolate'

Around The State

POLAND , Ind. -- Homeowners from Poland, Ind., found a dog in their garage Friday that seemed to be suffering from an injury to her back leg. After an evening layover with food and water, she was taken to the Bloomington Animal Shelter.

Girl's death focuses attention on effectiveness of the Amber Alert system

INDIANAPOLIS -- The death of a southern Indiana girl who vanished last week has again focused attention on the limits of the Amber Alert system designed to help police rescue abducted children before they are harmed.

Nip / Tax

Remember back in '04, when a Diet Coke cost $1.39 and butt lipo was tax-free? Those will be the wistful words of fond reminiscence echoing 'round the suburban social circuit 20 years from now. That is, if Washington Senate Democrat Karen Keiser gets her way. According to The Associated Press, Keiser has proposed a 6.5 percent sales tax on elective cosmetic surgery procedures, suggesting that the revenue be used for poor children's health insurance.

Pope cancels audiences due to flu

VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II has the flu, leading him to cancel scheduled audiences Monday, the Vatican said. It was the first time the pope skipped an audience because of illness since September 2003.

Act like adults, not politicians

In America, men with as much power and influence as President Bush are innocent until they plead the Fifth. A few years ago, almost everyone I talked to believed Bush took us into Iraq so we could take the oil. Even some Republicans I knew said this. Last week, Fox News reported that the Coalition Provisional Government, established in Iraq after the toppling of Saddam's regime, cannot account for the Iraqi oil money it spent. So where is the money?

Pope cancels audiences due to flu

VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II has the flu, leading him to cancel scheduled audiences Monday, the Vatican said. It was the first time the pope skipped an audience because of illness since September 2003.

New education secretary sworn in

WASHINGTON -- Margaret Spellings said Monday her role as a parent of school-age children will help guide her views in her new job as secretary of education.

Sudan's government cleared of genocide

ABUJA, Nigeria -- Sudan's foreign minister said Monday a U.N. report concluded that no genocide was committed in his country's Darfur region, where tens of thousands of civilians have died in a nearly two-year crisis.

Boo-boo kitty bonsai

I've done plenty of stupid stuff here in college, often involving gross amounts of Skol Vodka, urine and occasionally near-naked pictures of myself on the Internet, but I figure I have an excuse: I was drunk. What is inexcusable, however, is the recent rash of chain letters I have received from apparently sober people on http://thefacebook.com whom I'd normally think of as at least slightly more intelligent than mentally challenged chimpanzees.

Gitmo prisoners can challenge confinement

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge ruled Monday that foreign terror suspects held in Cuba can challenge their confinement in U.S. courts, and she criticized the Bush administration for holding hundreds of people without legal rights.

Sen. Hillary Clinton faints before speech

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton collapsed Monday during a speech on Social Security, moments after complaining about a stomach virus. "She fainted after not feeling well, got medical attention and is proceeding with her planned schedule," according to a statement released by her office in Washington.

Iraqi officials begin first phase of vote-counting

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's interim leader called on his countrymen to set aside their differences Monday, while polling stations finished the first-phase count of millions of ballots from the weekend election that many Iraqis hope will usher in democracy and hasten the departure of 150,000 American troops.

Beating teams

Beating kids is bad. We all know this. That's why Gary coach Thayer Williamson is charged with three counts of felony battery after allegedly beating 11 of the 12 players on the Melton Elementary School boys' basketball team. According to the players, Williamson was profoundly upset by the loss of a game Nov. 16, and as a means of discipline, he brought a duct tape-wrapped paddle to practice the next day.

With the only away win coming against Purdue, IU has found itself road blocked

IOWA CITY, IOWA -- The saying goes, "Home is where the heart is." But in the Hoosiers case, home is only where the wins are. With the Hoosiers down seven points, 53-46, with 6 minutes and 42 seconds left in Saturday's Big Ten battle against No. 23 Iowa, IU looked to be back in a ball game they previously struggled to be a part of.

Losing streak continues for IU

The first half couldn't have gone better for the Hoosiers. IU made No. 11 Michigan State slow the tempo while limiting them to 18 points, en route to trailing by just one at the break.

IU wins every match against 2 teams this weekend

Twelve singles matches. Six doubles matches. 30 sets of unbeaten tennis. The IU men's tennis team dominated its pair of home matches Saturday, never surrendering even a set to the opposition, en route to two 7-0 victories over Murray State and Butler. Head Coach Ken Hydinger glowed about his players Saturday.

Fee renewals, PeopleSoft top trustees meeting

IU Student Body President Tyson Chastain pressed the IU board of trustees Friday for thoughtful deliberation over the next few months as they consider renewing a number of student fees, including last year's $30 athletics fee.

The Mark of Democracy

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqis defied violence and calls for a boycott to cast ballots in Iraq's first free election in a half-century Sunday. Insurgents seeking to wreck the vote struck polling stations with a string of suicide bombings and mortar volleys, killing at least 44 people, including nine suicide bombers.