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Marlins win; series shifts to Chicago

By Alyson Brodsy and Ben Walker · Monday, Oct. 13,2003 1:29 a.m.

MIAMI -- Josh Beckett and the Florida Marlins put history on hold -- at least for a couple of days. With the Chicago Cubs set to clinch their first World Series trip in 58 years, Beckett buzzed Sammy Sosa in pitching a two-hitter and leading the Marlins to a 4-0 win Sunday in Game 5 of the NL championship series.

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Homecoming Heartbreaker

By Gavin Lesnick · Monday, Oct. 13,2003 1:27 a.m.

Five hundred and thirty-one yards of offense, four touchdowns and a pair of 130-plus yard rushers weren't enough for IU Saturday. One interception in overtime was plenty for Northwestern. The Wildcats picked off a Matt LoVecchio pass in the end zone in overtime to essentially end the Hoosiers' hopes of a Homecoming win. In a game in which IU rallied from a 17-point second quarter deficit to force the extra period, the team came up short.

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Heavy rains hurt pumpkin crop

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 13,2003 1:27 a.m.

KOKOMO, Ind. -- For the first time in the nearly 20 years the Exmeyers have sold pumpkins at their farm, they had to turn to others for some of the Halloween staple.

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Fraternity suspended after pledge hospitalized

By Brian Janosch · Monday, Oct. 13,2003 1:25 a.m.

IU suspended Pi Kappa Phi fraternity Friday, one week after a 19-year-old sophomore pledge was hospitalized with alcohol poisoning. The suspension prohibits the chapter from participating in any social activities until the investigation is done and the judicial process is completed, said Dean of Students Richard McKaig.

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Janitor thwarts theft attempt at music school

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 13,2003 1:25 a.m.

Officials suspect an attempted burglar who injured a custodian during a break-in Friday morning may be the same person who stole a student's $20,000 violin from the school. The IU custodian was injured during a scuffle with the would-be burglar inside Merrill Hall, part of the IU School of Music. The suspect was found trying to gain access to a room that, until recently, contained a vault. The vault was moved in light of current security issues.

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Study tables offered at schools

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 13,2003 12:38 a.m.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Not content being a C-average student, seventh-grader Bakari Flemmings stays after school three days a week, giving up an hour of playtime to study and do homework.

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Taking credit, taking blame

By Anna Dittmer · Monday, Oct. 13,2003 12:30 a.m.

I love free stuff. I've dedicated considerable effort to disproving the economists' maxim, "There's no such thing as a free lunch."

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Getting by with a little help

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 13,2003 12:26 a.m.

After every tailgate, whether or not we bag a victory, there's a University employee out there bagging cans. They're mowing the grass, wiping off the chalkboards and answering phones.

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Poles celebrate pope's 25th anniversary

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 13,2003 12:23 a.m.

KRAKOW, Poland -- Troubled by television pictures of a stooped and frail Pope John Paul II, Poles on Sunday celebrated the 25th anniversary of their native son's papacy with prayers for his health and memories of his inspiration for their overthrow of communism.

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Car bomb rocks center of Baghdad

By Alyson Brodsy and Charles J. Hanley · Monday, Oct. 13,2003 12:23 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Suicide attackers struck again Sunday in Iraq, this time with twin car bombs in the heart of Baghdad that fell short of a hotel full of Americans but exploded on a busy commercial street, killing six bystanders and wounding dozens, U.S. military and Iraqi officials said.

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Dark, demented 'Vacation'

By Nikolas Priest · Monday, Oct. 13,2003 12:20 a.m.

The IU Theatre and Drama Department opened its season with a daring and slightly unconventional choice of Christopher Durang's "Betty's Summer Vacation," and the effect was everything one could expect from a satire.

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Students share fiction, poetry works

By Jennifer Jackson · Monday, Oct. 13,2003 12:18 a.m.

In an otherwise deserted campus, a crowd of about 40 people gathered Friday night in Ballantine Hall Room 109 for the second of two nights of readings from first year Master of Fine Arts students in IU's Creative Writing Program.

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