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To the rescue

Val Meek ran in without thinking. The building at 514 W. Second St., containing an ear, nose and throat doctor's office and two upstairs apartments on the opposite corner from Bloomington Hospital, caught fire in the east upstairs aparment just after 5 p.m. Monday. Meek was on the opposite side of the street from the burning building and heard the yells. "There was some people outside screaming fire, fire, fire," said Meek, a driver for Bloomington Transit. His bus route passed the building every day. He didn't know if anyone was inside, but he was sure there were animals inside.

International students react to plane attacks

Within hours of a terrorist attack on the U.S. Tuesday, two international students were verbally assaulted and one physically assaulted, an IU official reported. But other students say they're not concerned about possible ethnicity-based harassment.

Friday night fun at Wal-Mart

It's 11 o'clock on a Friday night, and I'm sitting on a stone wall waiting for a bus to take me to Wal-Mart. There is something very wrong with this.

General Assembly passes BMV reform bill

Hoosiers might soon have an easier time renewing their driver's licenses. Moments before Sunday's midnight deadline to adjourn the 2001 legislative session, lawmakers sent a Bureau of Motor Vehicles reform bill to the desk of Gov. Frank O'Bannon.

Team forges fifth-place finish

The dominating seasons of Minnesota and Michigan and surging performances from Penn State and Northwestern have the Hoosiers sitting in fifth place after the first day of the men's swimming and diving Big Ten Championships. The Gophers lead the way with 197 points, followed by Michigan (167), Penn State (157), Northwestern (134) and IU (122).

Friends first, teammates second

For some college athletes, friendships between them and a teammate develop during their time training, practicing and travelling together. For two members of the IU women's tennis team, their friendship was created long before the two became Hoosiers.

Jeffries chose Hoosiers over Devils

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Mike Krzyzweski figured he didn't have much of a shot at convincing Jared Jeffries to play basketball at Duke. After all, Jeffries grew up and played high school basketball within a stone's throw of Assembly Hall and the IU campus.

Rescuers carry on grimly

NEW YORK -- The gruesome search through the graveyard of the World Trade Center yielded no survivors as the death toll mounted Thursday and hopes dimmed for more than 4,700 missing souls. President Bush promised to visit New York to "hug and cry" with its shaken citizens. Two days after the trade center was hit and destroyed by two hijacked passenger planes, swirling dust kept visibility limited, and sanitation trucks waged a losing fight against the residue of the blast. Hundreds of family members searched for any sign of their loved ones.

Help for anxiety disorders

Anxiety is part of the human condition -- we all worry and feel scared from time to time. Anxiety can serve as a useful trigger to remind us to get out of dangerous situations, or to prepare for anticipated challenging situations such as exams. Regardless of the source of anxiety, when it reaches a certain level it is experienced as unpleasant and consequently prompts us to take action to reduce it. As anxiety becomes more persistent and less connected to "real dangers," it shifts from "normal" anxiety to an anxiety disorder.

The Brothers gonna work it out

Consider the hand you're dealt

When viewing a theater piece of any kind that has multiple casts, one must always be conscious of separating the production from the piece from the performers. Yet, at the same time, a show also must include those three aspects without distinction. When one falters, all falter.

Up in Smoke

Indianapolis firefighters will see less smoke on the job after Thursday. On the 25th anniversary of the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout, the city's fire department went tobacco-free -- permanently.

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Little League father charged

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The father of star Little League pitcher Danny Almonte has been charged with falsifying a birth certificate to show his son was 12, Dominican officials said Tuesday.

Arrests down for Little 500 weekend

During Little 500 weekend, police officers from both the IU Police Department and Bloomington Police Department arrested about 27 people, primarily for illegal consumption and public intoxication. Bloomington police reported more than 13 vandalism cases, 15 alcohol violations, 23 counts of larceny, and two attempted burglaries. Twenty total arrests were made by BPD.

Strokin' the 'D' at the Jamboree

A nation's wrath

WASHINGTON -- Vowing not to be cowed, President Bush pledged a crusade against terrorists Sunday as top administration officials zeroed in on Saudi exile Osama bin Laden and Afghanistan's Taliban militia for possible retribution for last week's terrorist attacks. Pakistan, whom Bush has turned to as an ally, sent senior officials to Afghanistan to warn the Taliban that it faces a massive assault if it does not hand over the fugitive to the United States, a top Pakistani official said. Bush spoke by phone to Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Saturday. "The leader of Pakistan has been very cooperative," Bush said Sunday.

Purdue's Keady still scowling over slow start

Gene Keady wasn't happy, and he wasn't shy about telling everyone about it. His scowl was worse. His Purdue squad wasn't playing up to his standards and was off to an 0-2 start in Big Ten play. But Wednesday's 84-75 upset of No. 9 Illinois in West Lafayette kept the Boilermakers from their first 0-3 league start in 38 years and might have cheered up Keady.

Changing SPACES

A dignified 19th century parlor, complete with walnut cabinet and desk, stares sternly out at the street from one window of the old storefront, while glassware in clashing colors of tangerine and avocado from the 1960s sparkles wildly like crazed go-go dancers from the other. Dana McElvy is changing his window display again. He has to keep displays fresh to entice customers, what he considers the hardest part of running the Fourth Street Emporium, 511 W. Fourth St.

Spring break for cheap