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Multimedia presentation, play reading combine on stage at Bloomington Playwrights Project

By Stephanie Kuschel · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 9:12 p.m.

Bloomington Playwrights Project, a not-for-profit theater company, will present a staged reading of Doug Bedwell’s “Dreaming of Forests”at 8 p.m. today and Wednesday.

From sheep to shawl, fiber showcased as art for ‘Fabulous Fashionable Fiber’

By IDS staff · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 9:06 p.m.

When most people think of art they might think of paintings, sculptures or photographs. Today “Fabulous Fashionable Fiber” will open the world of art to a new genre.

Connoisseurs of vintages and brews

By Lily Miller · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 9:04 p.m.

We all know Bloomington is a drinking town with a sports problem. It’s been like that for years, and nothing’s going to change anytime soon.

Business owners charmed by, supportive of street merchants

By Kirk Bradtmiller · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 9:03 p.m.

Last summer, local street musician Alex Mysliwicz spent his nights sleeping in a tent behind his friend’s house. Mysliwicz said he sacrificed a comfortable living arrangement to do what he truly loves: perform.

Sen. Evan Bayh says Sen. Brown might help fix partisan politics

Monday, Feb. 22,2010 9 p.m.

Retiring Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana said Monday that electing more lawmakers like new Republican Sen. Scott Brown might be the “ultimate cure” for partisan gridlock in Washington.

28th Amendment: A right to secede

By Zach Ammerman · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 6:37 p.m.

The inclusion of a right to secede in our constitution, which would lay out specific situations in which a state or states had the right to leave and what specific steps and benchmarks have to be met to go about doing so, might have helped us avoid one of our nation’s most tragic armed conflicts.

28th Amendment: Ditch hitchin’

By Eric Cox · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 6:35 p.m.

With all the debate circulating about the legality of marriage outside the traditional variety, it seems the most obvious choice is being overlooked.

28th Amendment: Officially awesome

By Nick Jacobs · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 6:34 p.m.

Did you know that in America we speak English?

28th Amendment: Enumerated only

By Jarrod Lowery · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 6:33 p.m.

Some claim part of Article I, Section 8 grants Congress powers it isn’t expressly granted.

28th amendment: A neutral net

By Chad Quandt · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 6:31 p.m.

The issue of Net Neutrality has died down since last year, but the threat remains.

Tough love for the Tea Parties

By Jarrod Lowery · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 6:30 p.m.

Despite its merits, however, the Tea Party movement has a number of flaws in need of shoring up.

Colors on the plate

By Kate Slabosky · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 6:29 p.m.

Different colored fruits and vegetables contain different kinds of vitamins and nutrients your body needs.

AMC Entertainment buys out Kerasotes Showplace Theatres

By Vivian Huang · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 6:28 p.m.

The nation’s second largest theater circuit, AMC Entertainment, announced last month that it had reached an agreement to acquire 93 of the 96 movie theaters operated by Kerasotes Showplace Theatres. The sale includes both Bloomington theaters.

The nuclear option

By Sarah Wilensky · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 6:27 p.m.

President Barack Obama has acknowledged the need for an energy policy that will serve as a bridge from dirty, foreign fossil fuels to clean and domestically produced energy sources.

America, Toyota should move forward together

Monday, Feb. 22,2010 6:25 p.m.

WE SAY It is to the benefit of Toyota and Americans for their relationship to be rekindled once the car giant gets its act together and pays penance for its mistakes.

Eli Lilly criticized for CEO compensation

By Andrew Anderson · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 6:25 p.m.

Eli Lilly CEO John Lechleiter received a 2009 compensation package of $20.9 million, about $6.4 million higher than in 2008.

Eli Lilly faces criticism for pay raise

By Andrew Anderson · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 5:39 p.m.

Last year was a bad year for Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly. The company faced a continued fall in stock price, government fines and bad publicity. This year looks no better. Last week, Lilly agreed to an $18.5 million settlement with the Arkansas Attorney General’s office over false advertising of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa.

Refugee orphans find peace in US foster homes

Monday, Feb. 22,2010 4:35 p.m.

Hiding from merciless militiamen and trekking through unforgiving mountainous terrain, Madhel Majok escaped the genocide of the Sudan that killed his parents. The 9-year-old fled to neighboring Kenya, where he survived vigilante shellings on his crowded refugee camp. Majok remained in limbo for eight years, waiting for any country to grant him refuge. Now 17, Majok has found safety in the home of Paul Boulanger, a 68-year-old single father who has fostered three dozen refugee children in 30 years.

Daily life amid national debt

By Nathan Wendte · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 4:30 p.m.

Amid the bustling side streets of ancient Athens, tucked among the ubiquitous storefronts hawking everything from gilded icons to phallic bottle openers, is a quaint shop called Agora Ethnic Jewelry. Having made a purchase the day prior, I approach a kind salesman with a few questions on conducting business in a nation whose debt has reached Olympian proportions.

Hoosiers defend Big Ten title

By Caitlin Ursini · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 12:16 a.m.

The decisive win the IU women’s swimming and diving team had been looking for all year could not have come at a better time. The No. 14 Hoosiers became back-to-back Big Ten Champions on Saturday, finishing 185.5 points ahead of second-place Minnesota.

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