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Hoosiers begin season Friday

By Drew Allen · Thursday, Aug. 27,2009 11:45 p.m.

IU volleyball coach Sherry Dunbar sees something different about her team from past years heading into the 2009 season.

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Don’t dump: Take the junk to bulky trash day

By Mehdi Ayari · Thursday, Aug. 27,2009 11:23 p.m.

Junk or “bulky items” no longer usable are exactly what the Monroe County Solid Waste Management District is looking for. They are accepting all bulky trash items, such as unusable furniture and appliances, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Monroe County Fairgrounds.

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New Indy-Evansville bus line to open

By Garrett Stack · Thursday, Aug. 27,2009 11:22 p.m.

Students may have a new way to commute back and forth from Indianapolis and beyond now that Indiana has received a $2-million federal grant to reopen previously abandoned bus lines. “We are expecting over 44,000 riders on five different routes,” said Shelley Haney, an Indiana Department of Transportation spokesperson.

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‘Buy Local’ campaign comes to Bloomington

By Lindsay Eckert · Thursday, Aug. 27,2009 11:17 p.m.

Several bakeries, wineries, businesses and restaurants call Bloomington their home and are advertising their locality. “Buy Local, It’s Better” signs have been seen in windows of local businesses like Butch’s Deli and Max’s Place.

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Power company to take water from Lake Monroe

By Geoffrey Miller · Thursday, Aug. 27,2009 11:16 p.m.

A deal between Indianapolis Power & Light and the Indiana Natural Resources Commission will draw 325.9 million gallons of water annually from Lake Monroe. But this shouldn’t raise alarm, officials said. “This individual item is not particularly important in itself,” said David Cable, operations manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who is in charge of Lake Monroe’s water level. “It’s when you have 15 or 20 or 100 of these agreements that the cumulative effect would have an impact. That’s when we’d have to start looking at what to do to maintain our pool.”

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Against Bubonic Plague

Thursday, Aug. 27,2009 9:52 p.m.

Am I the only person who is concerned that IU is going to perform research on the Bubonic Plague?

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Morality over moratorium

Thursday, Aug. 27,2009 9:50 p.m.

WE SAY The death penalty in Indiana should be abolished on moral, not fiscal, grounds.

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A new prescription

By John Hill · Thursday, Aug. 27,2009 9:48 p.m.

Despite setbacks, reform efforts must still achieve the dual goals of lowering costs while expanding coverage. This will necessitate mandates, subsidies and market reforms, rather than a public scheme.

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Get drunk, not fat

By Chris Nelson · Thursday, Aug. 27,2009 9:46 p.m.

If you haven’t been there already, please visit www.getdrunknotfat.com. If the name doesn’t say it all, it is a Web site that ranks alcoholic beverages on their calorie to alcohol ratio. And if it’s not obvious, being that you’re probably drunk right now, lower calorie count with a higher amount of alcohol is better.

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IPL inks deal for Lake Monroe water

By Geoffrey Miller · Thursday, Aug. 27,2009 9:27 p.m.

An approved deal between Indianapolis Power & Light and the Indiana Natural Resources Commission will draw 325.9 million gallons of water annually from Lake Monroe.

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IU strikes tentative deal with state senator

Thursday, Aug. 27,2009 7:43 p.m.

IU has reached a tentative agreement with State Senator Luke Kenley to help make school more affordable for in-state students, said university spokesman Larry MacIntyre.

Stan Brewster of Petersburg, Ind. talks with a neighbor about losing land to construction of Section 2 of Interstate 69. The 29-mile stretch of highway will take over 1,800 acres of land from Washington, Ind. to Oakland City, Ind.

Surveying set in counties for I-69 work

Thursday, Aug. 27,2009 4:32 p.m.

WASHINGTON, Ind. — State highway officials say crews will soon begin surveying land in southwestern Indiana for the $3 billion Interstate 69 extension project.

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