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Police searching for suspect in Tel Aviv gay club shooting

Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 6:02 p.m.

TEL AVIV, Israel – Hundreds of police officers scoured the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday in a manhunt for a gunman who shot and killed two people at a youth club in the worst ever attack on homosexuals in Israel.

N. Ind. pastor ordered held in custody child porn charges

Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 6:02 p.m.

A federal magistrate has ordered that a northern Indiana church pastor facing child pornography possession charges be kept in custody until his trial.

Off to Africa, Clinton to pledge new military aid to combat extremists

Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 6:01 p.m.

WASHINGTON – On a seven-nation tour of Africa this week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will pledge more U.S. assistance, including military aid, to Somalia’s shaky government as it fights for survival against Islamist extremists.

Former Ind. township trustee charged with theft

Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 6:01 p.m.

A former township trustee from northern Indiana faces charges that she stole more than $53,000 from the township’s poor relief fund.

Philippines mourns democracy icon

Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 6 p.m.

MANILA, Philippines – Military honor guards carried former President Corazon Aquino’s flag-draped casket to a school gym Saturday for public viewing, as Filipinos mourned the beloved democracy icon who swept away a dictator and fought off seven coup attempts.

Bloomington takes steps to combat graffiti

Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 5:59 p.m.

Bloomington officials are taking steps to crack down on graffiti problems.

Nigerian military ignored warnings of militant sect violence

Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 5:59 p.m.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Nigerian authorities ignored dozens of warnings about a violent Islamist sect until it attacked police stations and government buildings last week in a bloodbath that killed more than 700 people, Muslim clerics and an army official said.

Renters have case against city 4 years later

By Kevin Doran · Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 5:58 p.m.

On July 24, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that the City of Bloomington Utilities is liable for damages that occurred in November 2005 from a blocked public sewer line that caused 300 gallons of sewage to seep into an apartment, causing extensive damage – about $30,000 worth. Now the case can finally go to trial.

‘A man before an American’

By Andrew Morris · Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 5:57 p.m.

Schaffhausen, Switzerland – Fireworks filled the Swiss sky Saturday in celebration of the Swiss National Holiday. Reminiscent of Fourth of July celebrations, the Swiss holiday brought out flags, fireworks and bratwursts for grilling.

Let the youth rule

Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 4:52 p.m.

WE SAY Allowing the youth to determine whether their records are deleted is best.Every effort should be made to get into contact with the remaining 6,100 juveniles to go over their rights with their guardians. Afterward, it should be left up to them to decide whether they want to take legal action and preserve their records, or just let them be deleted.

Murder in the mountains

By Erin Chapman · Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 4:49 p.m.

Human rights violations are much easier to condemn looking backward – which is unfortunate, because the only thing that will be able to stop incidents like the one in Putis is more vigilance by those of us who live through or at least relate to them.