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IU professor awarded $356K to study foreign accent development in children

By Mariah Moore · Sunday, May 31,2009 7:41 p.m.

An IU assistant professor has been granted $356,000 in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to research how children perceive varieties of foreign-accented English.

Orientation names assistant director

By Ashley Bornancin · Sunday, May 31,2009 7:39 p.m.

Another new face will also be among the pack, serving as the newest professional staff member of orientation: Assistant Director Dan Murphy.

18 Taliban militants killed in western Afghanistan fighting

Sunday, May 31,2009 7:21 p.m.

KABUL – Afghan and NATO troops killed 18 Taliban militants Sunday after insurgents attacked a joint patrol, while four police were killed in a separate militant ambush, officials said.

Ex-Iraqi trade minister arrested

Sunday, May 31,2009 7:20 p.m.

BAGHDAD – Iraq’s former trade minister was arrested Saturday in a burgeoning corruption scandal after his plane was ordered back to Baghdad while en route to the United Arab Emirates, officials said.

Majority of GM bondholders accept exchange offer for greater shares in reorganized automaker

Sunday, May 31,2009 7:19 p.m.

DETROIT – More than 50 percent of General Motors Corp. bondholders said Sunday they would support a sweetened deal to swap the company’s $27 billion debt for stock in a restructured, leaner GM.

Florence’s oldest bridge, the Ponte Vecchio, at sunset May 17. The bridge, completed in 1345, it was the only bridge across the River Arno to survive German bombing during World War II.

‘Newly anointed Florentines’ plunge into city’s culture

By Bryce Wininger · Sunday, May 31,2009 7:17 p.m.

FLORENCE, Italy – Only three weeks into our adventure in Florence, we already feel as if we have nothing to do with those “other” tourists.

Full immersion on Grand Cayman

Sunday, May 31,2009 7:13 p.m.

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – The locals pronounce it Cay-mahn, not Cay-man. And there’s probably a lot more you don’t know about this British territory in the West Caribbean Sea.

So we can eat grapes again?

Sunday, May 31,2009 6:42 p.m.

WE SAY Hilda Solis has got some pair of uvas.U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis has suspended rules that were intended to make it easier for farmers to hire temporary foreign workers, but had a negative effect on wages.

Less blood donations

Sunday, May 31,2009 6:39 p.m.

The FDA has prohibited men who have had sex with other men (MSM) at any time since 1977 from donating blood.

The Rosetta Stone experiment

By Braden Cundiff · Sunday, May 31,2009 6:36 p.m.

Yep, I fell hook, line and sinker for the made-for-TV product, Rosetta Stone and have been trying it for about two weeks.

Predigested food

By Jacob Levin · Sunday, May 31,2009 6:32 p.m.

We have a nasty habit of assuming that once you have the ability to read whatever you want, there’s nothing left to be done.

Caught on Film

By Tyler Chernesky · Sunday, May 31,2009 6:31 p.m.

Everything is visually documented, and that’s not a good thing.

Erotic art heats up summer at SoFA Gallery

By Amanda Lowry · Sunday, May 31,2009 6:26 p.m.

At the Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show, sex is everything but taboo. The show contains about 120 pieces of sexuality-related contemporary art in media that range from acrylic paint to video to a graphic novel.

Record studio offers free Internet tracks

By Rorye O'Connor · Sunday, May 31,2009 6:22 p.m.

Russian Recording, a local recording studio owned and operated by Mike Bridavsky, recently released its second compilation album, “We Just Call it Roulette: Volume 2.” What makes “Roulette: Volume 2” stand out from the crowd is the fact that Russian Recording is offering all the mp3 tracks for free download for a limited time.

The restaurant Aladin in London serves a vegetable curry with garlic naan, a traditional Indian flatbread.

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