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The unpaid workforce

By Jordan Zaslow · Sunday, April 12,2009 9:47 p.m.

Parents often cry at graduation ceremonies. They are eager to see what their sons and daughters will become, proud of the accomplishments about which they can already boast to their friends and thrilled to be finished dealing with the stresses of the big, bad bursar bill.

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Rioting follows state of emergency in Thai capital

Sunday, April 12,2009 9:47 p.m.

Swarms of anti-government protesters attacked the prime minister’s car, seized control of major intersections in the capital and commandeered buses, bringing new chaos to the Thai capital as the country’s ousted leader threatened to return from exile to lead a revolution.

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Texas wildfire conditions ease; weather a concern

Sunday, April 12,2009 9:45 p.m.

Firefighters in Texas faced calmer weather conditions Saturday while attacking deadly wind-driven wildfires, but worried that approaching thunderstorms could create new problems.

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The gay bomb

By Erin Chapman · Sunday, April 12,2009 9:45 p.m.

It’s a scene straight out of a 1950s comic book. The American heroes, hardened by the horrors of war, set out to ravage their enemies without messy guns or nuclear warheads. Instead, they drop their most surprising, most secret, most dastardly of all weapons designed to weaken their opponent and render him unable to fight back: the “gay bomb.”

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Captain held captive in lifeboat rescued

Sunday, April 12,2009 9:43 p.m.

The company that owns the American ship seized this week by Somali pirates says the captain that has been held hostage for days has been rescued.

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Still the best candidate

Sunday, April 12,2009 9:43 p.m.

The Indiana Daily Student reported Feb. 25 that President Barack Obama’s Office of Legal Council nominee, IU law professor Dawn Johnsen, was to be confirmed by Congress that very day. Two and a half months later, she’s still waiting.

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EPA to pay $66.5M to clean up tainted Gary lagoon

Sunday, April 12,2009 9:06 p.m.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has settled on a $66.5 million plan to clean up a Gary lagoon that contains sludge and water contaminated by Polychlorinated Biphenyls.

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Worker dies in trench collapse

Sunday, April 12,2009 9:05 p.m.

Northern Indiana police said a man helping dig a trench for a home drainage project died when the 10-foot-deep trench collapsed onto him.

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Group wants diverse workforce

Sunday, April 12,2009 9:03 p.m.

A group including former Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher and Indiana NAACP Chief Barbara Bolling said northern Indiana leaders must lobby President Barack Obama and Sen. Evan Bayh to appoint minorities to federal court openings in the state.

Actors perform at the dress rehersal of Chicks with Dicks Tuesday evening at the Bloomington Playwrights Project.

‘Chicks with Dicks’ engages, captures audience’s attention

By Rachel Pankiw · Sunday, April 12,2009 8:28 p.m.

“Well, well, well, looks like we’re in for a little action tonight,” military-warrior-princess Oxi said. Truer words couldn’t have been spoken when Oxi, played by Emily Goodson, opened the show Thursday night for the debut performance of Trista Baldwin’s “Chicks with Dicks II: Battle with Cannibal Sluts from Outer Space” at the Bloomington Playwrights Project.

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Navy snipers kill pirates; US captain freed

Sunday, April 12,2009 6:50 p.m.

MOMBASA, Kenya — U.S. Navy snipers opened fire and killed three pirates holding an American captain at gunpoint in a lifeboat, delivering the skipper unharmed and ending a five-day high-seas hostage drama on Easter Sunday.

Bloomington South senior guard Jordan Hulls drives past a Detroit Country Day defender during a game on Feb. 21 in Bloomington. Hulls is an IU commit.

Hulls named Indiana's Mr. Basketball

Saturday, April 11,2009 11:11 p.m.

IU commit Jordan Hulls, currently a senior at Bloomington South, is Indiana's Mr. Basketball. The Indianapolis Star made the announcement Sunday morning. Hulls had been the long-thought front-runner for the award after leading South to a Class 4A state championship last month.

Junior pitcher Eric Arnett releases a throw during the third inning of a game against Xaver March 26, 2008 at Sembower field. The Hoosiers came from behind to win the game 10-4.

IU knocks off Iowa 5-1, moves into first place

Saturday, April 11,2009 10:42 p.m.

IU junior pitcher Eric Arnett went a full nine innings, giving up only two hits and one earned run en route to a 5-1 win against Iowa on Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa.

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