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Congo rebels appear to pull back

Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:55 p.m.

Rebels appeared to be pulling back as promised Wednesday in an area home to some of the world’s last remaining mountain gorillas, offering some hope that Congo’s latest war may be easing.

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Student bonfire blamed for wildfire

Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:54 p.m.

A group of college students who lit a ridge-top bonfire are being accused of accidentally sparking one of a trio of once-ferocious wildfires that collectively destroyed about 1,000 homes and blacked more than 65 square miles.

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Ark. seizes 20 more children from Alamo group accused of abuse

Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:53 p.m.

Stories of alleged beatings and sexual abuse prompted Arkansas child-welfare officials to take custody of  about 20 more children associated with the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, an official said Wednesday.

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning looks for a receiver during the second half of a NFL football game against the Houston Texans Sunday in Indianapolis. Manning looks at the last three weeks and sees progress. Not perfection.

Manning finds his groove as season hits midpoint

By Michael Marot · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:53 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Peyton Manning watches the last three games and sees progress. Not perfection, but at least he and the Colts are beginning to play like their old selves. Manning is throwing more touchdowns, fewer interceptions, avoiding sacks and winning games with his masterful play-calling. He’s spreading the ball around, opening up running lanes with passes and, yes, he’s finally in sync with the receivers. Memo to the NFL: Manning is back. “The way they’ve played the last three weeks, it looks like Indianapolis to me,” San Diego coach Norv Turner said Wednesday. “To do what they did against Pittsburgh, I was awfully impressed with that.” The Colts’ recent turnabout has forced critics, who not long ago were immersed in finding faults, to reassess their viewpoints. Suddenly, Manning is playing like a two-time league MVP and his team has taken the cue.

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U.K. to crack down on sex trade in “name and shame” campaign

Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:53 p.m.

The British government announced plans Wednesday to make it illegal to pay for sex with women forced into prostitution and to name men who solicit sex on the streets – measures that prostitutes say will put more women at risk.

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Bowl slate might be tapped

By Ralph D. Russo · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:52 p.m.

NEW YORK – After years of relentless expansion, college football’s nearly monthlong holiday party – the bowl season – finally seems to have maxed out. Those involved in the bowl business say that, with the national economy flailing, events which are as much about tourism and corporate sponsorship as football now are staring at a set of challenges that will level off the number of second-tier bowls, if not reduce them. There are a lot of second-tier bowls to choose from. “We’re talking about disposable income, and that’s drying up as fast as water in the desert,” said Paul Hoolahan, chairman of the Football Bowl Association and CEO of the Sugar Bowl. The bowl roster now stands at 34, giving 68 teams the opportunity to play a nationally televised game and be pampered by the host community. That’s more than half of the 119 schools playing college football at its highest level. The NCAA has been liberally licensing new bowls in recent years. Since 2002, 11 new bowl games have been established, while only three have closed up shop. Two games will debut this season, the EagleBank Bowl in Washington, D.C., and the St. Petersburg Bowl in central Florida.

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NFL drops the ball

By Mike Abrams · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:51 p.m.

The NFL has dropped the ball this season more times than Colts receivers did in their first quarter last week. This NFL season has been in shambles and none of it has to do with the players. Fines have turned the game soft, officials have made wrong calls and Vegas is suffering because of it all. This past Sunday, the second big officiating botch of the season (the first being Ed Hochuli’s forward pass mistake in Week 2) caused hundreds of thousands of dollars to change hands.

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Jimmie Johnson stakes claim among NASCAR’s best

By Geoffrey Miller · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:50 p.m.

Love him or hate him, Jimmie Johnson officially added his name to the list of the best NASCAR drivers of all time Sunday night. Despite a mediocre 20th-place finish thanks to a conservative pit strategy, Johnson won his third-consecutive Sprint Cup Series championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway after besting Carl Edwards by a comfortable 69 points. Edwards did all he could, however, to take away Johnson’s three-peat in the season’s final race by winning the Ford 400 on an impressive fuel mileage gamble – the second race he’s won in that fashion in the past three events.

Peg Howard, co-founder of Jill's House along with her husband Bud Howard, sits in the gethering room of the center Nov. 14th. Jill's House provides temporary housing for those seeking cancer treatment at the IU Cyclotron's Midwest Proton Radiation Institute.

Humor and happiness in a temporary home

By Danielle Patras · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:49 p.m.

Early October sunlight streams through the large kitchen windows in the back of a cream-colored house, framing the sea of red and orange leaves brushing the cloudless sky. In the kitchen, five men sit on either side of a long table. One skims the daily paper while two others sip coffee to ease their tired eyes.

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IUSA hosts town hall meeting

By Haley Adams · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:49 p.m.

Cheaper textbooks, a fall break and basketball were just a few of the topics at the IU Student Association’s town hall meeting Wednesday night at the Indiana Memorial Union.

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IU wrestling squashes D-3 opponents, sweeps 20 individual matches

By Sean Morrison · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:49 p.m.

Sophomore Paul Young said Monday his goal was to wrestle a perfect match. While he might not have met his goal of perfection, the team did, winning all 20 matches they participated in and winning by a total score of 107-0 in a tri-meet against Manchester and Wabash Colleges, two Division-III schools, on Tuesday. “It went good,” IU coach Duane Goldman said. “For the first time with a one-hour weigh-in, we wrestled pretty well.” The team pinned 13 of its 20 opponents, 12 falling in the first period alone, and gathered up two tech falls and a major decision during the tri-meet.

General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies before the Senate Armed Services committee on Bush's $624.6 billion request in defense spending on Feb. 6, 2007, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Controversy sparked over Pace’s remarks

By Sean Morrison · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:47 p.m.

IU’s appointment of Gen. Peter Pace, who has openly spoken against homosexuality, to Poling Chair has sparked controversy within the University community and action within University bureaucracy.

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Hoosier Daddy will give drag kings an outlet

By Zach Sempsey · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:47 p.m.

The Wilkie Auditorium will likely be empty when Christina Sell walks in four hours before curtain today, but she doesn’t mind. She said she takes the extra space and time to “go from being a somewhat shy woman to an overly confident ‘dude.’” The boisterous individual to whom Sell refers is Duke McAllister, her onstage alter ego. McAllister is the reigning king of the Hoosier Daddy drag king pageant, which will be held at 7 p.m. today in the Wilkie Auditorium.

Students play basketball in the Ora L. Wildermuth Intramural Center in this file photo from 2007.

Wildermuth name change to be tabled after questioning

By Nick Cusack · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:45 p.m.

The recommendation to rename the Ora L. Wildermuth Intramural Center is being tabled for now after one trustee objected to the compromise on Tuesday. Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Terry Clapacs presented a proposal to the IU Trustees Facilities Committee to rename the intramural center the William L. Garrett/Ora L. Wildermuth Fieldhouse. After some deliberation, board of trustees Vice President Patrick Shoulders suggested the Student Recreational Sports Center be named for Garrett, while keeping Wildermuth’s name on the intramural center.

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The American novel vs. Cuban

By Ryan Brown · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:26 p.m.

Partly because of my political leanings and partly because of my penchant for watching prominent figures fall from grace in the public sphere, I cannot stop myself from reading every update regarding IU alumnus Mark Cuban’s battle with insider trading charges.

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