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Kara DioGuardi celebrates being named Co-Songwriter of the Year during the 55th Annual BMI Pop Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., in a Tuesday, May 15, 2007 photo. Grammy-nominated songwriter DioGuardi has joined "American Idol" as a fourth judge and will sit alongside Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson at the judges table.

Fourth 'Idol' judge a straight-shooting hitmaker

By Erin Carlson · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:59 p.m.

Scooching in between Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson sounds intimidating, if not a little scary. But Kara DioGuardi, the newly-installed fourth judge on "American Idol," is confident she'll find her niche within the bickering, ratings-tested judges' panel where the line between love and hate is blurred with every critique.

Miss Indiana University Gabrielle Reed waves during a IU Day parade on Aug. 7 at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis.

Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:58 p.m.

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County food drive falls short of goal

By Viktoria Nasteva · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:50 p.m.

Rising prices have strained the pocketbooks of many Monroe County residents, causing some to resort to organizations like food pantries as a way to put food on their tables.

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IU to host famed speakers this fall

Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:45 p.m.

The School of Journalism announced its fall lineup of three big-name speakers Monday, including a best-selling author, a radio personality and an editor of one of the nation’s most-esteemed newspapers.

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Greek community gets ready for new members

By Haley Adams · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:42 p.m.

Greek life is a staple at big colleges like IU, and students new to campus or upperclassmen looking for a new activity can learn all about it this September. For fraternities, fall recruitment or “rush,” starts at 4 p.m. Sept. 12 at a kick-off event in Dunn Meadow, in which students interested in joining a house can talk to active members.

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Navigating the IDS

By Audrie Garrison · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:37 p.m.

If you’re navigating your way from Fee Lane to 10th Street for the first time or trying to determine the difference between the B bus and the C bus – they’re very different, trust me – we want to help.

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'Idol' alum Ace Young to make Broadway debut

By Erin Carlson · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:21 p.m.

NEW YORK - Another "American Idol" alum is heading to "Grease" on Broadway. Ace Young, who competed on season five of the Fox show, joins the cast Sept. 9, playing Kenickie in the revival of the popular musical.

Cutting back

By Savannah Worley · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:18 p.m.

Sophomore Kym Pagel is on a back-to-school budget.She’s not buying notebooks this year, because she still has paper in the ones she used last semester. She’s shopping for her textbooks online, hoping to find cheaper prices than at local bookstores. And she’s scouring shelves at discount retailers Target and Wal-Mart, looking for deals.

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Bring on the fashion

By Gabrijel Gelic · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:01 p.m.

Fashion is constantly changing. Each new season brings something new to the table, and it can be difficult to keep up with the demands of the fashion world. The fall 2008 collections have been no exception, featuring everything from a structured silhouette, as seen in the Yves Saint Laurent collection, to the more relaxed feeling seen at the Versace show. Eight trends have emerged as this fall’s most wanted.

Released Palestinian prisoner Said al-Atba, 57, kisses his mother as he arrives Monday in the city of Nablus. Al-Atba was the longest serving Palestinian inmate in Israel, having served 31 years of a life sentence for masterminding a 1977 market bombing that killed one and wounded dozens more in central Israel.

Israel frees Palestinians before Rice visit

Monday, Aug. 25,2008 8:47 p.m.

Ramallah, West Bank – Israel freed nearly 200 jailed Palestinians on Monday – including a militant mastermind from the 1970s – in a goodwill gesture just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began her latest peace mission to the region.

Democratic presidential hopefuls from left, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., are seen on stage at a debate at Dartmouth College on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, in Hanover, N.H. Obama picked Biden as his running mate late Friday night.

Obama announces Joe Biden as running mate

Saturday, Aug. 23,2008 1:11 a.m.

Barack Obama selected Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware late Friday night to be his vice presidential running mate, according to a Democratic official, balancing his ticket with an older congressional veteran well-versed in foreign and defense issues.

Members of MoveOn.org rally Tuesday afternoon outside Bloomingfoods on Sixth Street. The group was protesting John McCain and his connection to big oil.

MoveOn.org supporters hold rally at Tuesday Market

By Amanda Lowry · Wednesday, Aug. 20,2008 5:04 p.m.

About 10 supporters of the organization MoveOn.org rallied Tuesday in the Bloomingfoods Near West parking lot during the weekly Tuesday Market with picket signs and flyers, protesting the influence of “Big Oil” and John McCain’s involvement with it.

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