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Report: Crean agrees to 2-year extension

By IDS staff · Monday, July 28,2008 2:18 p.m.

The Indy Star is reporting that IU coach Tom Crean and the University have agreed to a two-year extention which will keep the coach in Bloomington until the 2017-18 season. BLOG: Basketblog

Jimmie Johnson (center), along with his wife Chandra Johnson, crew chief Chad Knaus and car owner Rick Hendrick (far right) kiss the bricks following the No. 48 Lowes’ team’s victory at the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis.

Johnson gambles with tires, earns second Brickyard win

By Bryan Payton · Monday, July 28,2008 10:53 a.m.

Jimmie Johnson took the pole and the checkered flag for the second time in the last three years in the 15th running of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Johnson’s win came despite rough tire conditions throughout the race resulting in 11 caution flags. SLIDE SHOW: Allstate 400 at the Brickyard

Christina Loukas dives to a second-place finish in the women's 3-meter springboard finals Saturday at the National Diving Championships in the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Loukas wins 2nd 1-meter springboard title

Sunday, July 27,2008 8:53 p.m.

As the Olympics draw near, Beijing-bound IU senior diver Christina Loukas is on a roll. Thursday, Loukas successfully defended her title in the one-meter springboard at the 2008 Kaiser Parmanente National Diving Championships.

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Community comes together for Block Party

By Jennifer Vang · Sunday, July 27,2008 8:51 p.m.

More than 700 people came together Friday for the fifth annual Bloomington Block Party. The event took place at the John Waldron Arts Center and featured live music, face painting and various works of art.

Smoke rises from a derby car Friday evening at the Monroe County Demolition Derby. The derby featured cars in mini, midsize and full-size classes, as well as the women’s powder puff, in which this year’s Monroe County Fair Queen, Juli Johnston, participated.

Drivin' Dirty

By Amanda Lowry · Sunday, July 27,2008 8:39 p.m.

Children screaming on fair rides, barns of prize livestock and the smells of sugary and fried food pervaded the Monroe County Fairgrounds all last week. But the fair’s biggest event came over the weekend: the demolition derby. SLIDE SHOW: Demolition Derby SLIDE SHOW: Monroe County Fair

Suspect caught on People's State Bank surveillance camera on July 14. Lawanda Johnson was arrested in South Carolina last week in connection with the robbery.

Bank robbery suspect

Sunday, July 27,2008 8:05 p.m.

A Bloomington woman has been arrested for her involvement in the June 14 robbery of an area bank, as well as the robberies of as many as three banks in South Carolina.

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The WNBA: where fights also happen

By Zina Kumok · Sunday, July 27,2008 7:57 p.m.

In November 2004, a fight between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers broke out at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Fans and players – most notably Ron Artest – were both involved in the melee, which resulted in the longest suspension ever handed down to an NBA player (Artest) and the stigma that the NBA is like the NHL, only with basketballs.

Jay Seawell

Chicago bar hosts Hoosier football

By Jay Seawell · Sunday, July 27,2008 7:56 p.m.

Joe’s Bar may be located in Chicago, but its spacious back room Thursday night was all Bloomington for the Windy City’s IU Football Kickoff.

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Luv: It just ain't enough

By Erich Reinhard · Sunday, July 27,2008 5:54 p.m.

Instead of taking a road trip to the Sunshine State this past spring break like many of my friends, I stuck around B-Town and took up a challenge on a topic I’d never even thought about before. A New York Times Magazine essay competition for college students challenged writers to answer the question: “Modern Love: What is it now?” Although the deadline would not be until the end of March, something drove me to the library well in advance to get a hold of at least a few inspirational tomes, everything from “The Beatles And Philosophy” to “Hemingway on Love.”

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Truthful tattoos?

By Julia Boriss · Sunday, July 27,2008 5:48 p.m.

I noticed yesterday that a woman I work with has the word “fearless” tattooed on her wrist. I tried to imagine going through life with this tattoo. I would have to constantly suppress a lot of emotions if “fearless” was eternally branded into my flesh. If I wanted anyone to take me seriously, getting that tattoo would mean officially giving up my right to display the slightest hint of apprehension toward anything. But I realized how contradictory the scenario of even getting this tattoo would be for me in the first place. “What do you want your tattoo to say?” the tattoo artist would ask.

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McCain dissapoints

By Nathan Dixon · Sunday, July 27,2008 5:47 p.m.

I bear no illusions as to what the state of the campus will be in the fall. It is all too likely that in a few weeks the people badgering me outside Ballantine Hall will be Obama supporters.

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Oh the irony

By Erin Chapman · Sunday, July 27,2008 5:45 p.m.

While wandering through the mall the other day, I overheard a conversation between two college-aged girls that made me die a little on the inside. The first girl said to the other: “So, Brad broke up with me last week, and then he asked my cousin out the next day. Isn’t that ironic?” Not wanting to cause a scene in the middle of Target, I refrained from interjecting, but what I wanted to yell across the purses was: “No, in fact it isn’t.”

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Money talks

Sunday, July 27,2008 5:44 p.m.

Back in the heat of the Indiana presidential primary, Obama came to speak at this university. He claimed he was doing something brave by not endorsing the gas-tax holiday Hillary Clinton and John McCain were peddling. He said he wasn’t going to support bad policy because he wanted to be a politician that supported real solutions.

Jimmie Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Lowes Chevrolet, answers media questions after winning the pole position for Sunday's Brickyard 400. Johnson turned a lap of 181.763 m.p.h covering the 2.5 mile speedway in 49.515 seconds.

Jimmie Johnson wins Allstate 400

By Brandon Foltz · Saturday, July 26,2008 2:19 p.m.

Jimmie Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Lowes Chevrolet, won the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. Johnson also won the pole position Saturday after turning a lap of 181.763 m.p.h covering the 2.5 mile speedway in 49.515 seconds.

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