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Program for low-income teens suspended due to changed rule

By Sara Ko · Sunday, July 13,2008 8:58 p.m.

Students from all over Indiana participating in the Upward Bound Project will not be enjoying the Bloomington campus for a few years. This year will be the last for the Upward Bound Project to be hosted on the Bloomington campus, at least until the next cycle to apply for grants starts.

Bloomington resident Steve Mascari, wearing a President George W. Bush mask, along with members of MoveOn.org, protest Wednesday evening at the corner of Rogers Street and Kirkwood Avenue. MoveOn.org was protesting against politicians they believe are responsible for high gas prices.

MoveOn.org protests

By Nicky Purser · Sunday, July 13,2008 8:41 p.m.

About 15 people participated in MoveOn.org Political Action’s National Day of Action for an Oil-Free President, waving signs, offering pamphlets to drivers at the light and telling them to “vote for Obama.”

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IU Police Academy cadets learn electrical safety

Sunday, July 13,2008 8:13 p.m.

Duke Energy’s Bloomington District Supervisor Bruce Calloway speaks to IU Police Department Police Academy cadets during a safety demonstration and training exercise Friday at Duke Energy on West Second Street.

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Suicide attack kills 15 in Afghanistan

Sunday, July 13,2008 7:51 p.m.

An Afghan police chief says 15 people, including 10 civilians, have been killed in a suicide attack on a police patrol in southern Afghanistan.

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Boaters raise concerns about border fence

Sunday, July 13,2008 7:50 p.m.

The federal government’s border fence plans in South Texas have been attacked by property owners, wildlife advocates and land conservationists.

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Beef recall prompts new policies

Sunday, July 13,2008 7:49 p.m.

Consumers may be told if their local grocery store got tainted meat during a recall under a new policy announced Friday by the Agriculture Department.

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Chatty suspect arrested

Sunday, July 13,2008 7:47 p.m.

An apparently intoxicated suspect chatted with a burglary victim long enough for officers to arrive and arrest him, authorities said.

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Tony Snow dead at 53

Sunday, July 13,2008 7:46 p.m.

Tony Snow, a conservative writer and commentator who cheerfully sparred with reporters in the White House briefing room during a stint as President Bush’s press secretary, died Saturday of colon cancer.

Wildfires

Crews ‘turn the corner’ against Calif. wildfire

Sunday, July 13,2008 7:38 p.m.

Firefighters “turned the corner” Saturday on a wildfire that destroyed part of a town in the Sierra Nevada foothills, one of the hundreds of blazes that continue to char huge swaths of California.

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Performance marks opera’s 60th anniversary

Sunday, July 13,2008 7:32 p.m.

There will be an escaped convict singing at John Waldron Arts Center this week. In a prelude to the upcoming celebration of the IU Opera Theater’s 60th anniversary, Bloomington resident and Indiana University alumnus Eric Anderson, Jr. will present Kurt Weill and Arnold Sundgaard’s one-act opera “Down in the Valley”. “Down in the Valley” was the IU O

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Boxcar Books makes a move

By Phillip Peters · Sunday, July 13,2008 7:28 p.m.

Boxcar Books is unloading its shelves, packing up its books and moving to a new location closer to IU and the downtown area.

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Bloomington Watercolor Society

By Vanessa Valentin · Sunday, July 13,2008 7:27 p.m.

Dozens of people came out to the enjoy the colorful art displayed by the Watercolor Society on Friday night during the fourth annual Bloomington Watercolor Society Membership Show.

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Festival Jazz Orchestra

By Jaclyn Kochell · Sunday, July 13,2008 7:25 p.m.

Some of the biggest names in jazz to come through IU’s Jacob’s School of Music will gather Monday night to perform in the third annual Festival Jazz Orchestra.

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