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Home runs halt Illinois, Iowa

By Brandon Smith · Monday, April 28,2008 12:29 a.m.

The Hoosiers kept their possibilities of making the Big Ten Conference Tournament alive by winning three of four games this weekend against conference foes Illinois and Iowa.

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IU takes 2 from Big Ten’s top team

By Zachary Osterman · Monday, April 28,2008 12:28 a.m.

You would have been hard-pressed to find many smiles among the 38 faces of the IU baseball team last weekend after getting swept at Penn State and falling to last place in the Big Ten. What a difference a week makes.

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Freshmen reflect on 1st-year experience at IU

By Sarah Hutchins · Monday, April 28,2008 12:14 a.m.

Nine months ago, more than 7,000 freshmen from across the country flooded the campus during Welcome Week. Representing 45 states and 45 different nations, they found a home at IU. As the year comes to a close, freshmen Luke Fisher and Jessica Lehfeldt look back on their first year at IU.

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Lecture to discuss the universe

By Megan Meyer · Monday, April 28,2008 12:13 a.m.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, IU will host two lectures by Sir Roger Penrose, author and mathematical physicist. Penrose is this year’s guest for the 18th annual Joseph and Sophia Konopinski Public Lecture and Colloquia Series in Physics. With the promise of presenting a “radical new idea,” Penrose will discuss the nature of the universe before the Big Bang.

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Around the World

By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:53 p.m.

A wildfire that broke out in a popular hiking area blackened the steep slopes of the foothills near Pasadena and forced mandatory evacuations for 300 homes, authorities said Sunday.

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13 dead, 9 wounded in Tijuana

By Abisalom Omolo and Elliot Spagat · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:52 p.m.

Massive gunbattles broke out between suspected drug traffickers who fired at each other while speeding down heavily populated streets of this violent border city early Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding nine.

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Sharpton vows to ‘close this city down’

By Abisalom Omolo and Verena Dobnik · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:51 p.m.

Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to “close this city down” to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed a groom on his wedding day and wounded two friends.

Jacob Wick, Joey Tharp, and Jim Wollenburg of team Triple Threat rest Saturday while waiting for other teams to finish the second annual Hoosier Hustle at Third Street Park. Team Triple Threat was the first team back to the park at the end of the race.

Race to the finish

By Allison Tyra · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:03 p.m.

Despite the brisk morning air and an 8 a.m. start time, dozens of competitors turned out Saturday for the Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department’s second annual Hoosier Hustle.

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Sen. Lugar awards $72,000 in scholarships

By Dayna Sheinberg · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:01 p.m.

In 1983, Sen. Dick Lugar set up the Fund for Hoosier Excellence, a privately financed scholarship fund benefitting minority students in Indiana. The Fund for Hoosier Excellence awarded 10 students with Lugar Scholarships this year: eight $4,000 scholarships and two $20,000 scholarships.

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Pacifist speaks about life in Iraq

By Caitlin Johnston · Sunday, April 27,2008 10:59 p.m.

When Americans begin to realize their ability to change, they have the potential to end the Iraq War. This was the main message Cliff Kindy delivered in a speech Thursday at the First United Church.

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