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Apple sells 1 millionth iPhone nearly a month ahead of original schedule

By Abisalom Omolo and May Wong · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 1:40 a.m.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Apple Inc. sold its millionth iPhone over the weekend, days after it slashed the price by a third to spur sales.

Oncourse, OneStart show improvements

By Lindsey Alexander · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 1:39 a.m.

With Oncourse CL fully operating and a new OneStart in the works for the end of September, IU is already seeing a broader focus on technology under President Michael McRobbie’s administration.

Chicago protesters demand return of Marshall Field’s

By Abisalom Omolo and Dan Strumpf · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 1:39 a.m.

CHICAGO – It’s been a year since Marshall Field’s vanished to make way for Macy’s. To mark the occasion, dozens of protesters gathered outside Macy’s huge State Street store, suggesting shoppers boycott the retailer and demanding a return of the Field’s imprint.

FDA considers food labels to promote healthy eating habits

By Abisalom Omolo and Andrew Bridges · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 1:26 a.m.

WASHINGTON – Next month, General Mills Inc. and Kellogg Co. will begin emblazoning their breakfast cereals with symbols that summarize complex nutritional information, part of the growing use of logos to steer harried grocery shoppers toward healthier choices.

Indiana health chief: Lead testing will likely show other home hazards

By Abisalom Omolo and Ken Kusmer · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 1:25 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – A surge in testing children for lead poisoning prompted by toy recalls likely will have the unintended but greater benefit of revealing lead paint in homes and other household sources, Indiana’s health commissioner said Monday.

Study shows negative memories remembered better than positive

By Alisha Chaudhary · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 1:25 a.m.

After seeing a man on a street holding a gun, people remember the gun vividly, but they forget the details of the street.

Scrumptious studying

By Maggie Hames · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 1:24 a.m.

The fantasy could be one all college students have, especially when their stomachs are rumbling in the middle of a biochemistry

IU adds nature preserve

By Ben Homrig · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 1:23 a.m.

Amid crisis, IU’s Bradford Woods was in need of a makeover.

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(L to R) Ben Gougeon, Diane Kondrat and Carmen Meyers in "Miss Witherspoon" at the Waldron.

Afterlife confronted in witty ‘Miss Witherspoon’ comedy

By Sara Deuser · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 1:20 a.m.

Christopher Durang’s new play “Miss Witherspoon” had audience members laughing out loud within the first two minutes of Saturday night’s performance at the John Waldron Arts Center.

Chicago’s Field Museum returns Maori remains to New Zealand

By Ray Lilley · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 1:17 a.m.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A U.S. museum returned the tattooed head of a Maori and bones from 13 others Monday, the latest repatriation of indigenous remains from overseas museums, a Maori expert said.

Dance, dance evolution?

By Lindsey Landis · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 1:17 a.m.

BOLOGNA, Italy – Italian men are terrible dancers.

MTV awards bounce back after Britney bombs in performance

By Nekesa Mumbi Moody · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 1:16 a.m.

LAS VEGAS – Somewhere, Kevin Federline is laughing. An out-of-shape, out-of-touch Britney Spears delivered what was destined to be the most talked about performance of the MTV Video Music Awards – but for all the wrong reasons.

9 American soldiers killed in Iraq, including 8 in Baghdad

By Abisalom Omolo · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 1:10 a.m.

BAGHDAD – Nine American soldiers died in Iraq on Monday – all but one killed in vehicle accidents in and around Baghdad, the military said.

Gen. Petraeus suggests troop reduction

By Alexandra R. Moses and Anne Flaherty · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 1:09 a.m.

WASHINGTON – Gen. David Petraeus told Congress on Monday he envisions the withdrawal of roughly 30,000 U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next summer.

Clowning around

By IDS staff and Alexandra R. Moses · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 1:04 a.m.

Anna Billings, left, and Kailieg Adams have varying reactions to a story read to them during “Put Your Nose In a Book Day” at Southside School Friday in Columbus, Ind.

2 report assault Saturday

By Sara Amato · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 12:54 a.m.

Two Bloomington women reported that they were assaulted Saturday morning after asking residents to lower

5-month sexual misconduct case convicts only 1; man gets 1-year home detention

By Alexandra R. Moses · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 12:53 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Sexual abuse and misconduct allegations levied against 10 workers at the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center have led to just one conviction.

IU encourages students to receive meningitis vaccine

By Heather Haemker · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 12:53 a.m.

Only 12 percent of teens received a U.S. Health Department-recommended meningitis shot this year, according to a government survey released Aug. 30.

Congress votes to increase student aid by $20 billion

By Ab D. Phillip and Daniel Strauss · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 12:49 a.m.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Congress passed a bill last week that will increase financial aid for college students.

IU’s endowment market value surpasses goal

By Heather Haemker · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 12:48 a.m.

The IU Foundation recently broke its benchmark endowment earnings for the fiscal year, which earned 21.5 percent and took IU’s endowment market value to $1.6 billion, according to a press release.

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