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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.

All aboard!

Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 12:29 a.m.

Even with a nickname like Crossroads of America, Indiana is not particularly well-known for its great public transportation system. In fact, outside of most large cities and college towns, public transport barely exists, and is mostly intended for seniors who cannot drive. The reasons for this are plentiful: our state is composed of small towns situated far from one another, making public transportation too expensive to implement, while car culture drives our nation.

Signs of the time

By Scott Leadingham · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 12:28 a.m.

"Home is where your heart is, ain’t that what they always say? My heart lies in broken pieces scattered on the way.” – Steve Earle There’s nothing quite like home. It’s a place of family, liquor cabinets and so much more. For many of us in Bloomington, however, there are multiple homes – one that we return to in the summer or for holidays and one that we destroy between the end of August and early May.

Rest in peace

By Grace Low · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 12:26 a.m.

Generally, philosophical musings on the topic of dignity in death surface during debates about assisted suicide and hospice issues, but today it seems vital to me as an anthropologist and a humanist to question its place in museum ethics.

It’s the law?

By Mike Abrams · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 12:24 a.m.

Born and raised in Indiana, I have never lived anywhere but here. I live and die Indiana sports, companies and events. Basically, I am Indiana. But even as a diehard Hoosier, I still wonder, why are Indiana state laws so screwed up? I was given an Indiana criminal code book and decided to skim around to see what I could find.

Ron Paul revolutionaries

By Anna Piontek · Tuesday, Sept. 11,2007 12:21 a.m.

You’ve seen his smarmy grin. In the IMU, on the square and plastered over the kiosks. His flyers beckon you with the question: “Who is Ron Paul, and why is he trying to save my country?” Aaron Jones, a leader in IU Students for Ron Paul, said Paul is a “shining gem in a pile of shit.”

Truckers protest trial plan for Mexican trucks

By Elliot Spagat · Monday, Sept. 10,2007 11:02 p.m.

Dozens of truckers waved signs and American flags at a border crossing Thursday.

Letterman is ‘Top Ten’ at Ball State

By James Brosher · Monday, Sept. 10,2007 10:15 a.m.

MUNCIE – Comedian David Letterman was honored Friday at Ball State University during a ceremony naming the university’s new communications and media building after its most famous alumnus.Photo Gallery

mini Marathon, Mighty Cause

By Kyle Doehla · Monday, Sept. 10,2007 9:32 a.m.

While many people around campus were fast asleep Saturday morning, IU student and University Athletic Club runner Andy Krack was standing at the starting line anxiously awaiting the Second Annual Circle of Life Mini Marathon, a 13.1 mile race through Bloomington. Photo gallery

IU leaves South Bend 2 wins richer

By Linnea Coulter · Monday, Sept. 10,2007 1:06 a.m.

The Hoosiers are on a roll. Fueled by the big wins last weekend, the IU men’s soccer team traveled to the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament in South Bend, Ind. There they took on Northern Illinois and Rhode Island, winning both matches.

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