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FOIA challenged by White House administration office

By Pete Yost · Wednesday, Aug. 22,2007 11:47 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Opening a new front in the Bush administration’s battle to keep its records confidential, the Justice Department is contending that the White House Office of Administration is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

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Environmental director grilled on BP chemical dumping

By Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, Aug. 22,2007 11:36 p.m.

Indiana’s top environmental official told a legislative panel Wednesday that he wishes his agency had heard months ago the concerns now being raised about the permit allowing a BP PLC oil refinery to dump more pollutants into Lake Michigan.

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Intelligence Report

Wednesday, Aug. 22,2007 11:31 p.m.

[ THE FACTS ] The North American Free Trade Agreement has lasted over a decade now, and its three members – Canada, Mexico, and the United States – began discussing the treaty in Quebec on Monday. Trade between them has jumped 10 percent every year since the treaty’s ratification. The countries have addressed criticisms of NAFTA, including unenforced labor laws and environmental destruction.

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ROTC ranks 4th in nationwide program

By Lindsey Alexander · Wednesday, Aug. 22,2007 11 p.m.

IU’s ROTC showed a complete about-face from past years when it placed fourth out of more than 272 programs from across the country at this year’s Leadership Development and Assessment Course.

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Va. Tech stepping up campus safety

By Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, Aug. 22,2007 10:58 p.m.

Virginia Tech recommended monitoring troubled students and increasing security Wednesday in an internal report that didn’t address one of the most troubling questions about the massacre: Should administrators have locked down the campus after the first two deaths?

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Freshmen inducted at IU Auditorium

By Kyle Doehla · Wednesday, Aug. 22,2007 10:56 p.m.

Thousands of students waited quietly in the IU Auditorium Wednesday afternoon. With many just arriving on campus hours beforehand, they were about to officially welcomed into the IU family.

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Local artist overcomes past through art

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, Aug. 22,2007 9:38 p.m.

Strokes of bright blue and red watercolors paint the story of Bloomington artist Layla Caplinger’s life. They show her past, her struggles, her journey to artistic freedom. And now, they’ve won her a spot as the featured artist in the Rhythms of the Soul exhibit, now at Bellevue Art Gallery.

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Film festival brings out Bloomington’s dark side

By Brian Hettmansperger · Wednesday, Aug. 22,2007 9:38 p.m.

A dark carnival crashes and slashes its way into Bloomington tonight. Making camp at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, The Dark Carnival Film Festival will feature more than 40 independent horror movies, a sideshow, a horror rock band and, on Saturday night, a Dance Party Massacre.

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Around the Arts

Wednesday, Aug. 22,2007 9:38 p.m.

CultureFest After-Party When: 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. tonight Where: IU Art Museum, 1133 E. Seventh St. More Information: Come to the Thomas T. Solley Atrium for the CultureFest After-Party, welcoming new and returning students with a free coffee-tasting and culture-fusion event featuring art, music and more. Entertainment and coffee samples from around the world will complement an encyclopedic collection of art work. This event is free.

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