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Former police officer sentenced 2 years for soliciting sex from teen

Road win, anybody?

We’re going with a win tonight, boys and girls. And why is that, do you ask? Well, seven Big Ten squads have sauntered into Welsh-Ryan Arena this season looking for victory. Six have come away with a win. The only team that lost at Northwestern? The Penn State Nittany Lions, a team that is 1-13 this year in conference.

House rejects cigarette tax increase

The Indiana House rejected legislation Tuesday that would have increased cigarette taxes to fund health care initiatives, something Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels has advocated as a top priority.

Federal advisers recommend government approve, stockpile first ever bird-flu vaccine

WASHINGTON – It’s better than nothing, federal health advisers said Tuesday in urging approval of the first bird-flu vaccine as a stopgap against a potential pandemic until more effective vaccines can be developed.

Intramurals allow soccer play during winter season

Although Woodlawn Field is locked up for the winter, several students across campus have found a way to continue playing their favorite outdoor sport.

UPDATE 6:56 p.m.: Reports: McRobbie to be next IU president

Interim Provost Michael McRobbie will be announced as the University’s next president Thursday afternoon, according to a source with close ties to the search.

Wall Street, Chinese stocks take a tumble

NEW YORK – Stocks plunged Tuesday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 220 points as Wall Street joined a global market decline sparked by growing concerns that the U.S. and Chinese economies are cooling and that equities prices have become overinflated.

Former Cubs 3rd baseman denied Hall of Fame again

NEW YORK – The Hall of Fame pitched another shutout. Ron Santo, Jim Kaat, Marvin Miller and all the other candidates were left out Tuesday when the Veterans Committee admitted no new members for the third straight election.

Putin awards cellist Rostropovich for ‘service to the fatherland’

INVERNESS, Calif. – If history hadn’t gotten in the way, Andrew Romanoff could have been the emperor of Russia. But as things turned out, the mustachioed grandnephew of the ill-fated last czar spends his time painting whimsical, folk-art renderings of his unusual upbringing in a dethroned royal family onto “Shrinky Dinks,” the plastic children’s toy that shrinks in the oven.

Herbert might leave by July

Clearing house for his successor and the University’s next leader, IU President Adam Herbert will probably leave office July 1, said trustee Sue Talbot – about a year before his contract is set to expire.

Steffey billboards erected

Hoosier Outdoor Advertising, a Bloomington-based company, has donated billboards to help find missing Purdue student Wade Steffey. The billboards can be seen in Monroe and Tippecanoe counties.

Anthrax scare at University of Missouri-Rolla shuts down campus

ROLLA, Mo. – A distraught graduate student claiming to have a bomb and anthrax sparked a scare early Tuesday that shut down the University of Missouri-Rolla for several hours, officials said.

The spirit of unity

In the spirit of “umoja” a Swahili word for “unity,” more than 150 members of the Bloomington community celebrated life, cultural identity and the deep ancestral roots of people of African descent. A group of multi-ethnic, multi-racial IU students, faculty, staff and Bloomington residents joined together Tuesday to celebrate the Africana Festival at the Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union.

No. 63 Hoosiers set for match with DePaul

Last Thursday, the IU men’s tennis team (8-2) came into its match at No. 33 Kentucky hoping for a big win. It left without one.

House passes bill that would cut gas tax

Taliban claims Cheney was the target in suicide bomber attack

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber attacked the entrance to the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, killing up to 23 people and wounding 20.

Police rule fire suicidal

Winners ready for shootout finals

IU has developed a reputation for being strong from behind the three-point line this season, and several students plan to show this reputation extends past the basketball team’s roster.

Liriano starts long road to recovery

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Again and again, Francisco Liriano jogged along the warning track, working up a sweat in the Florida sun.

All the beauty

In this weather, there are a million other things to do around campus instead of noticing beauty; such as, watching people slip on the ice. I don’t think I’m alone when I say that some sick part of me finds witnessing this act to be deeply satisfying. But recently I realized that when this is all I do, there are a lot of things that I’m missing.