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Hostage-taker arrested at Marsh

By Michael Reschke · Tuesday, Jan. 30,2007 12:27 a.m.

A man held a Marsh grocery store employee hostage Sunday night. The Bloomington Police Department received a call at 10:27 p.m. that a man armed with a gun and a bomb was inside the store located at 1825 N. Kinser Pike and was threatening to detonate the bomb, according to a BPD press release.

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6 riders use staff shuttle on first day

By Michael Reschke · Tuesday, Jan. 30,2007 12:27 a.m.

The new campus shuttle service for IU faculty and staff saw few riders in its first day of service. Throughout the entire day a total of six passengers sat in the cushioned seats of the tan and red IU bus as it made laps through campus.

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Around the Campus

Tuesday, Jan. 30,2007 12:21 a.m.

Find out what's happening at IU this week!

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IU student reports rape Friday night in McNutt Quad

By Paige Ingram · Tuesday, Jan. 30,2007 12:21 a.m.

An IU student reported being raped late Friday night at McNutt Quad, according to IU police. The female student told IUPD she consumed alcohol in her dorm room and then went to a party within the dorm, where she continued to consume alcohol, Capt. Jerry Minger said, reading from a police report.

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Venezuelan politics, economy on the brink of change

By Ian James · Tuesday, Jan. 30,2007 12:03 a.m.

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Hugo Chavez has just about everything a president could want: popular support, a marginalized opposition, congress firmly on his side and a booming economy as he starts his new six-year term.

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Man accused of molesting girl, 13

By Michael Reschke · Monday, Jan. 29,2007 11:24 p.m.

A 26-year-old Bloomington man was arrested on one count of child molestation Sunday. The man confessed to Bloomington Police Officer Joe Henry that while waking up a 13-year-old female relative who had stayed the night at his house he fondled her, Sgt. Jeff Canada said while reading from a police report.

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Around the World

Monday, Jan. 29,2007 11:20 p.m.

Sara Lee Corp. will lay off nearly 1,700 employees as part of a reorganization plan to increase business performance.

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Healthy oil introduced at McDonald's

By Dave Carpenter · Monday, Jan. 29,2007 11:20 p.m.

CHICAGO -- McDonald's has finally selected a new trans-fat-free oil for cooking its famous french fries after years of testing, the fast-food chain said Monday. While it has developed a healthier new oil, the company still is not saying when it will be used in all 13,700 U.S. restaurants. It already trails competitors in committing to a zero-trans-fat oil.

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A full-time job

By Gal Shifron · Monday, Jan. 29,2007 11:19 p.m.

One of the most common stressors for college students is, by nature, academic. School is a full-time job. Personal responsibilities that are required from students include attending class, reading assignments, preparing and taking tests, completing research papers and anything else professors might require. The average student carries 15 hours of class and needs at least as many hours of preparation time.

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Are we alone?

By Savannah Worley · Monday, Jan. 29,2007 11:17 p.m.

Answers about whether people are alone in the universe might lie beneath Earth's surface. The subsurface of Earth is very similar to that of the planet Mars, said IU geology professor Lisa Pratt. Pratt leads a team of scientists from the Indiana Princeton Tennessee Astrobiology Initiative, which is funded by the NASA Astrobiology Institute. Pratt and her team recently found bacteria living in the subsurface of Earth. The key to life in the subsurface seems to be sulfur, which also exists on Mars. Pratt said that if it's possible for the bacteria to live here, there is a possibility that a similar organism could survive on Mars. "It's very philosophical," Pratt said. "We're finding out we're not alone, where life originated and how it is evolving all over the universe." Because the subsurfaces of Earth and Mars are so similar in their geographic and chemical makeups, the probability of microorganisms living on Mars is high, Pratt said. "We should actually prove that (life) is not there," she said.

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