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Investors wary of Venezeula's oil plans

By Natalie Obiko Pearson · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 12:56 a.m.

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Investors spooked by President Hugo Chavez's nationalization plans rushed to sell off Venezuelan stocks Tuesday, while U.S. officials and financial analysts warned that increasing government control in the power, telecom and oil sectors is a mistake.

A's in a pill

By Nick O'Neill · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 12:22 a.m.

Adderall, whether obtained legally or illegally, has often been the cure for many students who struggle to concentrate in lecture halls, libraries and computer labs -- and the demand seems to be constantly increasing.

Rivals both use similar style

By Eamonn Brennan · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:57 p.m.

When the Hoosiers line up across from Purdue tonight at Assembly Hall, they'll see a lot of themselves in their opponents. Both teams average 72 points per game. Both teams hold their opponents to less than 65 points per game - Purdue to 64.1 and IU to 59. IU rebounds with more frequency, but only by three rebounds per game. And at 1-1 in the Big Ten, both teams are searching for their second conference victory tonight.

Bears' lineman Tank Johnson pleads not guilty to gun charges

By Aaron Beard and Michael Tarm · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:47 p.m.

WAUKEGAN, Ill. -- Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor weapons charges Tuesday after a police raid on his home last month.

Report: IU's contribution to state more than $3.2 billion

By Andrea Knapp · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:45 p.m.

IU had more than a $3.2 billion impact on the state of Indiana in the 2005-06 fiscal year, according to a Dec. 13 report presented by IU President Adam Herbert.

IBM to purchase another super-computer for IU

By Michael Reschke · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:44 p.m.

IBM will install a second supercomputer on the IU campus that will be owned and used by both IU and Purdue University.

Herbert to address U.S. Department of State

Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:43 p.m.

IU President Adam Herbert will address a U.S. State Department conference today in Washington, D.C., on the role of American universities on American public diplomacy issues.

Club takes networking trips to NYC, LA

By Brian Hettmansperger · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:42 p.m.

Members of the Business Careers in Entertainment Club rang in the New Year by taking trips to Los Angeles and New York City-- not to celebrate the end of 2006, but to network with potential employers in the entertainment industry.

IU property listed as address on Web sites that confused candidates

By Nick O'Neill · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:41 p.m.

The Republican and Democratic candidates for the upcoming Fort Wayne mayoral contest were recently surprised when they found Internet addresses named after the candidates were already registered by an outside person.

New Albany man seeks clemency as execution date nears

By Tom Coyne · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:25 p.m.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- Lawyers for a New Albany man facing execution next week for killing a state trooper, filed a motion Monday seeking a stay of execution while he asked the state Parole Board to recommend his life be spared on the grounds he's innocent. "I've never had a chance to prove my innocence," Norman Timberlake told the Parole Board.

U.S., Iraqi forces kill 50 militants in central Baghdad

By Lauren Frayer · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:20 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. and Iraqi soldiers, backed by American warplanes, battled suspected insurgents for hours Tuesday on a central Baghdad street that has been an insurgent hot spot for years.

Bush's plan for more troops to Iraq faces Democratic challenge

By Anne Flaherty · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:16 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush is telling lawmakers he will send thousands more U.S. troops to Iraq's two most troubled regions, in a plan that Democrats are resisting as a major escalation of the 3 1/2-year-old war.

Accuracy in culture

By Grace Low · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:13 p.m.

This week in the insidiously ignorant world of conservative media criticism, the ultra-right wing media analysis group, Accuracy in Media, has taken another abhorrent potshot at the GLBT community. In his Jan. 9 column, Andy Selepak, AIM's pied piper of hate, attacks ABC's choice to tackle the complicated issue of gender reassignment on its daytime soap "All My Children."

Justice for whom?

By Kirk Nathanson · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:10 p.m.

You would think that freeing Sunnis, Shias and Kurds from their imperious leaders would restore the desert's cosmic balance. True, the Kurds exist semi-autonomously, the Shia majority finally has a voice in government, and the three groups are sharing the country's oil wealth. But even with Saddam Hussein arrested, tried and executed, the sectarian violence has the potential to wreak more havoc than the Baathist death squads ever did. Saddam Hussein may rank "with Hitler as far as history's bad men," as the editors at the Indianapolis Star stated in part of their questionand-answer session with Richard McGowan, lecturer in philosophy and religion at Butler University. However, the notion that the former president -- or any victim of capital punishment -- was beyond the point of rehabilitation or redemption in no way justifies his execution. McGowan argues that a crime's

Kindergarten plan facing hurdles already

By Deanna Martin · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:10 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Full-day kindergarten, one of Gov. Mitch Daniels' top priorities, might already be facing political hurdles with only one day of the legislative session on the books.

Mother gets house arrest after trying to sell child

Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:09 p.m.

ANGOLA, Ind. -- A woman avoided prison time by pleading guilty to charges she tried to sell her 2-year-old son to his paternal grandparents.

Might is right?

By Ayesha Awan · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:07 p.m.

I was incredibly disappointed by an article I read in the BBC's South Asia regional section this week. The article tells of rare documents from the British colonial era in South Asia. They date from the 1897 siege of Malakand, which is now in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province. They belong to a man named Ben Tottenham. He is related by marriage to Col. William Hope Meiklejohn, who commanded the troops at the British Malakand garrison while they were besieged by Pashtun tribesmen for 10 days.

Mo' money, mo' benefits

By Aparna Venkatraman · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:05 p.m.

There are few (even among Purdue Boilermakers) who can legitimately deny that IU is a valuable asset to Indiana and its residents. But many may wonder exactly how valuable it is. Now, there is an answer. According to a new, 18-page report presented to the State Budget Committee by IU President Adam Herbert as part of the University's funding request for the state's 2007 to 2009 budget, IU added $3.2 billion to the state in the 2005-2006 fiscal year. That figure includes $5.9 billion if the IU School of Medicine and connected services are included.

Mathers Museum displays culture

By Rorye O'Connor and Rorye O'Conner · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 9:10 p.m.

A can of Coke and a Papua New Guinean portrait skull share common ground in an exhibit at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures. They are both parts of culture in the exhibit titled "Thoughts, Things and Theories ... What Is Culture?"

John Waldron Arts center features abstract quilts inspired by nature

By Jessica Andrews · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 9:08 p.m.

The Bloomington Area Arts Council recently unveiled its first exhibit of the new year at the John Waldron Arts Center. The Rosemary Miller Gallery, where the opening reception was held last Friday, features artists Linda Meyer Wright, Daren Pitts Redman and Dixie Ferrer. The Flashlight Gallery will feature the quilts of Linda Cole. The exhibit will run through Jan. 27.