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Teen admits role in 11-year-old cousin's death

Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 11:30 p.m.

ELKHART, Ind. -- A teenage cousin of an 11-year-old girl who was fatally shot at her grandparents' home last month admitted in court to showing the girl and another young cousin the gun.

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Daniels' new health plan concerns Dems

By Mike Smith · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 11:30 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Democratic state lawmakers from the get-go didn't like Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels' plan to pay an IBM-led team $1.16 billion over 10 years to help run state programs for Medicaid, food stamps and other poor-relief benefits.

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Free clinic for uninsured to open in April

By Will Moffat and Will Moffatt · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 11:28 p.m.

While the government doesn't provide free health care for the 46 million Americans without health insurance, a small group in Bloomington is doing what it can. The Volunteers in Medicine clinic will be opening on April 23, four months earlier than planned. Mary Roberts Henderson, public relations chairperson and member of the organizing committee, said there were two reasons for this: the number of volunteers signing up, and the large amount of money donated.

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Around the World

Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 11:19 p.m.

A senior al-Qaida suspect was killed in a U.S. airstrike, a Somali official said Wednesday, a report that if confirmed would mean the end of an eight-year hunt for a top target of Washington's war on terrorism. The suspect is wanted for bombing American embassies in East Africa. In Washington, an intelligence official speaking on the condition of anonymity said the U.S. killed five to 10 people in an attack on an al-Qaida target in southern Somalia but did not say who was killed.

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Odor accusation upsets N.J.

By Wayne Parry · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 11:17 p.m.

KEARNY, N.J. -- Like the ex-con who becomes the usual suspect when things go wrong, New Jersey is an easy target for blame when things smell bad.

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ARTiFACTS

Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 9:47 p.m.

Become more cultured in 30 seconds or less

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Jordan River Forum

By Aparna Venkatraman · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 9:20 p.m.

I am responding to Jonathan Rossing's column berating American-Indian student groups and the Mathers Museum for a children's event that taught about American-Indian stereotypes and realities ("Deeper diversity," Dec. 7, 2006). Rossing did not attend our event but relied on an IDS article that omitted many things we said and, due to the demands of the format, contextually isolated others. Nonetheless, despite not attending or talking to anyone who did, Rossing confidently declares, "Just a guess, but I bet the ... program made no mention of arguably the worst genocide in world history, when European settlers quickly destroyed the population of native dwellers." Even as he chastises us for not bringing genocide to

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Up for sale: Verizon Wireless Music Center

By Jill Gingery Jackman · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 6:51 p.m.

When rumors surfaced that Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, Ind., might be sold, patrons soon worried the music venue and its 203 acres would become a housing development, shopping center or industrial area. Formerly known as Deer Creek, the music center has been host to a large number of big names in the past, including Phish, Jimmy Buffett, Dave Matthews, Kenny Chesney and Tom Petty. Each summer season the 24,000-seat amphitheater, located about 25 miles north of downtown Indianapolis, welcomes a crowd of concert goers, selling out local hotels and filling nearby campgrounds. Julie Mitcheltree, a Noblesville resident and IU-Northwest aluma worries that losing the venue will have a domino effect of bad results. She began a Facebook event "Keep the Music Alive," to protest. She hopes that by community members bringing guitars and drum sets to the venue, it will demonstrate their support for a quality music center. "We're not trying to stop the sale. What we need to do is open the eyes of others that may be considering the purchase, " Mitcheltree said.

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Honoring King's legacy

Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 6:06 p.m.

To observe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and holiday in 2007, Bloomington, its residents and IU have a schedule the IDS, Herald-Times, University and city officials have publicized well. The carefully delineated events will poignantly underscore an old Negro spiritual, or song, that says, "We've come a long way, Lord, a mighty long way."

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Hoosier at heart

By Jacob Stewart and Jake Stewart · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 6:01 p.m.

During winter break while spending time in my hometown of Lafayette (in the depths of Boilermaker country), I developed a desperate longing to return to IU. While I enjoy time with my family and old friends, something inside simply pulls me to Bloomington. And for many students, I'm quite sure it is the same.

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Around the World

Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 4:35 p.m.

The United States killed five to 10 people in this week's attack on a target in southern Somalia believed to be associated with the al-Qaida terrorist network, a U.S. intelligence official said.

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Unrivaled history

By Matt Mattucci · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 10:30 a.m.

IU guard Rod Wilmont summed up the Hoosiers' rivalry with the Purdue Boilermakers in one word Tuesday afternoon: pride.

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Lost master key costs McNutt $35,000 in lock replacements

By Shannon McEnerney · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 1:12 a.m.

Residential Programs and Services spent $35,000 over winter break to replace 20 percent of the locks in McNutt Quad after a resident assistant on duty misplaced a master key to one of the McNutt buildings. "As soon as we became aware that the master key was missing, we immediately recored (changed the locks in) that building," said Bob Weith, director of residential operations. "We worked most of the night doing this." Weith said the misplacement of one key led to lock changes for 154 rooms out of the 718 in McNutt Quad. The locks were replaced Dec. 18 and 19. "Access to all of our keys throughout our system is always a safety concern," Weith said.

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Monroe Hospital still accepting Anthem insurance

By Elizabeth Dilts · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 1:11 a.m.

Bloomington Hospital may not accept Anthem insurance -- IU's primary health-care provider -- from new members, but Bloomington residents have another local option less than six miles away. Monroe Hospital, 4011 S. Tiwari Blvd., expects more business in lieu of Anthem's pending decision to renew contracts with Bloomington Hospital, said Dean Melton, the hospital's president and CEO.

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New group encourages 'butt grabbing' around campus

By Sonia Rana · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 1:02 a.m.

IU is known to have one of the most beautiful college campuses in the Midwest. Now, a group of students is working to ensure the campus stays that way. Sophomore Steven Coverick recently founded the IU Cigarette Clean Up Organization, informally known as the IU Butt Club.

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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.

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