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National guard servicemen receive warm welcome

By Michael Zennie · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:40 a.m.

ELLETTSVILLE -- No one would know by looking at the faces of the soldiers waiting on the floor of the Edgewood High School gymnasium Saturday evening, but the throngs of people in the bleachers were cheering for them.

20 people injured in Washington subway train derailment

By Abdullah AlShihri and Sarah Karush · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:39 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- A subway train derailed Sunday near downtown Washington, sending 20 people to the hospital and prompting the rescue of 60 people from a tunnel, officials said.

Hill returns to office, focuses on health care, oil dependence

By Michael Zennie · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:34 a.m.

NEW ALBANY, Ind. -- For Rep. Baron Hill, the second time around is a little sweeter than the first. The fourth-term Democrat took the oath of office as 9th District Congressman on Saturday in the Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse after defeating Republican Mike Sodrel Nov. 7 during one of the closest and most-watched congressional races in the country.

Hoosiers earn Big Ten road win against Illini

By Aaron Beard · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:11 a.m.

Coming off a near-upset-turned-loss against No. 19 Michigan State Thursday, the IU women's basketball team took care of business on the road against Illinois on Sunday night.

Bears seek return to early-season form

By Aaron Beard and Rick Gano · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:08 a.m.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Thomas Jones remembers walking off Soldier Field nearly a year ago, a cold reality slapping the Chicago Bears' top running back in the face.

Partial stadium demolition begins

By Aaron Beard · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:07 a.m.

IU must tear down to build up. First to go are Memorial Stadium's north end-zone bleachers, a demolition that began last week. Fifty-five million dollars later, new weight-training and basketball-practice facilities and softball and baseball complexes will adorn the IU campus.

IU has chance to make noise in Big Ten

By Ryan Corazza · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:05 a.m.

This isn't your normal Michigan State squad. Saddled with injuries in the ever-important early fall months of the season, the Spartans were forced to use assistant coaches to fill in for players during practice sessions.

Welcome Home

By Aaron Beard · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:03 a.m.

On a day when most IU students funneled back on campus for the start of a new semester, the IU men's basketball team had its own homecoming. The Hoosiers returned from a 74-67 loss at Ohio State on Tuesday for their Big Ten home opener Sunday at Assembly Hall. With a rowdy home crowd behind them, the Hoosiers rolled to a decisive 73-51 win against Michigan State, moving their Big Ten record to 1-1. Sunday's victory is the ninth consecutive win for the Hoosiers when opening Big Ten play at Assembly Hall.

No. 15 IU edges No. 14 Ohio State in dual meet

By Brian Buckey · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 11:58 p.m.

For the third time in its last four dual meets, the IU men's swimming and diving team was victorious, this time knocking off the No. 14 Ohio State Buckeyes.

Men's and women's track open new season

By Aaron Beard · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 11:56 p.m.

With a season that will see them travel to places as far as Palo Alto, Calif., and Auburn, Ala., the IU men's and women's track-and-field team kicked off the 2007 season with some old-fashioned home cooking.

Top-ranked Buckeyes seek BCS crown

By Ralph D. Russo · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 11:54 p.m.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A new era of college football begins tonight with No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Florida playing a game that's grown too big to be called a bowl.

Colts defense halts Chiefs' run, prepares for Baltimore

By Barry Wilner · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 11:52 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Peyton Manning knows all about falling apart in the playoffs. Though he struggled early Saturday, the Indianapolis Colts' stingy defense came to the rescue.

Investigators say foul play unlikely in Southern California kicker's death

By Ana Beatriz Cholo · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 11:48 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Foul play probably was not a factor in the death of Southern California kicker Mario Danelo, whose body was found about 120 feet down a rocky cliff, police said Sunday.

ACLU, state settle case involving aid to illegal aliens' children

By Ab D. Phillip · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 11:33 p.m.

The state and the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana have settled a lawsuit over a scholarship program that denied eligibility to the native-born students of parents who were in the country illegally.

Avalanche buries cars going to busy Colorado ski area

By Robert Weller · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 10:47 p.m.

A huge avalanche knocked two cars off a mountain pass Saturday on the main highway to one of the state's largest ski areas, shortly after crowds headed through on the way to the lifts, authorities said.

IU School of Medicine expects physician shortage

By Michelle Manchir · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 10:43 p.m.

Enrollment at the IU School of Medicine will have to increase 30 percent to meet the state's future health-care demands, requiring a boost of enrollment, especially in first-year students, which currently is at 280, school officials said.

Midnight Special will make changes for safety, time

By Michael Reschke · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 10:39 p.m.

Students who use the IU Campus Bus Service's Midnight Special will see a change in the way the service operates after this week.

Future seeing-eye dogs get a taste of college

By Ab D. Phillip and Chris Newmarker · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 10:29 p.m.

The youngest students at Rowan University enjoy all the aspects of campus life -- including classes and dorm rooms -- without the term papers.

Woman reports attempted sexual battery on southside

By Michael Reschke · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 10:26 p.m.

Police have no suspects in an attempted sexual battery case in southern Bloomington.

Cougar eludes authorities after escape from Indiana preserve

By AP Reports · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 10:25 p.m.

A cougar scaled a 14-foot fence to escape a western Indiana preserve and remained at large Sunday, apparently leaving behind the remains of two raccoons it had killed, a conservation officer said Sunday. The 8- or 9-year-old wildcat, which is tan in color and weighs about 80 pounds, escaped the Exotic Feline Rescue Center on Friday and eluded a tracker over the weekend, Max Winchell of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said Sunday.

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