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Hardy pleads not guilty

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IU wide receiver James Hardy will appear in court June 5 following charges that he allegedly battered his girlfriend and prevented her from making a 911 call.


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Grief on the Internet

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It began with a terse message on Alvin Henry's Facebook wall from his cousin that the 21-year-old senior had died in a car accident Saturday night and that mourners should contact him for more information.


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NCAA bans Sampson from calling or meeting off-campus recruits for 1 year

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IU basketball coach Kelvin Sampson will be prohibited from calling or visiting recruits off-campus effective immediately until May 27, 2007, the NCAA Committee of Infractions ruled Thursday. The committee ruled that Sampson and his staff acted in an "atmosphere of noncompliance" surrounding illegal recruiting violations at Oklahoma University that included 577 impermissible


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Police investigating reports of gunfire in Capitol office building

Capitol Police are still investigating gun shots that were reported around 10:30 EDT this morning in the Rayburn House Office Building parking garage in Washington, D.C. They temporarily sealed off the Capitol. No one has been injured or taken hostage.

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'Spring'time for Ozu

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Saving been almost two years since the release of "Early Summer," the Criterion Collection finally offers up the release of another title from Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu: "Late Spring." After having shown much love to Akira Kurosawa and Seijun Suzuki (14 and 6 releases respectively), this marks the fifth title from Ozu and


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Den of Thieves

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One thing Washington DC production duo Thievery Corporation have maintained over their decade-long discography is consistency, never straying far from the down-tempo electronica of 1996's classic, Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi.



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'Spring'time for Ozu

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Saving been almost two years since the release of "Early Summer," the Criterion Collection finally offers up the release of another title from Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu: "Late Spring." After having shown much love to Akira Kurosawa and Seijun Suzuki (14 and 6 releases respectively), this marks the fifth title from Ozu and



Convoluted plot crushes 'Confidential'

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Director Terry Zwigoff and comic book writer Dan Clowes team up again in attempt to duplicate the success of 2001's "Ghost World." And while their newest collaboration, "Art School Confidential," has a devious sense of humor and wit comparable to "Ghost World," "Art School" is not able to sustain a sense of empathy for its characters, and therefore the film stumbles long before its resolution.


Overly Boring

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In "Over the Hedge," a band of diminutive woodland creatures wake from a winter's hibernation only to find that all but a sliver of their homeland has been deforested and turned into a suburban habitat for humans.


Rock's New Soldiers

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What do you get when you mix a rock fundamentalist with a one-man band? A gigantic creative force with some hefty musical output sounds about right.


Seeking the Holy Grail

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After two years and much anticipation, Dan Brown's controversial novel "The Da Vinci Code" has been brought to life on film. The controversy arose out of the novel's theories regarding one of the most ancient relics of the church, the Holy Grail. Apparently this theory has riled some members of the church, as well as members of the Christian community.



Fun at the 500

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Each Memorial Day weekend, people come from all over the country to witness the greatest spectacle in racing. What is not to love about the fastest cars in the world traveling at breakneck speeds. And for the lucky residents of Indiana it is all going down right here in the Hoosier State.


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Metal Machine Masterpiece

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The Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat is a rock masterpiece that sounds as if it were recorded in a machine shop, surrounded by speakers that were on the verge of blowing out.



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Minister: Iraqi forces can be ready soon

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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Wednesday that Iraqi forces are capable of taking control of security throughout the country within 18 months, but still need more recruits, training and equipment.



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Speaker asks FBI to yield seizures

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WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Dennis Hastert demanded Wednesday that the FBI surrender documents it seized and remove agents involved in the weekend raid of Rep. William Jefferson's office, under what lawmakers of both parties said were unconstitutional circumstances.