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More book-banning requests filed in 2004

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NEW YORK - Attempts to have library books removed from shelves increased by more than 20 percent in 2004 during the previous year, according to a new survey by the American Library Association. Three books with gay themes, including Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," were among the works most criticized.


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Stone carver prospers by sculpting 'gargoyles'

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BARTLETT, Ill. -- Walter S. Arnold was helping a monster break free of its stone prison. "This is actually a grotesque, not a gargoyle," the stone carver explained as he used a hydraulic lift to position the heavy figure of Indiana limestone. "Most people call them all gargoyles, but a gargoyle, technically, is a waterspout attached to a building. This guy's a freestanding figure, so he's a grotesque."


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Food professionals say many jobs exist for trained chefs

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ANDERSON -- A 3-year-old girl stood on a small stool in the kitchen of her grandmother's house. She watched her grandmother prepare the meal. Eagerly, she waited for the hot skillet to cool some so her grandmother would let her cook. She learned to put a piece of cheese on a cracker and let it melt.


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Local Middle Eastern band celebrates CD release with gala

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Bloomington residents should prepare for a night of "multi-sensory" experiences at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The members of the Salaam Middle Eastern Music Ensemble will hold their seventh annual Middle Eastern Gala at 7 p.m. to showcase Middle Eastern culture through food, music and dance.

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Local arts leader steps down

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Sally Gaskill is resigning as executive director of the Bloomington Area Arts Council after five years of service. Gaskill, whose tenure began in 2000, will step down Sept. 30, capping a successful term during which BAAC programs were greatly expanded and the council's massive debt was nearly erased.




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Gas prices soar in wake of hurricane

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Hurricane Katrina blasted through the Gulf of Mexico and battered the coast of Louisiana and Mississippi, but the economic ripple has drifted across the nation and the Hoosier heartland from Bloomington to South Bend.


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Chancellor search enters final months

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Patience has marked the search for a new Bloomington campus chancellor since it began in January, but as IU President Adam Herbert's self-imposed deadline approaches, people are eager to fill the office ‑ but with the right person. Herbert has said he hopes to appoint the chancellor by Thanksgiving, almost two years after Ken Gros Louis came out of retirement and agreed to serve as interim chancellor until administrators filled the position.


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Assessing Aftermath

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NEW ORLEANS -- With thousands feared drowned in what could be America's deadliest natural disaster in a century, New Orleans' leaders all but surrendered the streets to floodwaters Wednesday and began turning out the lights on the ruined city -- perhaps for months.


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ROLL YOUR OWN

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Sushi restaurants offer ambience and the pleasure of being served, but when a budget is tight or a cook is adventurous, homemade sushi offers a world of possibilities.



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E.T. phones home via DVD twice

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As if Steven Spielberg's status as king of the box office hadn't already been established by the summer of 1982, "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" only further solidified said status, while proving Spielberg's ability to dream up note-perfect family fare -- a genre he has occasionally tapped to varying degrees of success over the last 23 years, never outdoing "E.T." in terms of the number of hearts successfully warmed.




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SUSHI, SUSHI!

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As most students know by now, the food served in IU's dining halls is not quite gourmet.


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The Porns: back and better than ever

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These days, Canada's homegrown indie rock seems to be the country's big export to the states, especially in the form of indie big bands the Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene and, last but not least, the New Pornographers.


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Miyazaki's muddled 'Castle'

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Hayao Miyazaki, the same directorial master of such anime classics as "Princess Mononoke" and "Spirited Away," finally returns to the big screen with "Howl's Moving Castle," a loose adaptation of the Diana Wynne Jones novel.


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Leave this stinker 'Undiscovered'

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Unfortunately, the English language doesn't contain words that can be printed in a newspaper and can accurately sum up my contempt for the incredible stinker "Undiscovered."