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Once, twice, three times a champ?

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He doesn't have the demeanor of a mad scientist, but Mike Freitag is trying to find the right chemistry between his players for a third straight run at a national title. The consensus No. 1 ranked, two-time defending national champions host the University of Illinois-Chicago at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Armstrong Stadium in IU's final exhibition match before hosting the annual Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic the following weekend.


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On the Sidelines

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INDIANAPOLIS - James Jones has left the Indiana Pacers and completed a sign-and-trade deal with the Phoenix Suns Thursday, Suns president Bryan Colangelo said. Jones' new deal is for four years, with the fourth year at the player's option. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Suns sent the Pacers a second-round draft pick in 2008 in exchange for the 24-year-old Jones, who was a restricted free agent.



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Around the Arts

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Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" will make the final run of its month-long stay at Brown County Playhouse from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. through August 28. The late 19th-century comedy tells the story of Jack, a Victorian man with a fictional younger brother Ernest. Admission is $10 for ages 25 and under, and $17 for everyone else. For more information, call 855-1103.


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State Supreme Court OKs Baird execution

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INDIANAPOLIS - Death-row inmate Arthur Baird II is competent to be executed as scheduled next week for killing his parents in 1985, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The state's high court ruled 3-2 against a stay of execution, saying evidence presented on Baird's behalf did not meet a test set out in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. That ruling barred states from executing people who are insane, defined as being unaware of the punishment about to be received and the reason for that punishment.



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Wine and all that jazz

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For Monika Herzig, jazz musician and IU professor, Tutto Béne has all the right ingredients for a peformance venue. "It's an ideal place for me to play my music because jazz and wine are a perfect pair," Herzig said.



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Militants threaten to attack on Israel

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TULKAREM, West Bank -- Militants said Thursday they will renew attacks on Israel, despite a six-month cease-fire, after Israeli soldiers killed five Palestinians in a West Bank arrest raid. The killings and the threat of revenge ended a lull that accompanied Israel's just-completed withdrawal from 25 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.


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Storm triggers rise in world crude prices

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BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Oil prices crept up to settle at a new high Thursday, taking their cue from a rally in gasoline futures contracts, but analysts said the momentum is somewhat bewildering given the easing of concerns about a storm expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico.


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After 3rd deadlock, still no Iraq constitution

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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The speaker of Iraq's Parliament announced a one-day extension early Friday in talks on Iraq's new constitution -- a fourth attempt to win Sunni Arab approval. But he said if no agreement is reached, the document would bypass parliament completely and be decided in an Oct. 15 referendum.


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Liberal myths

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How do die-hard liberals and die-hard conservatives come to know which camp they belong to, assuming they think for themselves? And what makes them so annoying? It probably has something to do with their neatly packaged world views, with assumptions such as, "liberals have no morals" or "conservatives are greedy."


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Let's hold off classes

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Classes begin Monday. But do they have to? Would it kill the board of trustees or the Indiana Commission for Higher Education or Gov. Mitch Daniels if summer break were two weeks longer? The 2005-06 school year will likely be of profound and lasting importance. Rushing into it could bring about disastrous mistakes. Like the carpenters say: "measure twice, cut once." Have we really measured twice, or are we just tossing this year into the old academic band saw?


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Lessons from Iran

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I have taken quite an interest in the story of two Iranian teens executed for homosexuality and assorted other sundry (and sordid) crimes. For those unfamiliar with the incident, two teenage boys were executed in Iran in July. They were executed for a number of crimes. One of the crimes considered worthy of death: homosexuality. The other: participating in the gang rape of a 13-year-old boy.


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Put your diversity where your mouth is

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Thursday's CultureFest -- the socially-infused block party with a variety of ethnic foods, dances and more -- was a great opportunity to showcase IU's different culture centers and opportunities. Many student groups are able to set up tents, meet and greet incoming freshmen and display a stratified campus culture. What happens after the tents come down is anybody's guess.


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Proposed legislation, new Web site aimed at sex offenders

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INDIANAPOLIS -- More convicted sex offenders would be prohibited from living within 1,000 feet of schools or day cares under legislation a state senator plans to introduce next session. Republican state Sen. Jeff Drozda of Westfield and police also announced support Thursday for a new Web site they say is easier to navigate and will allow people to be notified if a sex offender moves within five miles of an address. It includes detailed maps of where sex offenders live, aerial photographs of areas and schools locations.


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Freshmen Frenzy

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Freshmen at IU expect to meet new roommates on move-in day. They expect to meet resident assistants and maybe their residence manager. But most likely, they don't expect to meet the president of IU. Adam Herbert, the head of all University operations, welcomed a few dozen students as they moved into Foster Quad Wednesday morning. Herbert said his annual visit makes it clear to parents and freshmen that he leads a supportive University.


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Returning students bombard retailers

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Swarms of students and parents pillaged stores Wednesday, pumping dollars into local businesses as the class of 2009 settled into their new homes. Supermarkets, restaurants and general retailers from Kirkwood Avenue to College Mall have taken on the hoards of kids and their credit card-wielding parents with increasing frequency throughout the week, according to managers and employees throughout the city.


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Sophomore's poem highlights induction ceremony

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The University seal lowered and the pipe organ blew to announce the beginning of IU's Freshman Induction Ceremony, the official acceptance of Bloomington's newly initiated Class of 2009. The event, which annually serves to welcome freshmen and to provide emotional salve to parents just before the moment of severance, could have been mistaken for the marriage of lesser royals had it not been for an abundance of Hollister T-shirts. Still, amid what some could justifiably have conceived as pomp, the event was not thoughtfully dismissed.