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Feds: Waterworks housed drug ring

By Mike Robinson · Wednesday, June 8,2005 9:28 p.m.

CHICAGO -- Federal prosecutors charged Wednesday that the Chicago branch of a Colombian heroin trafficking organization operated inside the city water department, already awash in allegations that trucking companies received department business in exchange for payoffs.

Prescriptions going to pot

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, June 8,2005 9:20 p.m.

Hoosiers suffering from chronic pain, cancerous deterioration and the wasting away associated with HIV/AIDS have no state or federal right to smoke or otherwise ingest marijuana for medical purposes under the advice and care of Indiana doctors as prescribed by most local, statewide and national laws.

'Cause' to see this movie

By Tony Sams · Wednesday, June 8,2005 9:17 p.m.

To me, James Dean has always been as American as an apple pie drinking Coca-Cola at a baseball game.

'Boogeyman' a bust

By Jimmy Rae · Wednesday, June 8,2005 9:17 p.m.

The intro starts off good by grabbing the viewer's attention right from the beginning, but the movie seems to go downhill from that point unfortunately.

'Jules': France's finest film

By Chris Wisner · Wednesday, June 8,2005 9:16 p.m.

The French New Wave movement is a period of filmmaking that many have a love/hate relationship toward.

Tyson ready to fight again

By Tim Dahlberg · Wednesday, June 8,2005 9:09 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Kevin McBride barely had a chance to utter what seems to be the only phrase he knows when Mike Tyson told him how it was going to be.

Cubs avoid being swept by Blue Jays with 2-0 victory

By Rick Gano · Wednesday, June 8,2005 9:08 p.m.

CHICAGO -- Sergio Mitre allowed two hits over seven shutout innings and added an RBI double off Roy Halladay to help the Chicago Cubs beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0, avoiding a three-game sweep.

4 Hoosiers ready to take on NCAAs

By Josh Sacks · Wednesday, June 8,2005 9:07 p.m.

After completing the Women's Outdoor Track and Field Mideast Regional in Bloomington two weeks ago, four Hoosiers are set to compete with some of the best athletes in the country for their first time Wednesday through Saturday at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Sacramento, Calif., at the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex.

Doin' it for Hours: MOVIE MARATHONS

By -Kehla West · Wednesday, June 8,2005 9:05 p.m.

It's hour 11 of a 12-hour movie night. Your eyes hurt. Your legs went numb two hours ago.

Survey says students fear debt more than terrorism

By Joelle Petrus · Wednesday, June 8,2005 9:02 p.m.

When it comes to student loans, IU students are nervous.

Daniels hears stadium funding complaints

Wednesday, June 8,2005 9:01 p.m.

Greenfield, Ind. -- Gov. Mitch Daniels found plenty of complaints about the funding plan for a new Indianapolis Colts stadium as he started a series of town hall meetings to pitch the plan.

'Cinderella' year's first Oscar contender

By Chris Wisner · Wednesday, June 8,2005 8:51 p.m.

Boxing films have a long history of being directed by the tough guys. Martin Scorsese and "Raging Bull," Michael Mann and "Ali" and even Clint Eastwood with last year's Oscar-winning "Million Dollar Baby," all three are films directed by men whose prior films backed them up when it came to directing pugilistic pictures.

James Dean

By -Kehla West · Wednesday, June 8,2005 8:39 p.m.

The leather jacket. The white T-shirt. The cigarette. Everyone knows James Dean, eternally young and the king of 1950s cool.

Take these out for a spin

By weekend staff · Wednesday, June 8,2005 8:27 p.m.

'Speed of Sound' This ethereal power ballad screams of accomplishment.

Bad movies, good lessons

By -Kehla West · Wednesday, June 8,2005 8:25 p.m.

There are movies on my movie shelf that I'm a little hesitant to talk about. They're mainly videotapes, and they're a little embarrassing.

Go 'Out' and get this album

By Sam Nissen · Wednesday, June 8,2005 8:16 p.m.

Audioslave is a solid band -- how could they not be? With Chris Cornell powering out his catchy vocals and top-20-all-time-guitarist Tom Morello reproving himself on every song, every Audioslave album should be good.

Coldplay coldcock the competition

By John Barnett · Wednesday, June 8,2005 8:15 p.m.

Will someone please grab that rusty, Jesus-juiced crown off of Michael Jackson's head, polish it up 'til it gleams, and crown Chris Martin the new king of pop?

'Lords of' Letdown

By -Alec Toombs · Wednesday, June 8,2005 8:14 p.m.

Spending countless hours ollieing and doing 360s on a crappy skateboard in my driveway during early adolescence and seeing documentarian Stacy Peralta's "Dogtown and Z-Boys" a few years back served as a worthwhile primer to "Lords of Dogtown," a dramatized account of the aforementioned non-fiction film.

James Dean Fest is site of U.S. documentary premiere

By -Kehla West · Wednesday, June 8,2005 8:10 p.m.

Mike Sheridan was simply a James Dan fan. When he was 17 years old, one year after Dean died, he hitchhiked from Pennsylvania to Fairmount, Ind. to see where his hero was born.

Chipping away at the press

By Alyson Brodsy and Tony Sams · Wednesday, June 8,2005 7:54 p.m.

If you think last week's assassination of a Lebanese columnist and last week's unmasking of the world's most famous anonymous source have nothing in common, you're right.

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