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Schmaltz on ice

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Casey Carlyle (hottie and former child-spy Michelle Trachtenberg) is a math whiz on the road to Harvard who just wants to be a professional ice skater.


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TREE RELIEF

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Folklorist Joseph Campbell once said that God is the experience of looking at a tree and saying, 'ah!'




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Pimpin' ain't easy

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Winning the Audience Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival helped secure newbie writer/director Craig Brewer's "Hustle & Flow" a record-setting $9 million distribution deal with Paramount Classics and MTV Films, which, in turn, will propel the film into popular consciousness and 1,000-plus theaters.


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'Rejects' a disturbing treat

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Despite his rather disappointing directorial debut "House of 1000 Corpses," Rob Zombie's pseudo-sequel "The Devil's Rejects" drops the creepy carnival-esque camp found in its predecessor, replacing it with 70's grind house grit.



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Soccer team staying busy in offseason

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In preparation for a possible three-peat, many of IU's top players have joined The United Soccer's Premier Development League giving four of the league's 53 teams a bit of a Hoosier flavor.


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IU Angles

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Most informed pundits believed that President Bush would select a well-qualified -- albeit conservative -- woman to succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. But the president surprised nearly everyone with his nomination of federal Judge John Roberts Jr. This was a brilliant move on Bush's part, which justly deserves the admiration of political professionals, regardless of their partisan leanings.


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House fire site demolished

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The charred remains of broken dreams were bulldozed Friday to conclude yet another chapter in the death of three IU students from a house fire more than a year ago.





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Lance does it again

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PARIS -- Lance Armstrong closed out his amazing career with a seventh consecutive Tour de France victory Sunday -- and did it a little earlier than expected.


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My dog is a liberal

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My dog is a liberal. Cut her some slack. We come from a broken home -- my mother is a Democrat and my father is a Republican. It's really been very hard on us all. Audrey -- a Jack Russell Terrier named for my hero, Audrey Hepburn, is one of those dogs who thinks she's human (kind of like those liberals who think they are gods).


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Music, culture of Silk Road dazzles audience

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Imamyar Hasanov shook his head from side to side as he concentrated on the music he was playing. He was not the slightest bit angry -- in fact, he seemed to be passionately agreeing with something that was not being said. His music pierced through the air; it was music that shot chills down your spine.


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Hydraulic hopping highlights Bloomington car show

Nearly 400 people braved the oppressive afternoon heat to celebrate cars and all the things they were never intended to do at the First Annual Drop Session Car Show, at Karst Farm Park, near the Monroe County Airport. Just Clownin' Car Club sponsored the event. Participants paid $15 to show off their modifications, paint jobs, sound systems and -- for a rare few -- hydraulic hopping ability. Proceeds went to Support Our Troops, a local groups that uses donations to send care packages to troops overseas.