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'Songs' don't save 'Silverman'

By -Alec Toombs · Wednesday, May 11,2005 8:44 p.m.

Let's get something straight right out of the gate: I love Ben Folds' music and have ever since I discovered Whatever and Ever Amen and its hit single "Brick" back in 1997.

Order returns with elevator music

By -Nate Bethea · Wednesday, May 11,2005 8:41 p.m.

It's relieving, I guess, that New Order hasn't taken the drastic departures that other 25-years-and-counting bands like U2 or Duran Duran have taken.

The Boss exorcizes his demons

By C. Warner Sills and John Barnett · Wednesday, May 11,2005 8:39 p.m.

Smack in the middle of his two biggest commercial triumphs, 1975's Born to Run and 1984's Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen released his single finest (and yet somehow most obscure) record.

In 2000, the trustees met in two groups of four to determine the status of Bob Knight's employment at IU. With a successful effort to avoid breaking Indiana's Open Door Law, which states that board meetings must have at least 48 hours advance notice to the public and have a majority of the board members present, the trustees voted to have Knight fired and were seconded by then IU president Myles Brand.

North Korea readying to 'bolster its nuclear arsenal'

By Abdullah AlShihri and Burt Herman · Wednesday, May 11,2005 8:32 p.m.

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Wednesday it has completed removing spent fuel rods from an atomic reactor, enabling it to harvest more weapons-grade plutonium.

'State' of emergency

By -Alec Toombs · Wednesday, May 11,2005 8:26 p.m.

Just when I thought action moviemaking couldn't get any lamer than the Vin Diesel vehicle "xXx" along comes "xXx: State of the Union."

Students have extra meal points at semester's end

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, May 11,2005 8:25 p.m.

During the last couple of weeks of the school year, students with residential programs and services meal points flocked to the dining halls, "center" stores, and the Read McDonald's to spend the last of their meal points before they are gobbled up by Residential Programs and Services.

Upward Bound offers extra education

By Chelsey Wininger · Wednesday, May 11,2005 8:23 p.m.

With schools out of session, parents across America are sewing their children's names in their underwear in preparation for a summer away at camp.

Daniels signs bill to help northwest Indiana, build stadium

Wednesday, May 11,2005 8:23 p.m.

Gov. Mitch Daniels signed bills Wednesday that are designed to expand transportation and growth in northwest Indiana and finance a new stadium for the NFL's Colts and expansion of the convention center in downtown Indianapolis.

'Hitchhikers' hilariously hops onto big screen

By C. Warner Sills and Rob O'Connor · Wednesday, May 11,2005 8:23 p.m.

One night in 1971, Douglas Adams was lying in a field in Innsbruck, Austria staring up at the stars, and pouring over a borrowed copy of a travel book called "Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe."

Pipe bomb found in Greensburg

Wednesday, May 11,2005 8:22 p.m.

GREENSBURG, Ind. -- A pipe bomb found at an electric substation might be linked to a teen charged with threatening to bomb the Indiana Statehouse, police said.

Death row inmate murder conviction overturned

By Alexandra R. Moses and Charles Wilson · Wednesday, May 11,2005 8:22 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- An Anderson man who has spent more than 20 years on Indiana's death row could be freed because polygraph test results were never admitted in court.

Classic photos tour small towns

By Ben Dobbin · Wednesday, May 11,2005 8:17 p.m.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Americans living far from big cities will get a close-up view of 300 classic photographs that reflect the nation's soul: Ansel Adams landscapes, battle scenes from Gettysburg to Omaha Beach, engaging portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Judy Garland, Babe Ruth.

Black out 'blue laws'

By Alyson Brodsy and Tony Sams · Wednesday, May 11,2005 8:13 p.m.

A few weeks after my 21st birthday, I thought it'd be nice to serve a bottle of wine with the Italian dinner I had intended to make that evening for some friends.

Time bill makes no sense

By Alyson Brodsy and Mark Taracuk · Wednesday, May 11,2005 8:12 p.m.

I applaud the Indiana legislature. It seems like they are one of the few states that actually passed legislation this year. However, I am amazed that this bill was deemed "heroic" by Brian Bosma, the Speaker of the House.

To the remaining, b-ware

By Alyson Brodsy and Matt Glenesk · Wednesday, May 11,2005 8:11 p.m.

Who said all the fun leaves Bloomington once the vast majority of the students do? Summer in Bloomington offers a tranquil alternative to the hustle and bustle 37,000-plus students bring during the fall and spring semesters. The streets which penetrate campus open up like clogged arteries following angioplasty.

Trustees renew athletic fee, raise tuition

By Mike Wilson · Wednesday, May 11,2005 5:18 p.m.

The board of trustees renewed the $30 athletics fee for the 2005-2006 school year Friday against recommendations by IUSA's Committee for Fee Review and a resolution by the Bloomington Faculty Council. The fee, passed with a 6-2 vote, included a last-second compromise suggested by IUSA President Alex Shortle.

Hoosiers finish off Spartans

By Nick Caponigro · Monday, May 9,2005 10:06 p.m.

Senior pitcher Steve Nielsen did not allow his unfamiliar role as starter to hurt his performance on the mound as the IU baseball team closed out their series against Michigan State with an 11-3 victory at Sembower Field. The win gave the Hoosiers their third win of the four game series against the Spartans.

Iraqi parliament approves 6 Cabinet nominees, human rights minister turns down job

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, May 9,2005 3:35 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's parliament approved six Cabinet nominees Sunday, handing four more posts to the disaffected Sunni Arab minority and taking the country a step closer to completing the formation of its first democratically elected government after months of wrangling.

JFK nephew Bobby Shriver weds fiancee

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, May 9,2005 3:31 p.m.

LOS ANGELES - Bobby Shriver, the nephew of President John F. Kennedy and brother of California first lady Maria Shriver, married his fiancee Malissa Feruzzi Saturday in Los Angeles.

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