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Getting what you want on Spring Break

House Republicans hope to revise at least 40 bills

INDIANAPOLIS -- Republicans who control the Indiana House pledged Wednesday to use all their power to revive at least 40 bills that failed to clear their chamber by a key deadline last week, many of them derailed because of a walkout by Democrats.

State Supreme Court limits judges' power

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that parts of the state's prison sentencing laws were unconstitutional -- a decision that will forbid judges from going beyond standard sentencing for crimes without a jury's approval.

Prayers, protests planned as Wallace execution nears

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- A man who spent nearly a quarter century on Indiana's death row was scheduled to be executed early Thursday for murdering an Evansville family of four in 1980. Donald Ray Wallace, 47, had declined to seek clemency from Gov. Mitch Daniels after exhausting his appeals.

Prosecuters seek to detain Indiana man charged with Iraq dealings

INDIANAPOLIS -- A man accused of trying to conspire with Saddam Hussein's government to undermine the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq lived in Indianapolis under two identities with different wives, an FBI agent testified Wednesday.

City smoking ban creates big butt problem

Since Bloomington head-butted second-hand smoke with the recent smoking ban, cigarette butts outside of the city's bars have multiplied. The ban, requiring smokers to abstain from smoking inside Bloomington buildings and preferably at a "reasonable distance" from them, has meant more maintenance work for custodial employees at Kilroy's Sports Bar.

Actors struggle with the agent game

If job security and steady pay are a priority, mark "actor" off the list of potential careers.

Spring break hierarchy

Spring break is a time of rest, relaxation and humiliation.

What else are they hiding?

What could be fairer than the lex talionis: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth?

Mixed bag of money matters

Between taxes and spring break, money is on the student's minds. A college degree from IU can set us up for comfortable living in the future, but the archetypal broke college kid is no myth. However, public scholarship money might dry up soon, and the state seems unwilling to give universities the funding they need. To balance the universities' books, the burden will probably fall on students even more.

Alumnus appointed IU's new federal lobbyist

IU's new liaison between the University and the federal government, Doug Wasitis, wants to get the University's voice heard in Congress. Wasitis, an IU alumnus, has been with Baker & Daniels Sagamore's education practice team for the past eight years and is the senior vice president of the company.

Workshop encourages adult education

Attending college is difficult for many students, but for those who are returning to school after being out of the classroom for many years, college might seem especially challenging.

Food poisoning kills at least 27 Philippine children

MANILA, Philippines -- At least 27 elementary school children died and another 100 were hospitalized after eating a snack of cassava -- a root that's poisonous if not prepared correctly -- during morning recess Wednesday in the southern Philippines, officials said.

U.S. envoy says time for IRA to 'go out of business'

BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- President Bush's envoy to Northern Ireland called Wednesday for the IRA to disband after the outlawed group made an unprecedented public offer to kill four men -- including two of its own expelled members -- linked to a Belfast slaying.

Dan Rather 'signs off' after 24 years

NEW YORK -- Dan Rather echoed a word he once used every night to sign off the "CBS Evening News" -- courage -- in anchoring the program for the final time Wednesday after 24 years.

Ousted Lebanese prime minister expected to return to office

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister, who was forced to resign last week by opposition protests, was virtually assured of being asked to form the next government after a majority of lawmakers backed him Wednesday.

Iraqi officials discover 41 bodies at 2 sites Wednesday

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi officials said Wednesday that 41 bodies have been found at two sites, and they believe some of the corpses are Iraqi soldiers kidnapped and killed by insurgents. At least 30 American contractors, meanwhile, were wounded by a suicide bombing near a hotel.

'Falling in love all over again' with Washington, DC

I can describe my Washington D.C. experience thus far in two words: deeply moving. Though I have been here before I started the Washington Leadership Program, I felt the need to rediscover the city through its museums and memorials.

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