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Kiva employee brightens day with personality

Customers of Kiva Café and Sugar and Spice in the Union know Mary Frohliger. The recognition, though, is most likely not by name. Frohliger is known by the students who pass through her cashier line for her array of unique headbands that she has been wearing daily for the past seven years.

Spring broken

Let me extend my most sincere "Welcome Back," to all you students who dared travel outside this wonderful region. While many IU students basked in the glaring sun, whether it was from the deck of a cruise ship or the pool of a third-rate motel in Acapulco, your friendly local basketball columnist was being held hostage by 14 men donning cream and crimson.

Pacers lose to New Jersey, but will play Tuesday

INDIANAPOLIS-- Maybe the Indiana Pacers can do better against Vince Carter Tuesday night. They sure couldn't handle him Sunday.

Davis addresses rumors surrounding uncertain future

No one was surprised when the topic came up. After Wednesday night's 67-60 loss to Vanderbilt in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament, IU coach Mike Davis addressed the media with a glum look on his face, knowing his Hoosiers won't have a chance to play in Madison Square Garden for the NIT title -- what could have been a reviving end to a rollercoaster season. But it was on question No. 4 that the flood gates opened.

Coming up EMPTY

CHICAGO -- With their NCAA Tournament hopes on the line, the Hoosiers played like they were on a sandy beach and watched their post-season wash away like the tide.

Japanese earthquake kills one, injures 400

FUKUOKA, Japan -- A powerful earthquake jolted southern Japanese islands on Sunday, killing an elderly woman, injuring 400 people and triggering landslides.

Democracy represents possibility in the Middle East

The past few weeks have seen a rush of democracy across the Middle East. Popular protests in Lebanon, elections in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and the announcement of multi-candidate elections in Egypt have the potential to transform that embattled region.

'The Misanthrope' in modern society

'Ray' dominated NAACP Image Awards

LOS ANGELES -- The biopic "Ray" about the life of legendary singer Ray Charles won four NAACP Image Awards, including an outstanding-actor trophy that added to its star Jamie Foxx's armful of honors. "Ray" was nominated for a leading seven awards, including outstanding motion picture and outstanding actor in a motion picture for Foxx, who received the best-actor Oscar at last month's Academy Awards. Foxx exchanged long embraces Saturday night with presenters Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll as he accepted his NAACP trophy.

Around The State

Museum obtains rare copy of 13th Amendment FORT WAYNE -- A museum benefactor has paid an undisclosed price for one of 13 known copies signed by President Abraham Lincoln of the congressional resolution that led to the constitutional abolition of slavery. The Lincoln Financial Group Foundation paid a "record-setting price" for the 1865 sheepskin copy of the resolution authorizing the 13th Amendment that will be displayed in Fort Wayne's Lincoln Museum, museum officials said Friday.

The battle of the sexists

All right. Who left the seat up? While awaiting the Ron White segment of "The Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again," I decided to suffer through the Bill Engvall act instead of changing the channel. My laziness was punished with a trite tirade on the old standby: How women differ from men.

Dwindling ranks worry Indiana lawmakers

INDIANAPOLIS -- A decade after Indiana voters boosted the number of women serving in the General Assembly to a record 33, that figure has dwindled to just 25 -- a decline that has discouraged the state's female lawmakers.

Fake news, real problems

Have you heard this one before? A reporter for a small news Web site comes under suspicion after he repeatedly asks President Bush a series of fawning, softball questions during White House press briefings.

Deal offered in Comiskey case

A proposed plea deal, which came up in a March 17 hearing at the Monroe County Circuit Court, would result in 40 years of jail time for Bryan "Mitch" Gooldy in exchange for pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated, causing death and being a habitual offender, according to a March 18 article in The Herald-Times. Gooldy is accused of causing the Nov. 9, 2004, car crash that killed Kate Comiskey, IU alumna and teacher at Indian Creek High School in Trafalgar, Ind.

Rock ain't noise pollution

Do you like Top 40 radio? Or American Idol? Or MTV's Total Request Live? You do? Good! Now bugger off back to your pod. I'm here to talk to the humans.

It's no lie: cheating hurts

On Thursday, a prominent scientist finally admitted 10 years of deceptive research after years of inquiry, but he certainly wasn't alone in his dishonesty.

Iraq, Jordan tensions grow on anniversary of invasion

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Insurgents targeted Iraqi and U.S. security forces with gunfire, suicide attacks and mortar rounds Sunday, killing six people -- including a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi corruption official -- as the conflict moved into its third year since the U.S.-led invasion.

Rice asks China for help with N. Korea

BEIJING -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice suggested Sunday that European governments are irresponsible if they sell sophisticated weaponry to China that might one day be used against U.S. forces in the Pacific.

Kidnapping suspect being held in Florida without bond

HOMOSASSA, Fla. -- A registered sex offender who authorities say confessed to kidnapping and slaying 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford returned to Florida Sunday and was held without bond.

Congress enters right-to-die case

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. -- Hanging their hopes on a last-minute compromise in Congress, Terri Schiavo's parents notified her hospice to prepare to have her feeding tube reinserted on Sunday, her third day without food or water.