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Overacting, bad writing sink horror flick

By Matt Waters and Matthew Waters · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 11:02 p.m.

This movie is good if you've never seen "Se7en" and you particularly like overacting. Using the shock appeal of showing body parts, murder and all sorts of vileness, this movie just can't pull it off like the original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" did.

Even a blind man can see film's worth

By -Alec Toombs · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 11 p.m.

Ladies and gentlemen, Jamie Foxx has officially arrived as a dramatic actor. After flirting with the title these past few years in films such as "Any Given Sunday," "Ali" and "Collateral," Foxx has given his most fully-realized performance to date as Ray Charles in the late music great's biopic, "Ray."

Living by a string

By Adam Aasen · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 10:58 p.m.

As Colorado-based jam band String Cheese Incident played to a sold-out crowd at the IU Auditorium last week, some of its real fans lurked in the dark, damp garage located on Jordan Avenue.

Speeding toward stardom

By -Nate Bethea · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 10:53 p.m.

In an unassuming vinyl-sided house on South Jefferson Avenue, the five members of The Driving Force are taking a break from rehearsing to talk to Weekend about a trashy shirt they won from a toy crane at Denny's, the kind of device rigged against all chances of getting a prize.

Two bands, two sides, one show

By Kelly Phillips · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 10:47 p.m.

A glimpse of the contrast between East Coast and West Coast tunes blew through Bear's Place Friday night, where two bands far from home played back-to-back. With New York natives Asobi Seksu leading off to Los Angeles-based Earlimart, musical style differences ran high.

Just pray you're on the list

By J.P. Benitez and JP Benitez · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 10:42 p.m.

IU has a long list of bacchanalian traditions, yearly events that define our semesters: Little 500, one's first battle sinking the Bismark, the Hairy Bear or the simple tailgate. In a sense, they are IU.

Bush wins

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 12:13 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush won a second term from a divided and anxious nation, his promise of steady, strong wartime leadership trumping John Kerry's fresh-start approach to Iraq and joblessness. After a long, tense night of vote counting, the Democrat called Bush Wednesday to concede Ohio and the presidency, The Associated Press learned. Kerry ended his quest, concluding one of the most expensive and bitterly contested races on record, with a call to the president shortly after 11 a.m. EST, according to two officials familiar with the conversation.

Sodrel claims victory in tight 9th District race

By Alyson Brodsy and Deanna Wrenn · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 12:07 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS - Republican congressional candidate Mike Sodrel said early Wednesday he was confident he had won election in Indiana's 9th congressional district, but Democratic U.S. Rep. Baron Hill was not ready to concede the race.

Bayh wins second term

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 11:38 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- The only statewide Indiana Democrat to claim victory Tuesday night was U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, who handily defeated Republican Marvin Scott.

Bush waits on close counts

By Alyson Brodsy and Ron Fournier · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 3:14 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush and challenger Sen. John Kerry sweated out a tension-packed conclusion to the race between an embattled incumbent and a Democrat who questioned the war he waged in Iraq. Ohio loomed as this year's Florida, the decisive state, with Kerry's options dwindling.

REACTION: Democrat concedes, offers optimism for the future

By Tony Sams · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 3:14 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Election night was not the night Indiana Democrats were hoping for, as Republicans decisively swept all but one statewide office. Incumbent Democratic Gov. Joe Kernan lost to Republican Mitch Daniels by nine points in the most expensive and one of the tightest gubernatorial races in Indiana history.

Hoosiers switch to Mitch

By Lindsey Jancek and Lindsay Jancek · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 3:14 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Hundreds of supporters chanted 'Our Man Mitch' inside a packed Hinkle Fieldhouse at Butler University as they welcomed their new governor, Mitch Daniels. Taking the podium Tuesday night, the newly elected Governor accepted his position at the same spot where he started his campaign 16 months ago. "I started my campaign in the parking lot here at Hinkle Fieldhouse," Daniels said, "and there is no better place to finish it tonight."

Around The Election

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 2:26 a.m.

Volunteers become heart of last-minute campaigns, support In the last few hours of the election campaign, volunteers at the small mustard-yellow Monroe County Republican Party headquarters on Morton Street busily worked to get out the vote. With overcast skies and steady rain at times, 120 people planned to offer their time Tuesday doing whatever was needed to encourage the vote.

First timers, old hands embrace opportunity to influence outcome

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 2:23 a.m.

Voters on and around campus braved a steady rain and long lines to cast their ballots Tuesday. But poll workers and volunteers said most people remained upbeat and didn't seem to mind the weather or the occasional delays.

Monroe County Republicans celebrate Daniels victory

By Ashley Rhodebeck · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 2:21 a.m.

After working 14 hours and running on energy from an evening nap, Anna Ivey, who described herself as the chief gofer for the Monroe County Republican Headquarters, wove through the throng of people at the Monroe County Republican victory party Tuesday night.

Monroe County Democrats watch numbers

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 2:20 a.m.

At 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Bob Molnar and his wife Anna Bednarski sat at the last of 12 tables watching the 144-square-foot TV broadcasting election results at the front of the room.

Power loss impacts wait time at polling sites

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 2:19 a.m.

Casting a vote in Monroe County was anything but simple Tuesday. About 11:30 a.m., voters in Bloomington, Ellettsville and the surrounding areas experienced a short power outage that might have stemmed from an accident on Highway 45/46, near the Monroe County line.

First-time voters brave obstacles

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 2:18 a.m.

As the campus community closed the doors to the polling places at 6 p.m. Tuesday, America's democratic right to vote had cost some IU students time in lines lasting throughout the day. Within Monroe County's 96 precincts, many Bloomington residents experienced poll booth scenes similar to a day trip to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

Sodrel leading in pending race

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004 2:17 a.m.

After a night of flip-flopping results, both Democrat Baron Hill and Republican Mike Sodrel will have to wait for 6,500 absentee ballots to be counted before either can be declared a winner.

Trend Tidbits

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 2,2004 11:46 p.m.

Apple unveils new iPod SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple Computer Inc. introduced a new larger-capacity iPod last week with a color display as well as a first-of-its-kind digital compendium of the rock band U2's songs.