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Authors increasingly publishing online blogs

By Alyson Brodsy and Hillel Italie · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 1:20 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Jennifer Weiner, author of the best-selling novels "Good in Bed" and "In Her Shoes," likes to spend three to four hours a day working on fiction. When she's done, time and family permitting, she updates her online journal. "When I went on my first book tour (in 2001), I began keeping a Web diary, and every day I would write about the latest indignity I suffered," she says. "And I found I really enjoyed doing it. It's a way for me to keep in touch with my readers."

Around The State

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 1:19 a.m.

Soldier from northern Indiana dies in Iraq HIGHLAND, Ind. -- A soldier from northern Indiana died Tuesday in Iraq when his vehicle was struck by a bomb, the U.S. military said Thursday.

Woman damages Nazi art

By Alyson Brodsy and David Rising · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 1:19 a.m.

BERLIN -- A woman doing handsprings hurled herself into two art installations at the controversial exhibition of a collection belonging to the billionaire heir of a Nazi-era arms supplier, damaging both pieces, organizers said Thursday. The bizarre attack came late Wednesday on the top floor of the Hamburger Bahnhof museum, where Friedrich Christian Flick's collection was opened to the public earlier in the day.

MIME program teaches students new media

By Lyndsay Gilman · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 1:18 a.m.

In a culture where computer animated films like "Shrek" and "Finding Nemo" earn top spots at the box office, the demand for an education in new media has grown tremendously. Eight years ago, Professor Thom Gillespie decided to meet students' needs and created the master's in immersive mediated environments program, or MIME, through IU's Department of Telecommunications as a way for students to apply their innate creative talents to computer animation.

Event to benefit recovering addicts

By Benjames Derrick and Benjamin Derrick · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 1:16 a.m.

The local Amethyst House, 645 N. Walnut St., will host a benefit for substance abuse programs at 8 p.m. Saturday in the John Waldron Arts Center, with doors opening at 7 p.m. The evening will provide a beam of hope for those struggling with substance abuse through dance, public speaking and fund-raising.

Pastrick confident in new East Chicago mayoral race

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 1:16 a.m.

Mayor Robert Pastrick said Thursday he was confident he would win next month's special Democratic primary despite a boost his main challenger received when another candidate dropped out.

Back to government class

By Alyson Brodsy and Adam Maksl · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 12:58 a.m.

I don't want to alarm anybody, but there is more than one political election this November. Now, calm down. I don't want any of you to suffer from a mental overload with this new information. But, I think it is important for you to know.

Tidiest cell on the block

By Alyson Brodsy and Rick Newkirk · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 12:57 a.m.

Hey Martha -- don't drop the loofah. America's hottest 63-year-old billion-dollar house-queen has decided to go to jail to "put this nightmare behind me" and "reclaim my good life." Just one question Martha -- which good life is that?

Atkins Schmatkins

By Alyson Brodsy and Jeff Alstott · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 12:53 a.m.

The Atkins Diet never seemed like such a big deal to me. Some guy wrote a book, said, "Hey, this works," and some people agreed. Then the South Beach Diet came up. Similar principle, similar response. My mom got on it. Great. Then, ever so slowly, the low carbohydrate movement grew. And grew. And grew! Then I came to realize just how deep this ran. When Fazoli's started advertising how they have low carb pasta, something is wrong.

Take it or leave it

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 12:50 a.m.

I am writing to address belief in the Almighty. Nothing said here came from my head nor is it in judgment. I offer nothing but the truth, take it or leave it.

Encouraging the vote

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 12:48 a.m.

We don't need to say registering to vote is important -- it's been drilled into so many heads this election year, and anyone with an ounce of civic duty and access to the world outside his home knows the importance of registering to vote in an election year.

Bush, Kerry tackle national security, trade

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 12:42 a.m.

National Security : Under what conditions is the United States justified in taking pre-emptive military action against targets in another country?

Gunmen kill 3 soldiers in Gaza

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 12:39 a.m.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Palestinian gunmen made their way into a heavily fortified Israeli army post in the Gaza Strip under cover of morning fog Thursday and started shooting, killing three Israeli soldiers in a 45-minute firefight.

Bush says leaving Iraq could foster attacks in U.S.

By Alyson Brodsy and Terence Hunt · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 12:38 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Denying he has painted too rosy a picture about Iraq, President George W. Bush said Thursday that terrorists could "plot and plan attacks elsewhere, in America and other free nations" if U.S. forces were withdrawn. Bush said he would consider sending more troops if asked, but Iraq's interim leader firmly said they weren't needed.

IUPD investigates possible assault

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 12:37 a.m.

IU Police Department officers were called to Briscoe Quad early Wednesday morning to investigate a possible sexual assault. Officers arrived at 3:24 a.m. and met with the victim and a resident assistant. The victim refused medical treatment. She then informed officers that she had been in a male acquaintance's room and had passed out due to intoxication. She awoke with no memory of what had happened and the button and zipper on her pants undone.

College Tour 2004 hits IU

By Jorie Slodki · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 12:36 a.m.

On Thursday, a national tour rolled into town. However, instead of a rock band or skateboard stunts, this tour featured free health care samples and advice to students. College Tour 2004, organized by Universal Consulting Group, is a 10-month RV tour traveling to college campuses and setting up kiosks that feature Johnson & Johnson products. IU is just one of 90 stops on the tour. Radford University graduate Shane King travels with the tour as a representative.

IU Student Television succeeds with new format

By Greg Ingram · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 12:35 a.m.

Silence falls over the IU Student Television studio. News anchor Tia Broz looks straight into the camera and begins to read the teleprompter. "Mayor Mark Kruzan announced the results of a survey ..." "Stop!" one of her directors yells from the control room.

Trustee asked to resign position

By Eric Tash · Thursday, Sept. 23,2004 2:07 a.m.

Indiana Right to Life, an anti-abortion group, has called for the resignation of IU Trustee Clarence Boone because of his past affiliation with Planned Parenthood of Northwest Indiana where he was executive director until 1998. "We believe his presence on the board gives undue influence to an organization that operates an abortion clinic just a few blocks from the Bloomington campus," Mike Fichter, Indiana Right to Life's executive director told The Associated Press.

Resolution against I-69 passes

Thursday, Sept. 23,2004 2:07 a.m.

With emphatic pleas from Bloomington residents, business people, farm owners and fellow Hoosiers, the City Council voted 7-1 Wednesday night, in favor of passing a resolution stating its opposition to the construction of Interstate Highway 69 through Bloomington.

Business school earns top rankings

By Lori Geller · Thursday, Sept. 23,2004 2:07 a.m.

Once again, the Kelley School of Business has been recognized as one of the top overall programs in the nation. In national rankings of business schools across the country, the Wall Street Journal and the Princeton Review selected the Kelley school, its programs and faculty, for outstanding excellence.