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Armstrong takes overall lead in Tour de France

By John Leicester · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:19 p.m.

L'ALPE D'HUEZ, France - Lance Armstrong took the overall leader's yellow jersey for the first time in the Tour de France after finishing third in the second mountain stage of the race Sunday. Iban Mayo of Spain dominated a battle with Armstrong and other chasing riders on the legendary L'Alpe d'Huez climb, powering up the 8.5-mile ascent and its 21 hairpin bends to win the eighth stage.

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Iraqi governing council named Sunday

By Hamza Hendawi · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:17 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A 25-member governing council of prominent Iraqis from diverse political and religious backgrounds was named at an inaugural meeting Sunday, the first national body since the fall of Saddam Hussein and a crucial first step on the nation's path to democracy.

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Liberia's president ready to step down

By Glenn McKenzie · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:17 p.m.

MONROVIA, Liberia -- Liberia's embattled warlord-turned-president repeated his oft-broken pledge to step down Saturday, telling die-hard party supporters that U.N. sanctions had crippled the economy and left his government unable to defend itself against foreign-backed rebels.

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'Pirates' earns box office gold

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:16 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Disney was rolling in doubloons as "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" plundered the box office for $46.4 million in its first weekend. Based on the Disney theme-park attraction, the movie starring Johnny Depp had taken in $70.4 million since opening Wednesday, according to studio estimates Sunday.

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'Pirates' earns box office gold

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:16 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Disney was rolling in doubloons as "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" plundered the box office for $46.4 million in its first weekend. Based on the Disney theme-park attraction, the movie starring Johnny Depp had taken in $70.4 million since opening Wednesday, according to studio estimates Sunday.

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Education key to building future for children

By Mary Sell · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:15 p.m.

RICHMOND, Ind. -- Lora McGowan knows what motivates her: He's 11 months old, has brown eyes and when he smiles -- he's a bit of a flirt and smiles often -- he shows off his six teeth.

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Council votes to change parking zone

By Peter Henrich · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:15 p.m.

The Bloomington City Council approved a plan Wednesday evening to divide one of the city's largest parking zones into four smaller zones. The previous Zone 4 parking -- just west of IU, encompassing the area roughly between Walnut Street and Woodlawn Avenue and 12th Street and Sixth Street -- will now be divided into Zones 4, 5, 6, and 7.

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IU narrowly allowed to keep $237,000 in grants for sex study

By Alan Fram · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:14 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The House handed a narrow defeat Thursday to conservatives who wanted to forbid the National Institutes of Health from giving grants to researchers conducting four sexual research projects, including studies of older men and of San Francisco's Asian prostitutes and masseuses.

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Three students receive Won-Joon Yoon scholarship

By Erin Bergmann · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:14 p.m.

Three students were given scholarships July 7 in memory of Won-Joon Yoon, an IU graduate student from Korea who was killed July 4, 1999 in an act of extremist violence outside the Korean United Methodist Church. Education doctoral student Edward Brantmeier was awarded a $2,000 scholarship. Senior Christine Lim and doctoral student Ana Correia were awarded $500 scholarships.

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Genes might come from source other than mother and father

By Sarah Webb · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:13 p.m.

Mother Nature is proving that the transfer of genes is more complicated than scientists thought. Believed to be extremely unlikely among multi-cellular organisms, gene swapping appears to occur widely among unrelated species of plants, according to researchers led by IU biology professor Jeff Palmer.

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Band camp strikes a chord

By Alyson Brodsy and Rebecca Cook · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:12 p.m.

LACEY, Wash. -- The years melt away as the notes pour out of 83-year-old Charles Caley's trombone. He hadn't played since he left school in 1939, but the retired dentist picked up his trombone a few years ago to join "New Horizons," a band for seniors that requires no recent musical experience -- or any experience, for that matter.

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Funding for N.Y. arts cut, but slightly

By Alyson Brodsy and Deepti Hajela · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:12 p.m.

NEW YORK -- It could have been worse. A lot worse. Budget cuts for museums, concert halls and other cultural institutions in the city were serious, but not as serious as anticipated, officials said. The city's Department of Cultural Affairs funding was down by $1.6 million over a year ago, forcing some popular sights to shorten their hours of operation. But the amount when the fiscal year began July 1 was higher than the $94 million cut initially proposed in April.

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Ariz. museum board resigns

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:10 p.m.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Amid controversy over the selling of artifacts to cover a $1 million deficit, the entire board of trustees and the executive director of the Museum of Northern Arizona resigned.

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Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:10 p.m.

I am responding to the article "Of Dogs and Men" (IDS, June 30). I agree that a leash has traditionally been the logical way for dogs and people to be safe and so that dogs are under control. However, for well-trained dogs, I believe in an alternative as well.

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Turn your head and cough

By Vince Carr and Vincent Carr · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:08 p.m.

One of the male members of my family has a painful and advanced case of psoriasis, but he refuses to see a doctor, in spite of the wide array of treatments that exist for his condition. When I asked my mother why, she simply responded, "He doesn't like doctors." I used to think men like him were wackos, but this month's edition of Men's Health put things into perspective for me.

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Let's call the whole thing off

By Alyson Brodsy and Lize Kolar · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:06 p.m.

Current legislation in Ontario regarding legalization of gay marriage, coupled with the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision Lawrence and Garner vs. Texas, has mobilized certain conservative factions against what they believe will be the inevitable next step of legally sanctioned gay marriage in the United States.

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Death of the album?

Sunday, July 13,2003 9:04 p.m.

With the tremendous success of iTunes -- the commercial digital music store launched by Apple -- the MP3 debate has ignited once again. Artists managed by Q Prime Management Co. (namely, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Metallica) are claiming that the selling and/or sharing of digital music on the internet is contributing to "the demise of the album format."

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Bird already starting to sound like man in charge

By Michael Marot · Sunday, July 13,2003 8:59 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS - When Larry Bird watched the Indiana Pacers last year, he could tell something wasn't right. Bird didn't take long to start making evaluations or sounding like one of the league's key decision-makers after being named the Pacers' president of basketball operations. "I think they've got a lot of talent on this team," he said. "I don't know about the chemistry." Bird acknowledged Friday that he has much to learn about this team, one that hardly resembles the veteran-laden roster he left behind after leading the Pacers to the 2000 NBA Finals. The Pacers lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in his final season as coach.

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All-Star game puts 'The Cell' in spotlight

By Nancy Armour · Sunday, July 13,2003 8:53 p.m.

CHICAGO -- The last time U.S. Cellular Field was in the spotlight, yet another unruly fan had gone after someone on the field like it was WWE Day at the ballpark. This one grabbed an umpire around the waist. Seven months earlier, a father-and-son tag-team had taken down a Kansas City Royals coach.

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Soprano to perform at IU

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 13,2003 8:46 p.m.

When it comes to hitting the high notes in her career, American soprano Elizabeth Futral literally can't get much higher. Her talents are now so renowned that some roles are written specifically for her. And as a 1988 graduate from IU's School of Music, part of her success is due to the skills she learned in Bloomington.

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