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Bills to watch: Education standards and providing firearms to felons

By IDS staff · Sunday, Feb. 16,2014 10:10 p.m.

Senate Bill 91 adds a definition of “college and career readiness” to the state’s education standards, and Senate Bill 169 makes it a level 5 felony to give someone a firearm if the provider knows that person is legally ineligible from possessing a firearm or intends to use the firearm to commit a crime.

Fundraising event benefits pregnancy crisis center

By Emily Ernsberger · Sunday, Feb. 16,2014 10:06 p.m.

The St. Charles Catholic Church organized its second-annual fundraiser event Sunday for the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Bloomington and Hannah House Maternity Home.

Charter school tries to increase support in Bloomington

By Sydney Murray · Sunday, Feb. 16,2014 10:04 p.m.

Proponents of Seven Oaks Classical School spoke to members of the Bloomington community Saturday at the Monroe County Public Library about the charter school focusing on classical education they hope to open in fall 2015.

Men's golf finishes sixth in Big Ten Match Play

By Casey Krajewski · Sunday, Feb. 16,2014 8:32 p.m.

IU men's golf finished sixth during the Big Ten Match Play Championship in Bradenton, Fla.

Hoosiers continue nine game slide

By Dan Matney · Sunday, Feb. 16,2014 8:29 p.m.

IU softball gets swept during the weekend in five game Panther Invitational series.

IU Track faces uphill battle at Hoosier Hills

By Tori Ziege · Sunday, Feb. 16,2014 8:27 p.m.

IU track and field sets 39 personal records over the weekend, but strides to get better.

The king returns

By Avery Walts · Sunday, Feb. 16,2014 5:34 p.m.

Michael Jackson tribute band Who's Bad played at the Bluebird Nightclub in January. The members work to carry on Jackson's legacy through their music and performances.

Down and dirty

By Matt Bloom · Sunday, Feb. 16,2014 5:22 p.m.

A health inspector and distribution mechanic share the perils of their jobs and why they love what they do.

Notorious alumni

By Jake Wright · Sunday, Feb. 16,2014 4:58 p.m.

IU is lucky to boast a long list of successful and famous alumni, but there are some who once walked the paths of campus whose actions didn’t win them notoriety as distinguished former students. This is the story of the radicals, the serial killer, and the cult leader.

Hoosiers' postseason prospects fading

By Alden Woods · Saturday, Feb. 15,2014 8:19 p.m.

The Hoosiers have plummeted to No. 92 in the national RPI, and now must collect a handful of wins against No. 15 Iowa, No. 21 Wisconsin, No. 20 Ohio State and No. 18 Michigan as well as beating Northwestern and Nebraska, two teams IU has already lost to this season, to slide into the NCAA Tournament field.

Column: Seven days of hell

By Evan Hoopfer · Saturday, Feb. 15,2014 8:17 p.m.

The ‘seven days in hell mini-series’, which won’t sell a lot of copies in Bloomington, ended with humiliation in enemy territory.

Hoosiers suffer blowout loss at Purdue

By John Bauernfeind · Saturday, Feb. 15,2014 5:11 p.m.

The IU men’s basketball team (14-11, 4-8) rode a troubled second half all the way to a 82-64 defeat at the hands of the Purdue Boilermakers (15-10, 5-7).

Player's arrest could have legal ramifications

By Andy Wittry · Friday, Feb. 14,2014 8:12 p.m.

A Maurer School of Law professor said it’s tough to predict what Mosquera-Perea’s legal ramifications will be because every case is different.

This week's corrections

By IDS staff · Friday, Feb. 14,2014 2:33 p.m.

There were three errors in this week's IDS.

Man and woman found dead at retirement home

By IDS staff · Friday, Feb. 14,2014 2:26 p.m.

Police are investigating what they suspect is a murder-suicide at a retirement community in Bloomington.

Mosquera-Perea in jail for OWI

By IDS staff · Friday, Feb. 14,2014 10:18 a.m.

2:47 p.m. IU basketball player Hanner Mosquera-Perea is in Monroe County Jail after he was arrested for drunken driving this morning.

Faculty group revisits plan for emergency preparedness

By Kathrine Schulze · Friday, Feb. 14,2014 1:01 a.m.

Recent school shootings and treacherous weather have IU administrators focusing on campus safety.

COLUMN: IU's more like Purdue than you think

Friday, Feb. 14,2014 12:59 a.m.

The Boilermaker and Hoosier seasons are in tailspins, with equal records at 14-10 (4-7). Neither team will make the NCAA tournament. Both teams will be fortunate to receive an invite to the National Invitation Tournament.

17-year-old girl reports to Child Protective Services she was raped at 13

By IDS staff · Friday, Feb. 14,2014 12:59 a.m.

Bloomington police received a report Wednesday from Child Protective Services of a juvenile rape.

Ferrell, Johnson to continue debate

By Alden Woods · Friday, Feb. 14,2014 12:56 a.m.

When college basketball’s 2012 recruiting classes were finalized, a great debate between Indiana’s preeminent basketball rivals was sparked.

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