Community Arts

Brazil comes alive at Jake’s

By Ariel Ivas · Thursday, April 1,2010 11:06 p.m.

The lively and tropical energy of Brazil will come to Bloomington for the fourth annual Bloomington Brazilian Carnaval at 10 p.m. Friday at Jake’s Nightclub.

RSO models prowl the catwalk

By Danielle Paquette · Thursday, April 1,2010 11:04 p.m.

Designers recycled old styles into new looks at the IU Retail Studies Organization’s annual fashion show, “Retro Revival,” on Thursday in the Indiana Memorial Union.

BPD uses facility to train

By VINCE ZITO · Thursday, April 1,2010 10:36 p.m.

Midwestern law enforcement agencies utilize Bloomington’s multi-million dollar, state-of-the art police training facility to train in SWAT and non-tactical operations.

Farmers’ Market opens for season on Saturday

By Elvia Malagon · Thursday, April 1,2010 10:32 p.m.

Marcia Veldman has been shopping at the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market since she was a college student at IU in 1985. This season will be no different.

We already rely on solar power

By Tyler Atkins · Thursday, April 1,2010 6:58 p.m.

We have discovered our ability to harvest the power of the sun.

Peace out, bread. Hello matzah!

By Jordan Zaslow · Thursday, April 1,2010 6:57 p.m.

I love bread. I love the way it warms up my stomach.

A passionless society

By Matt Straw · Thursday, April 1,2010 6:56 p.m.

If it’s not Lost or on network TV, I might as well just ramble to myself to save time and blank stares.

A superfluous suit

Thursday, April 1,2010 6:54 p.m.

WE SAY Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller’s fight against health care reform is unproductive political posturing.

Caning sentence revoked

Thursday, April 1,2010 5:32 p.m.

A Muslim woman’s caning sentence for drinking beer has been commuted unexpectedly, ending a high-profile case that raised questions about Islamic laws intruding into personal matters in Malaysia.

Lawyer: Saudi could behead man for witchcraft

Thursday, April 1,2010 5:31 p.m.

The lawyer of a Lebanese TV psychic who was convicted in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft said Thursday her client could be beheaded this week and urged Lebanese and Saudi leaders to help spare his life. Attorney May al-Khansa said she learned from a judicial source that Ali Sibat is to be beheaded Friday, but she does not have any official confirmation of this. Saudi judicial officials could not be reached for comment.

U.S. Navy frigate captures 5 pirates

Thursday, April 1,2010 5:28 p.m.

Suspected Somali pirates fired on a U.S. Navy warship off East Africa early Thursday in what appeared to be a ransom-seeking attack on an American guided missile frigate, officials said. The USS Nicholas returned fire on the pirate skiff, sinking it and confiscating a nearby mothership. The Navy took five pirates into custody, said Navy spokesman Lt. Patrick Foughty.