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‘Mathletics’ discusses sports, math

By Tom Reese · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:58 a.m.

A Kelley School of Business professor, Wayne Winston, wrote a book about how professional sports teams use math to win games.

Honduras’ top anti-drug official killed Tuesday

Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:58 a.m.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Gunmen on motorcycles ambushed and killed Honduras’ top anti-drug official in the capital Tuesday, just two months before he planned to retire and move to Canada.

Woods’ mother-in-law released from Fla. hospital

Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:57 a.m.

OCOEE, Fla. - Tiger Woods’ mother-in-law was rushed to a hospital early Tuesday, touching off the second media frenzy in two weeks surrounding the pro golfer’s carefully guarded private life.

8 killed in crowded stairway during 400-person stampede

Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:57 a.m.

BEIJING - It was raining hard, and the hundreds of children leaving their evening classes raced down the narrow stairway closest to their dormitory.

Mo. teen pleads not guilty to killing 9-year-old neighbor

Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:49 a.m.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A 15-year-old Missouri girl pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing a 9-year-old neighbor who authorities say was slain because the teen wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone.

Uganda debates death penalty for gays, faces opposition

Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:49 a.m.

KAMPALA, Uganda - Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail.

BAM reaches out to music lovers

By Mallory Jindra · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:47 a.m.

New nonprofit group Bloomington Area Music aims to connect people involved in the Bloomington music scene into a network that can support and promote local music efforts together.

Student concertmaster leads Philharmonic through semester

By Lily Miller · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:45 a.m.

This year, junior Alexander Boissonnault fits the definition of concertmaster for the Jacobs School of Music’s Philharmonic Orchestra.

Neville sings at BCT

By Keiara Carr · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:43 a.m.

Though the rain didn’t leave Bloomington with a winter wonderland, the Buskirk-Chumley Theater was filled with holiday spirit Tuesday as Aaron Neville and his quintet took the stage for their third annual holiday tour.

Fearlessness in performance

By Caitlin Peterkin · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:40 a.m.

However, my glory on stage has been limited to those high school productions. I am the first to admit I don’t have the talent – let alone the guts – to pursue any sort of vocal or musical performance.

Bloomington Playwright Project brings ‘Sex/Death’ to stage for 7th year

By Jake Wright · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2009 12:38 a.m.

“The Dark Alley Series shows things that are too edgy for the main stage,” he said. The BPP will be presenting “Sex/Death XXX” at 10 p.m. today until Saturday and Dec. 14 to 16 at the BPP. “Sex/Death” is a combination of nine short plays featuring one-night stands, homicide, fetishes and imprisonment.

BoD: Action flicks

By Cory Barker and Brian Welk · Tuesday, Dec. 8,2009 11:18 p.m.

BoD: Brian Welk lists the most intelligent actioneers of the decade while Cory Barker notes five mindless action products that are damn fun as well.

Game gains popularity

By Holly Heerdink · Tuesday, Dec. 8,2009 9:54 p.m.

Ruckus, a fast-paced and inexpensive game, has captivated members of every age group with its fun simplicity.

14-year-old sentenced in Brown County

Tuesday, Dec. 8,2009 9:51 p.m.

NASHVILLE, Ind. – A 14-year-old boy has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for helping his older brother in an attack that killed an 84-year-old man and badly hurt his wife at their rural central Indiana home.

Man charged with assault of daughter’s friend

By Alex Benson · Tuesday, Dec. 8,2009 9:50 p.m.

A man was arrested on charges of raping his daughter’s friend on Monday.

Backstreet Mission closing thrift store

Tuesday, Dec. 8,2009 9:48 p.m.

Backstreet Mission’s thrift store will be closing, co-founder and board of directors president Linda Kelley said. The store is a low-cost alternative for the community, and proceeds help support Backstreet’s homeless shelter.

Young Democrats' dilemma

By Nathan Dixon · Tuesday, Dec. 8,2009 8:32 p.m.

Election Day saw turnout among IU voters up 287 percent from 2004, and when the results came in students yelled wildly down Kirkwood Avenue. Obama’s actual Presidency has been less dramatic, and student enthusiasm has predictably suffered.

More Michael

By IDS · Tuesday, Dec. 8,2009 8:27 p.m.

Steering a university in a long-term positive direction takes thinking – not in terms of years, but decades. This is exactly what the IU board of trustees did last week by voting unanimously to extend the contract of IU President Michael McRobbie for an additional five years.

Book, pen, chalk

By John Brown · Tuesday, Dec. 8,2009 8:26 p.m.

After spending a long time with a book, you get to know its geography: the physical location of each important passage. But this familiarity comes from hunting through page after page to find that one quotation, not by hitting Ctrl+F and doing a keyword search.

A stimulus package

By Sarah Wilensky · Tuesday, Dec. 8,2009 8:24 p.m.

Grade inflation might be happening more quickly in the United States than anywhere else, but most of us will be applying for graduate school and jobs in this country and competing with our peers who graduated from similarly grade-inflated institutions.

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