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Ind. prisons see more violence

Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 9:50 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s prisons are experiencing an increase in inmate assaults and attacks on staff – a trend the state prison chief blames largely on overcrowding caused by inadequate funding for new beds.

The real problem with health care

By Guest writer · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 9:38 p.m.

Repealing the McCarran-Ferguson Act act would make it much easier for health companies to become part of the market. Getting rid of this anti-trust exemption is something that people from each end of the political spectrum should be able to agree on.

The clock is ticking on Iran

By Guest writer · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 9:34 p.m.

Iran’s continued refusal to cease nuclear development undermines the United States’ efforts to strengthen moderate Arab nations, as well as endangering the security of our allies in the Middle East.

Leaving party playbooks behind

By IDS · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 9:33 p.m.

Looking for a non-partisan discussion of health care reform? Good luck. For an issue as politically charged as reforming America’s ailing health care system, it is difficult to find voices that are critical of both Republican and Democratic positions on the issue.

Save the Cadillac tax

By Nathan Dixon · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 9:31 p.m.

Forcing employers to provide health insurance for their workers and making sure health benefits from employers remain untaxed preserves a system that has long benefited unions. Unfortunately, it is less clear that maintaining America’s unique practice of tying health insurance to employment helps anyone else. There are many reasons to think that moving people away from employer-provided insurance could help slow rising health care costs.

War on Drugs no more

By Ben Smith · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 9:30 p.m.

Despite continued efforts on the part of law enforcement officials to incarcerate non-violent drug offenders, there is growing evidence to suggest that the “War on Drugs” might be coming to its slow, inevitable end.

It’s next to Godliness

By John Brown · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 9:29 p.m.

This year, I requested a single. It’s not that I don’t like people. I just don’t like their stuff. Back home, I used to vacuum the floor of my room every night before bed. It was my routine: pajamas, brush teeth, then Dirt Devil. In the dorm, unfortunately, it might bother the neighbors.

The sign of bad things to come

By Cory Barker · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 6:12 p.m.

Watching “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” the first go-around was a sick chore. I thought maybe Michael Bay had inadvertently made a 150-minute torture porn flick, it was so awful. But four months later, I was ready to give it another chance – and my God, it’s even worse.

Knight won’t accept $75K check from donors

Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 5:05 p.m.

Bob Knight's attorney has notified IU that the former coach will not accept the school's $75,000 offer to settle a lawsuit.

IUPUI gives students graduation countdown clocks

Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 2 p.m.

IUPUI has given about 700 freshmen credit-card-sized clocks that count down the days and hours until their graduation. College officials say the clocks put the goal of on-time graduation in front of students every day.

No trick-or-treat for Marion County sex offenders

Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 11:09 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS — Marion County authorities will try to keep trick-or-treaters from encountering sex offenders again this Halloween night.

‘Michael Jackson's This Is It’ to open worldwide

By Sandy Cohen · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 11:08 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — When Michael Jackson died in June, he was just days away from launching a 50-show run of comeback concerts in London. Now, video footage of preparations for those performances have become “Michael Jackson’s This Is It,” a documentary opening worldwide Tuesday.

AroundArts

Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 12:43 a.m.

Arts happenings ending the week of Oct. 31.

Songwriter's showcases local pub features area acts

By Kelsey Finn · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 12:38 a.m.

The Bloomington Songwriters Showcase at the Player’s Pub on Monday brought four local, national and world singer-songwriters to play together in a set in which each singer performs four or five songs.

Despite national H1N1 emergency, health center not concerned

By Bailey Loosemore · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 12:35 a.m.

President Barack Obama declared the H1N1 virus a national emergency Saturday. However, Hugh Jessop, director of the IU Health Center, said the announcement does not affect IU.

H1N1 only latest in line of Bloomington outbreaks

By Isabel Manahan · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 12:33 a.m.

Although the H1N1 pandemic shouldn’t be taken lightly, it’s just another wave in the many epidemics IU has seen.

2008 wrestling champion seeks redemption

By Connor O'Gara · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 12:30 a.m.

Senior Angel Escobedo has nothing to prove today, but, as the season approaches, he will have to demonstrate that he is the best the nation has to offer once again. The IU wrestling team will be kicking off its season at 7 p.m. today with its annual intrasquad scrimmage at Bloomington High School North.

Patient, family face fear, uncertainty about radiation treatments

By Alex Benson · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 12:26 a.m.

The Falvey family struggles on a daily basis as they watch their 3-year-old son Fletcher go through radiation therapy at Bloomington’s Midwest Proton Therapy Institute. MPRI is one of the six facilities in the United States that treats cancer through radiotherapy.

A common experience

By Jess Meyer · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 12:16 a.m.

SAO PAULO, Brazil - There are several things, it seems, that a majority of the Brazilians I have met all possess: a television, a pair of Havaianas (a particular brand of flip-flops) and, when it comes to adolescent Brazilians, an Orkut account.

Man robs Quality Heating

By Alex Benson · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 12:08 a.m.

Bloomington Police Department caught a man in the act of stealing office equipment from Quality Heating on 1412 W. Kirkwood.

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