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Actors perform at the dress rehersal of Chicks with Dicks Tuesday evening at the Bloomington Playwrights Project.

‘Chicks with Dicks’ engages, captures audience’s attention

By Rachel Pankiw · Sunday, April 12,2009 8:28 p.m.

“Well, well, well, looks like we’re in for a little action tonight,” military-warrior-princess Oxi said. Truer words couldn’t have been spoken when Oxi, played by Emily Goodson, opened the show Thursday night for the debut performance of Trista Baldwin’s “Chicks with Dicks II: Battle with Cannibal Sluts from Outer Space” at the Bloomington Playwrights Project.

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Navy snipers kill pirates; US captain freed

Sunday, April 12,2009 6:50 p.m.

MOMBASA, Kenya — U.S. Navy snipers opened fire and killed three pirates holding an American captain at gunpoint in a lifeboat, delivering the skipper unharmed and ending a five-day high-seas hostage drama on Easter Sunday.

Bloomington South senior guard Jordan Hulls drives past a Detroit Country Day defender during a game on Feb. 21 in Bloomington. Hulls is an IU commit.

Hulls named Indiana's Mr. Basketball

Saturday, April 11,2009 11:11 p.m.

IU commit Jordan Hulls, currently a senior at Bloomington South, is Indiana's Mr. Basketball. The Indianapolis Star made the announcement Sunday morning. Hulls had been the long-thought front-runner for the award after leading South to a Class 4A state championship last month.

Junior pitcher Eric Arnett releases a throw during the third inning of a game against Xaver March 26, 2008 at Sembower field. The Hoosiers came from behind to win the game 10-4.

IU knocks off Iowa 5-1, moves into first place

Saturday, April 11,2009 10:42 p.m.

IU junior pitcher Eric Arnett went a full nine innings, giving up only two hits and one earned run en route to a 5-1 win against Iowa on Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa.

The American ship, the Maersk Alabama, whose captain remains held hostage by Somali pirates, arrives Saturday in Mombasa, Kenya, with the 19 remaining crew members aboard. Capt. Richard Phillips is still being held in the lifeboat hundreds of miles from land. U.S. warships are nearby monitoring the situation. The U.S.-flagged ship was attacked by Somali pirates firing automatic weapons Wednesday but its unarmed crew locked themselves in a secure room and then overpowered one of the pirates.

US ship reaches Kenya minus kidnapped captain

Saturday, April 11,2009 4:11 p.m.

MOMBASA, Kenya — Cheering and guarded by Navy Seals, the crew of an American ship reached a Kenyan port Saturday evening without their captain, still held hostage by Somali pirates in a lifeboat hundreds of miles from shore.

In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, Somali pirates held by Puntland police forces, sit in Bassaso, Somalia. They've been described as "noble heros" by sympathetic Somalis, denounced as criminals by critics. But the adjective most used to describe the men holding an American captain off the Horn of Africa is "pirate," a word that conjures images of sword-wielding swashbucklers romanticized by Hollywood. The 21st century reality of ragged Somali fishermen armed with rocket launchers, GPS systems and satellite phones, though, is a far cry from that.

Somali pirates a far cry from buccaneers of old

By Todd Pitman · Saturday, April 11,2009 4:03 p.m.

NAIROBI, Kenya — They've been described as "noble heroes" by sympathetic Somalis, denounced as criminals by critics. But the adjective most used to describe the men holding an American captain off the Horn of Africa is "pirate" — a word that conjures images of sword-wielding swashbucklers romanticized by Hollywood.

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IU prepares for Penn State

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Friday, April 10,2009 12:15 a.m.

Three straight Big Ten losses is a rut the Hoosiers are determined to get out of. The No. 53 Hoosiers look to clean their slate against No. 3 Ohio State and No. 61 Penn State this weekend at home.

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Hoosiers look to rebound at home course

By Ryan Winn · Friday, April 10,2009 12:14 a.m.

After its worst finish this season, the IU men’s golf team hopes to prove this weekend it still belongs among the elite in the Adidas Hoosier Invitational on the IU Golf Course.

Students line up to get pizza Thursday afternoon in Dunn Meadow. Proceeds from Pizza Mania benefitted Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, a local food pantry whose mission is to provide healthful, wholesome foods to people in need, as well as nutrition and gardening education.

Pizza Mania helps food pantry, doubles in size since 2008

By Morgan Brown · Friday, April 10,2009 12:10 a.m.

Eleven local pizzerias participated in the event to benefit Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard. The restaurants competed in the categories of best cheese, specialty, pepperoni, breadsticks and best overall. Several times throughout the event, the restaurants ran out of slices.

Sophomore pitcher Sara Olson hits a foul ball during the first game of a double-header against Ohio State on Wednesday afternoon at the IU Softball Field. Olson pitched a no-hitter in the second game.

Team prepares for Michigan State series

By Connor O'Gara · Friday, April 10,2009 12:09 a.m.

IU (5-28, 1-7) will head to East Lansing, Mich., this weekend to face Michigan State (13-18, 0-5). But the stage for this game will be a little different from the usual.

IU women's tennis coach Lin Loring addresses his players during their match against Iowa Saturday afternoon at the outdoor tennis courts. They won their match 4-3.

Veteran coach leads team

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Friday, April 10,2009 12:08 a.m.

Lin Loring is a ladies’ man. With 731 career victories, he is the NCAA’s winningest women’s tennis coach in Division I history. A 326-71 record also makes him the most successful coach in the Big Ten for women’s tennis.

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