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Economy shows 7-year high unemployment claim rates

New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to their highest level in seven years due to the impact of a slowing economy and Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Presidential Debate

Second of three nationally televised, live debate.

League of Women Voters Fall Candidate Forum

Voter Registration Deadline

Don't forget to register to vote. Story: Deadline approachesStory: Student groups push to register

Vice Presidential Debate

Vice presidential candidates face off in a nationally televised debate.

League of Women Voters Fall Candidate Forum

Candidates for Monroe County Auditor, Coroner, Surveyor, and Treasurer.

Jill Long Thompson Town Hall Meeting

The event is hosted by the Brown County Democratic Central Committee.

Man arrested after police say he kicked, head-bumped officer

A Martinsville man was arrested Wednesday night after police say he head-bumped and kicked a Bloomington officer. Jacob A. Springer, 24, was arrested on suspicion of battery of a police officer, public intoxication and criminal misconduct.

Wonder Lab’s volunteers work many hours, essential to success

WonderLab, a museum of health, science and technology that was recently voted one of the “Top 25 Science Centers in the United States” by Parents magazine, has one of Bloomington’s largest volunteer communities. According to WonderLab’s Web site, 863 individuals volunteered more than 14,000 hours at the museum last year.

Gubernatorial Debate

Kal Penn

Kal Penn, actor of "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" fame, will be visiting IU for the second time in a year. Read the story.

Kal Penn to speak at IU

Kal Penn, actor in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle will be visiting IU for the second time in a year.   At 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 28 in Dunn Meadow, Democracy Matters, a group new to IU this semester, will host Penn's speech along with music, games and free food.

Birch Bayh speaks at law school

Bayh will talk about the separation of church and state in the Moot Court Room at the IU School of Law. Read the story.

Country music star performs at IU Auditorium

Country music star Vince Gill and his band brought new and old tunes to a packed IU Auditorium on Wednesday. Gill performed a mixture of his soft and blue country songs, such as “Pocket Full of Gold” and “The Lucky Diamond Motel.”

Obama rebuffs McCain’s call to delay Friday’s debate

NEW YORK – The economic crisis and raw politics threatened to derail the first presidential debate as Sen. John McCain challenged Sen. Barack Obama to delay the Friday forum and join forces to help Washington fix the financial mess.

The polls in Indiana say it’s close. But what would it take for Hoosiers to vote Democrat for the first time since 1964?

Ted Carmines has been teaching a course on the presidential election every four years for the last 30. The political science professor remembers the last time the state of Indiana voted for the Democratic nominee: 1964, the year almost everyone did. Lyndon B. Johnson won by a landslide, defeating Republican Barry Goldwater, who won only six states. Carmines said this is the point in the presidential election where normally the Republican nominee would be ahead by 10 to 15 points in Indiana.

Democratic vice-presidential nominee woos blue-collar voters in Jeffersonville during campaign stop

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. – Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden asked voters to imagine a different kind of country Wednesday night. A country where everyone can afford college. One that only goes to war when necessary. An America that demands the world’s respect again.

University urges students to seek help, counseling

In response to a public student suicide Wednesday, IU officials are urging students to seek counseling in times of grief or depression.

Student found dead near railroad tracks

A 34-year-old IU student was found dead Wednesday afternoon near train tracks close to Eigenmann Hall. The Monroe County coroner determined the cause of death of Donald R. Kidwell to be a suicide.PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines

Women’s team receives largest-ever donation

The IU women’s basketball team received a $250,000 contribution, the University announced Wednesday, a record for the women’s basketball program. The gift was made to the “For the Glory of Old IU: the Campaign for IU Athletics,” and came courtesy of Smithville, Indiana’s largest privately owned telecommunications company, according to a press release.