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Convoluted plot crushes 'Confidential'

By C. Warner Sills and Doug Evans · Thursday, May 25,2006 12 a.m.

Director Terry Zwigoff and comic book writer Dan Clowes team up again in attempt to duplicate the success of 2001's "Ghost World." And while their newest collaboration, "Art School Confidential," has a devious sense of humor and wit comparable to "Ghost World," "Art School" is not able to sustain a sense of empathy for its characters, and therefore the film stumbles long before its resolution.

Overly Boring

By C. Warner Sills and Ash Cartwright · Thursday, May 25,2006 12 a.m.

In "Over the Hedge," a band of diminutive woodland creatures wake from a winter's hibernation only to find that all but a sliver of their homeland has been deforested and turned into a suburban habitat for humans.

Rock's New Soldiers

By C. Warner Sills and Dan Hopmann · Thursday, May 25,2006 12 a.m.

What do you get when you mix a rock fundamentalist with a one-man band? A gigantic creative force with some hefty musical output sounds about right.

Seeking the Holy Grail

By C. Warner Sills and weekend staff · Thursday, May 25,2006 12 a.m.

After two years and much anticipation, Dan Brown's controversial novel "The Da Vinci Code" has been brought to life on film. The controversy arose out of the novel's theories regarding one of the most ancient relics of the church, the Holy Grail. Apparently this theory has riled some members of the church, as well as members of the Christian community.

Fun at the 500

By C. Warner Sills and Rob O'Connor · Thursday, May 25,2006 12 a.m.

Each Memorial Day weekend, people come from all over the country to witness the greatest spectacle in racing. What is not to love about the fastest cars in the world traveling at breakneck speeds. And for the lucky residents of Indiana it is all going down right here in the Hoosier State.

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Metal Machine Masterpiece

By C. Warner Sills and Will Hernandez · Thursday, May 25,2006 12 a.m.

The Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat is a rock masterpiece that sounds as if it were recorded in a machine shop, surrounded by speakers that were on the verge of blowing out.

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Minister: Iraqi forces can be ready soon

By Alyson Brodsy and Thomas Wagner · Wednesday, May 24,2006 10:33 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Wednesday that Iraqi forces are capable of taking control of security throughout the country within 18 months, but still need more recruits, training and equipment.

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Speaker asks FBI to yield seizures

By Alyson Brodsy and Laurie Kellman · Wednesday, May 24,2006 10:04 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Dennis Hastert demanded Wednesday that the FBI surrender documents it seized and remove agents involved in the weekend raid of Rep. William Jefferson's office, under what lawmakers of both parties said were unconstitutional circumstances.

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First wave of Guard soldiers head to border

By Alyson Brodsy and Lolita C. Baldor · Wednesday, May 24,2006 10:02 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The first wave of about 800 National Guard soldiers will head to the U.S-Mexico border next week, including planners and leadership personnel who will stay longer than the planned 21-day missions, the National Guard chief told lawmakers Wednesday.

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The NBA draft puzzles again

By Alyson Brodsy and Andy Romey · Wednesday, May 24,2006 9:57 p.m.

Tuesday night, the Toronto Raptors landed the No. 1 pick in the upcoming NBA draft after having only an 8.8 percent chance of doing so. With the shallowest draft pool since I can remember, Toronto's beating of the odds will likely go down as the biggest story of the 2006 NBA Draft.

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New Women's Basketball coach staying busy over summer

By Ari Shifron · Wednesday, May 24,2006 9:49 p.m.

New IU women's basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack is off and running. From hiring a new coaching staff to recruiting, the newly introduced coach's time at IU been packed with the responsibilities that come along with a new coaching job.

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Becoming a bike person

By -Nate Bethea and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 24,2006 9:42 p.m.

Beyond being defined as a college town, a basketball town or a town in which people wear sunglasses the size of airplane windshields, Bloomington could be defined by its bikes. It's not just because of Little 500 -- bicycle commuters are everywhere you go in this town, on every road and in just about every type of weather.

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What I miss

By Alyson Brodsy and Jordan DeLong · Wednesday, May 24,2006 9:40 p.m.

Being at home for part of this summer, the thing I miss most about Bloomington isn't friends, campus or my apartment. Hands down, I miss the food and drinks. Our beloved college town is an oasis of wondrous treats from around the world and the nation. Granger, Ind., where I live, is outside of South Bend.

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Articles of contention

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 24,2006 9:39 p.m.

Who would have thought that academics might be opposed to the dissemination of information? A recently proposed congressional act, the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006, would require certain government agencies to publish online any articles containing research funded by public grants. It has been met with some hostility among the management of scholarly journals whose income depends upon the selling power of these articles.

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BMV fights long waits at branches

By Carrie Ritchie · Wednesday, May 24,2006 9:35 p.m.

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is fighting crime -- and long wait lines. Last Thursday Indiana BMV Commissioner Joel Silverman, along with Gov. Mitch Daniels and State Police Col. Larry Rollins announced a new customer service feature on the BMV Web site, as well as a campaign to fight fraud.

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