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Laundry betrays No. 1 Mafia boss in Sicily

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 12,2006 12:09 p.m.

PALERMO, Sicily -- Italy's No. 1 fugitive and reputed Mafia "boss of bosses" practically thumbed his nose at authorities for more than 40 years. He counted on Sicilians' centuries-old mistrust of the state to help him on the run, sleeping in islanders' homes, having his children born at local hospitals, even sending the public health care system a bill for prostate treatment abroad under a false name. But police finally caught up with Bernardo "The Tractor" Provenzano on Tuesday in a farmhouse outside his power base, Corleone -- the town that inspired the family name in "The Godfather."

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WIUX to host discussion on tuition increases, professors' political biases

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 12,2006 12:08 p.m.

Show host Carl Gutierrez is set to interview board of trustee Casey Cox about tuition increases beginning 9 p.m. today, according to a press release. Professor James Madison, Dean of Student Dick McKaig and representatives from the IU College Democrats and Republicans will discuss professors' political biases. Finally, Little 500 participants will discuss the coming race.

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Trial date set for accused man

By Michael Zennie · Wednesday, April 12,2006 2:22 a.m.

MARTINSVILLE -- A Morgan County judge Tuesday entered a preliminary plea of "not guilty" for the man accused of murdering IU sophomore Jill Behrman six years ago. Judge Christopher L. Burnham set a Sept. 18 date for the jury trial of John R. Myers II, 30, in Morgan County Superior Court. Myers sat quietly with an attorney hired by his family, Patrick Baker of Indianapolis, as prosecutor Steven Sonnega read the indictment. Myers faces a sentence of 40 years to life in prison without parole or the death penalty if convicted.

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No. 1 Big Ten party?

By Zachary Osterman · Wednesday, April 12,2006 2:20 a.m.

Badgers and Hoosiers know how to have a good time. The latest Princeton Review rankings place IU and Wisconsin at sixth and first respectively on the list of top party schools.

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Indiana's sex education near bottom

By Zack Teibloom · Wednesday, April 12,2006 1:48 a.m.

Less than 7 percent of Indiana high school sex education teachers educate students about proper condom usage, according to a recent IU survey. Researchers, who interviewed 400 Indiana high school and middle school teachers in a study to test the extent of sex education, said the results showed that many teachers are leaving out key aspects in their curricula. Fewer than half of sex education teachers reported discussing HIV/AIDS thoroughly, and only 35 percent discussed pregnancy.

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Police resuscitate IU employee

By Audrie Garrison · Wednesday, April 12,2006 1:46 a.m.

IU police officers saved an IU employee whose pulse and breathing had stopped Monday, said IU Police Department Lt. Jerry Minger in a press release.

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Capel picked to fill Sampson's vacancy

By Alyson Brodsy and Jeff Latzke · Wednesday, April 12,2006 1:38 a.m.

NORMAN, Okla. -- Jeff Capel was hired as Oklahoma's basketball coach Tuesday, resigning at Virginia Commonwealth University to replace Kelvin Sampson and take over a program under NCAA investigation.

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Reds top Cubs with flurry of home runs

By Alyson Brodsy and Rick Gano · Wednesday, April 12,2006 1:35 a.m.

CHICAGO -- Here's what Bronson Arroyo has shown the Cincinnati Reds since joining them less than a month ago: He can beat the Chicago Cubs and he can hit home runs off Glendon Rusch. Arroyo, with no homers in his first six major league seasons, hit his second off Rusch in six days Tuesday, one of six long balls by the Reds as they routed the Cubs 9-2 on a windy day at Wrigley Field.

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IU swimmers take 2nd in national competition

By Mike Abrams · Wednesday, April 12,2006 1:33 a.m.

The Hoosiers brought 16 swimmers to the University of Georgia on March 31 to swim in the 2006 East Coast Collegiate Club Championship and came home in second place for the team competition, only losing to the host team.

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IU places 4th at Nationals in San Jose, Calif.

By Josh Sacks · Wednesday, April 12,2006 1:33 a.m.

Although the Frank Southern Ice Arena -- where the IU figure skating team practices -- closed a month before its season ended, it did not prevent the team from practicing. Whether it was carpooling to Indianapolis or finding another sheet of ice, team members searched for places to go to refine their skating skills.

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Hoosiers end 11-game road trip at Xavier University

By Jake Brown and Jacob Brown · Wednesday, April 12,2006 1:28 a.m.

Since conference play started, the mid-week non-conference games have been a struggle for the IU baseball team. Two weeks into the Big Ten schedule, the Hoosiers have lost both weekday games and have gone on to drop three of four games to conference opponents that weekend.

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Blame the dream job

By Alyson Brodsy and Ryan Corazza · Wednesday, April 12,2006 1:28 a.m.

This one hurt. Just when the IU faithful thought the women's basketball program had received a wave-up from the bouncer guarding the door at the club of emerging basketball programs, we were promptly given the boot once we reached the front of the line.

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Relaxed IU hosts Kentucky

By Chris Sauer · Wednesday, April 12,2006 1:27 a.m.

Stuck on a five-game losing streak, the IU softball team decided to play a new game in practice yesterday -- kickball. The game of kicks was not just for kicks, though. The team's members said they hope yesterday's loose practice atmosphere will go a long way to break the current slide the Hoosiers are on.

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The joy of sharing

By Alyson Brodsy and Drew Smith · Wednesday, April 12,2006 1:24 a.m.

The great thing about being on a campus this big is that it seems that there is always something to do, whatever type of person you are. If you like sports, go and play intramural soccer, basketball, dodgeball or a wide array of other activities. If you love helping out the community in anyway possible, as this columnist does, last weekend proved that there were many different contributions one could make on a small level of society.

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Not just a pretty face

By Alyson Brodsy and Amanda Dorman · Wednesday, April 12,2006 1:23 a.m.

In the olden days when families tuned in to the nightly news while eating their TV dinners, the anchor was most likely a somber, gray-haired white male. His persona evoked feelings of confidence and calmness. So as Katie Couric prepares her move from the "Today Show" to anchor CBS Evening News, Americans can't help but ask: during a time of national emergency, wouldn't we be better off with a mature, established male anchor -- one who provides calm and control amid the chaos of daily events?

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Deserving greeks

By Alyson Brodsy and Christina Galoozis · Wednesday, April 12,2006 1:22 a.m.

I have been at the Indiana Daily Student for a while now. Four years to be exact. Every year, we get the same complaints -- our coverage of minorities sucks, a new reporter misquoted an important source, the Opinion page is too far to the left and we pay too much attention to one party over the other during the Student Association elections.

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