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Space shuttle launch called off Wednesday

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Schneider · Wednesday, July 13,2005 11:29 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A faulty fuel gauge on Discovery's external tank forced NASA to call off Wednesday's launch of the first shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster 2 1/2 years ago. The space agency did not immediately set a new launch date. The decision came with less than 2 1/2 hours to go before launch, as the seven astronauts were almost done boarding the spacecraft. Up until then, rain and thunder over the launch site appeared to be the only obstacle to an on-time liftoff.

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3 passenger trains collide in Pakistan

By Shakeel Adil · Wednesday, July 13,2005 11:29 p.m.

GHOTKI, Pakistan -- Three trains collided in a deadly chain reaction in southern Pakistan after a train driver misread a signal early Wednesday, killing at least 127 people and injuring hundreds in the country's worst crash in more than a decade, police and railway officials said. The nighttime accident jolted passengers awake to a horrifying smashup that left metal, glass and body parts strewn across a remote railway station near Ghotki. Rescuers frantically cut through twisted metal to reach survivors, as ambulances and buses ferried the injured to nearby hospitals.

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Chief Justice Rehnquist hospitalized

By Alyson Brodsy and Gina Holland · Wednesday, July 13,2005 11:28 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, ailing with cancer, is in the hospital with a fever, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Rehnquist was taken by ambulance to an Arlington, Va., hospital Tuesday night and was admitted for observation and tests, Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.

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Bush: No comment on Rove during investigation

By Alyson Brodsy and Pete Yost · Wednesday, July 13,2005 11:27 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Wednesday that he will withhold judgment about top aide Karl Rove's involvement in leaking the identity of a CIA agent until a federal criminal investigation into the matter is complete. "This is a serious investigation," Bush said at the end of a meeting with his Cabinet, with Rove sitting just behind him. "I will be more than happy to comment on this matter once this investigation is complete.

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NHL back on ice for '05 season

By Nick O'Neill · Wednesday, July 13,2005 11:26 p.m.

After the first season since 1919 to go by without a Stanley Cup Champion, the NHL finally has agreed to get back on the ice for the upcoming year. The head of the players and owners association met for 10 days in New York, determined to make sure the puck drops for the 2005-2006 season, and agreed to a new six-year labor agreement.

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Quick hitter

By Alyson Brodsy and Sam Story · Wednesday, July 13,2005 11:25 p.m.

It's that time of year again and the Tour de France has begun. The riders, with Lance Armstrong leading the pack, are now in the Alps. Armstrong, known well for punishing other riders into submission through the mountains, has continued to do much of the same this year. Trailing two days ago, he has started to build a soft, early cushion in the peaks and currently leads by 38 seconds. Could he really do it again?

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Valentin joins Big Ten Tour

By Jordan Majewski · Wednesday, July 13,2005 11:24 p.m.

Senior IU guard Cyndi Valentin was selected to be a member of the Big Ten Foreign Tour Team, the conference office announced Thursday. Valentin will be one of 12 Big Ten players on the team, which is headed by Penn State coach Rene Portland. The tour begins July 17 in the Netherlands, and culminates on July 27 in Belgium. Valentin said she wasn't overly surprised that she made the team, since she knew that IU coach Sharon Versyp had nominated her.

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The power of privacy

By Alyson Brodsy and Mark Taracuk · Wednesday, July 13,2005 11:17 p.m.

New York Times reporter Judith Miller didn't commit a crime. She didn't kill anyone, steal from any store, she didn't sell drugs to children and she didn't abuse children. Yet, Judith Miller is in jail. She's in jail for not revealing her source to a federal grand jury.

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Live 8 concert isn't a solution

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 13,2005 11:11 p.m.

Beware of aging rock stars baring gifts, or leaders of the free world for that matter. The Live 8 concert is part of a cycle of efforts that have ranged from futile to counterproductive. The concert's claim of "raising awareness" is misleading and irresponsible. If it was just about awareness, people would have left educated.

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Meth Madness

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, July 13,2005 11:04 p.m.

Step aside alcohol, tobacco and marijuana -- methamphetamine abuse has emerged as the nation's leading drug problem. Although the White House reiterated its stance last month that marijuana remains the nation's most substantial narcotic threat, the National Association of Counties declared July 5 that the manufacturing, trafficking and abuse of "meth" is the most serious drug problem within communities of at least 45 states after they conducted a survey of 500 sheriff's departments.

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Group aids Cuba effort

By Teri Wang · Wednesday, July 13,2005 11:01 p.m.

Dyrinda Arthur was not a Beatles fan, but now a single chord can bring her to tears. In 2004, Arthur, a student at Stirling University in Scotland, visited Cuba for the first time on a housing and art study trip. At first, Arthur thought her new Cuban friends were playing the Beatles to ease her homesickness; she did not realize how feted the Fab Four were across the island nation, nor that their music had been banned until the 1980s. After returning to Scotland, she went through a self-proclaimed "period of mourning."

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Hurricane Dennis brings extra water to town

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, July 13,2005 10:58 p.m.

Although some Americans feared their fate at the hands of Hurricane Dennis, tropical storm rains have brought praises of thanks from some members of the IU community. While some national neighbors barricaded their houses or vacated their Gulf of Mexico neighborhoods from the fourth named hurricane of the summer season, some Hoosiers have danced through the tropical mist.

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Dominican priests begin at St. Paul

By Carrie Ritchie · Wednesday, July 13,2005 10:57 p.m.

Three very different paths converged at St. Paul Catholic Center July 1 when Father Bob Keller, Father Stan Drongowski and Father Rich Litzau took over for Father Dan Atkins. The three men are Dominican priests, meaning they belong to the Catholic order called the Order of Friars Preachers. Atkins was a Diocesan, or secular priest, and did not belong to a religious order. The Dominicans, therefore, have exposed the parish to a new type of leader.

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Words, dulcimers come to Bloomington

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 13,2005 10:56 p.m.

Words might seem like quite everyday things, but they have extraordinary potential. This weekend, Bloomington audiences are about to see fantastic things done with those simple, little words.

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African Film Series showcases diversity

By Jordan Majewski · Wednesday, July 13,2005 10:56 p.m.

For many people, when they think about cinema, they tend to neglect films that are not multi-million-dollar Hollywood blockbusters. Included in this negligence are many films from outside the U.S., including the African film community. In collaboration with the Summer Cooperative African Language Institute at IU, the Buskirk-Chumley is helping to shed some light on the thriving and vivacious but little-known African film community.

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In the name of Rock

By C. Warner Sills and Selena Dehne and Kehla West · Wednesday, July 13,2005 10:11 p.m.

Imagine picking up the newest album from the punk sensation "Sweet Children." Doesn't have much of a ring, does it? But if the same album is from "Green Day," it just has a little more punch. A good band name can be instrumental and some try many times to clear that hurdle before landing on the perfect name.

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Can I quote you on that?

By WestSide · Wednesday, July 13,2005 9:51 p.m.

The American Film Institute has put to paper what it considers to be the 100 greatest movie quotes of all times.

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Drink this 'Water'

By C. Warner Sills · Wednesday, July 13,2005 9:38 p.m.

"Dark Water," the most recent edition to the current wave of Japanese horror film remakes, is a standard ghost story that is not only superior to its original, but also both "The Ring" series and "The Grudge."

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