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'Dogs' better for older crowd

By C. Warner Sills and Maggie Bozich · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:48 p.m.

I would not like to think my love life would become so grim that I would resort to meeting my soul mate on the internet ... not that there is anything wrong with it.

Everyone we don't 'Know'

By Chris Wisner and compiled by Chris Wisner · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:47 p.m.

Have you ever found yourself going into a movie you know absolutely nothing about?

Stealth: 'A bunch of crap'

By C. Warner Sills and Rob O'Connor · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:43 p.m.

What do you get if you take HAL 9000, put him in a really fast plane, and blow a bunch of crap up in lieu of a plot?

Quit jerking viewers around

By Rick Newkirk · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:41 p.m.

In 1979, a perfect storm of comedic filmmaking commenced to produce "The Jerk."

The 'Upside' of dramedy

By C. Warner Sills and Olivia Morales · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:40 p.m.

When Joan Allen was making "The Contender," she jokingly asked co-star and screenwriter Mike Binder to write a movie for her.

An unconventional kind of Japanese cinema

By Chris Wisner and compiled by Chris Wisner · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:38 p.m.

In the world of Japanese cinema, amongst more traditional directors such as Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu, there was one man who always strayed away from convention: Seijun Suzuki.

'Doomsday' for Arch Enemy

By Chris Wisner and compiled by Chris Wisner · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:36 p.m.

Long ago when I first heard Arch Enemy's Burning Bridges, I realized I had found melodic death metal gold.

King of the clever wordplays

By Sam Nissen · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:34 p.m.

Jason Mraz is king of the wordplay, even if he doesn't like the title.

"Gone With the Wind" starring Ashton Kutcher?

By C. Warner Sills · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:32 p.m.

At a recent party a buddy of mine and I were discussing horror movies, particularly the "Evil Dead" collection, when I was informed that the original "Evil Dead," an instant cult classic, was to be remade.

For those about to rock (again)

By C. Warner Sills and Dan Hopmann · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:29 p.m.

If you trace the evolution of rock music from its early days of Chuck to the present, there have been a few facelifts.

A CITY RUINED

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:27 p.m.

Sixty years ago Saturday tens of thousands of Japanese civilians perished within an instant as America concluded more than four years of military participation in World War II.

Baird seeks clemency; lawyer says he is insane

By Alyson Brodsy and Tom Coyne · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:23 p.m.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A Montgomery County man scheduled to be executed by the state later this month for killing his parents and his pregnant wife will seek clemency on the grounds he is mentally ill, his lawyer said Wednesday.

'Empire to Exile:' history through art

By Alyson Brodsy and Adam Gorlick · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:20 p.m.

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - His horse is wild-eyed and muscular, a gallant force galloping toward a mountain top as soldiers in the background push a cannon alongside a rocky ledge.

Artwork formed by geology, human hands displayed

By Adam Sedia · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:19 p.m.

The word "artwork" normally does not conjure up images of rocks and fossils, but one of Bloomington's galleries does exactly that: it transforms rocks, crystals and fossils into marketable works of art.

Valentin leads Big Ten Foreign Tour in Europe

By Jordan Majewski · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:11 p.m.

Sixteen, 12, 11, 14, and 22. Those are the impressive point totals IU senior shooting guard Cyndi Valentin recorded in the five-game women's basketball Big Ten Foreign Tour, which concluded July 25 in the Netherlands.

Hoosier swimmers make big waves in Montreal

By Brian Baker · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:10 p.m.

Spectators, sports fans, and curious Quebecois converged on Montreal during the week of July 17-24 for the largest and most prestigious international swimming and diving competition of the current non-Olympic year -- the 2005 FINA Swimming and Diving World Championships.

Will work for free

By Alyson Brodsy and Mark Taracuk · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:06 p.m.

I've been driving down the road before, and I've seen someone standing there asking for help, food, a ride, money, etc. I think we have all seen that and felt uncomfortable. We all think that someone else will give that person a ride or someone else will give him or her money. However, at the rate that our society is going, we may be running low on the number of people willing to help.

War still won't work

By Alyson Brodsy and Daniel Hiester · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:05 p.m.

Last week, U.S. News & World Report published an exclusive article with details of the Pentagon's new plan for the War On Terrorism. As I read it, I couldn't help but get flashbacks to David Rees' Internet comic strip, "Get Your War On."

'Juice' me up

By Alyson Brodsy and Maggie Bozich · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:04 p.m.

As a little girl growing up in a household of a sports columnist father and a sports fanatic brother, there was no way to avoid talking sports 24/7. At the breakfast table, dinner table or different sporting events on TV, sports were everywhere in my life.

Bush right to appoint Bolton

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2005 9:03 p.m.

Despite the months of Democratic filibuster in the Senate, President Bush appointed John Bolton as the U.S. ambassador to the UN. Though all of his appointments need the "advice and consent of the Senate," Bush used the Senate's August recess as reason to appoint Bolton as an emergency appointment, though the term will be in effect until 2007.

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