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Red Square bomber kills 5

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MOSCOW -- A suicide bomber who may have intended to attack Russia's parliament blew herself up outside a nearby upscale hotel across from Red Square on Tuesday, killing five people and sparking fears of a new wave of terror attacks in the Russian capital. The bombing, which also wounded at least 12 people, came on the heels of Sunday's nationwide elections for parliament's lower house and only days after a woman blew herself up on a train in southern Russia, killing 44 people.


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Gore endorses Dean for Democratic nomination

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NEW YORK -- Former Vice President Al Gore endorsed Howard Dean for the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, adding momentum and political prestige to Dean's front-running campaign. Gore said Dean "really is the only candidate who has been able to inspire at the grass-roots level all over the country." He said the former Vermont governor also was the only Democratic candidate who made the correct judgment about the Iraq war.


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Memo could be key in Jacko defense

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LOS ANGELES -- Child welfare investigators earlier this year found there was no basis for allegations that Michael Jackson had abused the boy now accusing him of molestation, according to a confidential memo.


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Around The Campus

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The University Club will hold its annual holiday luncheon from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., today in the University Club rooms. The event is planned by the Women's Faculty and Staff Club and will feature door prizes, music and a special menu.


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SEVIS program to end in December

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Federal immigration officials have recently suspended a program that required immigrants to register annually while in the United States if they are from countries that have been linked to terrorism.


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Student brings Nintendo games online

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Nintendo GameCube-owning students who receive "Mario Kart: Double Dash!!" for the holidays will be able to play it online thanks to IU junior Chad Paulson. Paulson is the owner and founder of Warp Pipe, a project that allows LAN-enabled GameCube games to be played online.


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Professors show talent in gallery

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The SoFA gallery, located within the School of Fine Arts, currently has on display experimental works of four visiting professors, each specializing in different studio areas.


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'Chimes' concert features Singing Hoosiers

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With Christmas coming up, many stores are using Christmas carols to complete the ambiance of holiday cheer. The IU Auditorium is also getting into the sprit with "Chimes of Christmas," a concert performed by IU's Singing Hoosiers, along with the Symphonic Band and the Trombone Choir at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the IU Auditorium.



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Spring course takes students into California wilderness

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The daunting gray walls and brownish desks of typical classrooms can get old fast. But next semester, some students will be in classes surrounded by emerald green trees and crystal-like snow-topped mountain crests. They will hike through craters formed by volcanic eruption, ski down California's Mammoth Mountain and observe 5,000-year-old bristlecone pines with the U.S Forest Service.


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Business briefs

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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve, finally starting to see the hoped-for rebound in the economy, is expected to leave interest rates unchanged at its last meeting of the year, allowing consumers and businesses to enjoy the lowest rates in decades into the new year.


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Stocks push higher on investor optimism

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NEW YORK -- Wall Street sprinted higher Monday as investors kept their faith in a strengthening economy despite Friday's disappointing employment report. The Dow Jones industrials climbed 102 points to fall just shy of 10,000.


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McDonald's posts strong U.S. sales

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CHICAGO -- McDonald's Corp. extended the recovery in its once-slumping restaurants to an eighth straight month Monday, reporting a double-digit gain in U.S. same-store sales and a modest improvement in Europe, its second-biggest market.


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Indiana steel in better position now

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HAMMOND, Ind. -- Major steel producers in northwest Indiana are better positioned to compete with foreign companies than when President Bush placed tariffs on steel imports 21 months ago, experts and labor leaders say.


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More than just students

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Sophomore Eboni Gatlin rises at 8 a.m. every day, just as the sun is peeking into the window of her Arlington Park apartment. She gets ready for class and packs her bookbag. Then Gatlin wakes up her roommate -- her 2-year-old daughter. While the teenage pregnancy rate in the United States is declining, around 40 percent of teenage girls will become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of 20, and only 1.5 percent will have a college degree by the age of 30, according to www.plannedparenthood.org.


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Balancing health and hunger

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Junior Doug Cruise has had a hard time eating healthy lately. Cruise's most frequent indulgence is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich; whether that is preferred over one of his staples -- Ramen noodles -- is up for discussion. "What makes it difficult to eat well is the money, and how expensive good food can be," he said.



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Wright Quad executives criticized

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Some Wright Quad governors have raised concerns about funding and parliamentary policies the Wright student government board of executives has employed this semester.


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Party tensions mount

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Paul Purdom, an IU professor and Democratic volunteer, returned home a few weeks ago to find the light on his answering machine blinking. He pressed the button and listened to what he called "a disturbing message."