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Miners emerge safely

By Alyson Brodsy and Larry Neumeister · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:28 p.m.

SOMERSET, Pa. -- One of the miners pulled from a cramped, flooded shaft where he and eight others were trapped for three days said Sunday he thought he was going to die. "I didn't think I was going to see my wife and kids again," a teary-eyed Harry B. Mayhugh told reporters, several hours after being pulled out of the Quecreek Mine in western Pennsylvania.

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You \'schmooze\' you lose

By Elise LeBlanc · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:23 p.m.

It's 7:30 p.m. on a Tuesday, and the students in Professor Irving Katz's two-hour American History class are actually laughing and participating, even if the latter is against their will.

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The final frontier

By Joe Aamidor · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:18 p.m.

The scenery along Tapp Road is about to undergo a drastic change. A new elementary school, an inn, a conference center and approximately 8,000 residential units are a part of the Bloomington Planning Departments proposal for the city's southwest side.

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Boy scouts 'scouting' the campus

By Ryota Kashiwa · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:13 p.m.

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is holding a national conference at the Indiana Memorial Union through Thursday while some organizations are upset over the Scout's opposition to homosexuality.

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Ukrainian jet crash takes at least 83 lives

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 28,2002 10:38 p.m.

LVIV, Ukraine -- Hundreds of tearful relatives waited anxiously outside an overcrowded morgue Sunday while forensic officials tried to identify the mangled remains of victims of a Ukrainian military jet crash that killed at least 83 people at an air show.

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Senator attacks Bush's request on bill

By Alyson Brodsy and Scott Lindlaw · Sunday, July 28,2002 10:32 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush's insistence on winning broad personnel powers over the proposed Homeland Security Department is an insult to unionized government employees, the chief Senate sponsor of legislation that would establish the agency said Sunday.

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Powell travels to Pakistan, India

By Alyson Brodsy and Kathy Gannon · Sunday, July 28,2002 10:31 p.m.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Secretary of State Colin Powell refused Sunday to back the claim by Pakistan's president that his government had stopped militant Muslims from crossing the disputed Kashmiri border into India, but said tensions between the rivals have eased.

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IUSF is SO MONEY

By Takashi Nakamichi · Sunday, July 28,2002 10:25 p.m.

Zealous to beat their archrival, IU seniors recently outdonated their Purdue counterparts in a contest run by the two universities' school funds.

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'New' team relies on experienced players

By Lisa Kates and Lisa Marie Kates · Sunday, July 28,2002 10:18 p.m.

The IU women's field hockey team is entering the upcoming season with a very positive outlook. The team is in it's third year of existence, and it is hoping to be competitive in the Big Ten Conference this year with the help of returning players and five incoming freshman.

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Team looks for 'sweet revenge'

By Michael Schroeder · Sunday, July 28,2002 10:07 p.m.

First game: Aug. 30. First official team practice: Aug. 9. From the look of things, the season is still a little way off for the women's volleyball team. But, numbers can be deceiving.

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AIDS explained to kids in new book

By Alyson Brodsy and Dina Kraft · Sunday, July 28,2002 9:22 p.m.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- A green pock-faced monster with red eyes and fangs is depicted as the HIV virus in a new children's book that seeks to explain the science of AIDS to South African children.

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Strauss opera fun for the whole family

By Adrienne Ball · Sunday, July 28,2002 9:20 p.m.

"With all this carrying on you would think we were at the opera," proclaims the Eisenstiens' chamber maid Adele, played by Shelia Murphy, when she hears a man singing outside of her mistress' window. "At the opera they go on and on usually until somebody dies. That can be arranged you know."

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Mind your own lockbox

By Cherry Blattert · Sunday, July 28,2002 8:54 p.m.

Some things just naturally go hand in hand. The economy and retirement plans are an example of two matters that cannot be separated. Their connection makes the recent trend of corporate abuse especially worrisome. The state of the economy will ultimately determine the choices Americans make about their retirement choices. Most likely, when many baby boomers see their 401K decline, they'll turn to the government for social security handouts, steadfastly relying on the government for economic provision. We're now all aware, though, that social security reserves are dry and that the next generation of retirees will completely empty the coffers, leaving coming generations to foot the bill.

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So much information, so little time

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 28,2002 8:51 p.m.

Opponents of the planned extension of Interstate 69 from Indianapolis to Evansville said they are angry that they will only have a few weeks to review an environmental report on the proposed routes that was 30 months in the making.

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Tracking system helpful

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 28,2002 8:36 p.m.

All of the IU international students are going to be tracked before Jan. 30 due to new regulations set forth by the Immigration and Naturalization Services. This act has some groups worried of government wire taps and surveillance simply because an individual is from a foreign country. Images of Rocky Balboa being trailed by Russian liaisons in Rocky IV have people worried that the U.S. government will try to do the same due to Sept. 11 backlash. But there is one key point to the new system: It was passed in 1996.

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