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TV: The Simple Life of Evan Bayh
By
Sarah Hann
· Monday, March 29,2010 7:07 p.m.
As his days as a U.S. senator wind down, Evan Bayh, D-Ind., is in the market for a new career. We follow Bayh as he tries out a new job every week, from cutting hair to serving coffee, to see if it’s going to be his next claim to fame.
TV: Bill & George’s Excellent Adventures
By
Eric Cox
· Monday, March 29,2010 7:05 p.m.
From the White House to the poor house, join former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush as they travel to strange and exotic lands on behalf of the United States, all while trying to keep from strangling one another.
TV: Cougar Town D.C. — Pelosi after Hours
By
Stephen Hammoor
· Monday, March 29,2010 7:04 p.m.
Follow House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as she explores the underbelly of Washington, D.C.’s seemingly unsexed cougars while they search for raw meat.
TV: Old Yellers
By
Josh Kraus
· Monday, March 29,2010 6:58 p.m.
Inspired by MTV’s smash hit “Boiling Points,” “Old Yellers” is a hidden-camera game show that tests how long random bystanders can endure the company of Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, and Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., before completely giving up on the Republican Party.
TV: The (soon-to-be) Bachelor
By
Nick Wallace
· Monday, March 29,2010 6:57 p.m.
“The (soon-to-be) Bachelor” has followed Gov. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., during the past year as he has struggled to juggle his official duties with his life as a married dater.
A gap in education
By
John Brown
· Monday, March 29,2010 6:27 p.m.
How can education exploit the power of serials to engage students?
The wrong reason
By
Sarah Hann
· Monday, March 29,2010 6:20 p.m.
But while Google is right in finally taking a stand, it’s not for the people, and it’s not going to help the people.
Don’t Pass this Over
By
Sarah Wilensky
· Monday, March 29,2010 6:16 p.m.
Passover, which began last night at sundown, is the most widely celebrated Jewish holiday amongst both religious Jews and otherwise unaffiliated Jews.
New standards, same discriminatory policy
Monday, March 29,2010 6:13 p.m.
WE SAY New measures to decrease discrimination against gay Americans serving their country are a first step toward an overdue congressional repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.”
Wind farm on the Thames to help electrify Britain
By
Caitlin Ryan
· Monday, March 29,2010 5:11 p.m.
As part of the goal to get 15.4 percent of Britain’s electricity from renewable sources by 2015, the government has approved construction of the London Array, a wind farm to be positioned 20 kilometers off the coast of southeast England in the Thames Estuary. The region (Kent and Essex counties) has the highest demand for electricity in the U.K., with an estimated 750,000 homes consuming power every year. If successful, the wind farm will be one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, with about 300 turbines generating enough energy to power the entire area.
‘Gray area’ gets felony pot cases tossed out in court
Monday, March 29,2010 5:08 p.m.
Police thought they had an open-and-shut case when they seized more than two pounds of marijuana from a couple’s home, even though doctors authorized the pair to use pot for medical purposes. San Francisco police thought the same with a father-and-son team they suspected of abusing the state’s medical marijuana law by allegedly operating an illegal trafficking operation.
Paper or TV?
By
Carrie Schedler
· Monday, March 29,2010 5:06 p.m.
On my way to class, though I’m only above ground for about 10 minutes, I pass at least five newsstands.These sprawling kiosks stock and advertise every type of publication imaginable, from a standard daily paper to magazines about African politics to uncensored porn.Each newsstand always seems to have several people waiting in line to buy their daily print fix. Even as the economy continues to steady itself, they’re still regularly buying their papers and magazines.
Cleveland Orchestra concert rescheduled for 2011
By
IDS staff
· Monday, March 29,2010 4:46 p.m.
The Cleveland Orchestra will honor a promise to reschedule their performance when they take the stage 8 p.m. Jan. 25, 2011.
In Texas, fear follows Mexicans who flee drug war
Monday, March 29,2010 3:57 p.m.
FORT HANCOCK, Texas — When black SUVs trail school buses around here, no one dismisses it as routine traffic. And when three tough-looking Mexican men pace around the high school gym during a basketball game, no one assumes they’re just fans.Fear has settled over this border town of 1,700, about 50 miles southeast of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, epicenter of that country’s bloody drug war. Mexican families fleeing the violence have moved here or just sent their children, and authorities and residents say gangsters have followed them across the Rio Grande to apply terrifying, though so far subtle, intimidation.The message: We know where you are.
38 dead after suicide bombings in Moscow subway
By
David Nowack
· Monday, March 29,2010 3:32 p.m.
MOSCOW — Female suicide bombers blew themselves up Monday in twin attacks on Moscow subway stations packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 38 people and wounding more than 60, officials said. The carnage blamed on rebels from the Caucasus region follows the killings of several high-profile Islamic militant leaders there.
McRobbie announces new vice president for research
Monday, March 29,2010 2:42 p.m.
Jorge José was named the University’s Vice President for Research by IU President Michael McRobbie. The selection will go to the IU board of trustees for approval.
Schedule of 2010 Little 500 events
Monday, March 29,2010 1:49 p.m.
Schedule of 2010 Little 500 events
Freshman scores in top 20 of prestigious competition
Sunday, March 28,2010 11:33 p.m.
Freshman Miles Edwards scored in the top 20 of more than 4,000 students for the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical competition.
Cutters, Kappa Kappa Gamma take Little 500 poles
By
Nathan Hart
· Sunday, March 28,2010 11:32 p.m.
The Cutters had a far-from-perfect qualifying day Saturday. But far from perfect was more than enough for the team that has won the last three Little 500s.
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