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Louisville powers past IU, 9-7

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For the second-straight game, the IU baseball team had a ranked foe on the ropes, only to watch a late surge slap a tally in the loss column.




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BPD trained in special tactics

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Armed with m4 Carbine assault rifles, the 21 member Critical Incident Response Team protects Bloomington with special weapons and tactics.

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Professor appointed to National Academy of Sciences

John S. Applegate has been appointed to the National Academy of Sciences Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board by Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, chairman of the National Research Council.


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Biopics: a new film genre?

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During spring break in 1996, Dennis Bingham, associate professor of English and director of film studies at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis, researched the biographical film “I Want to Live.” The movie told the story of a woman who was executed in California in 1955 and took the point of view that she was innocent, Bingham said. “That was the beginning of my research on biopics,” he said. “They’ve always interested me, and I was also fascinated by the idea that the genre is so looked down upon.”


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City hopes to become Google Fiber Community

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Rick Dietz thinks the City of Bloomington’s economic development can improve one gigabit at a time. Dietz, the director of IU’s Information and Technology Services, is one of the people behind the city’s project to apply to be one of the cities Google chooses to test ultra high-speed broadband networks as part of its Fiber for Communities project.


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Kelley’s rankings improve

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IU’s Kelley School of Business moved up one place to 19th in Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine’s most recent rankings of undergraduate business programs around the nation.



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Letter

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IDS readers respond to a recent article.


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Vote Kirkwood

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In this campaign, the issue of candidate experience has surfaced continuously, mainly because of the “experience” claimed by our opponents.



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Return of the center-right

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2010 will probably see the rise of a new bloc of Republican swing votes and serve as a reminder that Republicans have been so radical because they have so few seats.


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North Face conspiracy

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As an ex-North Facer, I must warn others: The North Face is just as overdone as Ugg boots or Crocs.


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Meat-free eatin'

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Choosing to become vegetarian isn’t a decision that should be made lightly.


IGA workplace gun bill

Respect employers’ rights

WE SAY The Indiana workplace gun bill would infringe upon employers’ property rights.


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Right-to-die group indicted in Georgia

A grand jury indicted four members of an assisted suicide group Tuesday on charges that they helped cancer patient John Celmer, kill himself.The Final Exit Network’s former president Thomas E. Goodwin, ex-medical director Dr. Lawrence D. Egbert, regional coordinator Nicholas Alec Sheridan and member Claire Blehr are charged with offering assistance in the commission of suicide, tampering with evidence and violating state anti-racketeering charges.


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Accused killer uses census for delay

Accused of killing two people, Floyd Wayne Williams Jr. wants the charges dropped — or at least his trial delayed — until the 2010 Census is done so a jury more accurately reflecting the county’s racial makeup can be chosen. Williams, who is black, is to be tried in Atlanta’s Clayton County, which has seen a surge in black residents since the 2000 Census.


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Same-sex couples wed in capital

One bride wore a knee-length lace dress and pearls. The other bride wore a yellow shirt and white suit. And when a pastor pronounced them “partners in life this day and for always” Tuesday they hugged and smiled as wedding guests and nearly a dozen TV cameras and reporters looked on. Tuesday was the first day same-sex couples could marry in Washington, D.C. Brides Angelisa Young and Sinjoyla Townsend were the first of three couples taking the plunge in morning ceremonies at the offices of the Human Rights Campaign, which does advocacy work on gay, lesbian and transgender issues.


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College of Arts and Sciences dean resigns

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Bennett Bertenthal, dean of the IU College of Arts and Sciences, announced today in an e-mail to faculty and staff that he will resign from his deanship. His final day as dean is Friday.