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Carlino discusses IU's newest 2011 recruit

By Sean Morrison · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 8:03 p.m.

Matt Carlino, the first 2011 commitment for IU’s basketball program, will be playing with a familiar face when he hits the Assembly Hall hardwood.

Swimmers of all ages compete in championships

By Sean Morrison · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 8 p.m.

To members of the IU Masters Swimming Club, age is nothing but a number.

Police: Drunk man had daughter, 9, drive van

By AP Reports · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 7:57 p.m.

Police say an intoxicated Lafayette man put his 9-year-old daughter behind the wheel of a minivan while he rode in the passenger seat.

PCB cleanup continues at Bloomington ABB site

By AP Reports · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 7:53 p.m.

The cleanup of toxic PCBs at a former electrical components factory in Bloomington is in its second month.

Man killed in shooting outside So. Ind. plant

By AP Reports · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 7:52 p.m.

Authorities were investigating a shooting at a home in southern Indiana on Wednesday morning when the gunman crashed a vehicle through a Pillsbury plant’s security gate nearby and then fatally shot a man, officials said.

Long strike ends at musical instrument plant

By AP Reports · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 7:51 p.m.

About 130 union members were pulled off the picket line Monday in Elkhart at Conn-Selmer’s Vincent Bach plant, which specialized in manufacturing student-level trumpets and trombones. Members will no longer receive $200 weekly assistance checks or insurance paid by the union.

Indiana workers lack education, need money

By Ken Kusmer · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 7:50 p.m.

A new report says nearly a million Indiana workers lack the education needed to become gainfully employed or to move into better paying jobs but have little financial aid available to obtain the skills they need.

Obama promises health overhaul with or without help from GOP

By Ben Feller · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 7:48 p.m.

President Obama said Wednesday he’s determined to get an overhaul of the health-care system before the end of the year and, if necessary, without bipartisan support.

Beyond the Museum Mile

By Ben Smith · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 7:46 p.m.

When you’re visiting a new place, you’ll have a more intimate experience with your surroundings if you take to the streets like a local rather than a tourist. And there is perhaps no better proof of this fact than in New York City.

Beach reads: the selection process

By Lindsey Alexander · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 7:44 p.m.

Selecting the perfect beach read is especially relevant for me because I will have to drown out the sounds of my family members, whom I love dearly, after spending 120 hours with them with no outside contact.

N.E.R.D. to perform Aug. 29

Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 7:43 p.m.

Pharrell Williams, along with band mates Chad Hugo and Shay Haley, will perform as N.E.R.D. 8 p.m. Saturday, August 29 at the IU Auditorium.

US journalists return home after North Korean pardon

Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 6:46 p.m.

BURBANK, Calif. – Two American journalists freed by North Korea returned home to the United States on Wednesday for a jubilant, emotional reunion with family members and friends they hadn’t seen in nearly five months.

Recent IU graduate, former Theta in coma a week after crash

By Brad Zehr · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 6:46 p.m.

A recent IU graduate is in a coma after losing control of her vehicle midmorning July 30.

Florida Bay’s ecology on the brink of collapse

Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 6:45 p.m.

ISLAMORADA, Fla. – Florida Bay is a sprawling estuary at the state’s southern tip, covering about three times the area of New York City.

GLBT office screens Boy Scout film, opens debate on discrimination

By Kevin Doran · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 6:44 p.m.

On Tuesday, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Student Support Services Office was screened the award-winning documentary “Scout’s Honor,” a film telling the story of one Scout, 13-year-old Steven Cozza and his fight for equal treatment for all who wish to participate in the Boy Scouts of America.

Novartis starts yearlong swine flu vaccine testing

Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 6:44 p.m.

LONDON – Swiss drugmaker Novartis has begun injecting its swine flu vaccine into people in the company’s first human tests, a spokesman said Wednesday.

IU Simon Cancer Center to sponsor breast tissue collection bank, urges Hispanic women to participate

By Mickey Woods · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 6:43 p.m.

A breast tissue and blood donation bank, taking place Aug. 8, will target Hispanic women in response to a study that cites Hispanic women to be 2.7 times more likely to have “an advanced cancer, which lessens the effectiveness of treatments,” according to a press release detailing the collection.

Where is the candid discussion on race relations?

Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 6:18 p.m.

While the beer thing was cute, the event turned out to be little more than an anticlimactic photo-op.

Closure is disclosure

Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 6:17 p.m.

WE SAY United States should take necessary actions against UBS to get names of tax evaders.What is more important – the financial freedoms of Switzerland or the integrity of the United States tax system?

One-man diplomacy

By Christian Hines · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 6:15 p.m.

The more President Obama and Secretary Clinton can shift responsibility for the journalists’ release from the U.S. government to Bill Clinton himself, the less it appears that the United States has made any substantive concession to the North Korean government

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