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Fehr Retires Baseball

IU graduate Fehr to retire as head of players union

Donald Fehr’s time in charge of the MLB Players Association will be remembered for a strike that canceled the World Series, explosive growth in salaries and eventually 14 years of labor peace.



Pipe Organ

Jacobs School of Music installs world-class organ

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The 10-month process of installation and tuning the new Maidee H. and Jackson A. Seward Organ began this week. 20 tons of equipment arrived from Gloucester, Mass., including 3,963 pipes, for construction to begin on the $2 million music machine.



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Fundraising ranked 3rd in country

For the fourth time since 1999, IU has received national recognition for excellence in fundraising from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.




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Investigators seek cause of D.C. train crash

WASHINGTON – Federal investigators planned to test the automated controls for Metro trains for the first time Wednesday, looking to see why the computerized system designed to prevent such disasters failed.


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SC governor admits affair after mystery trip to Argentina

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday he’s been having an affair with a woman he visited on a secret trip to Argentina and said he’ll resign as head of the Republican Governors Association.


Edwin Marshall induction

Optometry Hall of Fame to induct IU professor

Edwin C. Marshall, vice president for diversity, equity and multicultural affairs and professor of optometry at IU, will be inducted Friday into the National Optometry Hall of Fame in recognition of his contributions to his profession.




Simpsons Ecuador

Airing ‘Simpsons’ leads to 3-month suspension

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QUITO, Ecuador – As Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa continues the reforms he promised when re-elected in April as part of the Revolucion Ciudadana (Citizen’s Revolution), lingering questions remain about his very recent agglomeration of power.






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‘Poisonwood’ tangles family, pride in Congo

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Ants swarm Kilanga. Camouflaging with palm trees, mambas coil waiting for a kill. Disease gnaws at the children too weak to escape it. Beyond the jungle, a war for independence rages between diamond-hungry Belgium and America.


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Chamber Players to pair for festival performance

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The Summer Music Festival’s fourth performance will feature the Festival Chamber Players performing “An Evening of Sonatas” at 8 p.m., June 26, in the Recital Hall. Tickets are $12 for regular admission and $6 for students.