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State budget deadline looming

By Gordon W. Buchanan · Monday, June 29,2009 1:50 p.m.

The possibility of state government shutting down is a frightening thought. But if the Indiana General Assembly does not pass the new state budget for 2009 by midnight Tuesday, that is exactly what could happen.

In this March 10, 2009, photo, Bernard Madoff exits Manhattan federal court in New York. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin said Monday that the federal probation department recommends that Madoff get 50 years in prison.

Madoff gets 150 years in prison

Monday, June 29,2009 12:27 p.m.

NEW YORK – Convicted swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday for fraud so extensive that the judge said he needed to send a symbolic message to those who might imitate his fraud and to victims who need relief.

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‘Forcibly’ return Iraqi refugees

By Austin Kirtley · Sunday, June 28,2009 10:43 p.m.

COPENHAGEN – Lately Denmark has been battling an influx of immigrants that has resulted from the war in Iraq. In late May, Danish officials made an agreement with the Iraqi government to “forcibly” return Iraqi refugees that were rejected from citizenship.

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Swiss walk the (green) walk

By Andrew Morris · Sunday, June 28,2009 10:42 p.m.

DUBENDORF, Switzerland – This Friday, a team of European engineers revealed their finished, full-sized prototype of the Solar Impulse. With a wingspan of more than 200 feet and a weight of approximately 3,500 pounds, the Solar Impulse is one of the first plausible aircrafts to be entirely powered by solar energy.

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Honduran president arrested

Sunday, June 28,2009 10:41 p.m.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – More than a dozen soldiers arrested President Manuel Zelaya and disarmed his security guards after surrounding his residence before dawn Sunday, his private secretary said. Protesters called it a coup and flocked to the presidential palace as local news media reported that Zelaya was sent into exile.

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IU to continue operating despite unset state budget

Sunday, June 28,2009 10:37 p.m.

Where’s the money? That’s probably a question IU is asking Gov. Mitch Daniels. But despite the unset state budget, IU will continue to operate under its existing budgets after Tuesday – that’s if the budget still has yet to be passed at that time.

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Bloomington faculty gets $1 million boost

Sunday, June 28,2009 10:36 p.m.

The IU Office of the Vice Provost for Research is now assisting IU faculty and faculty teams seeking large grants with a $1 million boost in funding.

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Jackson friend to Ryan White

Sunday, June 28,2009 10:26 p.m.

Michael Jackson gave three gifts to Ryan White, the Indiana teenager who captivated a national audience in the 1980s by speaking out about living with AIDS.

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Londoners moonwalk en masse for Michael

Sunday, June 28,2009 10:24 p.m.

LONDON – On the afternoon following the popstar’s death, droves of fans gathered outside London’s Liverpool Street train station for a mass moonwalk in tribute to the late Michael Jackson.

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Daniels warns of possible government shutdown

Sunday, June 28,2009 7:28 p.m.

Gov. Mitch Daniels said Friday he was prepared to keep essential services such as public safety running if lawmakers do not pass a new spending plan by midnight Tuesday, but warned that most of state government would shut down.

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Ind. reps. vote with majority on climate bill

Sunday, June 28,2009 7:27 p.m.

Reps. Andre Carson, D-7th, and Baron Hill, D-6th, were the only members of Indiana’s delegation to vote in favor of a bill to force reductions in greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.

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