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Woman who confessed in torture, murder wants plea thrown out

By Associated Press and Alexandra R. Moses · Sunday, Oct. 14,2007 9:45 p.m.

MADISON, Ind. – The woman who confessed more than a decade ago of being the teenage ringleader in the torture killing of a 12-year-old girl is claiming her lawyers did a poor job and wants her guilty plea thrown out.

Remains of missing ISU student found

By Associated Press and Alexandra R. Moses · Sunday, Oct. 14,2007 9:44 p.m.

TERRE HAUTE – Human remains found in a car pulled from the Wabash River are those of Scott Javins, an Indiana State University student who’s been missing for more than five years, authorities said. Officials going through silt and mud in the car found a human skull and other remains.

Hundreds rally for end to Darfur genocide

By Chelsea Merta · Sunday, Oct. 14,2007 9:43 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – An air of solemnity filled the Pyramid Fountain Plaza at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis on Sunday at the Olympic Dream for Darfur rally for the genocide victims of Darfur.

Snoop Dogg will pick up park trash to meet sentence for having weapon in airport

Sunday, Oct. 14,2007 9:20 p.m.

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Snoop Dogg will pick up trash and perform other park maintenance as part of his sentence for carrying an illegal weapon in an airport last year, authorities said Thursday.

Rapper T.I. jailed before BET Hip Hop Awards ceremony

Sunday, Oct. 14,2007 9:19 p.m.

ATLANTA – Despite rapper T.I.’s absence, the show went on at the second-annual BET Hip Hop Awards – even when he was scheduled to perform.

Britain’s Doris Lessing wins 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature at age 87

By Matt Moore · Sunday, Oct. 14,2007 9:19 p.m.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – British writer Doris Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy said Thursday, citing her “skepticism, fire and visionary power” in dozens of works, notably her classic “The Golden Notebook.”

SoFA celebrates artist Robert Baines’ new exhibit with opening reception

By Lauren Younis · Sunday, Oct. 14,2007 9:18 p.m.

For someone who is not an art school student, it may be hard to imagine that being a professional gold and metalsmith artist is a wise career move. And it’s not, unless the idea of spending all day indulging in the creative process and showing the resulting work in major capitals all over the world sounds appealing.

Brown County wants to incubate arts businesses

By Rorye O'Connor and Rorye O'Conner · Sunday, Oct. 14,2007 9:17 p.m.

For more than 100 years, the creations of Brown County artists have added to the county’s reputation as the “Art Colony of the Midwest.”

Back to nature

By Brian J. McFillen · Sunday, Oct. 14,2007 6:08 p.m.

This weekend, I went to a camping party. Escaping from the revelry for a little while, I found a quiet place, listened to the sounds of the woods around me, stared up at a night sky packed full of brilliant stars and marveled at the wonders of nature.

Who you callin’ a hipster?

By John Barnett and Stefania Marghitu · Sunday, Oct. 14,2007 6:07 p.m.

I gave up on the notion of defining myself within a subculture when I ultimately realized that punk is in fact, dead. I was 13 in Alabama – nobody gave me the memo. So I spent a year of my life refusing to listen to anything that wasn’t “punk rock.” Subsequently, I’m really into all pop music that came out around that time.

Freeze tag

By Abby Schwimmer and Ab Schwimmer · Sunday, Oct. 14,2007 6:05 p.m.

If the Weather Channel were a religion, I’m pretty sure I’d be its L. Ron Hubbard. I’m absolutely addicted to it. The first thing I do every morning in the fall is check it to see how ridiculously cold that day’s weather will be so that I can don the appropriate number of layers of long underwear for the rest of the day.

Copping out

Sunday, Oct. 14,2007 6 p.m.

Being a resident assistant is a tough balancing act to pull off. It’s never easy trying to be a friend and an authority figure at the same time. It’s kind of like reconciling totalitarianism with Mr. Rogers. For example, how can a college student - not much older or sometimes even younger than his or her residents - turn them in to be punished for breaking dorm policies or doing something blatantly illegal and still maintain their trust?

Athletic Department sanctions Sampson, staff

By Aaron Beard · Sunday, Oct. 14,2007 11:49 a.m.

The IU Department of Athletics will announce today it will self-impose more sanctions on men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and his staff for exceeding the amount of permissible phone calls to recruits.

IUSA holds first student symposium

By Kyle Doehla · Sunday, Oct. 14,2007 12 a.m.

A lack of guidance for incoming Student Association members was an issue brought up Saturday morning at the IUSA symposium on the future of student government.

IU field hockey hopes to cool off Michigan in Ann Arbor

By Brian Buckey · Friday, Oct. 12,2007 12:55 a.m.

What a difference a year can make.

IU volleyball readies for a pair of home Big Ten matches

By Harry Buc · Friday, Oct. 12,2007 12:54 a.m.

This weekend, the IU volleyball team will face both Michigan State and Northwestern, two teams situated at the lower end of the Big Ten standings. Friday at 7 p.m., IU will have the pleasure of opening Hoosier Hysteria as they will take on the Spartans at Assembly Hall.

IU womens soccer ready to welcome Minnesota, Iowa this weekend

By Ryan Gregg · Friday, Oct. 12,2007 12:54 a.m.

This weekend’s matches against Minnesota and Iowa will mark the last two Big Ten home games for the IU women’s soccer team this season. The Hoosiers are currently receiving the second-highest number of votes among unranked teams in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll, and are ranked 12th in the first Ratings Percentage Index rankings released for 2007. The RPI rankings help the selection committee determine which teams receive at-large bids to the NCAA tournament.

IU mens soccer looks to rebound

By Aaron Beard · Friday, Oct. 12,2007 12:54 a.m.

The IU men’s soccer team travels to Evanston, Ill., this weekend to take on the No. 6-ranked Northwestern Wildcats on Sunday. The No. 13-ranked Hoosiers (7-4-1, 2-0) will face Northwestern (9-1-1, 2-1) at 2 p.m. Sunday, looking to rebound from a 2-1 loss to Louisville on Wednesday, their first-ever loss to the Cardinals.

NCAA toughens bench conduct rules

By Associated Press and Aaron Beard · Friday, Oct. 12,2007 12:51 a.m.

Cursing or venturing onto the court could draw college basketball coaches a quick technical foul this season.

13-year-old student injured in football game dies later at hospital

By Associated Press and Aaron Beard · Friday, Oct. 12,2007 12:50 a.m.

A 13-year-old boy who was injured in a football game died later at a hospital, officials said Thursday. Will McLeod, 13, was an eighth-grader at North Lincoln Middle School. He was hurt Wednesday night during a game against West Lincoln Middle School, said district spokeswoman Belinda Branson.

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