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Indiana and Ohio vie for Honda part suppliers

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 11:16 p.m.

GREENSBURG, Ind.-- Economic development officials in Indiana and Ohio who competed for a $550 million auto assembly plant that Honda Motor Co. announced in June would be built in southeastern Indiana are now engaged in another battle. The two states are vying to attract auto suppliers that would make parts for the Greensburg plant, which will employ 2,000 workers and eventually produce 200,000 vehicles annually. Honda plans to spend $1.5 billion each year to provide resources to that plant. Indiana Commerce Secretary Mickey Maurer said he and Gov. Mitch Daniels are eager for Indiana to beat out Ohio in this next round of Honda-related growth. "We're going to be very aggressive," Maurer told The Indianapolis Star for a Sunday story.

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Artifacts

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 11:11 p.m.

What: A spirit house from Bang Saen, Thailand Where to find it: Exhibit in "Thoughts, Things, and Theories...What is Culture?" at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures Why you should care: A spirit house is believed to provide a place for a person's khwan -- the part of the soul that keeps its identity from one life to the next, and which resides in a tree or spirit house associated with its former home when between mortal lives. Another aspect of a human's soul, called phii, also takes up residence in the spirit house and is appealed to for protection and blessing. Other spirits, connected to the land itself, are guardian angels of fire, earth, water, and vegetation. Thought to be the original owners of the land, they can protect the current inhabitants from these forces. All these spirits are honored (or appeased) by offerings placed in the spirit house. The garlands, ribbon and soda bottle displayed here are typical of such gifts. These practices are very widespread in central Thailand, found in both urban and rural settings, among people of all economic classes, social groups and professions.

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Young adults get creative with living arrangements to save money

By Alyson Brodsy and Martha Irvine · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 11:10 p.m.

CHICAGO -- Some are buying homes with friends or siblings. Others barter for rent -- or live in buildings where residents share occasional meals, childcare and sometimes a car. In particularly pricey areas, such as Manhattan, still others are living in "dorms for adults." Housing costs that can dwarf a starting salary are prodding young adults in many parts of the country to get increasingly creative about their living arrangements -- well beyond the moving-back-with-the-folks scenario. They do it to save money, share resources and, when possible, to build equity. Along the way, many also see it as a chance to build community in the impersonal, big city.

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Students boost Bloomington business

By Chip Cutter · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 11:07 p.m.

They're back, and businesses know it. As freshman students moved in and others returned to the area last week, retailers, restaurants and hotels saw an opportunity for sales. "It's a lot of spending, really fast," said Valerie Pena, executive director for the Bloomington Convention and Visitor's Bureau, about move-in week. She estimated the overall economic impact of the rush of students to be as much as $2.5 million, which includes hotels, restaurants and gas stations, but not retailers. "That, for us, midweek -- that's terrific," Pena said.

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Karr avoids murder charges

By Alyson Brodsy and Jon Sarche · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 10:59 p.m.

BOULDER, Colo. -- Prosecutors decided not to charge John Mark Karr in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, his lawyers said Monday after a TV station reported that the schoolteacher's DNA failed to match genetic material on the 6-year-old girl's body. "The warrant on Mr. Karr has been dropped by the district attorney," public defender Seth Temin said outside the jail. "They are not proceeding with the case." Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy's office did not return repeated calls from The Associated Press. "We're deeply distressed by the fact that they took this man and dragged him here from Bangkok, Thailand, with no forensic evidence confirming the allegations against him and no independent factors leading to a presumption that he did anything wrong," Temin said.

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With Ernesto threatening, Bush visits Gulf Coast

By Alyson Brodsy and Jennifer Loven · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 10:56 p.m.

BILOXI, Miss. -- President Bush returned Monday to the first scene he saw a year ago of Hurricane Katrina's devastation and declared "a sense of renewal" in the region still struggling to come back from the storm's battering. "Amazing what the world looked like then and what it looks like now," Bush said, marveling at the air conditioning and electrical service in the newly constructed home visible behind him. "People can't imagine what the world looked like then." When Bush first saw the neighborhood, it was littered by debris of all sizes, cars were in trees and homes were battered to bits. Bush said "there's still challenges." Other parts of the neighborhood, which is being rebuilt in patches, and a woman he consoled on a trip here last year, demonstrated just that. Sought out by the White House to meet Bush again, she said before his remarks that she has come far -- but not far enough. Then -- Bronwynne Bassier had returned from Alabama, clutching trash bags, to search the rubble of her former home for clothes for her young son. Sobbing uncontrollably, she told Bush she had lost everything.

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Route changed 1 week before crash

By Alyson Brodsy and Jeffrey McMurray · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 10:55 p.m.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The taxi route for commercial jets at Blue Grass Airport was altered a week before Comair Flight 5191 took the wrong runway and crashed, killing all but one of the 50 people aboard, the airport's director said Monday. Both the old and new taxiways to reach the main commercial runway cross over the shorter general aviation runway, where the commuter jet tried to take off early Sunday, Airport Executive Director Michael Gobb told The Associated Press. While the main strip, Runway 22, is 7,000 feet long, the shorter one, Runway 26, is just 3,500 feet. Aviation experts say the CRJ-100 would have needed 5,000 feet to fully get off the ground.

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Martinsville fire ruled arson, no one injured

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 10:46 p.m.

MARTINSVILLE, Ind. -- Investigators ruled arson as the cause of a fire that destroyed the offices of a telecommunications company and knocked out Internet service to its customers in the city.

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Cruise control

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian Stewart · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 10:19 p.m.

It's standard operating procedure. Whenever I see an opening to overtake another vehicle at high speed, my exhilaration gets the better of me. Having put this talent to good use recently, the fact that I wasn't on the Autobahn escaped my mind just long enough for me to glimpse red and blue lights in my rear-view mirror. "Hey, old boy, is it really necessary to drive quite so fast?" "More often than you realize, sir." The state trooper took my insouciance regarding traffic laws better than I had anticipated. I noticed a slight grin as he quipped, "Oh, you're some kind of adrenaline nut, huh?" "I prefer the term 'adventurer.'" I hoped the pithy comeback would spare me a citation. It did not.

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Unlucky 13

By Alyson Brodsy and Betsy Henke · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 10:18 p.m.

No. 13 party school. Top 10 business school. No. 9 best college newspaper. The School of Library Sciences is seventh. IU-Bloomington is the 30th best public research university. One-hundred-nineteen Guggenheims awarded to faculty, more than any other state institution. The Bloomington campus is among the top five most beautiful. IU commits an extensive amount of attention to these figures in an effort to publicize and promote the University, and it makes sense. Currently, one figure is being ignored, and it's not the party school ranking, but it's worthy of bringing just as much attention to: 13. The Presidential Search and Screen Committee, named during the summer to select the next University president, is comprised of 13 individuals, including one graduate student from IU-South Bend.

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Finding Emo

By Alyson Brodsy and Joanna Borns · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 10:16 p.m.

I have a riddle for you: What do women's jeans, razor blades and crying all have in common? All of these things can be found at Wal-Mart. Other than that, I'm stumped. The term "emo" gets thrown around a lot these days, usually as a descriptor for a supposed youth counterculture. But what does it mean? I'm sick of hearing people say, "I wish my lawn was emo so it would cut itself." That's uncalled for. There's a time and place for being offensive, but these remarks can be heard at Bible study groups, playgrounds and family restaurants with kitschy memorabilia on the walls.

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Reviewing the reviewers

By IDS staff and Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 9:53 p.m.

In the most recent Princeton Review, IU received rankings that have students, faculty and administrators up in arms. While receiving a lower ranking for "party school" at No. 13 than the number one ranking it received in 2002, IU is ranked the No. 4 school where "students almost never study." Many at IU, including interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences David Zaret, believe that the rankings from the Princeton Review are not credible. IU Director of Media relations Larry MacIntyre has specifically criticized the survey's method of data collection. Generally, the view of these members of the IU community is correct. The Princeton Review's finding is a grossly simplistic portrayal of a university that is wide-reaching and diverse. It is impossible to tell whether or not students study less frequently at IU than other major universities when only about 300 surveys are tallied from each campus. Somewhere in the range of 38,000 students attend IU, and a test group of such a small magnitude (about 0.8 percent of the student body) yields results that should not be taken as serious science.

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2:03 a.m. Update: Fire crews evacuate center of campus after gas leak

By Trevor brown · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 4:09 p.m.

Firefighters and police blocked access to much of the center of campus late Sunday night and early Monday after IU employees reported a hydrogen chloride gas leak in the Chemistry Building. Police evacuated multiple buildings and would not let passers by within 330 feet of the site as hazardous materials crews entered the building and removed a leaking gas cylinder between 11:15 p.m. Sunday and 1 a.m. today. Bloomington Township Lt. Scott Fleck said there were no injuries or safety risks to anyone inside or around the building because of the small quantity of the gas released and the low level of exposure. He said the department was taking precautions as they followed standard protocol when dealing with a gas which may be potentially dangerous. Hydrogen chloride can be irritating and corrosive to the eyes, skin and mucous membranes, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration's Web site said.

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Wal-Mart contractors hurt by electric shock in accident

By Sarah Core · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 11:56 a.m.

Five contractors were injured Saturday afternoon -- three of them critically -- in an electrical accident while they were working on the new Wal-Mart store that is currently under construction. The accident severely burned three and injured two others after they were shocked with roughly 12,000 volts of electricity, the Van Buren Township Fire Department said.

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5 drunken students hospitalized

By Mike McElroy · Monday, Aug. 28,2006 12:24 a.m.

Five students, including four freshmen, were arrested and sent to Bloomington Hospital for alcohol intoxication this weekend, bringing the total number of alcohol-related student hospitalizations to 14 since Wednesday.

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