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Iraq's 1st female suicide bomber kills 6, wounds 35

By Alyson Brodsy and Lee Keath · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12:08 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The woman slipped into the town, passing checkpoints where women are not searched. Then, donning a man's "dishdasha" -- a traditional white robe -- and kaffiya headscarf, she blended in with the men waiting in line to join the Iraqi army.

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Furious about food

By Alyson Brodsy and Ayesha Awan · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12:06 a.m.

I'm going into withdrawal. No, I'm not a drug addict. I am a kabob addict. Yesterday I finished all the kabobs my mother made me last time I went home for the weekend. And now I'm going into kabob withdrawal. Oh, what I would do for a kabob. Or for that matter, any form of decent food whatsoever.

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Library theft

By Vivek Chandrasekhar · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12:04 a.m.

As even a cursory glance can relay, the Herman B Wells Library is quite big. More specifically, the campus libraries taken as a whole "include more than 6 million bound volumes and more than 17 million other materials, including manuscripts, maps, music, microforms and films," according to www.libraries.iub.edu. This represents an enormous collection of knowledge, a tremendous asset to students and faculty as we plow our way through tests, essays and research projects.

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Have we beaten terror already?

By Alyson Brodsy and Peter Chen · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12:03 a.m.

Alot of jokes have been cracked this week at the expense of the FBI's new anti-pornography unit. Many of the jokes came from within the Bureau's field offices, including these gems: "Things I don't want on my résumé, volume four," "Honestly, most guys would have to rescue themselves" and "I guess this means we must have won the war on terror. We must not need any more resources for espionage."

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Ease the stampede

By Joanna Borns · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12:02 a.m.

I witnessed an unfortunate spectacle from a student who sat next to me in class the other day. After polishing off a Red Bull, she dozed in her chair. The lecture was wrapping up and students started to ask questions. The student next to me woke from her nap and spoke out in protest. "No! Don't ask questions," she commanded. "No questions. Are we good? I'm good."

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They like, totally rock

By -Kehla West and Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12 a.m.

Remember that girl from high school? The really smart, overtly hip one with the really cool clothes? The one who always hinted that she was tortured by an inner darkness that nobody understood? Well, three of those girls got together and formed a little band called The Like.

Jacob Kriese

Clean Sweep

By Rebecca Price · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12 a.m.

It's Sunday afternoon, you've slept till 2 p.m. At five past, the headache sets in and the malodorous mixture of beer, cigarettes and the overall night before oozes into your bedroom. You lay in bed, dreading the cleanup of last night's party that awaits you. But fear no more. Put down the phone, save your money, there's no need for a cleaning service. Stop yelling at your roommates to do it -- come on, confess, you were the rowdiest one there anyway. And come to terms with this painful realization: the smell won't go away on its own.

Don't bother flying with Jodie Foster

By Alyson Brodsy and Ash Cartwright · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12 a.m.

"Flightplan" opens with Jodie Foster looking freaked out as only Jodie Foster can. Think "Panic Room," but with intensity. From its launching sequence on, I was happily engaged by "Flightplan," until the last third of the film, which left me less than thrilled.

Coline Sperling

Overhyped prime- time soap hits DVD

By Alyson Brodsy and John Barnett · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12 a.m.

Last fall, "Desperate Housewives," along with newly crowned Outstanding Drama Series Emmy winner "Lost," helped resurrect ABC's nightly line-up from the direst of ratings doldrums. Beginning with a bang in the form of a suicidal gunshot, the steamy storylines of suburban housewives Susan (Teri Hatcher), Lynette (Felicity Huffman), Gabrielle (cutie Eva Longoria), Bree (a mannequin-like Marcia Cross) and Edie (a brutally Botoxed Nicollette Sheridan) weave amongst one another with the darkly comic delight of "Dallas" in its prime.

Sri Lanka Civil War

Bickity-bam! 'Mallrats' is back on DVD!

By Alyson Brodsy and Chris Wisner · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12 a.m.

It's been 10 years since director Kevin Smith's ill-received "Mallrats" graced theater screens for less than a month, which certainly means that the time for a special edition DVD double-dip has arrived. Boasting plenty of new features and most importantly an all-new extended cut of the film, such a DVD package is sure to impress long-time fans.

Indiana Minnesota basketball

iPods that do more than play music

By Alyson Brodsy and Evan Wade · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12 a.m.

Just owning an iPod isn't enough any more. Things used to be easier. It used to be that you could just walk down to the store, plunk down some cash and walk out with an eye-pleasing (yet functional) little MP3 player capable of holding all your favorite albums. We all know it's not like that anymore. After picking out what size and color you want your 'pod to be, you have to worry about accessories. Holders and speakers and plugs and socks. Yes, socks for an MP3 player.

Jay Seawell

Barbez: a novelty act?

By Alyson Brodsy and Nate Gowdy · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12 a.m.

The music of Barbez has been billed as a fusion of "ethnic-punk," "Eastern European avant-cabaret" and "post-war anti-pop." In other words, the Brooklyn-based band makes music that has yet to catch on in these parts, let alone anywhere, and the day it does is a rare day indeed.

This is how Bow Wow rolls.

Bow Wow on skates -- a major mistake

By Alyson Brodsy and Matt McMullan · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12 a.m.

In "Roll Bounce," Bow Wow, who -- seriously -- is no longer called "lil'," plays X. X lives in an unrecognizable south Chicago with his widowed father (Chi McBride), and spends all of his free time at the local skating rink with his friends. When their hangout closes its doors, they take the bus uptown to Sweetwater, a newer rink with an arcade, tons of chicks in hot pants and at least half a dozen disco balls. They skate. A lot. Which is good, because it's the best thing this movie has going for it.

features editor Maggie Bozich

All About Me: Maggie Bozich

By -Kehla West · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12 a.m.

Maggie Bozich, features editor for the WEEKEND, spends a majority of her waking hours in the IDS office. When she's not in front of a computer editing a story, she can be found at home with a good Disney movie or prowling Kirkwood, looking for a beer. And as far as the picture goes -- she's a Pices, but she's never a fish out of water. Here's what else makes her feel in her element.

Little by Little Harvey Danger

Harvey Danger gets better little by little

By Alyson Brodsy and Evan Wade · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12 a.m.

You can't expect much from a band that hasn't released anything in five years, especially when their most popular song gained notoriety for being in a number of awful movie soundtracks. Leave it to Harvey Danger to do something entirely unexpected.

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Therapy for road rage

By Alyson Brodsy and Evan Wade · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12 a.m.

If you're a road rage addict like me, "Burnout Revenge" is not just a videogame. It also serves as a valid form of therapy. "Revenge," the fourth game in the venerable EA series, doesn't do a lot to change the franchise formula. The basics are there -- arcade racing focused on creating multi-car pileups, addictive gameplay -- but the end result is something just fresh enough to warrant a new game.

O.J. Simpson sits in a courtroom during his bail revocation hearing in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. An angry judge doubled O.J. Simpson's bail to $250,000 on Wednesday for violating terms of his original bail by attempting to contact a co-defendant in his armed robbery case. (AP Photo/Rick Wilking, Pool)

A concept hair metal band?

By Alyson Brodsy and Josh Kastrinsky · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12 a.m.

It's all about synergy. Record execs at Columbia Records must have been drooling on themselves upon signing Coheed and Cambria, who have serious aspirations to achieve a mix between Rush, Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti and Spinal Tap. In addition to two successive indie hits and an impressive live act, frontman Claudio Sanchez has developed comic books based on the story behind the band's albums, making them a concept band. Not bad for dorky guys from upstate New York who five years ago called themselves Shabutie.

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Off their rocker and still rockin'

By Alyson Brodsy and Dan Hopmann · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12 a.m.

Years ago I saw "The Simpsons" ripping on the Rolling Stones in their reference to 1994's Steel Wheels by conjuring an image of Mick and Keith in Steel Wheelchairs. It was funny at the time, but those British rockers are having the last laugh these days. In light of their sweeping tour and new studio album, A Bigger Bang, the Stones are at the forefront of what I like to call the "old geezer movement," an elite group of rock bands dating back to the 1960's that will not fade away.

Brandon Foltz / IDS IU senior guard Nikki Smith drives along the baseline during the Hoosiers' 70-62 win over Illinois Jan. 6 at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers will go against Minnesota Thursday evening at 7 p.m.

'Amazing Adventures' never stop

By Alyson Brodsy and Greg Schoenbaechler · Thursday, Sept. 29,2005 12 a.m.

For the first time, Nick Park's three Oscar-nominated animated shorts have been put together on one DVD introducing, "Wallace & Gromit in Three Amazing Adventures." While only two of the films came away with the Academy Award, this British-based franchise has quietly become popular all around the globe for its claymation. Crazed inventor Wallace and his dependable dog Gromit make up the only characters who consistently play a part in these 30 minute shorts. "Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out," "Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers" and "Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave" make up this DVD.

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