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Police arrest suspected July 21 bomber

By Alyson Brodsy and Beth Gardiner · Wednesday, July 27,2005 11:30 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, England -- Police pursuing suspects in the failed July 21 terror bombings in London raided four homes across Britain on Wednesday and detained four people, including a Somali man believed to be one of the fugitive bombers, media reports and a witness said.

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Give it 10 more years

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 27,2005 11:21 p.m.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to renew the USA PATRIOT Act in a 257-171 vote and it now sits ready for a Senate vote. This time, however, the House voted to make 14 of the Act's 16 provisions permanent, while the more controversial ones dealing with roving wiretaps and secret searches of library and medical records will expire and be reviewed again in 10 years.

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'No' to Patriot Act

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 27,2005 11:19 p.m.

Renewing the Patriot Act for even one more day is a continued travesty for the American people -- patriots of a nation gone rabid by continued war. The 9-11 attacks mangled any hope of the American dream, as exemplified by the first-responder legislated reaction to unanimously support the further stripping of sacred liberties in the name of "necessity" and "national security."

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200 killed in record monsoon rains in India

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 27,2005 11 p.m.

BOMBAY, India -- Authorities said Wednesday they had recovered at least 200 bodies in western India after the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in the country shut down the financial hub of Bombay, snapped communication lines and marooned thousands of people in the past two days.

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Angry Afghans hurl stones at U.S. base, scream 'die America'

By Alyson Brodsy and Amir Shah · Wednesday, July 27,2005 10:58 p.m.

BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- More than 1,000 stone--throwing Afghans tried to break down an outer gate at the main U.S. base in Bagram, Afghanistan Tuesday while demanding the release of eight detained villagers, and Afghan troops fired warning shots and used clubs to beat the mob back. U.S. troops also fired into the air.

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Billy Bob 'Bad' again

By C. Warner Sills and Doug Evans · Wednesday, July 27,2005 6:41 p.m.

In previews for "Bad News Bears," it looks as though Billy Bob Thornton brings back his piss-drunk "Bad Santa" character to play a Little League baseball coach.

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Daniels names trustees

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Malik · Wednesday, July 27,2005 6:31 p.m.

Governor Mitch Daniels announced his appointments to the IU Board of Trustees Wednesday filling three seats whose terms expired this summer including the student trustee. Taking over are Tom Reilly and Dr. William Cast, whose terms begin in August and extend till July 1, 2008. The new student trustee is second year law student Casey Cox whose term expires one year earlier.

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Schmaltz on ice

By C. Warner Sills and John Barnett · Wednesday, July 27,2005 6:10 p.m.

Casey Carlyle (hottie and former child-spy Michelle Trachtenberg) is a math whiz on the road to Harvard who just wants to be a professional ice skater.

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TREE RELIEF

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, July 27,2005 5:48 p.m.

Folklorist Joseph Campbell once said that God is the experience of looking at a tree and saying, 'ah!'

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Pimpin' ain't easy

By -Alec Toombs · Wednesday, July 27,2005 5:36 p.m.

Winning the Audience Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival helped secure newbie writer/director Craig Brewer's "Hustle & Flow" a record-setting $9 million distribution deal with Paramount Classics and MTV Films, which, in turn, will propel the film into popular consciousness and 1,000-plus theaters.

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'Rejects' a disturbing treat

By Chris Wisner and compiled by Chris Wisner · Wednesday, July 27,2005 5:25 p.m.

Despite his rather disappointing directorial debut "House of 1000 Corpses," Rob Zombie's pseudo-sequel "The Devil's Rejects" drops the creepy carnival-esque camp found in its predecessor, replacing it with 70's grind house grit.

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Soccer team staying busy in offseason

By Ari Shifron · Monday, July 25,2005 5:18 p.m.

In preparation for a possible three-peat, many of IU's top players have joined The United Soccer's Premier Development League giving four of the league's 53 teams a bit of a Hoosier flavor.

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IU Angles

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 24,2005 10:26 p.m.

Most informed pundits believed that President Bush would select a well-qualified -- albeit conservative -- woman to succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. But the president surprised nearly everyone with his nomination of federal Judge John Roberts Jr. This was a brilliant move on Bush's part, which justly deserves the admiration of political professionals, regardless of their partisan leanings.

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