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New loophole means political donations rise at cost to transparency

By Ben Phelps · Monday, Sept. 27,2010 7:29 p.m.

Since 1907, corporations have been restricted by how much they can give to political campaigns. That is, until now.As of last week, spending by outside organizations to influence congressional elections is up more than 60 percent compared to the same period in 2006, according to a report by the Sunlight Foundation.

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Putting a price tag on a human life

By Henry Alderfer · Monday, Sept. 27,2010 7:17 p.m.

In reality, however, human life does have a price cap. In fact, it really isn’t that much at all. According to a 2008 article in Time Magazine, insurance companies calculate that to make a treatment worth its cost, it must guarantee one year of “quality life” for $50,000 or less. Medicare, a government-sponsored, publicly-funded health plan that has been in use since the Johnson presidency, also uses the same benchmark.

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Keep Michelle Rhee in D.C.'s schools

Monday, Sept. 27,2010 7:15 p.m.

WE SAY D.C. should keep Chancellor Rhee at all costs or risk further downturns After Michelle Rhee was named the Chancellor of Washington D.C. public schools by Mayor Adrian Fenty in 2007, she began a complete overhaul of D.C.’s educational system.

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Top 2014 recruit commits to IU

By Greg Rosenstein · Monday, Sept. 27,2010 11:44 a.m.

Trey Lyles, a 6-foot-9 freshman forward from Indianapolis Arsenal Technical High School, has committed to IU, his father Tom confirmed to the IDS.

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Women's tennis team claims Hoosier Classic

By Matt Spears · Sunday, Sept. 26,2010 11:59 p.m.

It may have been the first dose of action this season, but the IU women’s tennis team showed no signs of rust, steamrolling the competition at this weekend’s Hoosier Classic.

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Nearby fault systems make Bloomington earthquake prone

By Mary Kenney · Sunday, Sept. 26,2010 11:38 p.m.

“I remember waking up and trying to remember what you were supposed to do in the event of an earthquake,” IU student Lindsay Hicks said. “After it stopped, I thought I was going crazy and it couldn’t have been an earthquake until I found out on the news that it was.”

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