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Police: Miami piano teacher kills kids, wife, self

Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 11:02 p.m.

Pablo Amador was a “regular dad” who made music with his children and shared his gift teaching kids to play piano. He was a man known for a friendly wave and lending a hand to jump-start a car. And those who knew him say they can’t understand why he apparently shot and killed his two daughters, his wife and then himself.

US hostages’ chronicle critical of Betancourt

Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 11:01 p.m.

Three Americans held captive by Colombia’s leftist rebels for more than five years published a memoir Thursday full of wrenching survival stories and unkind words about Ingrid Betancourt, the most famous hostage who shared their jungle prisons.

Stimulus to benefit Hoosiers collecting unemployment funds

By Katrina Loh · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 9:25 p.m.

Gov. Mitch Daniels announced last week in a press release that there will be a $25 increase in benefits for those collecting unemployment.

In this October 2007 photo, Jonas Flanary, Bloomington resident and employee at Hoosier Hills Food Bank, collects un-served food donated by the IU Tudor Room. The food bank will have its annual meeting Friday to report 2008 activities and its expectations for 2009.

Food bank to share annual report

By Morgan Brown · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 9:23 p.m.

Hoosier Hills Food Bank will have its annual meeting Friday to announce the report from 2008 and its expectations for the upcoming year.

Pace discussion is exhausting

Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 9:22 p.m.

I am getting quite sick of the condemnation of Gen. Peter Pace, as if the man deserves to be completely discredited for espousing his views on homosexuality.

Study abroad

By Julia Boriss · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 9:20 p.m.

The IU Office of Overseas Study offers more than 80 programs in 37 countries, 17 languages and nearly every field of study.

Vote Mandatory P.E.

By Tyler Chernesky · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 9:19 p.m.

I have a confession. If you sit nearby me in class and check your Facebook, I’m glancing at your screen.

Puppy mill blues

Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 9:18 p.m.

The Indiana General Assembly wants to crack down on the state’s dog breeders.

All about Atlantis

By Cory Barker · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 9:17 p.m.

The search for Atlantis continues. But should it?

In this Thursday, June 19, 2008 file photo, a U.S. Marine takes cover behind an Iraqi Army humvee during the beginning of combat operations in Amarah, Iraq, 200 miles southeast of Baghdad. The United States will withdraw most of its troops from Iraq by August 2010, 19 months after President Barack Obama's inauguration day, according to administration officials who expect Obama to make the announcement on Friday.

Officials: Obama to pull troops out of Iraq in 2010

By Anne Flaherty · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 8:36 p.m.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told lawmakers on Thursday he plans to withdraw most American troops from Iraq by August 2010 but leave tens of thousands behind to advise Iraqi forces and protect U.S. interests, congressional officials said.

Angelou's visit postponed

Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 6 p.m.

Maya Angelou’s visit to IU on Sunday has been postponed because of the author's illness.

President Barack Obama speaks about his fiscal 2010 federal budget, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. Vice President Joe Biden is at left, and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is at center.

Obama plan foresees record $1.75 trillion deficit

By Martin Crutsinger · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 4:18 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Pledging "a new era of responsibility," President Barack Obama unveiled a multi-trillion-dollar spending plan Thursday that would boost taxes on the wealthy, curtail Medicare, lay the groundwork for universal health care and leave a string of deficits dwarfing any in the nation's history.

Riders race through turn three during a Little 500 practice session Thursday afternoon at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Thursday was the first day for on-track practice for race veterans. The Women's Little 500 is April 24 followed by the Men's Little 500 on April 25

Little 500 track open to veteran practice

Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 2 p.m.

Little 500 riders will hit the track today for the first day of full on-track practice at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

Purdue cites 10 engineering students for cheating

Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 1:22 p.m.

Purdue University has cited 10 students for academic dishonesty after a weeklong review of possible cheating in an engineering class.

An unlikely agreement

By Abigail Mitchell · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 9:48 a.m.

It’s a sad day when Barack Obama agrees with George W. Bush.

306 vs. 9

By Chelsea Kane · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 9:45 a.m.

With the recent passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, much of America has been buzzing about the provisions within the bill as well as the mode by which it was constructed and passed.

GM posts $9.6B 4Q loss

By Tom Krisher · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 9:43 a.m.

General Motors Corp. posted a $9.6 billion fourth-quarter loss and said it burned through $6.2 billion of cash in the last three months of 2008.

Crean: Players more mentally tired than physically tired

By Zachary Osterman · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 12:29 a.m.

The IU alma mater rang more like a funeral dirge than a college anthem after the IU men’s basketball team fell 75-53 to Northwestern on Wednesday. The loss was the Hoosiers’ first at home to Northwestern in the Wildcats’ last 36 visits to Assembly Hall and IU’s 21st of the season.

Senior Scott Kelly lifts teammate Junior Nick Walpole for a body slam during practice on Tuesday afternoon at the University Gymnasium.

Senior trades spotlight for loyalty

By Frank Therber · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 12:26 a.m.

Every team has its role-players – athletes who are committed, but rarely see the spotlight of competition.

Senior Heath Tameris, a member of the IU swimming team, practices for the Big Ten Championships, February 10, 2009 at Counsilman-Billingsley Center in the Student Recreational Sports Center.

Captains ready for Big Tens

By Kevin Loughery · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 12:24 a.m.

Although the IU men’s swimming and diving team has not competed since Feb. 7, in preparation for this weekend’s Big Ten Championships its three senior captains have been anything but quiet.

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