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John Mellencamp and Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town film scenes for Mellencamp's "A Ride Back Home" music video Tuesday at the Beck Chapel. Mellencamp's latest album "Life, Death, Love and Freedom" was recorded in Bloomington and was recognized by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the top 50 albums of 2008.

Mellencamp records new video at IU

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The musician shot his new music video for “A Ride Back Home,” a single off his latest album, “Life, Death, Love and Freedom. “The song’s about life’s loneliness, and that’s what we’re trying to get across in this video,” Mellencamp said.


Rookies hit the track in first event of Little 500 season

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New riders gained valuable experience Monday in the first of a week's worth of training sessions in preparation of the historic race.



Mary Tock checks for peanut products at the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the city's clearinghouse for nearly 600 local food banks Tuesday in Chicago. Food pantries are chucking thousands of pounds of food containing peanut products tainted from the salmonella outbreak  a particularly painful process as food banks struggle to meet a growing demand to feed families in a floundering economy.

Nation’s peanut growers reeling from outbreak

With hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work and the economy in a nosedive, the U.S. peanut industry expected sales to soar this year. Americans tend to turn to peanut products to stretch their food dollars in tough times, avoiding more expensive protein sources such as steak and ground beef.



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Obama to appoint panel, not ‘car czar’

It will take more than one “car czar” to help get the embattled U.S. auto industry back on track, President Barack Obama has decided.



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Stimulating your job search

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Do not despair just yet. By using the methodology offered in this column, you will be well on your way to your ideal job.




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IUSA ticket to kick off campaign with call-out

The ONE University ticket, the newest contender in the IU Student Association elections, is having a call-out meeting from 7:30 to 9 p.m. today in the Dogwood Room in the Indiana Memorial Union.



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IU to revamp campus Web site

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The IU campus Web site has not been significantly updated since its commencement in 2002. With the inadequate technology in mind, the Office of the Provost has decided it is time to revamp the University’s Web site, said Thom Atkinson, campus web manager.


Television host and author James Burke speaks to a large audience during a lecture Monday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Burke's visit, entitled "The Future of the Future," was the first of three lectures this semester in the IU School of Journalism Speaker Series.

Burke nods to future in speech

Science historian James Burke spoke about “The Future of the Future” at 7 p.m. Monday night in the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, giving his audience a view of the possibilities for advancement beyond modern technology.






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Australian wildfire suspect named as toll hits 189

The only person accused of lighting one of Australia’s deadly wildfires was a lonely Web-surfer who liked dogs, always said “G’day” to neighbors, and was trying to find love online.