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Oil prices fall Tuesday after Senate passes stimulus plan

Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 10:04 p.m.

Oil prices fell alongside the broader markets Tuesday despite Senate passage of President Obama’s economic recovery plan and a new Department of the Treasury program to raise more than $1 trillion in public and private funds.

Vatican to treat ID as ‘cultural phenomenon’

Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 10:04 p.m.

The Vatican will include discussion of intelligent design in a conference marking the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species,” officials said Tuesday.

Play will raise money for Congo survivors

By Rachel Krasnow · Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 10:03 p.m.

IU’s production of “The Vagina Monologues” this weekend will seek to liberate women and their V-spots.

Ballet professor Violette Verdy stretches on a barre Tuesday at the Musical Arts Center. Verdy, a native of France, will be presented with France's highest honor by President Nicolas Sarkozy this June.

Winning France's highest honor

By Amy Burke · Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 10:01 p.m.

President of France M. Nicolas Sarkozy awarded IU Distinguished Professor of Ballet Violette Verdy France’s highest decoration for her numerous successes in ballet.

NY hedge fund swindler’s girlfriend pleads guilty

Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 10:01 p.m.

The girlfriend of a former hedge fund manager convicted of swindling clients out of millions of dollars pleaded guilty Tuesday to helping him flee before he was supposed to start serving a 20-year prison sentence.

Sri Lanka: 16 patients killed in shelling of makeshift hospital

Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 10 p.m.

At least 16 patients being treated at a makeshift hospital in the northern Sri Lankan war zone were killed by shelling, the Red Cross said Tuesday, as the military accused rebel fighters of killing 19 other civilians fleeing the area.

Hoosiers downed by 8 in Minnesota

Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 8:55 p.m.

The IU men's basketball was beaten 62-54 by the Gophers tonight in Minnesota. IU falls to 6-17 on the season and 1-10 in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers also lost to the Gophers on Jan. 25 inside Assembly Hall, 67-63. This time around IU took the court without its leading scorer Devan Dumes. For more information, visit the Basketblog.

Stocks tumble with unveiling of financial plan

Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 4:29 p.m.

The major stock indexes fell more than 5 percent Tuesday after the government's latest bank bailout plan was announced.

Senate passes Obama's economic recovery plan

Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 1:46 p.m.

President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan has passed 61-37 in the Senate and is on its way to difficult House-Senate negotiations.

GM cuts 10,000 jobs, trims employees' pay

Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 11:30 a.m.

General Motors Corp. is planning to slash another 10,000 salaried jobs this year, saying the cuts are unavoidable.

Program to give free HIV tests

By Richard Scinteie · Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 12:19 a.m.

Positive Link is providing free HIV testing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today in the Dogwood Room in the IMU.

Dumes addresses elbowing incident

By Tom Kirby · Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 12:16 a.m.

During Saturday’s game against Michigan State, Dumes was whistled for a flagrant foul and ejected after throwing his third elbow of the game.

Illusionist to bring magic, gospel to IU

By Stephanie Doctrow · Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 12:12 a.m.

Brock Gill’s shows typically feature magic tricks integrated with discussions of truth and how it relates to religion and life.

Sorority rallies behind sister following cancer diagnosis

By Carrie Schedler · Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 12:11 a.m.

In May 2008, Heather Kornick was diagnosed with adrenal cancer and underwent surgery to have a 14-centimeter tumor removed from her adrenal gland.

President Barack Obama addresses the audience at Concord High School in Elkhart, Ind. on Monday. Obama’s town hall meeting addressed issues concerning the proposed stimulus package.

Obama pushes stimulus plan in Elkhart

By Katrina Loh · Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 12:06 a.m.

Seeking support for his economic recovery package, President Barack Obama addressed Elkhart’s soaring unemployment rate

Elbows in the wrong place

By Zachary Osterman · Monday, Feb. 9,2009 11:59 p.m.

Rhetorical question: Does any man ever truly deserve to take a shot to the “lower midsection”?

Spicing up the Pro Bowl

By Geoffrey Miller · Monday, Feb. 9,2009 11:58 p.m.

Ever had the feeling that nobody wants you around?

IU freshman guard Verdell Jones dribbles as Michigan State sophomore guard Kalin Lucas chases after him Saturday evening at Michigan State University.

Hoosiers look to fill Dumes’ spot

By Matt Dollinger · Monday, Feb. 9,2009 11:56 p.m.

A few stray elbows could end up costing the Hoosiers an arm and a leg against the Gophers.

Man sentenced to life in Tenn. church shooting

Monday, Feb. 9,2009 11:32 p.m.

An out-of-work truck driver smiled Monday as he pleaded guilty to killing two people and wounding six others at a Tennessee church last summer because he hated its liberal politics.

Argentine seminary ousts Holocaust-denying bishop

Monday, Feb. 9,2009 11:31 p.m.

The traditionalist bishop whose rehabilitation by the Vatican sparked outrage because of his denials of the Holocaust has been removed as the head of an Argentine seminary, his superiors said Monday.

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