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Former cops sentenced in botched raid

Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 10:37 p.m.

Three former Atlanta police officers who each pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge in connection with the death of an elderly woman during a botched drug raid were sentenced Tuesday to federal prison.

5 BB bullet holes found at Hillel

Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 10:36 p.m.

IU police were called on Monday after BB gun holes were found in a window in the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center on 730 E. Third St.

Booths focus on positive body images

By Rachel Krasnow · Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 10:35 p.m.

Students can learn to appreciate their bodies through a day of events focused on positive self-image. Counseling and Psychological Services staff will have different booths today at multiple locations around campus as part of Celebrate Your Body Day. Activities include “fat talk,” which demonstrates how students criticize their bodies. Students will then be able express on notecards what they appreciate about their bodies. These notecards will be put up for a display.

Indiana lacks heart disease program

By Anna Schilawski · Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 10:35 p.m.

Cardiovascular disease is Indiana’s No. 1 killer. However, the state is still one of the few that has not created a statewide education program about heart disease.

Law school alumni receive highest honor

By Jake Wright · Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 10:34 p.m.

Six law school graduates will receive the Maurer School of Law’s highest honor by being inducted into the Academy of Law Alumni Fellows.

Prof. shows environment work

By Kevin Doran · Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 10:32 p.m.

All of FARMbloomington’s seats were filled Monday night with people who care about the environment and wanted to hear the words and works of IU professor Scott Russell Sanders.

City host to economy talk

By Mehdi Ayari · Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 10:30 p.m.

Bloomington was host to a forum Tuesday night in City Hall on the subject of economic justice for all on Tuesday.

Hoosier Musicals presents love story ‘The Fantasticks’

By Desiree Lestingi · Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 10:28 p.m.

IU students’ stage and performance opportunities are expanding with Hoosier Musicals, a student-founded, nonprofit music and theater organization.

IU grad Micheal Woods follows footsteps of jazz

By Tyler James Perry · Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 10:27 p.m.

Woods, a professor of jazz studies and electric bass at Hamilton University in New York, has released a CD called “The Tell All Book” that he is pitching to big record labels. He said his goal with the album was to get past many of the complexities that make music elitist by expanding the boundaries of his compositions.

Saving the planet, one movie at a time

By Allison Tyra · Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 10:26 p.m.

The biggest environmental film festival in North America will make a stop in Bloomington on Thursday following its seventh anniversary.

IU alumni to read from works at political writing panel

By Bene Viera · Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 10:25 p.m.

In celebration of its 25-year anniversary, ArtsWeek is showcasing a panel titled “The Writer in the World” to accompany the theme of politics and the arts.

Spring’s best trend: Shoes

By Amanda Cochara · Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 10:23 p.m.

If you want to look hot this spring and be in sync with the latest styles, it’s all about the shoes.

IU nixes Wildermuth name change

Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 6:41 p.m.

University officials announced Tuesday they will not rename the Ora L. Wildermuth Intramural Center to include the name of former IU basketball player Bill Garrett.

Stocks up as Bernanke offers assessment of economy

Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 4:27 p.m.

NEW YORK — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has given Wall Street a double dose of reassurance

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By Brian Welk · Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 11:15 a.m.

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Major stock market indexes plunge

Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 12:18 a.m.

All the major indexes slid more than 3 percent. The Dow is just over 100 points from 7,000.

Longtime professor Henry Remak remembered for love of simple things

By Alex Benson · Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 12:15 a.m.

Remak died last week in his Bloomington home off Maxwell Lane. He was 92.

Dr. Cornel West, named as one of "America's most provocative public intellectuals," spoke to a full house Monday evening at IU Auditorium. West's lecture entitled, "Hope on a Tightrope," spoke about the struggle for contemporary racial justice in our country.

Civil rights leader Cornel West urges progress in battle for equality

By MaryJane Slaby · Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 12:10 a.m.

West said human beings should come to terms with wounds and scars, but shouldn’t let them have the last word. “Anybody who has never cried has never loved, and anyone who has never loved has never lived,” he said

System lets students access health records online

By Bailey Loosemore · Tuesday, Feb. 24,2009 12:06 a.m.

The IU Health Center, in collaboration with the Fort Wayne-based NoMoreClipboard.com, introduced Monday online personal health record accounts available for students to create.

Around Sports

Monday, Feb. 23,2009 11:55 p.m.

The IU baseball team's game against IPFW Tuesday has been postponed, while the men's basketball team's last regular season game has its date and time set.

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