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Director of Indianapolis cancer center dies

Founding director of the IU Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center Dr. Stephen Douglass Williams died Sunday of the very disease to which he devoted his life’s work.

Crean, Ryan reunite in Big Ten

In a season where only the abnormal seems expected, Tom Crean’s going to get a little piece of homemade comfort tonight. Although one doubts if Bo Ryan is going to make it all that comfortable.

IU student’s life celebrated

A year ago this month, sophomore Rachel DiPietro-James was anxiously awaiting her return to Argentina to study abroad for the semester when she was killed in an car accident several months before her trip. Now, her friends at IU have decided to host a benefit concert to raise money for a memorial tree and a scholarship in her name.

1 killed in unrest on French Island Guadeloupe

A man was shot dead as he drove during the night during riots and protests over the high cost of living, officials said Wednesday – the first fatality in a nearly month-old strike that has hammered this French Caribbean island’s tourist industry and paralyzed daily life.

Court reverses ruling bringing 17 detainees to U.S.

A federal appeals court has overturned a ruling that would have transferred 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States.

Iran says it has built long-range unmanned aircraft

Iran has built an unmanned surveillance aircraft with a range of more than 600 miles – enough to reach Israel – a top defense official said in remarks published Wednesday.

Attorney General says U.S. acts cowardly on race

Attorney General Eric Holder described the United States Wednesday as a nation of cowards on matters of race, saying most Americans avoid discussing awkward racial issues.

Attorney General says U.S. acts cowardly on race

The grad school debate

If you’ve heard that a college degree is the new high school diploma, you’re not alone. According to the United States Department of Labor news release from 2007, 67.2 percent of high school graduates went on to attend two- or four-year college programs. That’s 11.3 million American youth – your peers – a portion of whom will leave college with the same degree you’ve earned, looking for the same job you want.

Tickets, VIP package go on sale for Lil’ Wayne concert in Indy

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday for the March 21 concert at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis featuring Lil’ Wayne, T-Pain, Gym Class Heroes and Keri Hilson, according to a Live Nation press release.

Symposium to help graduates find jobs

When senior Molly Gabbard realized there was a lot she didn’t know about finding a job in the arts, she decided to do something about it.She created Making Art Work, a free symposium about careers in the arts.

Veteran’s hobby becomes art

At 100 years old, World War II veteran, former general store owner, husband, grandfather and nature lover John Schoolman has seen and accomplished countless things. But being featured in ArtsWeek this year is a first for him.Schoolman will be one of the artists featured in ArtsWeek 2009. His personal and political expressive canes and walking sticks will be on display at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, 416 N. Indiana Ave., until March 8.

NRA deserves credit

In your article concerning the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (“NAACP celebrates centennial anniversary,” Feb. 12), you mistakenly stated that the NAACP is the nation’s oldest civil rights organization. The National Rifle Association (founded Nov. 17, 1871) is in fact the nation’s oldest civil rights organization.

News without context doesn’t work

Too many people today only go to daily newspapers or nightly broadcasts for their news. Regardless of whether or not that source adequately explains some current event, by the time the broadcast is up or the article is read we move on to prime-time programming or watch the Star Wars kid on YouTube one more time, our curiosities apparently satisfied.

Bedford man charged with molestation

A local man was arrested for child molestation after his alleged actions were reported to police Feb. 12. 

Crean 2012

I absolutely love Tom Crean.

Man faces domestic battery charges

A fight between lovers sent one to the hospital and one to jail.

Litigation Field Day

Angie Morgan, a third-grade teacher in Hamilton Southeastern Schools in Indiana, was once put in a choke hold by one of her students.

Fender-bender leads to chase

What would have been a small fender-bender at a stop sign turned into a police chase near Kirkwood Avenue. 

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Troy Anthony Davis has been on death row for 18 years following his conviction of the 1989 murder of a police officer in Savannah, Ga. His execution has been scheduled and rescheduled three separate times, and once, the order for a stay of execution came mere hours before it was to be carried out.