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President offers new internship

By Mickey Woods · Monday, March 9,2009 11:53 p.m.

On Feb. 26 the White House Office of Media Affairs announced a new program in which interns will “supplement their learning experience” by attending social events, weekly lectures and community service activities sponsored by the White House, according to a White House press release.

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Memories of Indiana high school hoops icon will last

By Geoffrey Miller · Monday, March 9,2009 11:45 p.m.

I’d imagine the fire marshal had to turn people away, because that night in March of 1998, the Anderson Wigwam was filled to the brim of its 8,996-seat capacity. The rich aroma of buttered popcorn filled the arena as scores of ardent fans clad in red and green – mostly there for their hometown Anderson Indians – packed the stadium.

IU freshman catcher Josh Lyon jumps back from a close inside pitch during IU's 10-6 loss to Eastern Michigan on Wednesday evening at Sembower Field.

Hoosiers prepare for 2nd home game

By DeAntae Prince · Monday, March 9,2009 11:44 p.m.

IU coach Tracy Smith wasn’t happy with his team Sunday night, to say the least.After the Hoosiers’ last game at the Eagle Invitational, an 8-3 win against Le Moyne, Smith was brutally honest when discussing their performance.

Sophomore Charlotte Martin listens to a lecture during one of her journalism classes. Martin, a journalism major, is taking 15 credit hours this semester along with nightly practices and weekend matches.

Textbooks and tennis matches

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Monday, March 9,2009 11:42 p.m.

Most people dream of living the life of a star athlete – the money, the cars and the continuous moments of fan recognition.But for sophomore Charlotte Martin, the No. 2 singles player for the IU women’s tennis team, life as a student athlete is not all glamour.

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BHS North student named top journalist

By Sarah Bloom · Monday, March 9,2009 11:35 p.m.

The Indiana High School Press Association named Bloomington High School North senior Aliya Mood Journalist of the Year at the annual First Amendment Symposium at the Indiana Statehouse last week.

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Support for Hawaii civil union vote wavering

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

The drive to make Hawaii the fifth state in the country to allow same-sex civil unions is on the verge of failing, despite support from most state lawmakers.

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North Korea puts troops on alert, warns of war

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

 North Korea put its troops on alert and cut the last hot line to Seoul on Monday as the American and South Korean militaries began joint maneuvers. The communist regime warned that even the slightest provocation could trigger war.

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Iraq’s women’s minister to withdraw resignation

Monday, March 9,2009 11:30 p.m.

Iraq’s state minister for women’s affairs said Monday she plans to withdraw her resignation after receiving pledges from aid organizations to help improve women’s lives.

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Obama overturns Bush policy on stem cells

Monday, March 9,2009 11:29 p.m.

Reversing Bush policy, President Barack Obama on Monday cleared the way for a significant increase in federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research and promised no scientific data will be “distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda.”

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Cook Group helps fund French Lick airport addition

Monday, March 9,2009 10:47 p.m.

FRENCH LICK, Ind. – A new French Lick Airport terminal to serve the growing number of travelers to southern Indiana’s Springs Valley will be nearly five times the size of the current structure, built more than 40 years ago.

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Merck buying Schering-Plough for $41.1 billion

Monday, March 9,2009 10:46 p.m.

TRENTON, N.J. – Merck & Co. is buying Schering-Plough Corp. for $41.1 billion in a deal that gives Merck key new businesses, access to a promising pipeline of new products and the chance to further cut costs, including eliminating about 16,000 jobs.

An often-grim job search awaits many IU grads

By Sean Morrison · Monday, March 9,2009 10:40 p.m.

The unemployment rate hit 8.1 percent in February and payroll employment fell by 2.6 million in the last four months. Work now is harder to find, and the jobless pool is beginning to fill with applicants more experienced than most college grads.

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Around the Arts

Monday, March 9,2009 10:03 p.m.

Find out what's going on this week in the arts.

Professor Stanley Wells, chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace trust and one of the world's leading experts on Shakespeare studies according to the trust, poses next to a newly discovered portrait of William Shakespeare, in central London, Monday. The portrait, believed to be almost the only authentic image of the writer made from life, has belonged to one family for centuries but was not recognized as a portrait of Shakespeare until recently. There are very few likenesses of Shakespeare, who died in 1616.

Portrait discovered in family’s possession

Monday, March 9,2009 9:58 p.m.

The Bard, or not the Bard? That is the question posed by Monday’s unveiling of a centuries-old portrait of a dark-eyed, handsome man in Elizabethan finery.Experts say it is the only portrait of William Shakespeare painted during his lifetime – in effect, the sole source of our knowledge of what the great man looked like.But they can’t be certain.

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Master drag queens show heightened awareness of opposite sex

By Ryan Brown · Monday, March 9,2009 9:55 p.m.

Even in the limitless world of art, this inability to see beyond sex is inescapable. There is, however, a timeless tradition in performance that not only entertains, but also raises the question of gender in a highly discursive manner: drag.

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