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Cutting back

By Savannah Worley · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:18 p.m.

Sophomore Kym Pagel is on a back-to-school budget.She’s not buying notebooks this year, because she still has paper in the ones she used last semester. She’s shopping for her textbooks online, hoping to find cheaper prices than at local bookstores. And she’s scouring shelves at discount retailers Target and Wal-Mart, looking for deals.

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Bring on the fashion

By Gabrijel Gelic · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:01 p.m.

Fashion is constantly changing. Each new season brings something new to the table, and it can be difficult to keep up with the demands of the fashion world. The fall 2008 collections have been no exception, featuring everything from a structured silhouette, as seen in the Yves Saint Laurent collection, to the more relaxed feeling seen at the Versace show. Eight trends have emerged as this fall’s most wanted.

Released Palestinian prisoner Said al-Atba, 57, kisses his mother as he arrives Monday in the city of Nablus. Al-Atba was the longest serving Palestinian inmate in Israel, having served 31 years of a life sentence for masterminding a 1977 market bombing that killed one and wounded dozens more in central Israel.

Israel frees Palestinians before Rice visit

Monday, Aug. 25,2008 8:47 p.m.

Ramallah, West Bank – Israel freed nearly 200 jailed Palestinians on Monday – including a militant mastermind from the 1970s – in a goodwill gesture just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began her latest peace mission to the region.

Democratic presidential hopefuls from left, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., are seen on stage at a debate at Dartmouth College on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, in Hanover, N.H. Obama picked Biden as his running mate late Friday night.

Obama announces Joe Biden as running mate

Saturday, Aug. 23,2008 1:11 a.m.

Barack Obama selected Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware late Friday night to be his vice presidential running mate, according to a Democratic official, balancing his ticket with an older congressional veteran well-versed in foreign and defense issues.

Members of MoveOn.org rally Tuesday afternoon outside Bloomingfoods on Sixth Street. The group was protesting John McCain and his connection to big oil.

MoveOn.org supporters hold rally at Tuesday Market

By Amanda Lowry · Wednesday, Aug. 20,2008 5:04 p.m.

About 10 supporters of the organization MoveOn.org rallied Tuesday in the Bloomingfoods Near West parking lot during the weekly Tuesday Market with picket signs and flyers, protesting the influence of “Big Oil” and John McCain’s involvement with it.

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Crean signs 10-year contract

Tuesday, Aug. 19,2008 1:34 p.m.

IU has signed men's basketball coach Tom Crean to a 10-year contract with a $600,000 per year base salary. The contract also promises $15.72 million in additional income from outside marketing and promotions over the 10 years.PDF: Tom Crean's contract

City of Bloomington utility employees work to fix the broken water main at 10th Street and the 45/46 bypass on Wednesday afternoon.

2 of 3 water mains fixed

By IDS staff · Wednesday, Aug. 13,2008 2:43 p.m.

Earlier today the City of Bloomington Utilities reported three water main breaks. The breaks were at Third Street and Eastside Drive, 10th Street and Woodlawn Avenue and 10th Street and the 45/46 bypass, said Jon Callahan, utilities public affairs specialist.

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A few more miles to go

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, Aug. 13,2008 1:33 p.m.

With one listen to Armada, it’s clear why the Drive-Thru family wanted The Mile After in the fold. The band delivers slick pop-punk just as if it was 2003 all over again. Yet although the talent is clearly there, the band seemingly lack anything that can be remembered after the album finishes spinning. 

In this June 14, 2008 file photo, Virginia Democratic Senatorial candidate, former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner gestures during a speech during the Virginia Democratic State Convention in Hampton, Va. Warner has been tapped to be the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention, a plum spot that is often a springboard to national prominence.

Democratic convention keynote speaker announced

Wednesday, Aug. 13,2008 1:11 p.m.

Senate candidate and former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner is scheduled to deliver the Tuesday night keynote address at this year's Democratic National Convention – the same role that launched Barack Obama to national prominence four years ago.

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