Clashes with Darfur
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Hundreds of Darfur rebels reached the outskirts of Sudan’s capital Saturday for the first time and clashed with security forces, rebel and government officials said.
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Hundreds of Darfur rebels reached the outskirts of Sudan’s capital Saturday for the first time and clashed with security forces, rebel and government officials said.
BAGHDAD – Shiite groups brokered a reported cease-fire Saturday with militants fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad’s Sadr City as the country’s army launched an offensive in Mosul against al-Qaida’s main bastion in Iraq.
WASHINGTON – The cost of mailing a letter goes up a penny to 42 cents on Monday, the latest in what are expected to be annual price adjustments by the Postal Service.
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton’s once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party’s nomination for president.
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar’s military rulers held a referendum Saturday aimed at solidifying their hold on power while brazenly turning cyclone relief efforts into a propaganda campaign.
Monroe County Civic Theater is set to debut its production of “Little Red Riding Hood” May 15 at Rachael’s Café, according to a press release from MCCT. The original adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale was written by playwright Ruth Aaron Grove.
PHOENIX – DMX was arrested on drug and animal-cruelty charges following an overnight raid on the rapper’s house Friday, authorities said.
It’s the first summer session, and most of IU’s roughly 30,000 undergraduates have left Bloomington to return to their families, go on internships, travel, work summer jobs, tend crops and so on. Parking has become available, and traffic ... well ... isn’t quite as bad.
The competition doesn’t move indoors when it is raining. The stadium doesn’t have a retractable roof. So when it rains, everything – the athletes, equipment, competitive surface – gets wet. VIDEO: IU Track and Field
Ron Johnson, who has worked as a student publications director and adviser to the Kansas State Collegian newspaper, is slated to start as IU student media director July 1.
Monroe County Civic Theater is set to debut its production of “Little Red Riding Hood” May 15 at Rachael’s Café, according to a press release from MCCT. The original adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale was written by playwright Ruth Aaron Grove.
Shopping as a full-time job might sound ideal to many, but some fake companies are now tricking people into paying for an opportunity to work as a mystery shopper.
Success breeds more success. That is the theme for IU men’s golfer Jorge Campillo, who has earned a trophy room full of accolades with the Hoosiers and is the driving force behind the team’s impressive national ranking.
INDIANAPOLIS – Strategy was almost as important as speed Saturday as Scott Dixon won the pole for the Indianapolis 500 with a big gamble by his Target Chip Ganassi Racing team.
NEW YORK – Mike D’Antoni has agreed to coach the New York Knicks, bringing his entertaining offensive style from the Phoenix Suns to a team coming off one of the worst seasons in franchise history.
After placing 18th in the NCAA East Regionals in Athens, Ga., the Hoosiers failed to advance to the National Championship for the second straight year.
The No. 38 IU men’s tennis team suffered a heartbreaker Saturday to the No. 29 Vanderbilt Commodores in a 4-3 loss on the campus of Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss.
After losing two of three contests to Northwestern in Evanston, Ill. this weekend, the IU baseball team’s dreams of climbing back into the Big Ten Tournament picture are quickly becoming nightmares.
DMX was arrested on drug and animal-cruelty charges following an overnight raid on the rapper’s house Friday, authorities said.
Many residents are still trying to get their lives back in order three months after winter floodwaters inundated homes across a large swath of Northern Indiana.