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Lecture to discuss the universe

By Megan Meyer · Monday, April 28,2008 12:13 a.m.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, IU will host two lectures by Sir Roger Penrose, author and mathematical physicist. Penrose is this year’s guest for the 18th annual Joseph and Sophia Konopinski Public Lecture and Colloquia Series in Physics. With the promise of presenting a “radical new idea,” Penrose will discuss the nature of the universe before the Big Bang.

Around the World

By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:53 p.m.

A wildfire that broke out in a popular hiking area blackened the steep slopes of the foothills near Pasadena and forced mandatory evacuations for 300 homes, authorities said Sunday.

13 states to send overseas troops presidential election ballots by e-mail

By Abisalom Omolo and Lolita C. Baldor · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:52 p.m.

U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan can speak to their families by Web camera and fight insurgents using sophisticated electronic warfare.

13 dead, 9 wounded in Tijuana

By Abisalom Omolo and Elliot Spagat · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:52 p.m.

Massive gunbattles broke out between suspected drug traffickers who fired at each other while speeding down heavily populated streets of this violent border city early Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding nine.

Sharpton vows to ‘close this city down’

By Abisalom Omolo and Verena Dobnik · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:51 p.m.

Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to “close this city down” to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed a groom on his wedding day and wounded two friends.

3 killed in militant attack on Afghan president

By Abisalom Omolo and Amir Shah · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:50 p.m.

Militants firing rockets and automatic rifles attacked the Afghan president at a ceremony in Kabul on Sunday, missing their target but killing three and wounding eight others.

ONLINE ONLY: Poor showing ends season for Hoosiers

By Kari Friedlander · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:37 p.m.

Despite a strong effort, the No. 3 seed Hoosiers ended their season with two unexpected losses and one final win at the Eastern Division Championships.

Jacob Wick, Joey Tharp, and Jim Wollenburg of team Triple Threat rest Saturday while waiting for other teams to finish the second annual Hoosier Hustle at Third Street Park. Team Triple Threat was the first team back to the park at the end of the race.

Race to the finish

By Allison Tyra · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:03 p.m.

Despite the brisk morning air and an 8 a.m. start time, dozens of competitors turned out Saturday for the Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department’s second annual Hoosier Hustle.

Sen. Lugar awards $72,000 in scholarships

By Dayna Sheinberg · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:01 p.m.

In 1983, Sen. Dick Lugar set up the Fund for Hoosier Excellence, a privately financed scholarship fund benefitting minority students in Indiana. The Fund for Hoosier Excellence awarded 10 students with Lugar Scholarships this year: eight $4,000 scholarships and two $20,000 scholarships.

Pacifist speaks about life in Iraq

By Caitlin Johnston · Sunday, April 27,2008 10:59 p.m.

When Americans begin to realize their ability to change, they have the potential to end the Iraq War. This was the main message Cliff Kindy delivered in a speech Thursday at the First United Church.

Art shows nature

By Lara Streyle · Sunday, April 27,2008 10:41 p.m.

Here in Bloomington, artist Marcy Neiditz isn’t recreating Michelangelo’s “David” or Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker.” She’s doing something all her own. She makes whimsical and abstract ceramic sculptures that incorporate plant culture and molecules into her work.

‘Sex and the City’ star Evan Handler releases 2nd book

By Whitney Riggs · Sunday, April 27,2008 10:40 p.m.

Popularly known for his role as Harry Goldenblatt on HBO’s “Sex and the City” and Charlie Rumkle on Showtime’s “Californication,” Handler has written his second book, “It’s Only Temporary: The Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive.”

‘People Are Still Having Sex’ party turns up the bass in a new location

By David Schlegel · Sunday, April 27,2008 10:39 p.m.

Crowds of people swarmed the dance floor Friday night at the third People Are Still Having Sex dance party, though attendance was down from the last two parties.

Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s headline Buskirk’s Thursday show

By Deanna Krinn · Sunday, April 27,2008 10:37 p.m.

The Buskirk-Chumley Theater was filled with the sounds of eclectic modern alternative rock last Thursday night as three buzzed-about bands took the stage. Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s of Indianapolis were joined by Chicago’s Maps & Atlases and local band Kentucky Nightmare.

Raising the bar

By Shannon Dahmer · Sunday, April 27,2008 10:33 p.m.

The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra played for one night only, lighting up the stage with the native sounds of Bourbon Street.

Who is Krista Detor?

By Brian Hettmansperger · Sunday, April 27,2008 10:26 p.m.

A chart-topping recording artist across the Atlantic, Krista Detor lives an unassuming life here in Bloomington.

New conductor to join School of Music

By Tom Edwards · Sunday, April 27,2008 10:23 p.m.

The IU Jacobs School of Music has announced Jeffrey Gershman will be associate professor of music and associate director of bands/wind conducting beginning in the fall semester.

Free to abuse?

By Nick Wallace · Sunday, April 27,2008 6:26 p.m.

The United States has historically had a complex relationship with religion. Our courts routinely hear cases about the role it should play in public life, and we are one of the only developed countries in the world with significant church attendance. The past four hundred years of European settlement on this continent have allowed Puritans, Amish, Mormons and utopian-seekers of all stripes to flourish as they never could have under the heavy hand of Catholicism or the Church of England in Europe.

Choose at your peril

By Anna Piontek · Sunday, April 27,2008 6:24 p.m.

The Indiana primary is upon us, and for once the votes of Indiana Democrats will matter. ’Tis time for careful consideration.

Mad money

By Brian J. McFillen · Sunday, April 27,2008 6:23 p.m.

Today, the federal government is due to start mailing checks to taxpayers in its stimulus package to help boost economic growth. And let me tell you: I’m going to stimulate the hell out of this economy.