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By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Monday, March 17,2008 11:01 p.m.

David Paterson was officially sworn in as New York’s governor on Monday, becoming the state’s first black chief executive and vowing to move past the prostitution scandal that has rocked the state Capitol.

Cheney makes Iraq visit, pushes for unity

By Abisalom Omolo and Deb Riechmann · Monday, March 17,2008 11 p.m.

Vice President Dick Cheney, marking five years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq with an overnight stay in the war-torn nation, warned on Monday against large drawdowns of American troops that could jeopardize recent security gains.

‘Leaking’ of calcium identified as the cause of fatigue

By Nicole Palmer · Monday, March 17,2008 10:52 p.m.

After 15 years of research, scientists have discovered the cause of muscle fatigue and now may have a drug to help treat it.

Fact or Fiction: Does cracking your knuckles really cause arthritis?

By Rachel Stark · Monday, March 17,2008 10:51 p.m.

The plea is a common one: “Stop cracking your knuckles!” Whether it be from a parent concerned the habit might cause arthritis or simply from an annoyed friend, those who frequently crack have most likely been asked to stop.

Web site allows students to question government

By Nick Cusack · Monday, March 17,2008 10:51 p.m.

Finding answers to some of life’s toughest questions is now easier thanks to an online site that allows users to ask questions about the government.

The Case for Financial Literacy

By David Weisburd · Monday, March 17,2008 10:50 p.m.

For the last five weeks, I’ve been meeting with numerous professors, administrators and students about the issue of financial literacy. There is overwhelming support for having IU add financial planning to the mandatory curriculum for every student.

AIs reflect on heavy workload

By Nick Cusack · Monday, March 17,2008 10:50 p.m.

Students see them daily: sitting in large lecture classes, teaching classes, answering questions. Associate instructors, or AIs, are a big part of an undergraduate student’s life, but for some it’s unclear what exactly they do.

Volunteering for cash

By Caitlin Keating · Monday, March 17,2008 10:48 p.m.

Imagine doing volunteer work, but getting paid for it. IU’s Advocates for Community Engagement (ACE) allows students to do that. It provides nonprofit organizations with free labor, and then pays the students itself.

Community prepares for 900 jobs lost from GE plant closing

By Maegen Ionof and Maegen Ionoff · Monday, March 17,2008 10:44 p.m.

On Jan. 17, Bloomington’s General Electric refrigerator plant announced it will close by the fourth quarter in 2009, taking almost 900 jobs with it.

Man dies at Wabash insulation plant

Monday, March 17,2008 9:55 p.m.

WABASH — An insulation manufacturer has temporarily closed its plant as authorities try to determine how a worker who died from carbon monoxide poisoning inhaled the deadly gas.

Suspicious turnip package may have been sent to deliver cliche

Monday, March 17,2008 9:54 p.m.

FORT WAYNE — A raw turnip that triggered a bomb scare when it arrived in the mail may have been sent as a message, said the lawyer who was supposed to receive it.

New security director takes office

Monday, March 17,2008 9:54 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Department of Homeland Security has a new executive director.

A look at the 2008 legislative session

Monday, March 17,2008 9:52 p.m.

Lawmakers passed a tax plan that would limit property tax bills for most homeowners to 1 percent of their home’s assessed value, with 2 percent limits on rental property and 3 percent caps on business property. The state would take over some local levies, and the sales tax would be raised from 6 percent to 7 percent to help pay for tax relief.

Wonderlab receives more than $50,000 in grants

By Zach Schalk · Monday, March 17,2008 9:31 p.m.

Bloomington’s WonderLab Museum of Science, Health and Technology is the fulfillment of a dream envisioned by Bloomington natives who felt their city deserved an interactive science museum. Two foundations are helping keep this dream alive by recently giving WonderLab more than $50,000 in grants.

Experts link da Vinci to 16th century chess puzzles

By Ariel David · Monday, March 17,2008 8:26 p.m.

ROME – Leonardo da Vinci drew everything from war machines to anatomy sketches. Now it seems he may have also been an early illustrator of the chess puzzle.

Major networks challenge FCC broadcast indecency policy

By Mark Sherman · Monday, March 17,2008 8:17 p.m.

Fox Broadcasting Co., along with ABC, CBS and NBC, challenged the new policy after the commission said broadcasts of entertainment awards shows in 2002 and 2003 were indecent because of profanity uttered by Bono, Cher and Nicole Richie.

Coming soon to an art museum near you

By Lindsey Landis · Monday, March 17,2008 8:13 p.m.

How do I see the world’s artistic highlights in a more limited amount of time? It is a perplexing question, but luckily, the 24,000 members of International Council of Museum already have an answer: the traveling exhibition.

Grade ‘F’ for Facebook

By Abra Oliver · Monday, March 17,2008 7:26 p.m.

Toronto’s Ryerson University demands our attention for charging freshman Chris Avenir two weeks ago with cheating after he helped popularize a Facebook study group called “Dungeons/Mastering Chemistry Solutions” for a chemistry course last term. In this online study group, 146 classmates posted and discussed their solutions to problems that covered 10 percent of their final grade.

Domestic trip abroad

By Scott Leadingham · Monday, March 17,2008 7:23 p.m.

GATLINBURG, TENN – Spring break is a time to relax, a chance to recharge the figurative batteries of

Sex, academia and your life

By Nick Wallace · Monday, March 17,2008 2:51 p.m.

Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things.” Psalms 119:18. Rather than conserving this Judeo-Christian tradition of examining world’s bounties

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