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Edwards ends presidential campaign in La.

By Abisalom Omolo and Nedra Pickler · Thursday, Jan. 31,2008 12:08 a.m.

Democrat John Edwards bowed out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday, saying it was time to step aside “so that history can blaze its path” in a campaign now left to Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.

Giuliani bows out of presidential race, endorses McCain

By Abisalom Omolo and Devlin Barrett · Thursday, Jan. 31,2008 12:07 a.m.

Rudy Giuliani was always a long-shot for the Republican presidential nomination, a brash New Yorker who backed gun control, abortion and gay rights in a party dominated by Southern conservatives.

Champs of chumps

By Cory Barker and Alexandra R. Moses · Thursday, Jan. 31,2008 12 a.m.

With its debut Controversy Loves Company, The Audition garnered mild success as a simple, carbon copy of emo-scene brethren such as Fall Out Boy.

Yee (Tony Leung) is strictly a Dapper Dan man.

Caution: seduction

By Alex Kopytko · Thursday, Jan. 31,2008 12 a.m.

The explicit sexual nature of Ang Lee's newest film, which earned it an NC-17 rating, may make or break many theatergoers' opinions of it.

Soft-core steppin'

By Andrea Alumbaugh and Alexandra R. Moses · Thursday, Jan. 31,2008 12 a.m.

Just as people don't need any complicated plot coming in and mucking up their porn, I didn't need some sappy, convoluted plot unraveling during my step movie.

Sweet satisfaction

By Jenna Blumenfeld · Thursday, Jan. 31,2008 12 a.m.

It was a dark time in Bloomington when both Jiffy Treet and Cold Stone Creamery abandoned their downtown locations, leaving Kirkwood Avenue devoid of any after-dinner desserts.

Diane Lane and Colin Hanks (center) star in Lakeshore Entertainment and Screen Gems' thriller UNTRACEABLE.

LOL horror

By Heather Haemker · Thursday, Jan. 31,2008 12 a.m.

Because of the times we live in, I expected a movie about cyber crime to dwell on the moral and legal aspects of such crimes.

Turn up the power

By Stefania Marghitu , Adam Geller and Matt Apuzzo · Thursday, Jan. 31,2008 12 a.m.

A lot has changed since Chan Marshall, a.k.a., Cat Power, released her debut, the appropriately titled covers album The Covers Record, in 2000.

The Whigs plot against the anti-Federalists.

Whigs whigged out

By Alexandra R. Moses and Mike Smith · Thursday, Jan. 31,2008 12 a.m.

Mission Control includes Arcade Fire, The Rapture, Modest Mouse, Interpol, The Shins, Coldplay and My Morning Jacket songs.

Rambone-headed

By Gal Shifron · Thursday, Jan. 31,2008 12 a.m.

Hot on the heels of 2006's "Rocky Balboa," the film that resurrected Sylvester Stallone's signature character 15 years after the series' last installment, Stallone's new picture "Rambo" breathes life into traumatized Vietnam veteran John Rambo after an almost-20-year hiatus.

A 'Readymade' Classic

By Ab D. Phillip and Bernard P. Zipprich · Thursday, Jan. 31,2008 12 a.m.

Upon first listening to Beck my sophomore year of high school, I wasn't sure what to make of him, let alone where to begin in his varied discography.

"Midnight Express" bus driver Larry Shaw lets everyone know who's in charge.

Inside the booze industry

By IDS staff , Anna Radtke and Ab D. Phillip · Thursday, Jan. 31,2008 12 a.m.

Ever wonder what the "drunk bus" driver sees during a shift? What about the bartender at Kilroy's you forgot to tip? And where was your Upland beer before it got to you? What is the highest blood-alcohol level a police officer has encountered? WEEKEND HAS THE ANSWERS.