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No. 26 IU finishes 3rd against strong field

By Kevin Luchansky · Tuesday, Oct. 2,2007 12:08 a.m.

The No. 26 IU men’s golf team had another successful tournament weekend at the Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational in Olympia Fields, Ill. Led by the dazzling play of junior Jorge Campillo, the Hoosiers finished third at the invitational, just six strokes behind runner-up Texas and 13 strokes back from tournament champion Oklahoma State. “I made some tough putts, and I made the putts I really needed to hit,” Campillo said. “We played some really great teams out here, and it feels good to finish the way we did.”

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Man gets 4 life sentences in deaths

By Associated Press and Alexandra R. Moses · Tuesday, Oct. 2,2007 12:04 a.m.

FORT WAYNE – A Mexican national sentenced last month to life in prison for the abduction and slaying of a 10-year-old neighbor girl had four more life sentences added on Monday for killing his family. All five sentences are without the possibility of parole.

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Democratic candidate drops out of governor’s race Monday

By Associated Press and Alexandra R. Moses · Tuesday, Oct. 2,2007 12:01 a.m.

State Senate Minority Leader Richard Young, the first Democrat to join the 2008 race for governor, dropped out on Monday. Young, 64, said it would take at least $20 million to mount a successful race and he realized he could not raise that much. He also said that getting out would give the other two Democrats seeking the nomination — former U.S. Rep. Jill Long Thompson and Jim Schellinger, president of an Indianapolis architecture firm – more room to compete for the party’s nod.

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Sex, drugs and major athletes

By Jacob Stewart and Jake Stewart · Monday, Oct. 1,2007 11:59 p.m.

Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. Since the Beatles released “Love Me Do” in 1962, those three words began a love affair that would develop and become a phrase that was socially accepted all over the world. Generation after generation of the music scene’s greatest artists have been under the influence of everything from marijuana to LSD and, in light of the resultant creativity, the social crackdown on drug use is limited. But has the social acceptance of drug use gone a little far? It is possible, especially if we consider replacing one of the words. Try this on for size: sex, drugs and major athletics.

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Joan Wood Lecture set for Wednesday

By Ben Homrig · Monday, Oct. 1,2007 11:32 p.m.

Entering college often means a great deal of change, and in the case of Dr. Jamie L. Stalker, her change was for the better. “A lot of people enter college already knowing what they want to do for a living,” said Stalker, an IU alumna and medical director of Argonne National Laboratory. “For me that wasn’t the case. There were a number of things I went through that made me rethink my career.”

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UAW local official disputes GM closing

By Tom Krisher · Monday, Oct. 1,2007 11:23 p.m.

DETROIT – General Motors Corp. could close or sell a stamping plant in Indianapolis under a tentative contract agreement reached last week with the United Auto Workers, according to a detailed copy of the agreement. But the local union leader in Indianapolis said he has received assurances from a top UAW official that the plant would remain open.

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The fluid present

By David Weisburd · Monday, Oct. 1,2007 11:22 p.m.

When I hear most people talk about dreams or ambitions, they talk about their plans for the future. As I was talking to one of these individuals recently, I had an epiphany: There is no such thing as the future. Well, at least not the kind most people envision.

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Career workshops help business students stand out

By Heather Haemker · Monday, Oct. 1,2007 11:21 p.m.

Students on the job or internship hunt are often looking for opportunities to practice the skills they have and prepare for their future careers. IU’s Kelley School of Business offers its students a chance to do so by holding a variety of career workshops each semester.

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Dry summer causes paltry pumpkin harvest

Monday, Oct. 1,2007 10:48 p.m.

There’s trouble brewing in the pumpkin patch. Scorching weather and lack of rain this summer wiped out some pumpkin crops from western New York to Illinois, leaving fields dotted with undersized fruit.

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Texas oilman Wyatt pleads guilty

By Larry Neumeister · Monday, Oct. 1,2007 10:46 p.m.

Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt Jr. pleaded guilty Monday to charges that he paid millions of dollars to Iraqi officials to illegally win contracts connected to the United Nations oil-for-food program.

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Blood drive begins this week

By IDS staff and Ab D. Phillip · Monday, Oct. 1,2007 10:19 p.m.

IU faces off against Purdue on the field, in the pool and on the court several times a year. But starting this week, IU will face Purdue in another challenge – the 11th annual IU vs. Purdue University Blood Donor Challenge.

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Beyonce cancels Kuala Lumpur show

By Sean Yoong · Monday, Oct. 1,2007 8:40 p.m.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Beyonce Knowles has scrapped plans to stage her first concert in Malaysia and will instead perform in neighboring Indonesia, which has less stringent rules about how performers should dress and behave.

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