Robbie McEwen crashes, wins 1st stage of 2007 Tour
Australia’s Robbie McEwen crashed over his handlebars with 12 miles left, got back on his bike and mustered the grit to win the first stage of the 2007 Tour de France on Sunday in a mad-dash sprint.
Australia’s Robbie McEwen crashed over his handlebars with 12 miles left, got back on his bike and mustered the grit to win the first stage of the 2007 Tour de France on Sunday in a mad-dash sprint.
Improbable as this Wimbledon title might have seemed, Venus Williams knew it could happen. Far away as that trophy might have appeared only last week, Williams knew she had the game and the grit to grab it.
Roger Federer won his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title Sunday, beating nemesis Rafael Nadal in a five-set epic and taking his place in tennis history beside Bjorn Borg.
This Tuesday will mark Major League Baseball’s 77th All-Star game at AT&T Park in San Francisco.
The College World Series doesn’t exactly come to mind for IU sports fans when considering the Hoosiers’ baseball team. In fact, IU has a total of 19 conference wins over the past two seasons – two fewer than perennial winner Michigan Wolverines tallied during this year alone.
The world has been Harry Potter-nized, and the next installments are rapidly approaching.
A suicide truck bomber blasted a Shiite town north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing more than 100 people, police said, in a sign Sunni insurgents are pulling away from a U.S. offensive around the capital to attack where security is thinner.
An 8,000-acre wildfire had forced hundreds of people to leave their homes in the northern Nevada town of Winnemucca, and scores fled homes in the path of a blaze in Washington state on Sunday. They were among several wildfires across the West on Sunday as a heat wave made parched terrain even drier.
Richmond, Bloomington and those cities’ IU campuses are preparing to show off their digs this month in bids to play host to one of the 2008 presidential or vice-presidential debates.
IU professor Michael R. Baye has been named director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Economics. Baye has served as an IU professor of business economics in the Kelley School of Business since 1997. In his new position, he will supervise economic analysis at the FTC and advise on economic policy matters.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Students who have the notion that they can get away with cheating in online courses should beware. Companies are talking about new devices to help curb online cheating, and Penn State is listening.
Impassive and staring straight ahead, an Iraqi doctor was led into court by plainclothes security officers Saturday, the first suspect to appear on charges of plotting to bomb London’s entertainment district and Scotland’s busiest airport.
The Great Wall of China, Rome’s Colosseum, India’s Taj Mahal and three architectural marvels from Latin America were among the new seven wonders of the world chosen in a global poll released on Saturday.
Junior Amber Seals said members of the Groups student organization seem excited about having needles stuck in their arms for a good cause. “I’ve been going around with the sign-up list for Groups members,” Seals said. “People are saying, ‘Yes, yes, I will.’”
ZIONSVILLE, Ind. – A record class of 121 troopers graduated Friday from the Indiana State Police Academy, a day after a veteran trooper was fatally shot in Wabash County.
After the death of her husband in 1996, Betty Lou Culler needed something to occupy her time. The Clay City, Ind., woman had been a farm wife for almost 50 years. "The farm was all I knew," said Culler, now 82.
PORTAGE, Ind. – Duane Cheney resigned from the Indiana House of Representatives last week.
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana State Police on Friday mourned the death of a popular trooper as they worked to piece together details of the roadside shooting that claimed his life.
Saturday night at the Bluebird Nightclub, the self-described “Americana acoustic music” band Railroad Earth drew an energetic crowd. The opening act for the concert was the Stringtown Pickers, a band from Indianapolis.
Bloomington singer and songwriter Jenn Cristy sets up her keyboard for a free concert at Third Street Park.