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Aussies bring fresh sound

By C. Warner Sills and Wes Jakacki · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Nearly two years after its release, Melbourne's Cat Empire drags their sophomore effort across to U.S. shores, but it's no less fresh than it was upon its original release. Cat Empire is a six-piece musical melting pot of jazz, reggae, ska, funk, rock and even hip-hop. On their second album, Two Shoes, Cat Empire brings a mix of all these world music styles to make a truly great record.

Classic stand up gets weak DVD

By C. Warner Sills and Benny Goldman · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Twenty-three years after it was one of the first HBO comedy specials, Eddie Murphy's long awaited DVD release of "Delirious" is finally here. "Delirious," which chronicles a performance at Washington, D.C.'s Constitution Hall in 1983 is raunchy, controversial and very funny. It shows a brash 22-year-old fresh off the success of an incredible three-year run on "Saturday Night Live" looking more confident than ever.

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Stewart ignores neocon failures

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Reflecting on one of Brian Stewart’s recent columns (“Vulture politics”, Jan. 30), I must say I am pleasantly surprised to read that he is such a big George Orwell fan.

Hannibal better before 'Rising'

By C. Warner Sills and Doug Evans · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Just when you thought the story of film's most legendary psychopath could go no further, Hollywood has delivered us a prequel. How unfitting for a character as diabolic and unfathomable as Hannibal Lecter.

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Applications available now for 2-week course in Sierra Nevada

By Chelsea Merta · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2007 11:57 p.m.

Imagine beginning your summer in eastern California looking for ancient calderas, glaciers and alkaline lakes. Climbing dormant volcanoes and exploring Death Valley -- there isn't a boring day in this "classroom." On May 16, between 14 and 18 undergraduate students will fly out of Indianapolis to Las Vegas for 15 days of intensive studies.

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Bowl For Kids' Sake hopes to raise $179K

By Shannon McEnerney · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2007 11:55 p.m.

As House Manager of the IU Auditorium, Jon Larkin has the job of preparing the upcoming shows. At this time of the year, however, raising thousands of dollars for Bowl for Kids' Sake is something he chooses to do in his free time.

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IU gets 1st 'snow day' since 1996

By Michael Zennie · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2007 11:44 p.m.

It was like campus, buildings and all, had been scooped up Wednesday by some invisible force and deposited in a nearly-deserted winter landscape. Gone were the familiar throngs of students, scurrying across campus. Whole minutes ticked by, without a single person passing in front of Ballantine Hall.

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Around the World

Wednesday, Feb. 14,2007 11:13 p.m.

State Farm Insurance is suspending sales of any new commercial or homeowner policies in Mississippi starting Friday. State Farm cited in part a wave of litigation it has faced after Hurricane Katrina. Mike Fernandez, vice president of public affairs, said the state's "current legal and political environment is simply untenable. We're just not in a position to accept any additional risk in this homeowners' market."

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Bush: Iranian government supplying weapons in Iraq

By Terence Hunt · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2007 11:09 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush said on Wednesday he's certain the Iranian government is supplying deadly weapons used by fighters in Iraq against U.S. troops, even if he can't prove that the orders came from top Iranian leaders. More important, Bush said in his first news conference of the year, is the need to protect American forces against the new weapons and technology, including sophisticated new roadside bombs.

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Real life brought to the stage in Baghdad

By Hamza Hendawi · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2007 11:09 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A sculpture of a bomb-charred motorcycle and auto parts decorates the theater's foyer, and the concession stand lies empty under a layer of dust. Spectators are frisked by policemen, and a notice board announces that an employee has been "caught by the hand of treachery and terrorism," a Baghdad euphemism for a violent death.

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Chrysler to cut 13,000 jobs, close plants

By Tom Krisher · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2007 11:08 p.m.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- In the next three years, 13,000 Chrysler workers will lose their jobs under a wrenching restructuring announced Wednesday that eventually may lead to a DaimlerChrysler divorce. The Chrysler unit of the German-American automaker announced its long-awaited plan at its Auburn Hills headquarters, saying it would cut 16 percent of the U.S. division's worldwide work force, a move it hoped would return its U.S. operations to profitability next year.

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ARTiFACTS

Wednesday, Feb. 14,2007 11:05 p.m.

What: Antelope headdress, known as a Ci Wara or Sogoni Kun, of the Bamana peoples, Mali, West Africa.

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Around the Arts

Wednesday, Feb. 14,2007 11:03 p.m.

The Hungarian Cultural Association of IU presents 'Fehérlófia' ('Son of the White Mare') WHEN: 6 p.m. Friday WHERE: Swain Hall East 140 MORE INFORMATION: Presented as part of the Hungarian Film Series and directed by Marcell Jankovics, this 1982 film is one of the best-known folktales in the Hungarian corpus. "Fehérlófia" will be shown in Hungarian with English subtitles.

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