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Hospital to compensate families of drugged infants

By Alyson Brodsy and Deanna Martin · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:30 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Methodist Hospital has offered to financially compensate families of two premature infants who died after being given an overdose of a blood thinner, the hospital CEO said Tuesday.

Mayor hears concerns about safety from residents

By Paige Ingram · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:30 p.m.

An April 18 shooting in Bryan Park spawned a citywide study into the public safety of Bloomington at large.

Monroe County Fall Festival starts Thursday

By Michael Reschke · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:28 p.m.

The Monroe County Fall Festival will return Thursday for its 44th nonconsecutive year. There is no entry fee to the three-day festival, which will feature two stages for live entertainment, a parade, rides from Pic-A-Chic farms of Bloomington, a cruise-in car show and fireworks displays.

For whom the road tolls

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian J. McFillen · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:20 p.m.

This weekend, I received a surprise when my parents, lifelong Republicans, announced they were planning to vote for Ohio's Democratic candidate for governor, Ted Strickland. Why? Besides the fact that Republican candidate J. Kenneth Blackwell was generally too conservative for them -- as a friend once put it, he's a "God conservative," while my family and I are "economic conservatives" -- one big issue was playing on their minds. Blackwell wants to lease the Ohio Turnpike to a foreign consortium, Macquarie-Cintra. You Hoosiers might have heard of it.

Truck you

By Abby Schwimmer and Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:19 p.m.

Picture this: In the quiet hours of the early morning, your SUV rumbles over the rough terrain. Its 10-cylinder engine propels you through a deep ravine, one so rugged only the most ridiculously huge of vehicles can pass.

GOP advocates fence along Mexican border

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:14 p.m.

According to a Sept. 14 New York Times article, House Republicans have announced they will back a proposal that would require the Bush administration to build 700 miles of two-layered, reinforced fence along the Mexican border with the United States. This is one of many bills regarding border control the Republicans have promised to push through the House before the midterm elections.

A Species In Silence

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:05 p.m.

There is an epidemic developing at IU. It's not cholera or influenza or even alcohol poisoning. No, this new disease is much more terrifying and is capable of transforming the human race into monosyllabic -- or worse -- nonvocal members of the animal kingdom: self-isolationism! That's right. It seems as though IU students are cutting themselves off from meeting people or developing new friendships. Want evidence? Look around you right now: How many people are silent and using an electronic device? If you happen upon one of those mutated by this disease (or are one yourself), our columnists will help you identify just exactly what you're dealing with.

Steven Irwin memorial at Australia Zoo Wednesday

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 10:51 p.m.

BEERWAH, Australia -- More than 5,000 people, including the Australian prime minister, are expected to cram the "Crocoseum" at the Australia Zoo Wednesday to say farewell to "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin at a memorial service.

City-owned art collections in California: vast, varied and sometimes forgotten

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 10:50 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO -- For a city boasting Rodins and Munchs in its public collection, the basement of Building 30 at San Francisco General Hospital is no place for art. Steam pipes lattice the ceiling, the dust on rusting file cabinets thickened by the years.

Fashion, art collide at Buskirk

By Rorye O'Connor and Rorye O'Conner · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 10:49 p.m.

More than 40 local businesses will celebrate the history and future of the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in style with Fashion + Function + Art.

Enterprising senior sees film company off the ground

By Ab Schwimmer · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 10:46 p.m.

Senior Ryan Newman, founder and director of Bearded Man Films LLC, does not have a beard -- at least not at the moment.

Bush assures Muslims U.S. not at war with Islam

By Alyson Brodsy and Nedra Pickler · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 10:41 p.m.

UNITED NATIONS -- President Bush on Tuesday appealed directly to Muslims to assure them that the United States is not waging war with Islam as he laid out a vision for peace in the Middle East before skeptical world leaders at the United Nations.

Thailand's military ousts prime minister in coup while he's in New York

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 10:37 p.m.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's army commander ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a military coup Tuesday night while he was in New York, circling his offices with tanks, declaring martial law and revoking the constitution.

Purdue search includes undergraduate

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 8:27 a.m.

While the IU Student Association continues to lobby the administration for a more active role in choosing the University's next president, students at Purdue are much more pleased with their role in choosing that college's next leader.

Pot discovered in AEPhi

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 12:22 a.m.

Police issued arrest citations for possession of marijuana to three IU students at Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority Saturday afternoon, a police report said, after a fire alarm was set off in the building.

SLIS dean wins highest information science honor

By Carly Dachis · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 12:22 a.m.

Every year since 1964, the American Society for Information Science and Technology has bestowed its highest honor on one researcher in the information science field. This year, Blaise Cronin, dean of IU's School of Library and Information Science, received the National Award of Merit.

Business club holds fall call-out meeting

By Kristi Oloffson · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 12:21 a.m.

One way to get 200 students interested in a business club is to entice them with networking trips to New York City and Los Angeles. Another way is to have a cappella group Straight No Chaser perform at the organization's call-out meeting.

Democracy Plaza group promotes civil discussion

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 12:21 a.m.

Rain kept many people away from Democracy Plaza's first event Monday afternoon, but the group's president still has high hopes for the organization's future.

Web site allows students to bid on off-campus housing

By Julie Mahomed · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 12:19 a.m.

A new Web site aims to simplify the search for off-campus housing by allowing students to view available Bloomington properties and connect with property managers using one online forum.

Town hall meeting honors Constitution

By Zachary Osterman · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 12:18 a.m.

A town hall meeting discussing checks on presidential power took place in the Grand Hall of the Neal-Marshall Black Cultural Center Monday night. The meeting, held in celebration of Constitution Day, was sponsored by the IU Dean of Faculties office and moderated by education professor Terrance Mason.