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'Earth' offers shoes with pain-reducing technology

By Lori Snow · Thursday, April 21,2005 1:06 a.m.

It all started April 1, 1970, during the first Earth Day celebration in New York City.

Internet use on campus grows, but little time is devoted to school work

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 21,2005 1:06 a.m.

When the rent on his East Lansing, Mich., apartment is due, Mark Herberholz logs onto an Internet poker site for a few hands. He says the income from his winnings helps pay the bills and pass the time. The Michigan State senior says he spends about four hours a day playing computer games, instant messaging with friends and surfing the Internet.

IU students, community speak out against I-69 construction

By Pat Giese · Thursday, April 21,2005 1:05 a.m.

New terrain Interstate 69 was met with even more hostility Wednesday night in the Indiana Memorial Union.

NYSE to merge with Archipelago

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 21,2005 1:04 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The 213-year-old New York Stock Exchange vaulted into the top ranks of electronic stock trading Wednesday, announcing a merger with all-electronic rival Archipelago Holdings Inc. in a stunning move that will also transform the NYSE into a for-profit, publicly traded enterprise.

Colts get four primetime games on 2005 schedule

By Alyson Brodsy and Michael Marot · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:57 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts are going prime time this fall.

Love him or hate him, Lance is doing good things

By Alyson Brodsy and Ryan Corazza · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:56 a.m.

At a press conference Monday, cancer survivor Lance Armstrong announced that win or lose, he will end his prolific cycling career after this July's Tour De France. Armstrong cited wanting to spend more time with his three kids as the biggest reason for deciding to retire.

American schools get 'F'

By Alyson Brodsy and Adam Sedia · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:48 a.m.

Watching Lou Dobbs on Monday night, I was intrigued with his feature subtitled "The system. Quiet Crisis." With the election of Pope Benedict XVI, the Michael Jackson trial and Social Security reform dominating the news, it's easy to overlook other concerns.

Benedict XVI pledges to rally Catholics

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:48 a.m.

VATICAN CITY -- Charting a papacy in the tradition of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI pledged Wednesday to work for unity among Christians and to seek "an open and sincere dialogue" with other faiths.

Repaying the debt

By Alyson Brodsy and Charlie Szrom · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:47 a.m.

More than 50 years ago, Iranians elected the nationalist Mohammed Mossadegh as their president. Unhappy with the new president's desire to set an independent path for his nation, the American and British intelligence services organized a coup that restored the pro-Western Shah Reza Pahlavi to power.

Seat belts, not state belts

By Alyson Brodsy and Sam Nissen · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:46 a.m.

Tuesday, April 12, should have been the last day any IU student ever drove without a seat belt fully secured. Before that date, you might have gotten away with claiming ignorance or laziness, but now you know. From this point on, take heed and buckle up.

IU educates for freedom

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:45 a.m.

As you read this, IU is working to promote democracy in a key strategic area for the 21st century.

Lawmakers seeking compromise on time

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:43 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- A compromise on legislation that seeks to move all of Indiana to daylight-saving time remained elusive Wednesday as a House-Senate conference committee failed to agree on a proposal that could advance in the Senate.

Council approves water rate hike

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:42 a.m.

*Editor's note: In the April 14 edition of the Indiana Daily Student, the common council passed a recommendation to vote on the second reading of the proposed water rate hike.

Hoagy Carmichael remembered

By Jessica Wolfe · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:41 a.m.

The son of a legend is in Bloomington tonight.

Con artists break flood victims' banking accounts

By Pat Giese · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:40 a.m.

Hoosier flood victims are being rained on again, this time by con artists posing as relief workers promising aid more quickly than expected.

Motorola earnings rise 14 percent, beat estimates

By Alyson Brodsy and Dave Carpenter · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:29 a.m.

CHICAGO -- Motorola Inc., the world's second-largest mobile phone maker, reported a better-than-expected 14 percent increase in first-quarter earnings Wednesday, continuing its comeback on another solid rise in sales.

Business In Brief

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:27 a.m.

The Underground retail store in downtown Bloomington at the corner of Kirkwood Avenue and Walnut Street will close April 27 as reported by owner Dennis Laszlo.

Cut above the rest

By RonNella Moore and Ronni Moore · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:22 a.m.

When she was a student at IU, Margarete Disque majored in telecommunications, but she always dreamed of something more.

Iraqi president: Over 50 bodies found in Tigris River identified

By Alyson Brodsy and Sameer N. Yacoub · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:10 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The bodies of more than 50 people have been recovered from the Tigris River and have been identified, President Jalal Talabani said Wednesday. He said the bodies were believed to have been those of hostages seized in a region south of Baghdad earlier this month.

House ethics panel to open Delay investigation

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 21,2005 12:08 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Retreating under pressure, Republicans on the House ethics committee said Wednesday they were ready to open an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing against Majority Leader Tom DeLay.