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Rumsfeld visits Kurdish region of Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and Robert Burns · Wednesday, April 13,2005 12:32 a.m.

SALAHUDDIN, Iraq -- On a whirlwind tour of Iraq that included his first visit to the Kurdish region, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld urged the emerging national government Tuesday to avoid politicizing the Iraqi military. At a news conference in a shaded courtyard surrounded by young pear trees, Rumsfeld was asked whether Iraqi officials he met earlier in Baghdad had given him assurances about continuity in the senior leadership of the Iraqi security forces.

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Rainbow parties?

By Amy Obermeyer · Wednesday, April 13,2005 12:18 a.m.

Lately, we've been bombarded with teen and preteen sex. Well, not teen sex itself, but rather discussions about teens and preteens having sex. "Oprah" and "Dateline" are talking about middle school kids at "rainbow parties," where teenage girls wear different colors of lipstick and teenage boys compete to see who winds up with a rainbow on their penis. I must confess that even I am shocked (and I am pretty hard to shock).

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Those who matter to us

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 13,2005 12:14 a.m.

Something bad happened this week. Before Monday night, bicycles mattered. Concerts and parties mattered. Exams mattered. Yet for many, these matters have been postponed. There is a family who has lost their daughter, IU senior Ashley Crouse. That family has become larger after the course of events that occurred late Monday night.

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IU student killed in car crash

By Mike Malik · Tuesday, April 12,2005 6:41 p.m.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- IU senior Ashley Crouse, 21, was killed following a two-car accident that occurred on campus late Monday night, according to the IU Police Department. Crouse was pronounced dead at 12:09 a.m. today at Bloomington Hospital. Crouse, her boyfriend Christopher Carlson and an unidentified female passenger were driving southbound on Hawthorne Avenue when their red Jeep Cherokee was struck on the driver's side by a gray Honda station wagon at the intersection of Hawthorne Avenue and Third Street.

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IU student killed in car crash

By Mike Malik · Tuesday, April 12,2005 5:49 p.m.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- IU senior Ashley Crouse, 21, was killed following a two-car accident that occurred on campus late Monday night, according to the IU Police Department. Crouse was pronounced dead at 12:09 a.m. today at Bloomington Hospital. Crouse, her boyfriend Christopher Carlson and an unidentified female passenger were driving southbound on Hawthorne Avenue when their red Jeep Cherokee was struck on the driver's side by a gray Honda station wagon at the intersection of Hawthorne Avenue and Third Street.

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'They'll need our prayers'

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Malik · Tuesday, April 12,2005 10:08 a.m.

Seniors Norka Acosta and Jami Bennett were driving back from working on a group project when they drove by the accident. They immediately stopped, got out their first aid kit and assisted in helping the victims. Bennett vividly recalls the moment she made the decision to act.

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Safer cigs

By Hannah Schroder · Tuesday, April 12,2005 4:50 a.m.

PICTURE THIS: You make it home safely from the bar Saturday night -- your fears of encountering a drunk driver on the road or acquiring a ticket for public intoxication are erased from your mind -- and you crawl into bed to relax with a cigarette.

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Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 12,2005 1:01 a.m.

The IU Board of Trustees will hold a statewide forum Wednesday in which the public can express and hear differing opinions on tuition and mandatory fee proposals for the 2005-2006 academic year.

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Paintball players recruit team

By Laila Hayat · Tuesday, April 12,2005 12:58 a.m.

When people are learning a new sport, they usually play with beginners. When Chris Medlyn first played paintball, it was against his uncle, who is a sniper for the S.W.A.T. team in Champaign, Ill.

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4 Tar Heels could enter NBA draft

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 12,2005 12:55 a.m.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina easily could be the favorite to win the national championship again. Then again, the Tar Heels might not even be picked to win the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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Tiger's roar restored

By Ryan Phillips · Tuesday, April 12,2005 12:54 a.m.

I'm not what you'd call a golf fan. I can't play it, don't watch it and really don't even like to talk about it.

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Receivers prepare to lead wide-open offense

By Eamonn Brennan · Tuesday, April 12,2005 12:51 a.m.

IU junior wide receiver Jahkeen Gilmore could be focusing on what he doesn't have this spring -- most notably, the partnership of IU's all-time leader in receptions and yards, Courtney Roby.

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Particles

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 12,2005 12:49 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- A coalition of 12 states and several cities asked a federal appeals court Friday to make the Environmental Protection Agency reconsider its decision not to regulate heat-trapping greenhouse gases as air pollutants.

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BPD looking into liquor store robbery

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 12,2005 12:46 a.m.

The Bloomington Police Department is currently investigating the Saturday night robbery of Karton King Liquor and Discount Tobacco, 435 S. Walnut St. The events began when two suspects, a man and a woman, entered the liquor store and began wandering around, according to police reports.

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