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House Republicans hope to revise at least 40 bills

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Smith · Wednesday, March 9,2005 11:34 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Republicans who control the Indiana House pledged Wednesday to use all their power to revive at least 40 bills that failed to clear their chamber by a key deadline last week, many of them derailed because of a walkout by Democrats.

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State Supreme Court limits judges' power

By Alyson Brodsy and Deanna Wrenn · Wednesday, March 9,2005 11:34 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that parts of the state's prison sentencing laws were unconstitutional -- a decision that will forbid judges from going beyond standard sentencing for crimes without a jury's approval.

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Prayers, protests planned as Wallace execution nears

By Alyson Brodsy and Tom Coyne · Wednesday, March 9,2005 11:33 p.m.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- A man who spent nearly a quarter century on Indiana's death row was scheduled to be executed early Thursday for murdering an Evansville family of four in 1980. Donald Ray Wallace, 47, had declined to seek clemency from Gov. Mitch Daniels after exhausting his appeals.

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City smoking ban creates big butt problem

By Michael Beal · Wednesday, March 9,2005 11:32 p.m.

Since Bloomington head-butted second-hand smoke with the recent smoking ban, cigarette butts outside of the city's bars have multiplied. The ban, requiring smokers to abstain from smoking inside Bloomington buildings and preferably at a "reasonable distance" from them, has meant more maintenance work for custodial employees at Kilroy's Sports Bar.

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Mixed bag of money matters

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, March 9,2005 11:23 p.m.

Between taxes and spring break, money is on the student's minds. A college degree from IU can set us up for comfortable living in the future, but the archetypal broke college kid is no myth. However, public scholarship money might dry up soon, and the state seems unwilling to give universities the funding they need. To balance the universities' books, the burden will probably fall on students even more.

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Alumnus appointed IU's new federal lobbyist

By Ryne Shadday · Wednesday, March 9,2005 11:22 p.m.

IU's new liaison between the University and the federal government, Doug Wasitis, wants to get the University's voice heard in Congress. Wasitis, an IU alumnus, has been with Baker & Daniels Sagamore's education practice team for the past eight years and is the senior vice president of the company.

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Workshop encourages adult education

By Kristin Huett · Wednesday, March 9,2005 11:21 p.m.

Attending college is difficult for many students, but for those who are returning to school after being out of the classroom for many years, college might seem especially challenging.

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Iraqi officials discover 41 bodies at 2 sites Wednesday

By Alyson Brodsy and Todd Pitman · Wednesday, March 9,2005 11:08 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi officials said Wednesday that 41 bodies have been found at two sites, and they believe some of the corpses are Iraqi soldiers kidnapped and killed by insurgents. At least 30 American contractors, meanwhile, were wounded by a suicide bombing near a hotel.

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'Falling in love all over again' with Washington, DC

By Jaimie Cohen · Wednesday, March 9,2005 7:10 p.m.

I can describe my Washington D.C. experience thus far in two words: deeply moving. Though I have been here before I started the Washington Leadership Program, I felt the need to rediscover the city through its museums and memorials.

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Kinsey Confidential

By Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, March 9,2005 5:23 p.m.

Question: I'd like to get on the pill but I've heard mixed things about it. Is it true that it causes cancer?

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Storming the Statehouse

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, March 9,2005 1:17 a.m.

Forty years after Indiana repealed its anti-interracial marriage legislation on the basis of race discrimination, Hoosiers might soon vote to support or deny legislation banning marriage by same-sex couples.

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