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Patrons listen as IU graduate Jonah Malarsky plays music on Friday, May 22, at Boxcar Books. Malarsky’s performance was part of “An Evening of Lit and Wit,” a promotional event organized by Shanks and intended to promote local publications fiore and The Robin.

‘Lit and Wit’ inspires artistic expression at Boxcar Books

By Mickey Woods · Wednesday, May 27,2009 7:11 p.m.

The hardwood floorboards of Boxcar Books were adorned May 22 with acoustic guitars, iambic pentameters and cups of sangria at the premiere event for fiore magazine and The Robin: “Lit and Wit."

Your crisis is my crisis, part 2

By Georgia Perry · Wednesday, May 27,2009 7:10 p.m.

If you are experiencing an end-of-college crisis, please, do yourself a favor and learn from my personal experience.

You should go see BloomingPlays

By Brent Williamson · Wednesday, May 27,2009 7:09 p.m.

Ah, local theater. There really is nothing else like it. When done well, it can be moving, touching, dramatic or side-splittingly funny.

'Salvation' saves franchise

Wednesday, May 27,2009 6:56 p.m.

Terminator:Salvation Review

TV Surveillance

Wednesday, May 27,2009 6:51 p.m.

Column by Corey Barker

Summer Music Manual 2009

By Lea Wilcox · Wednesday, May 27,2009 6:46 p.m.

Summer Music Festival Guide.

IU stays close for NCAA Regional

By Ari Shifron · Wednesday, May 27,2009 6:30 p.m.

The Hoosiers will compete in the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship on Friday in Louisville, Ky.

European sports hysteria deadly

By Zina Kumok · Wednesday, May 27,2009 6:28 p.m.

Soccer is aggressive, competitive and passionate. It’s also deadly.

Time for Stern, NBA to fix age rule

By Frank Therber · Wednesday, May 27,2009 6:26 p.m.

Former Indiana Pacers and current Miami Heat forward Jermaine O’Neal had it right when he said 18-year-old men who are old enough to go overseas to fight and die for their country should be allowed to play professional basketball.

IU tennis recruit Tommy Aliber prepares to serve May 8th, 2009. Aliber is ranked No. 1 in the under-18 Missouri Valley region.

IU recruits top tennis talent from Kansas, Canada, England

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Wednesday, May 27,2009 6:22 p.m.

Kansas, Canada and England might not have a lot in common, but three students from their respective homes do.

1 adult, 2 juveniles arrested in connection to 5 springtime robberies

By Deanna Krinn · Wednesday, May 27,2009 5:56 p.m.

After a mother discovered her 15-year-old son had been involved in several burglaries earlier this spring, a call to police resulted in his arrest as well as the arrest of a 14-year-old juvenile and an adult.

Bankruptcy affecting 21 Jeep, Chrysler dealerships in Indiana

By Lindsay Eckert · Wednesday, May 27,2009 5:55 p.m.

About 800 dealerships across the nation will lose their Chrysler and Jeep franchises this year. Twenty-one of those dealerships are in Indiana.

1 man dead after Tuesday robbery

Tuesday, May 26,2009 7:06 p.m.

A Bloomington resident died Tuesday morning after police pulled him and another over after an alleged robbery.

Annual writers’ conference set for June 14 to 19

Tuesday, May 26,2009 4:43 p.m.

The annual Writers’ Conference at IU-Bloomington, now celebrating its 69th year, will welcome eight nationally renowned writers to Bloomington June 14-19 for a week-long festival of classes, workshops and readings.

Bloomington resident Linda Zambanini waves a flag Tuesday afternoon outside the Monroe County Courthouse. Protestors gathered to speak against the recent decision of the courts in California to uphold Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriages, but allowing the 18,000 marriages that occured prior to Prop 8's passing to be legally recognized.

California high court upholds gay marriage ban

Tuesday, May 26,2009 2:07 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed.

S. Ind. refuge seeks money to buy ex-mine property

Tuesday, May 26,2009 1:11 p.m.

OAKLAND CITY, Ind. — Managers of a southwestern Indiana wildlife refuge are hoping for enough federal funding to buy a large piece of reclaimed mine land that supporters say is key to completing the site.

West Lafayette statues taken inside after vandalism, theft

By AP Reports · Tuesday, May 26,2009 12:49 p.m.

Some of the life-size dog statues set up in and around the Purdue University campus are being taken inside because of theft and vandalism.

Vice president Joe Biden, left, and President Barack Obama, right, stand with Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama announced her nomination to the Supreme Court.

Sotomayor nominated to high court

Tuesday, May 26,2009 11:53 a.m.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama chose federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, praising her as "an inspiring woman" with both the intellect and compassion to interpret the Constitution wisely.

Nuclear test violates UN sanctions

Monday, May 25,2009 3:26 p.m.

TOKYO – The U.S., the EU and Russia condemned North Korea's reported nuclear test Monday as a violation of U.N. resolutions and promised to take the isolated regime before the Security Council. Even China joined the chorus of disapproval, saying it "resolutely opposed" the test.

Hoosiers headed to Louisville for NCAA Regional

By Zachary Osterman · Monday, May 25,2009 3:22 p.m.

The Hoosiers will be a four-seed in the NCAA Regional in Louisville, far and away their closest possible destination. No. 1-seed Louisville will be IU’s first opponent, with games beginning at 3 p.m. Friday, according to Louisville’s Web site.

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