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IU senior diver Christina Loukas practices a dive off of a one-meter springboard during a practice Feb. 26 at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. Loukas was recently selected to the USA Diving 2009 World Championships team.

Hoosiers place 10th in championships

By Kevin Loughery · Sunday, March 22,2009 11:24 p.m.

In its final team meet of the season, the No. 13 IU women’s swimming and diving team placed 10th in this weekend’s NCAA Swim and Dive Championships at College Station, Texas.

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Around Sports

Sunday, March 22,2009 11:16 p.m.

Check out what happened this weekend in IU athletics.

IU players rush to senior Whitney Thomas, left, after she hit a game winning shot with 0.2 seconds left during IU's 59-57 win against Dayton on Sunday at Assembly Hall.

No pity here

By Dave Leno · Sunday, March 22,2009 11:12 p.m.

Seniors Kim Roberson and Whitney Thomas deserved better. Last Monday, the NCAA selection committee turned its back on IU and offered Minnesota – the other Big Ten bubble team – an at-large bid to the Big Dance instead.

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DEA looking for cash tossed on Calif. freeways

Sunday, March 22,2009 10:16 p.m.

Federal drug agents plan to review video of a freeway chase in San Diego to identify motorists who haven’t turned over thousands of dollars in cash that fleeing suspects threw out of their truck.

American folk musician Joan Baez talks to the audience during her performance March 13 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The singer-songwriter who champions social activism and human rights through her music played tunes spanning her 50-year career.

Folk singer Joan Baez performs in Bloomington

Sunday, March 22,2009 9:47 p.m.

Joan Baez performed to a sold out crowd at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater on March 13. The folk singer has been nominated for Grammy Awards seven times, and continues to play shows after 50 years in the business.

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The Game to perform at Jake’s on Tuesday

By Yahya Chaudhry · Sunday, March 22,2009 9:31 p.m.

The hip-hop beats and sentiment of modern gangster rap will envelop audience members at Jake’s Nightclub when chart-topping rapper The Game headlines with rising emcees Nipsey Hussle and Clyde Carson at 9 p.m. Tuesday.

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Aid for Africa: Not pro bono

By Erin Chapman · Sunday, March 22,2009 9:30 p.m.

Dambisa Moyo’s new book “Dead Aid” challenges the Western history of sending aid to Africa. Building off the tradition of William Easterly’s “The White Man’s Burden,” Moyo criticizes celebrities who portray Africa as a desolate child in desperate need of saving.

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Facebook is Big Brother

By Danielle Fleischman · Sunday, March 22,2009 9:28 p.m.

Just as students were beginning to pack their bags for spring break, a peculiar change was taking place. It caused some students eager to flee campus for warmer climates to pause at their computers in horror.

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Cell phones for dummies

By Jordan Zaslow · Sunday, March 22,2009 9:27 p.m.

Each button on a cell phone makes something happen. We type a phrase or word into a search engine and automatically have access to more information than any encyclopedia could provide. The sensation of our fingertips on the screen of our iPod touch or Blackberry Storm orchestrates music, phone calls and Internet use.

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Castrating repeat sex offenders?

Sunday, March 22,2009 9:24 p.m.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal signed legislation last year requiring courts to order chemical castration for certain sex offenders convicted a second time. Texas, Florida and California allow or mandate chemical castration in certain circumstances.


IU wins 59-57 in final seconds

Sunday, March 22,2009 1:13 p.m.

Senior Whitney Thomas put her volleyball skills to good use on the basketball court on Sunday.  Thomas tipped in a half court inbounds pass from senior Kim Roberson with .2 seconds left to give the Hoosiers (20-10) a 59-57 victory against Dayton (21-14) in the second round of the WNIT on Sunday at Assembly Hall.

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Gibbs: Deficit won't hurt plan to cut red ink

Friday, March 20,2009 3:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The White House says new projections of spiraling budget deficits won't stop President Barack Obama from achieving his goals or keeping his promise to cut the country's red ink in half within four years.

USA's Christina Loukas of Riverwoods, Illinois, does a forward 3-1/2 somersault dive while competing in the women's 3M Springboard finals on Sunday, August 17, 2008, in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China.

Loukas takes silver in championships

Thursday, March 19,2009 11:15 p.m.

Senior Christina Loukas opened her final NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships by taking second place in the one-meter springboard.

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