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Steve & Barry's, 421 E. Kirkwood Ave., displays a going out of business sign on Monday at the store in anticipation of its closing. The company recently announced it would close its 173 remaining stores after filing for bankruptcy in July.

Students lament Steve & Barry’s impending exit

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 11:56 p.m.

Even in a town that has long harbored an obsession with college sports, the slumping economy has taken its toll on the local Steve & Barry’s sports-apparel store. The Kirkwood staple is about to be yanked off the list of places to shop for IU apparel.The Bloomington Steve & Barry’s location announced it is going out of business after serving IU’s campus for years. PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines

Bloomington fire fighters battle a blaze on Nov. 3 at Delilah's Pet Shop, 1320 N. College Ave. Fire fighters worked for three hours to extinguish the fire, which destroyed the building and killed 20 animals.

Students bowl to raise money for Delilah’s

By Deanna Krinn · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 11:52 p.m.

Senior Michael Kurth wants to see Delilah’s Pet Shop get “back on their paws,” and he and his classmates are working to make it possible. Kurth is the appointed president of the project “Dollars for Delilah’s,” an organization working to raise money for the pet store, which was destroyed by a fire one month ago today.

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Stocks bounce back after steep selloff

Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 11:42 p.m.

Wall Street rebounded Tuesday, regaining some of the ground lost in the previous session’s huge drop, as the potential for a bailout of the beleaguered auto industry helped calm investors. The Dow Jones industrials rose more than 225 points, regaining a third of Monday’s nearly 680-point plunge.

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Obama meets with governors

Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 11:40 p.m.

President-elect Barack Obama pledged quick work Tuesday on an economic recovery plan to include tax cuts and increased federal spending, and told the nation’s governors he wants their advice in designing a package to help their hard-hit states.

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Right to marriage?

Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 11:20 p.m.

There’s nothing in the Constitution or Bill of Rights that specifies the word marriage. It isn’t a right, it’s a privilege. Some focus on the 14th Amendment and the equal protection clause.

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Do charter schools measure up?

Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 11:17 p.m.

During the 2002-03 school year, Indiana joined the rest of the country in a grand experiment to reform the education system by opening its first charter schools. Education is one of those paradoxical issues where the vast majority of Americans agree the current system is broken, but little ever changes. Given that much of this is the result of a partisan deadlock over issues such as school vouchers and teachers unions, charter schools have steadily grown as the less controversial option. Today some 1.2 million American pupils attend charter schools, and as of this fall, 49 charter schools were in operation across the state of Indiana. Concentrated in the urban areas of Indianapolis, Gary and Fort Wayne, but also scattered in other areas across the state, including Evansville and Lafayette, these schools were supposed to perform better than and spark innovation from their faltering peers. However, the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy (CEEP) at the IU School of Education conducted a study concluding that, so far, charter schools haven’t radically shaken things up very much. Charter schools are publicly funded and operate with a great degree of autonomy. Critics often question how accountable charter schools really are to their charters when the penalty of closing the schools is often difficult to enforce, and teachers unions are wary of lost rights under the charter system.

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IU preps for talented point guards

By Matt Dollinger · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 11:14 p.m.

On Wednesday, the Hoosiers will face one of the best floor generals in the country. Without an All-American in the backcourt, IU plans to use a point guard by committee approach to run its offense. In search of size and depth, IU coach Tom Crean played freshman Malik Story at the point position for the first time Sunday. Story, a 6-foot-5, 222-pound freshman from Los Angeles, has primarily played frontcourt positions this season, splitting time with freshman Nick Williams at power forward. But Crean said the Hoosiers would take advantage of Story’s versatility, playing him at as many as four positions this season.

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Tragic Friday

By Ayesha Awan · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 11:14 p.m.

I’ve heard plenty of mildly amusing shopping tales, including my favorite of police being called in to break up a fistfight between two women over a purse at a Coach Outlet store. These, coupled with the fact that I’m a big fan of sleeping in, have usually kept me out of Black Friday fray.

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