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IU research center releases data on dads for Father’s Day

By IDS staff and Ab D. Phillip · Sunday, June 15,2008 4:55 p.m.

The Indiana Business Research Center in IU’s Kelley School of Business recently collected statistics about fathers in Indiana and in the U.S., according to an IU news release.

Gotta love gas (and travel)

By Erich Reinhard · Sunday, June 15,2008 4:41 p.m.

In a political season like this, things are said to change rapidly. But here’s an example of what hasn’t changed in this historic year thus far: my ambivalent attitude towards the New York Times. While sifting through a June 9 article on how gas prices affect citizens across the country’s various regions, one line caught my eye.

Balancing Gitmo

By Nathan Dixon · Sunday, June 15,2008 4:39 p.m.

Some of them have been held for as long as six years without charge, but the Supreme Court decided last Thursday that detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay could indeed appeal their detention in U.S. Federal courts.

Words to the wise

By Erin Chapman · Sunday, June 15,2008 4:38 p.m.

Orientation is now in full swing, and the new batch of freshmen, red backpacks in tow, are descending in droves upon Bloomington. The fresh crop of frosh have not only made finding a computer at the Wells Library more difficult, they have ushered in a wave of nostalgia that I just can’t kick.

Annoyed by noise

By Julia Boriss · Sunday, June 15,2008 4:37 p.m.

Last week my Dad was lying in his hospital bed recovering from open-heart surgery and watching the CBS evening news with the sound turned off. “Katie Couric is bad for my stress,” he eventually groaned and changed the channel to Soul Train.

Miss IU organization hosts concert to benefit domestic violence victims

By Savannah Worley · Saturday, June 14,2008 9:20 p.m.

Although a small number of people attended, three women belted out songs from musicals in a concert Friday night to benefit Middle Way House and the Miss IU Scholarship Program.

Sheriff’s Office still investigating Wal-Mart bomb threat

By IDS staff and Adrian Sainz · Saturday, June 14,2008 4:39 p.m.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is still trying to find the person who called Bloomington’s Wal-Mart Supercenter with a bomb threat, said Chief Deputy Scott Mellinger.

Lawson and Coover earn All-American Honors at NCAA Track and Field Championships

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Saturday, June 14,2008 2:28 p.m.

Junior Jeff Coover and Senior Kiwan Lawson traveled to Des Moines, Iowa for the first NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship of their careers.

Angel Escobedo fights for Olympic spot

By Aaron Beard and Jason Quinley · Saturday, June 14,2008 2:02 p.m.

Don’t call them “little.” The action you’ll see in the 121 lb.(55 kg) class in the 2008 Olympic Wrestling Trials is anything but.

NBC’s Tim Russert dead at 58

By Laurie Kellman and Stephen Graham · Friday, June 13,2008 4:47 p.m.

Tim Russert, host of NBC’s “Meet the Press” and its Washington bureau chief collapsed and died at work Friday after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was 58.

U.S. life expectancy surpasses 78 years

By Abdullah AlShihri · Thursday, June 12,2008 11:16 a.m.

For the first time, U.S. life expectancy has surpassed 78 years, the government reported Wednesday.

Oil companies spared new tax

By Abdullah AlShihri · Thursday, June 12,2008 11:14 a.m.

Saved by Senate Republicans, big oil companies dodged an attempt Tuesday to slap them with a windfall profits tax and take away billions of dollars in tax breaks in response to the record gasoline prices that have the nation fuming.

Child-porn images stricken from online forums

By Abdullah AlShihri · Thursday, June 12,2008 11:13 a.m.

Online forums where thousands of child-porn images have been posted have been stricken from three Internet providers, including two of the nation’s five largest, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday.

U.S.-led airstrike kills Pakistani troops

By Abdullah AlShihri · Thursday, June 12,2008 11:10 a.m.

U.S.-led coalition forces along the volatile Afghan border launched an airstrike that killed 11 Pakistani paramilitary troops, Pakistan’s army said Wednesday.

Gas prices remain high

By Abdullah AlShihri · Thursday, June 12,2008 11:09 a.m.

The Energy Department said motorists can expect gasoline prices to remain close to $4 a gallon through next year.

Bush says diplomacy is 1st choice in Iran standoff

By Abdullah AlShihri and Deb Riechmann · Thursday, June 12,2008 11:04 a.m.

MESEBERG, Germany – President Bush, in a fresh warning to Tehran, said Wednesday he favors a peaceful resolution to the nuclear standoff with Iran but has not ruled out the possible use of military force.

A-bus schedule halved for Summer Session II

By Eric Welch · Thursday, June 12,2008 11:02 a.m.

Campus Bus Service announced its plans to cut back services along the A route during the second summer session due to a sharp rise in fuel costs and a decrease in commuters over the summer.

DNR says limited authority impeded drainage planning

By Megan Meyer · Thursday, June 12,2008 9:13 a.m.

Officials now believe the flooding last week that gushed through campus caused an estimated $1 million to $1.5 million in damage to IU facilities, said Larry Stephens, director of the IU Office of Risk Management.

Hoosiers on trial

By Chris Engel · Wednesday, June 11,2008 9:50 p.m.

Nearly a year after the initial self-investigation into alleged impermissible phone calls made by the men’s basketball staff, the University and former coach Kelvin Sampson will defend themselves in front of the NCAA Committee on Infractions in Seattle Friday and Saturday.

Crawford to leave Hoosiers

By Chris Engel · Wednesday, June 11,2008 9:48 p.m.

Jordan Crawford decided to transfer from IU Wednesday, making him the 11th player to leave the program since the end of last season.