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Feed people, not cars

Higher food prices are the result of droughts, higher fuel costs to truck the food to market and competition between industries. Seventy



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Local pastor holds services in Spanish

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Reaching out to the local Spanish-speaking population, Dr. Ramon Tristani leads a Spanish ministry on Sunday mornings. After many months of planning the new outreach ministry, the service is now a reality.


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Food bank looks to gardeners

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Plant a Row for the Hungry is a collaborative effort between Hoosier Hills Food Bank, Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, Bloomington Parks and Recreation, Worm’s Way and Bloomingfoods, to encourage local gardeners to grow an extra row of food to help other Bloomington residents.

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Soundtrack to a workout diary: a musical regime

Can’t make yourself go to the gym after spring break? Weekend writer Leah Linder's mix is sure to make you work it, put your thing down, flip it and reverse it. Linder co-hosts the WIUX radio show “Short Circuit: 7” from noon to 2 p.m. every Wednesday on 99.1 FM.


Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Digging Deeper

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Fresh off his side project Grinderman, Nick Cave is back with the Bad Seeds and is as rockin’ as ever.


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Smart goggles, smart idea

In yet another step toward a “Jetsons”-type future, Japanese researchers recently invented computerized goggles that can help you identify objects, remember where you last placed them, or give you information about the things you view. Although still in the developmental phase, the goggles represent a milestone in merging normal human function with our most advanced technology in a conspicuous way.


Horton hears a ho-hum

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The third Dr. Seuss book to be turned into a feature-length film, “Horton Hears a Who!” is the most enjoyable to date.


Film features character-driven plot

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Despite its title, which translates to “Inside Paris,” the first quarter of this movie takes place outside Paris, in the countryside where Paul (Romain Duris) has been living with his girlfriend Anna (Joanna Preiss).


Kids: finally stepping up to the level of chimps.

Pint-sized Picasso

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When a child’s paintings move from the refrigerator door to gallery walls, the art world takes notice. In his documentary “My Kid Could Paint That,” director Amir Bar-Lev follows the rising celebrity of 4-year-old painting sensation Marla Olmstead and the fall of her reputation once the media cried fraud.


"I take time away from my career of selling out to half-ass some music, and all I get is a C?"

Snoop doggs it

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Snoop Dogg’s breakthrough album Doggystyle is unanimously regarded as a masterpiece of hip-hop, and it had to be.


Clawing to the top

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Bloomington’s own eclectic act Murder By Death has risen through the ranks of music fairly quickly over the past five years.


Have a Good Time

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With each passing album, country superstar Alan Jackson seems to be campaigning for poster boy of the “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” ethos, as he has consistently released quality albums throughout the last two decades.



Tourism for hit men

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As greasy, profane and drunk as he usually is when out on the town, there is no doubt Colin Farrell can act.


The groaning dead

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George A. Romero’s “Diary of the Dead,” his fifth and latest zombie tale, opens from the viewpoint of a TV-news cameraman filming raw footage of a reporter at the scene of a murder-suicide.


"Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?"

A dirty 'Job'

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In 1971, the safety-deposit-box vault of Lloyd’s Bank in London was robbed. No arrests were made, and no money was ever recovered. Shortly after, the British government formally ordered the press to withhold any information they had received about the robbery. Jason Statham, the British ex-model turned credible actor who wowed us all in 2000’s “Snatch” now stars in the only film that has ever told the allegedly true story: “The Bank Job.”


Sidetracked

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Alex Cohen grades this week’s hottest tracks.


Derrick Carnes

Panic room

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The courtroom drama genre continues to fascinate moviegoers. Most films that perform well within the boundaries of this genre incorporate a buildup of anticipation, sometimes a twist in the assumed fate of the accused, but always a tightening of the tension in the room, like the claustrophobic feeling of four walls closing in around us, all to keep us munching our popcorn and brooding over the next piece of evidence waiting to be revealed.


Workout outfits

Gym couture

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There is no place where it is acceptable to be unfashionable, and the gym is no exception. Looking fierce in the gym is as important as looking great when you go to class or an interview.