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Death for insulting the prophet

By Abra Oliver · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 9:03 p.m.

Last month, an Afghan journalism student was sentenced to death for distributing a paper printed from the Internet that violated the laws of Islam. Sayed Parwiz Kambakhsh “insulted the prophet Mohammed,” calling him “a murderer and a womanizer,” according to the Afghan court’s chief judge. The penalty is legal under the Afghan Constitution, which is loosely based on Islamic sharia law.

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Monkey love

By Abby Schwimmer and Ab Schwimmer · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 9:01 p.m.

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA – Don’t feed the monkeys. No, seriously. Last weekend, I was lucky enough to spend a day wandering through Manuel Antonio National Park, a protected area in the South Pacific comprised of virgin forests, immaculate beaches and a coral reef.

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Jerry, Jerry, Jerry

By Scott Leadingham · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 8:59 p.m.

Of all the terms sometimes used to describe opera — pretentious, haughty, high society, sophisticated, etc. — the phrase “cesspool of white-trash hookers” is usually not included.

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Walking the line

By Cheryl Thomas · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 8:58 p.m.

Last week was pretty bad for me. The men’s basketball team snapped their home winning streak, my man John Edwards dropped out of the presidential race and Ann Coulter – the poster child of anti-liberalism – announced she would support Hillary

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Intervention

By John Barnett and Stefania Marghitu · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 8:56 p.m.

Workaholics, alcoholics, sexaholics — they’re all the same. When something’s controlling your life and ruining everything else around you, it’s an addiction. Admitting it is up to the “holic” in question. If he or she chooses to deny it, that’s where loved ones come in.

Jacob Kriese

IU back on track, beats Northwestern

By Chris Engel · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 3:33 a.m.

The IU men’s basketball team escaped Assembly Hall with a 75-63 victory over Northwestern Sunday afternoon, ending a two-game losing skid. SLIDESHOW: IU vs. Northwestern SLIDESHOW: IU vs. Wisconsin

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Union director looks to the future

By Dave Leno · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 1:29 a.m.

More than 100 years ago, John Whittenberger saw a vision for the future of Bloomington’s campus. A 1911 graduate of IU, he envisioned a building that could unify the campus. Now, as executive director of the Indiana Memorial Union, Bruce Jacobs is continuing Whittenberger’s quest to unite IU.

COURTESY PHOTO Gerardo Gonzalez, dean of the IU School of Education, presents 1968 Alumna Dorothy Hawkins-Brooks with a replacement diploma after the original one was lost during Hurricane Katrina.

IU replaces diploma lost in Hurricane Katrina

By Erica Rogers · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 1:23 a.m.

Dorothy Hawkins-Brooks lost everything she owned in Hurricane Katrina. All she really wanted back were the two pieces of paper that represented her college education. School of Education Dean Gerardo Gonzalez, Gonzalez was so deeply touched by her story that he wanted to personally deliver a new copy of her diploma and dissertation himself.

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Track team shines in Indiana Relays

By Jeremy Rosenthal · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 1:12 a.m.

On most Friday nights at 11:49 p.m., the Gladstein Fieldhouse is dark and deserted. But this weekend, the fieldhouse lights shined bright and screams could be heard throughout.

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Hoosiers fall to Iowa on the road

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 1:10 a.m.

The IU women’s basketball team traveled to Iowa City on Sunday afternoon with an opportunity to continue its rise up the Big Ten standings, but the Hoosiers suffered an 81-65 setback at the hands of Iowa.

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Woods comes back to win Dubai contest

By Aaron Beard and Anna Johnson · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 1:07 a.m.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Tiger Woods birdied his last two holes Sunday to rally from a four-shot deficit and win the Dubai Desert Classic, starting his season with two victories that looked nothing alike.

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