COLUMBUS, Ohio - The IU men's soccer team won its 11th Big Ten tournament title by defeating Ohio State 1-0 Sunday afternoon.
MINNEAPOLIS -- With a chance to become bowl eligible with a win Saturday, the IU football team fell 63-26 at Minnesota.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The leader of the 30 million-member National Association of Evangelicals, a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage, resigned Thursday after being accused of paying for sex with a man in monthly trysts for the past three years.
Early voter turnout in Monroe County is up from the last election by several hundred people. This increase might be a sign of mistrust of the voting machines by voters.
Before the Hoosiers began their quest for their 11th Big Ten Tournament title, six members of the team were honored at the Big Ten soccer awards banquet on Thursday.
On Oct. 23, the Indiana Daily Student reported that, in the last nonpresidential election, out of 1,281 registered voters in the entirely on-campus Bloomington Five district, only 17 people turned out. Now, the district's large proportion of nonresidents certainly limits the number -- but just 17?
When senior Brittany Crosby first came to IU three years ago, being a dance major wasn't an option. So she created an individualized major in holistic health and awareness to look at how dancers perform.
With his team just one win away from clinching its first bowl game berth in 13 years, junior fullback Josiah Sears knows IU's focus has changed. "If it hasn't, I think there's something wrong with us," Sears said. "Because we have (a bowl game) within our grasp. We're going to have to screw up to not go now."
Representatives for the worker who died as a result of his injuries in an electrical fire at the new Wal-Mart Supercenter filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company Wednesday in the Monroe County Circuit Court.
WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush headed west to stump for Republican candidates Thursday after reaffirming his confidence that the GOP will maintain control of both the Senate and House in next week's elections. "I don't believe it's over until everybody votes," Bush said Wednesday in an Oval Office interview. "And I believe that people are concerned about the amount of taxes they pay, and I know many people are concerned about whether or not this country is secure against attack."
Chalupa does not like pesticides. Neither does her owner, graduate student David Schwab. "Pesticides aren't good for anyone, but they are really bad for dogs," Schwab said.
As a semi-professional bicyclist and a former Little 500 rider, Charlie Crouse is used to fighting off other bicyclists.
A 10-year-old girl who was being treated for the first confirmed case of rabies in Indiana since 1959 has died. Shannon Carroll of Bourbon, Ind., died Thursday morning at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis hospital spokeswoman Jo Ann Klooz said. Carroll was hospitalized in early October after being bitten in June by a rabid bat, health officials said. More than 30 relatives, friends and classmates of the girl were offered injections to prevent the spread of the disease.
A man paroled in March after serving more than 26 years for killing a Kansas boy was expected to be charged with murder in the death of a 16-year-old northern Indiana girl, a prosecutor said Thursday. Investigators found the body of Stephanie Wagner in a northwestern Cass County field Wednesday night. The suspect in her death, Danny R. Rouse, 51, a dishwasher at the same restaurant where she worked, told them where to look and confessed to killing her, police said. An autopsy was scheduled for Thursday.
The Bloomington Police Department issued a warrant Thursday for a local tanning salon owner for inappropriate contact with juvenile females. Jeffrey Lewis Wright, 49, is a convicted sex offender and owner of Spring Break Tanning, 820 W. 17th St. Wright was arrested Oct. 16 during a traffic stop on warrant for voyeurism. The warrant was the result of a complaint Aug. 24 by a female employee at his tanning salon, said BPD Detective Sgt. David Drake, reading from a probable cause affidavit.
With Trent Jones' County Council seat up for grabs in the 2006 election, two candidates are vying for his spot. Republican Jim Billingsley is running for County Council in District 2 this year. Billingsley has been a Bloomington resident since he was an infant and has been interested in politics for some time. He ran for state legislator, unsuccessfully, in 2002.
Long-time Monroe County resident Charles Newmann is running on the Democratic ticket for District 2 county council. A 1969 graduate of IU, he holds a Bachelor's degree in Zoology. He then went on to serve in the Army for 28 years, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. He's since been involved in local government, first in 1999 when he was appointed to the board of zoning appeals, and then to the land use planning commission.
Matt Pierce feels the Indiana General Assembly has lost its way. Since his election to the State Representative for District 61 seat in 2000, his main goal has been to help get the state on the right track, reversing some of the bad decisions he said they made. "One of the problems is the representative leaders in the General Assembly are not asserting themselves as an independent branch," Pierce said. "They've pretty much become a rubber stamp for Gov. Mitch Daniels." Pierce said it is important for the legislature to ask hard questions, in response to the proposals of the governor.
Adrianne Dunlap not only wants to serve the students of IU by holding a seat in the statehouse, but, as a student herself, she wants to be the political voice for her generation. Dunlap, originally from Noblesville, Ind., is a senior at IU, majoring in English. While many have put down her lack of experience, she thinks it is a benefit to her campaign.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Peyton Manning versus Tom Brady. The unbeaten Indianapolis Colts versus the New England Patriots, who have only one loss. The hype versus the reality. There are plenty of subplots to Sunday night's game between two of the NFL's best teams -- Adam Vinatieri's first against the team for which he kicked two Super-Bowl-winning field goals, Manning's struggles against the Patriots and Brady's growing comfort with his new receivers.
