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Naked man faces charges from BPD

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 11:05 p.m.

A Bloomington man faces various preliminary charges after police saw him running through downtown streets naked. Shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday, Bloomington Police Department officers Cody Decker and Shane Rasche saw a man wearing only a baseball cap run south on Dunn Street at the intersection with Kirkwood Avenue right in front of their squad car, Detective Sgt. David Drake said, reading from a police report. The officers turned their lights on to follow him, but the man ran behind Kilroy's Bar & Grill.

Council gives Jill's House green light

By Audrie Garrison · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 11:03 p.m.

The Bloomington Common Council gave Jill's House the green light to begin construction at Wednesday night's meeting. Building plans for the 60-bed temporary housing facility went under scrutiny recently because the proposed site is on part of the Griffy Lake watershed, and the area is environmentally sensitive. Bloomington has a "general policy to discourage development in the Griffy watershed," said Planning Director Tom Micuda during a presentation of the Plan Commission's findings. Both the Plan Commission and the Common Council voted in previous weeks to recommend an amendment to the zoning designations for this specific project.

Jackson County Council faces budget woes

By Tracy Liaw · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 11:02 p.m.

Negative publicity about the Jackson County budget of the past few years has cooled down competition for the 2006 county council race, according to council incumbents. "It's not fun to be on the council when you don't have a lot of money to spend," said Democratic Councilman Andy Fountain, who is seeking his third term unopposed.

Artist melds Music & Murals

By Ashley Wilson · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 10:58 p.m.

For Max Kauffman, making art is the easy part. It's the business side of it all that gets to him. A few months ago, Kauffman, a former IU student, decided to take his art on tour. He began calling venues in different cities across the country to convince them to show his art. This was no easy task.

Rock legend Chuck Berry still producing music at 80

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 10:44 p.m.

ST. LOUIS -- As he turned 80 Wednesday, Chuck Berry could leave the hard work of great music to younger souls and rest comfortably as the rock 'n' roll legend who first made his mark in the 1950s. But Berry, the duck--walking, guitar--playing rock genius who defined the music's joy and rebellion in such classics as "Johnny B. Goode," "Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Roll Over Beethoven," has plenty left to say and play.

Desks designed by inmates put on display

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 10:43 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA -- While dorm rooms keep students cramped close to their books, and studio apartments don't offer much room between the stove and the bed, it's rare to find living quarters smaller than those in prisons. So when conceptual artist Peggy Diggs wanted help designing furniture that fits in tight spaces, she turned to a group of 15 inmates at the maximum security State Correctional Institution at Graterford.

Peterson plans to play again for Oklahoma

Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 10:16 p.m.

Adrian Peterson plans to play at least one more game for Oklahoma. The star tailback, speaking publicly for the first time since breaking his collarbone Saturday, said he intends to play in a bowl game if the Sooners reach the postseason.

Dying for a title? Company making team pride urns, caskets

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 10:14 p.m.

In the heat of passion, many crazed baseball fans have said they would die for a championship. Are they willing to take that devotion to the grave? With a new venture that will put Major League Baseball team logos on urns and caskets, the league and a company that makes funeral products will find out just how many fans want to be decked out in their team colors and logos for eternity.

Government skeptical of Web site's threats against several NFL stadiums

By Alyson Brodsy and Lara Jakes Jordan · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 10:12 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- A Web site claims that seven NFL football stadiums will be hit with radiological dirty bombs this weekend, but the government expressed doubts about the threat Wednesday.

Quarterback racks up weekly honors

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 10:12 p.m.

Following his career-best performance in Saturday's 31-28 upset of No. 15 Iowa, IU freshman quarterback Kellen Lewis took home his first conference and national honors. The Big Ten named Lewis Co-Offensive Player of the Week along with Purdue quarterback Curtis Painter for their performances. Also, USA Today named the Hoosier quarterback its Player of the Week.

Bears lose defensive starter

By Alyson Brodsy and Andrew Seligman · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 10:11 p.m.

Chicago Bears strong safety Mike Brown is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair ligament damage in his right foot Wednesday, a major hit for the NFL's second-ranked defense. Brown limped off the field and was taken from the sideline on a cart during the fourth quarter of Monday's 24-23 comeback victory at Arizona after his foot got twisted on a running play. "Severe blow," coach Lovie Smith said. "I think we all know what Mike means to our football team. He's a special player. He was having an outstanding game ... That's a big blow, but injuries do happen. Mike has been in this situation before."

Freshman returns to practice

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 10:09 p.m.

IU men's soccer freshman forward Darren Yeagle practiced with the team Tuesday and is medically cleared to play, the team's spokeswoman Brooke Frederickson said. Tuesday's practice was the first time Yeagle participated in physical activity with the team since IU's 2-1 victory against Michigan State on Oct. 1.

IU back in action after break

By Joel Sanders and Joel Sansers · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 10:09 p.m.

The IU men's tennis team ends a month-long layoff today when it takes part in the Hoosier Invitational and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Midwest Regional Championship, hosted by Minnesota. The Hoosiers host the Hoosier Invitational this weekend and send three players to the Midwest Regional Championship starting today and ending Oct. 24.

Name-calling in the NLCS

By Alyson Brodsy and Evan Harris · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 10:08 p.m.

Apparently, I root for pond scum. At least that's what St. Louis told me. They had it written on their shirts and scribbled in black ink on their posters. After driving four hours Saturday to Missouri, I came to one conclusion: St. Louis Cardinals fans piss me off.

Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 9:38 p.m.

"It is what it is" -- the Indiana Daily Student used this phrase to describe graduate students' difficult financial experience. According to the editorial staff of the IDS, graduate students shouldn't complain about their poor living and working conditions because we should know what we're in for when we arrive. Even if we did know in advance that the administration of the University would reduce health care benefits without warning or would dangle dental care in front of us and then remove it, awareness doesn't mean that we shouldn't fight for change. Exploitation isn't fair just because it's common.

300 million

By Jonathan P. Rossing · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 9:33 p.m.

Did you wake up Tuesday and feel a little claustrophobic? According to U.S. Census Bureau estimations, our population passed the 300 million mark Tuesday at 7:46 a.m. There wasn't a big fanfare for this milestone as there was in 1967 when we hit 200 million. At that time the achievement was overwhelmingly positive, a signal of our rise to global power. This time, census officials expected nothing more than cake and punch to commemorate the "populometer" rolling over to eight zeroes once again.

Blunt argument

By Alyson Brodsy and Colin Dugdale · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 9:32 p.m.

If I weren't severely asthmatic, I would totally be a pothead. It's unfortunate, really -- being robbed of such a glorious, mind-freeing drug by a physical handicap. It's by the same token Christopher Reeve didn't smoke pot -- his dealer lived on the second floor.

French fuming

By Alyson Brodsy and Peter Chen · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 9:31 p.m.

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France -- OK, so the French don't actually smoke that much. I mean, really. According to World Health Organization figures, 34.5 percent of the population smokes. Compare that to Indiana, where 27 percent of adults and 39 percent of high school seniors smoke, and the stereotypical Frenchman with baguette in hand and cigarette in mouth seems more archaic.

Ferreting out the truth

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 9:31 p.m.

Missing your pet? Looking for a loophole? We have just the solution! For those of you who can't believe your pet -- be it a chinchilla, rabbit, aardvark or alien -- isn't accepted as warmly by Residential Programs and Services or your professors as it is by your loving arms, read these three words very carefully: psychiatric service animal.

Witnesses in Saddam trial recall massacres of Kurdish detainees

By Alyson Brodsy and Associated Press · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 9:28 p.m.

A Kurdish witness at Saddam Hussein's genocide trial testified Wednesday that he survived a massacre by running and falling into a ditch full of bodies as troops fired on his group of detainees. A second Kurd told of a separate massacre in which 35 detainees, knowing they were about to die, decided to attack their guards in the hope that if they struck first, at least one would live to tell the tale.