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U. Penn hiring young professors

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 11:53 p.m.

Philadelphia -- Crotchety old science professors are becoming a rarer breed, at least for students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science. In the last five years alone, Penn's Engineering School has made a total of 35 new hires, and more than half of the engineering faculty were hired within the last eight years, according to Engineering School Dean Eduardo Glandt. And some of these professors are just a few years older than the students they teach.

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New program will help grad students adjust to campus

By Nick O'Neill · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 11:53 p.m.

IU's Graduate and Professional Student Organization will kick off a new program Friday geared toward building a stronger community and work environment for those in graduate school. The program, called "Breaking and Entering," a tongue-in-cheek reference to the film "Breaking Away," was created to help students "break" into everyday life on the IU campus as they enter a new phase in their lives.

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'Btown Menus' offers discounts, delivery

By Ryne Shadday · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 11:07 p.m.

In its second year in Bloomington, Btownmenus.com is continuing to grow. The business, started by juniors Peter Margulies and Michael Rollandhab when they were freshmen, continues to gain popularity as new people find out about the services the Web site offers, they said.

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Starbucks raises prices of coffee drinks

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 11:06 p.m.

SEATTLE -- Got three bucks? That and a nickel will buy you a coffee drink at Starbucks. Starbucks Corp. said Thursday that it planned to raise the prices of its lattes, cappuccinos, drip coffee and other drinks by 5 cents, an average of 1.9 percent.

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Widow of man mauled by dogs upset upset

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 11:02 p.m.

MARTINSVILLE, Ind. -- The widow of an 83-year-old man killed by dogs said Monday she's dissatisfied that the dogs' owners were sentenced to home-detention. Belva Fiscus, 79, called the attack "murder by dog," as she testified at Monday's sentencing hearing for neighbors Andy and Anita Warren. "They got away with murder," Fiscus said after the hearing. She said the Warrens should go to jail as a warning to others who might let dangerous dogs run loose.

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Woman robs IU student

By Audrie Garrison · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 11:01 p.m.

A Bloomington woman robbed an IU student of her purse after she became upset because the student was talking too loudly on her cell phone, police said. Bloomington police arrested Rachel Artis, 23, on preliminary charges of robbery, a class C felony.

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Voting machine glitch in 5,000 machines not reported by company

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 11 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- A voting machine company is working to fix a software glitch in 5,000 machines in Indiana that forced a voting systems developer to prevent voters from casting a straight-party ballot. Officials with the Indiana Election Commission were upset that MicroVote General Corp. did not tell them sooner about the software problem. The general election is Nov. 7.

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Indiana sex offenders get required treatment

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 10:59 p.m.

MUNSTER, Ind. — A new state law that requires convicted sex offenders to attend group therapy and other treatment or risk losing their right to early prison releases is winning early adoption by its target audience. The new law, which took effect July 1, affects some 3,500 adult males in the Indiana Department of Correction, 125 juvenile males, 45 adult females and two juvenile females, said William Elliott, director of mental health for the agency.

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Using your powers for good

By Gary Sheynkman · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 10:59 p.m.

In the age of Wall Street skyscrapers and the fierce pursuit of wealth, we often forget that the skills we acquire in school can be used to enrich society. Social entrepreneurship is a new way of conducting business that does not grow at the expense of destroying competitors but by improving lives of needy people around the world.

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Man who killed officer last year seeks appeal

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 10:58 p.m.

GOSHEN, Ind. -- The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a man sentenced to life in prison for the 1998 killing of a Goshen police officer. If Frankie Salyers, 27, wins the appeal, he could face a sentence of 45 to 65 years in prison, rather than the current life term he's serving at the Indiana State Prison. The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on his appeal Oct. 3 at the court's Statehouse chambers in Indianapolis.

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Democrat strategy plays up Daniels dissent

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Smith · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 10:57 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS The first radio spot for Democratic state Rep. Dave Crooks doesn't mention his opponent in the November election, but it does take shots at Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels. "Mitch Daniels is going around changing our clocks, and he let foreign companies take over our highways," a woman says in the ad. It looks past the election, saying that's when "we get rid of a bunch of boys who were just rubber stamps for ol' Mitch."

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Man reportedly attacked women outside strip club

By Audrie Garrison · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 10:56 p.m.

A Bloomington man is now facing preliminary charges of sexual battery and criminal confinement after he allegedly attacked two women outside a local strip club. Police say Jason S. Prince, 26, sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman and a 20-year-old woman as they got out of their car in the parking lot of Night Moves, 1730 S. Walnut St. The incident occurred at about midnight Saturday.

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Will write for food

By Alyson Brodsy and Kirk Nathanson · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 10:56 p.m.

I should trust the bus schedule to be accurate and informative, but it's not. I should trust my doctor to always prescribe the best medicine, not the one with the sexy, 27-year-old drug rep, but he doesn't. I should trust the FDA and current safety precautions, but 166 people have contracted E. Coli. I should trust my Uncle Roger, but he's always suspiciously missing when the cat turns up dead.

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New Orleans plays 1st home game since Hurricane Katrina

By Mary Foster · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 10:55 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS -- For a few hours Monday night, Harold Johnson hoped to forget about the storm that wrecked his home a year ago. He planned to sit with his neighbors outside his government-issued trailer and watch the New Orleans Saints' on TV in their first home game since Hurricane Katrina.

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The next Abbott and Costello?

By Edward Delp · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 10:55 p.m.

Last week, a new era was ushered in at the United Nations. No, I am not talking about an era in which the organization effectively promotes world peace and no longer tolerates scandal in its ranks. Rather, this era is one that reveals the United Nations for what it truly is: a mouthpiece for anti-American bias and hate speech.

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My fellow Hoosiers

By Alyson Brodsy and Scott Leadingham · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 10:53 p.m.

Last week I came before you a proud and confident man. This week -- older, wiser and threatened with death because of my words about the IU sociology department -- I come to you equally as cocky.

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Colts rally around wide receiver

By Michael Marot · Monday, Sept. 25,2006 10:51 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis' victory celebration turned somber Monday. The usually boisterous locker room noise was replaced by emotional, thoughtful reflection as Colts players offered support to their grieving receiver, Reggie Wayne.

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