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Nation's best prep stars invade Bloomington

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Though basketball season won't start for another six months, recruiting season is heating up as Bloomington played host this weekend to the Adidas May Classic, Friday through Sunday at the Bloomington Sportsplex, both Bloomington high schools and Assembly Hall.




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IU comes up short against Arizona

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The IU women's tennis team (17-8) traveled to Los Angeles looking for its first NCAA tournament win since 1997. Instead, the second seeded Hoosiers were upset by third seeded Arizona (7-13) 4-2, Friday at Marks Tennis Stadium at Southern California.

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Around The Arts

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SOFA shows photos The SOFA Gallery hosts the opening of the Thirteenth Annual Juried Exhibition of the Bloomington Photography Club Tuesday. A large percentage of the club's members are amateur photographers from the Bloomington area. The group is also composed of professional photographers who work locally. In an attempt to get their work seen by the public, 40 Photography Club members submitted over 170 works for acceptance into the exhibition.


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'Patty Red Pants' takes on suburban sexuality

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Little Red Riding Hood becomes more than a story about a girl and a wolf in Trista Baldwin's "Patty Red Pants," which runs for its last weekend at 8 p.m., Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m., Sunday at the Bloomington Playwrights Project, 312 S. Washington Street.


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Acting classes show off talent

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For the past eight weeks, local Bloomington elementary students and adults have been participating in the School of Dramatic Arts as part of the education program at the Bloomington Playwrights Project.


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Gay couples to wed in Massachusetts

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For better or for worse, depending on which side of the ideological aisle one chooses, a divided America crosses a historic threshold Monday as state-approved marriages of same-sex couples take place for the first time.


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New Indian prime minister anticipated

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NEW DELHI, India -- After all the pundits had written off the family dynasty that dates back to the birth of modern India, the legendary Nehru-Gandhi clan has captured the kingdom once again. And its matriarch, Sonia Gandhi, is likely this week to become India's first foreign-born prime minister, further burnishing the family name.


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State senate finance chair asks for recount after losing primary

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For State Sen. Larry Borst, it ain't over until it's over. After losing in the primary by 48 votes to Johnson County Council President Brent Waltz, he wants a recount. For three decades, Borst, R-Greenwood, has been the chair of the Senate Finance Committee, which decides issues as funding for public education, higher education, welfare and health care.


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Local nonprofits seek volunteer assistance

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Though many students who aid local volunteer efforts have left Bloomington for the summer, opportunities still abound for individuals interested in serving the community. The Bloomington YMCA is in need of volunteers throughout the summer. Adapted swim instructors are needed to help facilitate an eight-week program from June 18 to August 13. Volunteers teach people of all ages about swimming, safety, recreation and social skills.


Olsen twins annoy in 'New York Minute'

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Ah, New York City. Home of Times Square, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty … and two very obnoxious twin girls who run through the city on a "wacky" adventure and, throughout the course of their crazy day, learn to better understand each other. Hugs all around!





Summer bombast needs silver bullet

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Remember that scene in "American Wedding" where Stifler (Seann William Scott) accidentally feeds Michelle's (Alyson Hannigan) wedding ring to a dog, and retrieves it via the magic of ex-lax? Well, watching "Van Helsing" is sort of akin to that.



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'Elephant' one monster of a movie

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Director Gus Van Sant's "Elephant," winner of the Golden Palm at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, explores a seemingly typical morning in the life of a group of high school students in Oregon.


Immaturity makes this 'World' go round

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D12 World? The title fits their raps, which are always either extremely exaggerated or entirely false. Your white boy head honcho is the biggest name in rap right now, but D12's remaining posse still hasn't proven itself, and so is the case with their second LP, D12 World.


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Los Lobos breaks out of the ordinary

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In hindsight, it's perhaps quite unfortunate that Los Lobos' version of Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba" (recorded for the 1987 movie of the same name) was a No. 1 hit; for many casual listeners, it's probably the only way they've heard much of the band.