300 gather to support U.S. troops
INDIANAPOLIS -- About 300 people, including two Republican congressmen, gathered in downtown Indianapolis Saturday to show support for U.S. troops serving in Iraq.
INDIANAPOLIS -- About 300 people, including two Republican congressmen, gathered in downtown Indianapolis Saturday to show support for U.S. troops serving in Iraq.
BOSTON -- Massachusetts' Roman Catholic bishops are telling parishioners that a state court decision supporting gay marriage is a "national tragedy" that could "erode even further the institution of marriage."
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Guerrillas killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded a third in an ambush in western Iraq, a military statement said Sunday. A day earlier, seven Spanish intelligence agents and two Japanese diplomats died in separate attacks near Baghdad.
Chelsea Perry logs onto her eBay account to check the list of items she bid on last week. The Coach purse she hopes to win has only three hours left in the auction, and Perry is still the highest bidder. She will most likely go to class and immediately return home to check her status a few times more before the time period has lapsed. Perry, a 20-year-old junior, only began shopping online last year.
ROME -- Candlelight vigils, educational seminars and torchlight parades were planned around the globe today to mark World AIDS Day, while a U.S. delegation headed to hard-hit Africa to urge its leaders to increase awareness about the deadly virus.
Freshman Emily Hanover doesn't worry about the cost of an IU education that much. After all, she doesn't have to pay for her time here -- her parents take care of that. However, even she knows that it puts a little more of a burden on her family because they now have to pay an extra $1,000 fee every year she attends IU. "I really don't think about the fee that much since I don't actually foot the bills, but I'm sure my dad thinks about it," Hanover said.
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Syria handed over 22 suspects to Turkey on Sunday in connection with four deadly suicide bombings in Istanbul, the semiofficial Anatolia news agency reported.
CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- Convicted sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad could find himself in another courtroom this week, this time as a witness in the trial of his alleged partner in crime, an 18-year-old who sees him as a father figure. Lee Boyd Malvo's lawyers have asubpoenaed Muhammad and plan to call him to the stand this week.
IU's Student Global AIDS Campaign chapter will participate in World AIDS Day today in order to enhance education and awareness of the disease. Five hundred luminaries will be lit today from Third Street to Indiana Avenue and then around Dunn Meadow to memorialize victims of AIDS. Some of these luminaries will have individual names of AIDS victims written on them.
IU researchers who examined tax records found more than 2,100 millionaires across the state, with the greatest concentration in the Indianapolis area. IU's Indiana Business Research Center and Kelley School of Business released findings Monday from the study and a report which found Indiana is more dependent on property and individual income taxes than other states.
Defying an international outcry, Myanmar's military rulers have begun building a nearly 200-foot-tall viewing tower in the midst of the ancient temple city of Bagan, one of Asia's greatest archaeological sites. The project is adding to the severe criticism already heaped on Myanmar's junta for its allegedly unplanned and inaccurate rebuilding of many ruins and its record in general of suppressing human rights and democracy.
Beyoncé Knowles, Bono, Peter Gabriel and other musicians from around the world took to the stage Saturday for an AIDS benefit concert hosted by former South African President Nelson Mandela. The concert will be screened globally by MTV on World AIDS Day Monday. More than 30,000 people, among them Oprah Winfrey and other celebrities, filled Cape Town's Greenpoint Stadium for the show, part of Mandela's 46664 campaign to fight AIDS, named after his number when he was imprisoned for his fight against apartheid.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Malls were packed Friday as shoppers kicked off the holiday shopping season, but a growing number of Indiana residents are avoiding crowds and traffic jams altogether by shopping online from home. A recent America Online survey ranked Indianapolis seventh in a list of cities that spend the most online. Last year, Indianapolis ranked 26th.
Area businesses are looking forward to the return of alumni this weekend for Homecoming, and not just because they mean extra sales. Ed Dyer, bartender at Nick's Old English Hut, said seeing old friends and regulars always makes Homecoming special.
Charlie Nelms, IU's vice president for student development and diversity and vice chancellor, will assume a broader role that will encompass the entire University.
It was one of the strangest games I have ever attended. There was a large and raucous crowd backing the Hoosiers. Both teams had unusual breaks go the other way.
For the fifth consecutive season the women's swimming and diving team won the Indiana Invitational this past weekend.
This weekend, the IU women's volleyball team welcomed Northwestern and No. 20 Illinois to University Gym for a pair of Big Ten conference matches.
Soon after IU's season opening 71-63 win over UNC-Greensboro Friday night, the players and coaches' thoughts shifted to their next game.
The Hoosier women's basketball team started off the season on the right foot by winning the Indiana Classic for the seventh straight time.