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Breaking a Little 500 tradition

By Erin White · Wednesday, April 23,2003 1 a.m.

It's here: the week you've all been waiting for. It's the two days where many of you have an excuse to bong, binge and be drunk. For the riders, it's your final chance to mount your Mongoose bicycles and put your training to the ultimate test.

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Lawn mower theft skipped

By Mike D’Avria · Wednesday, April 23,2003 12:59 a.m.

Brad Hauter, a soccer coach from Terre Haute, is in the process of setting a new world's record for mowing the lawn. Well, he was. It was reported on Monday that Hauter's 6,000-mile journey across the United States hit a snag when the soon-to-be record holder's riding-lawnmower was stolen.

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Athletes or Fratletes?

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 23,2003 12:57 a.m.

One of the largest sporting events in collegiate athletics, the 53-year-old Little 500 is built just as much on tradition as it is on riding laps.

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Rescuers recover bodies after boats capsize

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 23,2003 12:54 a.m.

DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Rescue workers have recovered more than 110 bodies after two ferry boats capsized during tropical storms on different Bangladeshi rivers, and hundreds of people remained missing, authorities said Tuesday.

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Man denied death-row clemency

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 23,2003 12:12 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Parole Board voted Tuesday to deny clemency to a man scheduled to be executed next week for murders he committed 17 years ago.

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Chapter 10: The One-Liners

By Aaron Sharockman · Wednesday, April 23,2003 12:08 a.m.

Ten…" We counted down like the rest of America. "Nine…eight…seven." Here we go; after months of anticipation. "Six…five." This is so exciting. "Four…three." I hope our families are watching. "Two." Bourbon Street can wait.

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Cultures meet in Asian-Latino event

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Wednesday, April 23,2003 12:07 a.m.

For graduate student Theresa Chen, the idea came in the form of a book. Lillian Casillas, the director of La Casa, the Latino culture center on campus, handed Chen a book on Chinese-Cuban culture, and Chen discovered a new subculture -- Asian-Latinos.

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Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 23,2003 12:02 a.m.

MTV plans new 'Wuthering Heights' NEW YORK -- First, MTV updated "Carmen." Now, the cable music channel is offering a modern take on "Wuthering Heights."

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Country star Felice Bryant dies

By Alyson Brodsy and John Gerome · Tuesday, April 22,2003 11:59 p.m.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Felice Bryant, who with her late husband wrote "Bye Bye Love" and other Everly Brothers hits and the hand-clapping bluegrass standard "Rocky Top," died Tuesday. She was 77.

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Worth the Weight

By Gavin Lesnick · Tuesday, April 22,2003 8:09 p.m.

Adam Schaeuble stands a towering six-feet, four inches tall, with broad, imposing arms and thick, muscled legs. At first glance, you'd probably think he was a football player. He's not. Not yet, at least.

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on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 22,2003 1:27 a.m.

The IU baseball team will play Taylor University at 3 p.m. this afternoon at Sembower Field. Coach Bob Morgan announced the doubleheader originally scheduled for April 29 against Taylor has been rescheduled to a single game today to accommodate Taylor's conference schedule. Tuesday's contest will be the first of five games for IU this week. Following the game against Taylor, the Hoosiers will travel to Oxford, Ohio, to face Miami (Ohio) in a 3 p.m. contest. IU (25-11, 9-7 Big Ten) then returns home for a pivotal Big Ten series against league leading Minnesota.

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Economic indicators fall in March

By Rebecca Gomez · Tuesday, April 22,2003 1:26 a.m.

NEW YORK -- A forecast of the U.S. economy's direction pointed southward in March, indicating more slow growth, as consumers and businesses were fixated on the war. But with the conflict virtually over, preliminary data for April were more promising -- holding out hope for a possible turnaround later this year.

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Environmentalists, steel mills spar over emissions

Tuesday, April 22,2003 1:25 a.m.

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. -- Steel mills in northwest Indiana are asking state lawmakers to relax some air-pollution rules to help streamline industrial regulations, but environmentalists insist doing so is bound to hurt air quality. The disagreement centers on a portion of Senate Bill 440 that would suspend Indiana's emission rules for steel mills and foundries. If approved, it would allow any state standard to be suspended for five years if that standard is more restrictive than the federal government's.

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Brazilian government provides aid for farmers

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 22,2003 1:24 a.m.

GUARIBAS, Brazil -- Nearly a thousand miles from Rio de Janeiro's beaches and not far from the Mountains of Confusion, a dirt road with potholes big enough to swallow cars leads to ground zero of "Lula's revolution."

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Library's info lab to debut in fall

By Obaid Khawaja · Tuesday, April 22,2003 1:22 a.m.

The Information Commons in the Main Library is on track to open this fall after a semester's worth of construction. The project, a joint effort between the IU Libraries and University Information Technology Services, will provide a centrally-located site where students and faculty can interact and have access to library and information technology resources at the same time.

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