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City council announces new president at meeting

The Bloomington City Council began its first meeting of the new year Jan. 2 by officially announcing its new president. Ten-year council veteran and District 1 representative Patricia Cole accepted the office and immediately assumed presidential duties. After expressing her gratitude to outgoing council president Tim Mayer and other supporters, Cole presided over the remainder of the short meeting.

Evansville granted Doppler radar

After a year of stormy debate, Congress approved a $5.5 million grant for a permanent Doppler radar facility to keep track of the weather in southwestern Indiana and adjacent areas in Kentucky and Illinois. But not everyone is excited. The closing of several radar facilities in 1996 left a hole in the weather coverage because the entire area is covered by one weather service in Paducah, Ky.

Viacom finishes PCB cleanup

"It's scandalous … inconceivable that these chemicals would be left near a residential area," said Elizabeth Frey, who is suing the EPA about the cleanups. Her case is pending in federal appeals court. Under its agreement with the EPA, all that remains for Viacom is groundwater monitoring and the removal of contaminated stream sediment. It will maintain and inspect the five sites of contamination.

'Special Victims Unit' violates laws of predictability

Eight Tracks

What are we up to this 'Weekend'?

Chocolat

Cast Away

Dracula 2000

Dude, Where\'s My Car?

All the Pretty Horses

Miss Congeniality

The Family Man

What Women Want

Various Artists: "Bounce" Soundtrack

Latest 'Fantasy' installment true to its name

Wu-Tang Clan: The W

Rage goes out with a bang

Asian Superstars

Sitting around a table at Bears' Place, sipping on a Newcastle and joking away the time, the five men who are OlO show off the new shirts they will use for the recording of their first music video, the song "Red Man Go On." The shirts are blank except for the numbers 010 on the back. The shirts are all various colors, and the band members fight over which color each will wear for the video, which will be filmed in Brown County and Chicago. The video will air in Japan to support the album OlOrizedcoloralbum.

DJ keeps bodies moving

Thumping music, flashing lights and clouds of smoke fill the dance floor as clubgoers dance the night away. Junior Scott Jacobson stands tall behind his DJ tables as his brown eyes gleam. Sweat pours down his face and seeps into his hair while his boots tap the rhythm against the floor. This is an average weekend night for "DJ Scotty J."