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Search narrows for NFL players off Fla. Gulf Coast

Monday, March 2,2009 10:14 p.m.

The Coast Guard on Monday narrowed the search area for two NFL players and a third man missing since a weekend fishing trip off the Florida Gulf Coast after crews rescued a fourth man clinging to their capsized boat.

Mediaworks offering $25,000 labor grant

By Morgan Waters · Monday, March 2,2009 9:44 p.m.

Mediaworks is accepting applications for the opportunity to offer $25,000 worth of its communications services to local nonprofits and arts-related organizations.

A dummy is loaded into a CT scanner for a practice reading on Friday afternoon at the ProCure Treatment Center on North Walnut Street. The CT scanner is used to measure the size of the tumor to be treated by proton radiation.

Proton therapy center begins training program

By Sarah Bloom · Monday, March 2,2009 9:43 p.m.

Professors at the proton school are teaching their first group of doctors, medical physicists and radiation technologists how to use the equipment.

Daniels requests federal aid for 15 southern counties

By VINCE ZITO · Monday, March 2,2009 9:31 p.m.

Counties asking for federal funding for storm damage are still waiting to find out whether their request has been accepted.

One small step for a human, one giant leap for humankind

By Abigail Mitchell · Monday, March 2,2009 9:30 p.m.

It occurred to me the other day that I could be an astronaut. I was reading a psychology book that discussed how people in various careers find happiness, and the author referred to a generic astronaut as “she.”

Consumer spending rises in January after 6-month fall

By Martin Crutsinger · Monday, March 2,2009 8:53 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Consumer spending rose in January after falling for a record six straight months, pushed higher by purchases of food and other nondurable items. But the increase is expected to be fleeting given all the problems facing the economy.

Grad students Amanda and Brian Schkeeper, enjoy champagne Saturday evening at Tutto Bene. The restaurant and wine bar closed its doors after 5 years in business.

Customers say goodbye

By Elvia Malagon · Monday, March 2,2009 8:51 p.m.

Customers of Tutto Bene were first attracted to the restaurant’s food and ambience. But after it closed its doors Saturday, patrons said they will most miss the family behind the wine cafe. The 5-year-old restaurant buzzed with customers on its last day. The family-owned restaurant decided not to renew its lease due to economic troubles and inability to find a buyer.

Dow closes below 7,000 for 1st time since 1997

Monday, March 2,2009 8:50 p.m.

NEW YORK – A relentless sell-off in the stock market Monday blew through barriers that would have been unthinkable just weeks ago, and investors warned there was no reason to believe buyers will return anytime soon.

Check Please

By John Hill · Monday, March 2,2009 8:49 p.m.

Just hours before he was set to give his first address to a joint session of Congress (essentially a State of the Union speech), President Barack Obama scored yet another major political victory with the confirmation of Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis by an 80-17 vote in the Senate.

Getting high in hard times

By Danielle Fleischman · Monday, March 2,2009 8:47 p.m.

While everyone can claim hard times, no state has suffered more financial trouble then California.

A few good men

By Indira Dammu · Monday, March 2,2009 8:45 p.m.

If you’ve been following the news lately, it won’t surprise you to learn that our country is currently in a crisis of leadership.

A tactless, insensitive policy

Monday, March 2,2009 8:43 p.m.

As much as it pains all of us to continue to discuss the controversy and mismanagement surrounding the renaming of the Ora L. Wildermuth Intramural Center, we must address the most recent events.

Covering a war’s casualties

Monday, March 2,2009 8:41 p.m.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (1966 IU alumnus) announced last Thursday that the Pentagon will lift its 18-year ban on media images of U.S. soldiers’ coffins.

Che: Like So Totally Hott

By Chris Nelson · Monday, March 2,2009 8:40 p.m.

Ernesto Guevara is a name that isn’t commonly known. He is better known as the Argentine doctor and Cuban revolutionary, Che.

Pescovitz to leave IU, accepts Michigan job

Monday, March 2,2009 7:36 p.m.

Ora Pescovitz, executive associate dean of research at the IU School of Medicine and former finalist for the IU presidency, announced Monday she will leave to take a job at the University of Michigan.

Wall Street tumbles as financials slide

Monday, March 2,2009 3:10 p.m.

NEW YORK - Investors' despair about financial companies and the recession have brought the Dow Jones industrial average to another unwanted milestone: its first drop below 7,000 in more than 11 years.

IU freshman Jeremy Langer hits a forehand during his singles match against Northwestern Sunday afternoon at the IU Tennis Center. Langer lost his match in a tie breaker.

Around Sports

By IDS staff · Monday, March 2,2009 12:39 a.m.

Check out what happened this weekend in IU sports.

Latest Sampson rebuttal shows coach’s weakness

By Zachary Osterman · Monday, March 2,2009 12:33 a.m.

While the IU men’s basketball team was losing an absolute heartbreaker this weekend at Penn State, many in the Hoosier nation were digesting the words of former coach Kelvin Sampson.

Hoosiers place 5th at Big Ten Championships

By Kevin Loughery · Monday, March 2,2009 12:29 a.m.

The No. 7 IU men’s swimming and diving team wrapped up the Big Ten Championships on Saturday in West Lafayette, where it finished fifth in the conference.

Sophomore Stephanie Chin talks with her coach after a jump Saturday afternoon at the Harry Gladstein Fieldhouse. Chin was one of many track team members to participate in the Big Ten Championships this weekend.

Track and field teams finish in top-10 at Big Ten Tournament

By Ari Shifron · Monday, March 2,2009 12:25 a.m.

The women placed fourth with 69.5 points, up from last year’s total of 33.5. The men, meanwhile, placed sixth with 61 points, better than last year’s 35 points. Both teams placed ninth last year.

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