A California man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sending more than 100 hoax letters labeled “anthrax” to newspapers and TV stations.
Iraq wants to remove any possibility that U.S. troops could remain after 2011 from a proposed security agreement now under negotiation, a Shiite lawmaker close to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Thursday.
Redemption is near. After tying unranked Kentucky 1-1 on Wednesday, the No. 17 IU men’s soccer team travels to University Park, Penn., for its second-to-last conference match against Penn State.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing our savior, Barack Obama!" “Thank you, thank you,” Obama says as he strolls out onto his $2 million victory stage. “Welcome to the Obama Election Night Party, brought to you by MasterCard. There are some things in life money can’t buy. An election isn’t one of them.” “You know, it is a great honor to be standing here tonight in my hometown of Chicago. Isn’t it great to have defeated George W. Bush and his failed policies?” A cheer rises from the press section. “I don’t think I could have done it without you,” he says, winking to his left at David Heller, managing director at Goldman Sachs. “We have a lot of hope and change to talk about, but before I get started, let me first thank some people. Thank you, Tony Rezko. I couldn’t have made it here without the $168,000 you raised for me early on. You were there before my other big donors. “Thank you to the banking industry. Especially you, Fannie Mae. In just four years in the Senate, you’ve already given me more money than you give most Congressmen in 20 years. “I’d like to thank some individual citizens now. Pro Doodad. Good Will. John Galt of 1957 Ayn Rand Lane. You are the backbone of my publicly financed campaign! “People like you, who donated without having your identities verified by the credit card companies, have together raised over $160 million in unreported small donations. Those small donations contributed to my more than $400 million total. “And now let me introduce the next president, er, vice president, Joe Biden... You know, you can clap for him.” “Hi, guys,” he says. “My speech is brought to you by foreign policy: it’s so easy, a caveman can do it. And we need to keep it that way, because let me tell you something: I guarantee there will be an international crisis now that Obama is elected.
For years, presidents and presidential candidates have placed their sartorial stamp on politics and the White House. Let’s take a look at the trends some of them have embraced and started. I’ll even show you how to duplicate the look.
To celebrate the bicentennial of Frederic Chopin’s birth, acclaimed pianist and Jacobs School of Music professor Edward Auer is recording a catalogue of Chopin’s complete works.
The scientist, the hero, the heroine, the groupie, the domestic and the creation will all join together tonight to do the “Time-Warp” at “Rocky Horror Picture Show” at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.
Living legend B.B. King will perform many of his classic blues pieces Saturday evening at the IU Auditorium. Tickets are still available.
The Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday denied an appeal of John Myers II, the man convicted of murdering IU student Jill Behrman.
Mary Kay Baker has made a career out of garbage. As the reuse coordinator and recycling center supervisor for Monroe County, she collects anything from milk jugs to old newspapers and, in one instance, a bone collection – all to be used by different non-profits around Bloomington.PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin came out guns-blazing at a rally on Wednesday, saying Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama “has an ideological commitment to bigger government and higher taxes.”The visit came as part of Palin’s sweep of battleground states Ohio and Indiana, states that both parties are fighting for ahead of Election Day. It was Palin’s third Indiana visit in less than two weeks, highlighting Republicans’ unease about states that were considered strong red states until recently. Indiana hasn’t gone to the Democrats since 1964.Palin spoke to a crowd of about 20,000, said McCain’s spokesman for Indiana, Mark Lotter, at a warehouse in Jeffersonville. She pulled into the crowded building on the “Straight Talk Express,” a tour bus with a giant “McCain-Palin ’08” sign that transports the Alaska governor to different campaign stops.
PHILADELPHIA – From losingest team to longest game, the Philadelphia Phillies are World Series champions.
Junior Tiffany Fick knows when America will really be ready for a black president. Fick, president of the Black Student Union, said when racism is really gone, “he doesn’t have to be Barack Obama ‘the first black president,’ but just Barack Obama, ‘the president.’” There are few times in history when race did not matter: the Olympics and 9/11, said Eric Love, director of diversity education at IU.
Junior Tiffany Fick knows when America will really be ready for a black president. Fick, president of the Black Student Union, said when racism is really gone, “he doesn’t have to be Barack Obama ‘the first black president,’ but just Barack Obama, ‘the president.’” There are few times in history when race did not matter: the Olympics and 9/11, said Eric Love, director of diversity education at IU.
Playing its first midweek game since early in the season, the IU field hockey team never adjusted to the different routine, falling to Louisville 2-1 Wednesday on Senior Day. No. 12 Louisville (13-5) took advantage of many penalty corner opportunities – especially in the first half – to score its two goals. IU gave up nine penalty corners in the first half and 12 for the game. Louisville’s Nicole Youman took advantage of one of the first-half penalty corners, scoring the period’s lone goal. IU coach Amy Robertson said she felt “bewildered” by her team’s play. They were sloppy and lacked confidence for the first 35 minutes, she said.
The IU men’s basketball team is not the only Hoosier squad undergoing a major roster turnover from last season. With six freshmen and only three returning players on a 10-man roster, the men’s tennis team heads into this weekend’s Big Ten Singles Championship in Madison, Wis., light on experience and full of untested potential. “There are a lot of new faces this year,” said sophomore Lachlan Ferguson. “Some of these guys are pretty green, fresh out of high school and still a little wet behind the ears.”
