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Farmers’ market vendor trades business world for organic produce

By Danielle Patras · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:41 p.m.

As the Saturday morning sun rises, IU students are still in their beds, snoozing away from the night before. Meanwhile, lively violin music fills the square as locals tote recycled shopping bags from booth to booth, selecting from an array of fresh produce, herbs and flowers.  Welcome to the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market.

Art Jacques weighs tomatoes for a customer on Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Farmers' Market.

More area residents are choosing city-operated market over grocery stores

By Jessica Anderson · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:39 p.m.

Kale, beats, radishes, potatoes, eggplant, broccoli and peppers don’t even begin to cover the variety of fresh produce currently in season at the Bloomington Farmers’ Market. Every Saturday from April through November, health fanatics, amateur cooks and those craving more than the store brand of frozen cut broccoli wriggle out of bed for fresh locally grown food. Some weekends, more than 8,000 patrons come out to Showers Common on Morton Street.

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Group lobbies for Sunday alcohol sales

By Elvia Malagon · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:37 p.m.

For 35 years, Indiana residents have not been able to purchase alcoholic beverages from stores on Sundays, but a new campaign hopes to change that. The movement “Hoosiers for Beverage Choices” is trying to change a law that prohibits Hoosier retailers from selling alcohol on Sundays. Through a Web site that launched in August, people can sign a growing online petition, said Indiana Retail Council President Grant Monahan. The campaign also wants to allow the sale of cold beer at drug, grocery and convenience stores.

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Freshmen set in-state records

By Ryan Gregg · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:35 p.m.

The term “increasingly Hoosier” creates different thoughts for different students. However, to the admissions department, “increasingly Hoosier” refers to the record number of in-state students in this year’s freshman class – some 4,679 in total.

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Bailout proposal passes Senate, House foes soften

Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:35 p.m.

WASHINGTON – After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republican opposition softened. Senators loaded the economic rescue bill with tax breaks and other sweeteners before passing it by a wide margin, 74-25, a month before the presidential and congressional elections.

Participants start the Jill Berhman Run for the End Zone Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006 outside Mellencamp Pavilion. The run was held to honor the memory of former IU student, Jill Behrman, and all the proceeds go to Jill's House and to the Jill Behrman Emrging Leader Scholarship.

End Zone deadline nears

By Meera Jogani · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:34 p.m.

As this year’s participants cross the finish line for the Jill Behrman Run for the End Zone, not only will they have bragging rights, but they will also be a part of a record-breaking event.

General Peter Pace, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Bush's $624.6 billion request in defense spending, Tuesday, February 6, 2007, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Controversial general given Kelley award

By Elvia Malagon · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:34 p.m.

Gen. Peter Pace, known for his time as the United States’ top military leader, as well as his support for the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy regarding gay soldiers, will be at IU today. Pace is this year’s IU Kelley School of Business “Poling Chair” recipient. The award is funded by a gift from Harold Poling that is meant to bring leaders from around the world to meet with students.

Vice presidential candidate John Edwards reacts to the applause of delegates before speaking at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, July 28, 2004, in Boston.

Edwards to speak at IU

By Ben Phelps · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:31 p.m.

Former presidential candidate John Edwards, who in August admitted he had an extramarital affair while his wife battled cancer, will speak Nov. 11, at IU, just one week after the presidential elections.The Union Board announced Wednesday that the former North Carolina senator will speak about how the election results will affect America’s economic and political future, said Nathan Click, Indiana Memorial Union Board public relations director, in a press release.“This is a hands-down win for IU students and Union Board,” Union Board Lectures Director Andrew Dahlen said in the statement. “Just a week out from the election, IU students will ask one of this year’s top presidential contenders for his thoughts on this historic election.”PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines

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6th-grade teacher elopes with student, sentenced

Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:14 p.m.

A former math teacher sentenced to federal prison for a sex crime with a minor says the age of the 13-year-old schoolboy she fled with to Mexico didn’t matter to her.

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Two simple choices

By Zachary Osterman · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 10:39 p.m.

This stinks rotten, no matter how you look at it. As I read these scores of pages – both of the NCAA’s exhibits in the failure to monitor allegation and the University’s response – one thing becomes increasingly clear: I can’t tell exactly who is lying – though I have a pretty good idea – but there ain’t nobody telling the truth. The departed half of this shotgunned wedding, Kelvin Sampson produced on Tuesday a statement stringently denying IU’s response, which basically said Sampson and his staff lied their pants off and IU shouldn’t be held responsible for that.

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Pacers looking to score – plenty

By Mike Abrams · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 10:37 p.m.

Seventeen players. Sixteen guaranteed contracts. Fifteen available roster spots. One Jamaal Tinsley. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the 2008-09 Indiana Pacers. On Monday, the Pacers kicked off training camp with media day, when players moved station to station to take photos and give interviews.

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To hip or not to hip

By Ryan Brown · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 10:37 p.m.

In August, culture-jamming publication Adbusters released the cover story, “Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization,” an article that, since its release, has received more than 2,300 online comments – a lot more than most Adbusters cover stories.

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A Jimmie Johnson 3-peat won’t come easy

By Geoffrey Miller · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 10:36 p.m.

Reading the box score of the final laps of last Sunday’s Camping World RV 400 at Kansas Speedway would certainly have left one thinking the finish of the race was all Jimmie Johnson – and that would be partially correct.

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Economics and entertainment

By Claire Burke · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 10:36 p.m.

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few days, never look at a newspaper or – like John McCain – don’t know how to use e-mail, you probably have heard at least a little bit about our country’s current economic situation.

IU sophomore safety Jerimy Finch blocks a punt from Ball State's Chris Miller during the first quarter of a game on Sept. 20 at Memorial Stadium. IU lost the game 42-20.

Beat-up IU football team hits the road

By Ryan Gregg · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 10:34 p.m.

The score was not the only painful thing about IU’s loss to Michigan State. The list of Hoosiers wounded almost out distanced the number of mistakes.  The Hoosiers (2-2) have little time to rest, as they head to Minneapolis – their first road trip of the year – this weekend to take on a rising Minnesota (4-1) team led by Eric Decker, one of the top pass-catchers in the nation. “They have an outstanding quarterback, a very good wideout in Decker, and the defense is very sound,” IU coach Bill Lynch said to the media Tuesday. “They have some new guys over there that are very athletic.”

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