Lebanese leaders urged for calm on Thursday after the country’s first political assassination in months threatened efforts to reconcile its divided factions.
An insurgent attack on a compound in eastern Afghanistan killed a U.S. soldier, bringing the year’s death toll to 112 and making 2008 the deadliest for American forces in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion.
The nation paused Thursday morning to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with heartfelt remembrances at the World Trade Center site, the dedication of a memorial at the Pentagon and a planned visit to ground zero by the presidential candidates.
Defense attorneys for the man convicted of murdering an IU student in 2000 submitted a petition Wednesday to appeal the decision to the Indiana Supreme Court, alleging juror misconduct and constitutional violations.
Seven IU female students will hit the stands in Playboy’s "Big 10" issue Friday. These women are seven of about 100 who auditioned to be Playboy starlings last October in Bloomington and of 48 Big Ten women featured in the issue.
GENEVA – A small blip on a computer screen sent champagne corks popping among physicists in Switzerland. Near Chicago, researchers at a “pajama party” who watched via satellite let out an early morning cheer.The blip was of cosmic proportions, representing a new tool to probe the birth of the universe.The world’s largest atom smasher passed its first test Wednesday as scientists said their powerful tool is almost ready to reveal how the tiniest particles were first created after the “big bang,” which many theorize was the massive explosion that formed the stars and planets.
Five months into his maiden voyage as IU’s men’s basketball coach, Captain Tom Crean is starting to feel a little seasick.
At 4:28 a.m. Wednesday, a machine 27 kilometers in circumference shot into action, and an IU professor contributed an important piece of equipment to the machine.
Yellow, white and blue katas were tightly held in hand as people honored Thubten J. Norbu one last time.
Everybody remembers what they were doing seven years ago today when they heard, or saw, that terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. “Older people say they remember when JFK got assassinated,” said sophomore Jennifer Marinaro. “That’s now our thing. We’ll always remember where we were and what we were doing when that happened.”
Students and faculty will log onto their computers on Monday to view a virtual tour of campus and interact with others in a virtual world.
There might be eight weeks to go until Election Day, but students at IU are already prepared to face off.IU’s Students for John McCain will debate Students for Barack Obama at 7 p.m. today in the Grand Hall of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center. The debate will cover topics including the economy, the war in Iraq, energy policies and national security among other issues.
Enrollment at IU has topped 40,000 for the first time, thanks to the largest ever freshman class.
Police say a safe was stolen at 11 p.m. Tuesday from the Grazie Italian Eatery.
After the recent flooding in Mississippi from Hurricane Gustav and the ongoing relief brought forth from Hurricane Katrina, IU students are once again looking to take part in efforts to rebuild and clean up the town of Biloxi, Miss., located on the Gulf Coast.
Seven years later, students once again will reminisce and mourn on Sept. 11.The Showalter Fountain area by the IU Auditorium on Seventh Street will be the site of a tribute candlelight vigil at 8 p.m. today for all those lost in the terrorist attacks less than a decade ago.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday accused Republican John McCain’s campaign of using “lies and phony outrage and Swift-boat politics” in claiming he used a sexist comment against vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
INDIANAPOLIS – Less than 24 hours after Indianapolis Colts starting defensive tackle Ed Johnson was arrested on a drug possession charge early Wednesday, the team said it would waive him.
