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An ace of an album

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, June 25,2008 2:22 p.m.

It’s a shame that The Early November didn’t make it, but it’s clear that Ace Enders will be fine. He can pump out three-minute emo/indie pop gems at such an efficient rate that he’ll have a career for a long time. Yet it’s the tracks where he expands on his standard songwriting that really work; if he pursues those avenues a bit more, he won’t need a million different people to help him out.

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Epic metal

By Tyler James Perry · Wednesday, June 25,2008 2:18 p.m.

On Nostradamus, Judas Priest seems to have focused on writing lengthy, more artistically creative songs, rather than the radio-friendly singles like they’ve done with past hits such as “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming.”  And they’ve succeeded.

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Not so fly

By Amanda Lowry · Wednesday, June 25,2008 2:15 p.m.

While Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace has plenty of The Offspring’s trademark kicking, confrontational music, it’s more full of cliched melodrama. The only saving grace is that the band sounds the same as it did in the ‘90s, but this isn’t the ‘90s, and this album is not worth listening to.

Melonie Diaz, Jack Black and Mos Def bring the laughs

The art of derivation

By Caleb Jackson-Boys · Wednesday, June 25,2008 2:07 p.m.

It is the perfect family film filled with innocent, good humor. Gondry’s script is a little too exaggerated and his attempts at emotional impact a little too superfluous. He is an incredibly talented director, but his script falls a bit short in this movie.

Coldplay switches musical gears and sets the bar high with Viva La Vida.

Viva Coldplay

By Drew Anderson · Wednesday, June 25,2008 2:02 p.m.

The sound that Viva La Vida carries is purposefully not like the band’s past releases. There is no star-gazing pop-punk riff here. Tracks “Yes,” “Lost!” and “Violent Hill” overshadow the rest of the band’s work: past, present and possibly future. Even the most delicate ballads that are carefully crafted by Martin himself express words and feeling with a whole new meaning.

Country-folk royalty

By CJ Lotz · Wednesday, June 25,2008 1:51 p.m.

Though the music isn’t innovative, Harris sticks to what she knows best: steel-pedal guitar, twangy riffs and lilting harmonies. She's made a folk album that tries – and succeeds – to be everything the genre was intended to be: a storytelling medium that can both break your heart and pick up the pieces.

Girl Talk mixes and matches songs as well as clothing.

Monster mash-up

By Derrick Carnes · Wednesday, June 25,2008 1:42 p.m.

Even though the album is more intricately layered than any of his previous works, Gillis tries his best to remove the feeling of ADD that you get from Night Ripper and replaces it with one that reminds us that these songs, though they are mash-ups of many different legendary tracks, are more than able to standout as individual art on their own.  

Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway look as excited as their audiences during “Get Smart.”

Get real, Steve Carell

By Jacob Levin · Wednesday, June 25,2008 1:38 p.m.

What’s surprising about the movie is how it manages to waste such an impressive array of potential strengths. At its core, it simply isn’t funny. Despite a cast of noteworthy actors, great scenery and all the gadgets one would expect from a spy movie, “Get Smart” isn’t likely illicit even the occasional chuckle.

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Comedian George Carlin dies at 71

Tuesday, June 24,2008 10:55 a.m.

George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71.

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A call from the mountaintops

By Erich Reinhard · Monday, June 23,2008 1:16 p.m.

Have you ever noticed how, in the humdrum of casual, college-kid conversation, the topic of politics is regarded with aversion and distaste? I fully understand the ominous feeling that overtakes you when you really aren’t ready to reveal some of your most personal convictions, especially to someone who gets a kick out of finding some superficial basis for argument.

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Malik Story commits to IU for 2008-09

By Jordan Cohen · Monday, June 23,2008 10:19 a.m.

Malik Story, a 6-foot-5 wing from Los Angeles, is the latest player to commit to IU, providing Hoosier fans with an 11th new face on the 2008-09 roster to remember.

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Floodwaters breach levees

By Abdullah AlShihri · Monday, June 23,2008 9:49 a.m.

Floodwaters breached two levees in western Illinois on Wednesday and threatened more Mississippi River towns in Missouri after inundating much of Iowa for the past week.

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Abu Ghraib torture evidence found

By Abdullah AlShihri · Monday, June 23,2008 9:48 a.m.

Medical examinations of former terrorism suspects held by the U.S. military at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, found evidence of torture and other abuse that resulted in serious injuries and mental disorders, according to a human rights group.

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Forces kill 36 insurgents

By Abdullah AlShihri · Monday, June 23,2008 9:47 a.m.

Afghan and Canadian forces moved into villages outside Kandahar on Wednesday to root out Taliban militants, killing at least 36 insurgents, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said.

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