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Severe Weather

22 dead in 3 states after weekend storms

Monday, May 12,2008 2:24 p.m.

PICHER, Okla. (AP) – Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornados and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 22 people in three states.

The Indiana Daily Student

Mystery-shopping scam fools consumers

By Garrett Stack · Monday, May 12,2008 2:22 p.m.

Shopping as a full-time job might sound ideal to many, but some fake companies are now tricking people into paying for an opportunity to work as a mystery shopper.

Chris Pickrell

IU’s Campillo receives top Big Ten honor

Monday, May 12,2008 2:16 p.m.

Success breeds more success. That is the theme for IU men’s golfer Jorge Campillo, who has earned a trophy room full of accolades with the Hoosiers and is the driving force behind the team’s impressive national ranking.

Pete Stuttgen

‘Inspirational’

By Ryan McLaughin · Monday, May 12,2008 2:13 p.m.

More than 700 runners, walkers and cyclists gathered at Bill Armstrong Stadium on Saturday morning to show their support in fighting cancer at the first annual Coach Hep Indiana Cancer Challenge.

Ron Johnson, Student media director

New director to take helm of IDS, Arbutus

By Kaitlin Shawgo · Monday, May 12,2008 2:11 p.m.

After a year-long search, the IU School of Journalism announced Ron Johnson as the new IU student media director. Johnson, who has worked as a student publications director and adviser to the Kansas State Collegian newspaper, will start July 1.

The Indiana Daily Student

Winter floods cost $33M

Monday, May 12,2008 2:03 p.m.

MONTICELLO, Ind. – Many residents are still trying to get their lives back in order three months after winter floodwaters inundated homes across a large swath of Northern Indiana.

The Indiana Daily Student

Dean sues Facebook over fake profile

Monday, May 12,2008 2:02 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – A judge has ordered the social-networking site Facebook to turn over information identifying the person who set up a fake profile in the name of a high school dean.

Babies Behind Bars

Babies serve with moms in state prisons

Monday, May 12,2008 2:01 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Three-week-old Kevin fussed in mother Melissa Lankey’s arms until she started singing softly to him, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” The newborn began dozing within seconds.

Erich Reinhard

Rubbish!

By Erich Reinhard · Monday, May 12,2008 1:56 p.m.

The most memorable words of my freshman year came from my acting teacher: “Don’t think that you can impress me ... I’ve seen Helen Mirren, the greatest living actress in the world, perform in London from a front-row seat.”

Columnist

Raising the bar

By Brian J. McFillen · Monday, May 12,2008 1:55 p.m.

It’s the first summer session, and most of IU’s roughly 30,000 undergraduates have left Bloomington to return to their families, go on internships, travel, work summer jobs, tend crops and so on.

Opinion Columnist

National holiday

By Thomas Wachtel · Monday, May 12,2008 1:52 p.m.

I made my dad vote on Election Day. He wanted to, and he nearly always votes in election years – even though we live in Indiana, so our votes rarely count, thanks to the Electoral College – but he wasn’t sure if he would make it out for the primary. I convinced him, however, that he needed to make the effort and do it.

The Indiana Daily Student

Clashes with Darfur

Monday, May 12,2008 1:46 p.m.

KHARTOUM, Sudan – Hundreds of Darfur rebels reached the outskirts of Sudan’s capital Saturday for the first time and clashed with security forces, rebel and government officials said.

The Indiana Daily Student

Stamp prices go up Monday

Monday, May 12,2008 1:43 p.m.

WASHINGTON – The cost of mailing a letter goes up a penny to 42 cents on Monday, the latest in what are expected to be annual price adjustments by the Postal Service.

The Indiana Daily Student

Obama overtakes Clinton in Democratic superdelegates

Monday, May 12,2008 1:42 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton’s once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party’s nomination for president.

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