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By Thomas Wachtel · Wednesday, Feb. 6,2008 11:16 a.m.

Last week, the Indiana State Senate approved a joint resolution endorsing an amendment to the Indiana Constitution that would define marriage as only between a man and a woman. This amendment would effectively act as a permanent ban on gay marriage in the state of Indiana. The amendment now goes to the House.

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Wreck sports

By Jennifer Miller · Wednesday, Feb. 6,2008 11:14 a.m.

It’s 1:20 in the morning – do you know where your roommate is? Mine’s clattering in the door with her lacrosse sticks, red-faced and exhausted after another club sports practice running from 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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Wreck sports

By Jennifer Miller · Wednesday, Feb. 6,2008 11:14 a.m.

It’s 1:20 in the morning – do you know where your roommate is? Mine’s clattering in the door with her lacrosse sticks, red-faced and exhausted after another club sports practice running from 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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Bye bye, Rudy

By Nathan Dixon · Wednesday, Feb. 6,2008 11:13 a.m.

Rudy Giuliani dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination after a poor showing in Florida, and thus the man who led national polls for months played no role in Super Tuesday aside from supporting Sen. John McCain. For that, his awkward campaign strategy will likely be regarded as one of the most flawed in history.

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All McCain's men

By Tristan Reitz · Wednesday, Feb. 6,2008 11:11 a.m.

They say the first step to solving any problem is admitting you have a problem in the first place. And I just want to say “congratulations” to the Republican voters in Florida and South Carolina, for maybe, just maybe, taking the first step on the long road to recovery.

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Google, Microsoft bring IU e-mail

By Sarah Brubeck · Wednesday, Feb. 6,2008 1:18 a.m.

IU announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Google and Microsoft to provide students with commercial e-mail accounts using their IU addresses.IU is only one of two schools that will use both programs in its e-mailing system.

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Age before beauty

Wednesday, Feb. 6,2008 1:13 a.m.

We all watched as Sen. Hillary Clinton saw her “inevitable” win turn into a highly competitive race against the junior senator from Illinois, Barack Obama. We also watched as, even after Iowa and New Hampshire, it seemed as though there were four different candidates that could conceivably take the Republican nomination.

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Age before beauty

Wednesday, Feb. 6,2008 1:13 a.m.

We all watched as Sen. Hillary Clinton saw her “inevitable” win turn into a highly competitive race against the junior senator from Illinois, Barack Obama. We also watched as, even after Iowa and New Hampshire, it seemed as though there were four different candidates that could conceivably take the Republican nomination.

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‘The Finite Show’ continues to be popular 10 years later

By Sarah Hutchins · Wednesday, Feb. 6,2008 12:56 a.m.

In 1998, professor Steve McKinley stood in front of the camera, clad in an oversized navy blue T-shirt in his grandmother's basement for the first episode of "The Finite Show." The show started as part of an initiative to help improve freshman retention, said Raymond Smith, associate vice provost in the office of academic affairs.

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IU runner’s change of heart leads to success

By Jeremy Rosenthal · Wednesday, Feb. 6,2008 12:54 a.m.

IU distance runner Wendi Robinson runs 65 miles a week. She can run a mile in less than five minutes. Her 3,000-meter time is top-10 all-time at IU. Her 5,000-meter time is the fastest in the nation this year. All of these long distance achievements come from a person who started her career as a sprinter.

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Around the World

By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Wednesday, Feb. 6,2008 12:07 a.m.

Thousands of people fled Chad’s capital Monday as government troops and rebels battled for a third day. Gunfire and explosions were heard throughout the N’ Djamera, a United Nations official said.

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U.S. forces kill Sunni civilians, tensions rise

By Abisalom Omolo and Kim Gamel · Wednesday, Feb. 6,2008 12:05 a.m.

The U.S. military faced complaints Tuesday from its Sunni allies over claims that more civilians had been killed by American forces – amplifying tensions as the Pentagon tries to calm anger over an airstrike last week that claimed innocent lives.

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Sanctions against Myanmar imposed

By Abisalom Omolo and Martin Crutsinger · Wednesday, Feb. 6,2008 12:04 a.m.

The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced it was imposing financial sanctions against family members of the military-run government of Myanmar and individuals it identified as key members of the financial empire of Tay Za, an influential businessman in the country.

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Top U.S. intelligence chief says al-Qaida hides in Pakistan

By Abisalom Omolo and Pamela Hess · Wednesday, Feb. 6,2008 12:03 a.m.

Al-Qaida, increasingly shut down in Iraq, is establishing cells in other countries as Osama bin Laden’s organization uses a “safe haven” in Pakistan’s tribal region to train for attacks in Afghanistan, the Middle East, Africa and the U.S. the U.S. intelligence chief said Tuesday.

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Southern Indiana limestone shipped to New York for new Yankee Stadium

By Aaron Beard · Tuesday, Feb. 5,2008 11:59 p.m.

Hundreds of panels of southern Indiana limestone have been making their way to New York, where they are forming the new Yankee Stadium’s outer facade. Indiana Limestone Fabricators has already shipped more than 600 stone panels, each 5 feet-by-3 feet, to the Bronx for the new $800 million stadium, set to open for the 2009 season.

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