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Nurses allege whistleblowing firing

Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 10:12 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Six black nurses sued a private company operating a Marion County jail Monday, alleging they were fired or forced to leave their jobs because of racism or exposing medical practices that put inmates at risk.

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Ellis Island reformed

By Tristan Reitz · Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 7:39 p.m.

The subject of illegal immigration is one of the most divisive political issues this election year, especially among Republicans.

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Clinton’s delegates

By Thomas Wachtel · Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 7:36 p.m.

When it comes to primary season, earlier is better. The states with the first primaries (or caucuses, for states that don’t like efficiency) get all the press and attention that comes from the start of the campaigns, and whatever financial boost can come from that.

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Obama isn’t ready

By Nathan Dixon · Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 7:33 p.m.

This certainly isn’t how I expected to feel about the Democratic presidential primary. I remember the good old days, back in high school, when I would carry around my autographed copy of “The Audacity of Hope,” when I volunteered with Barack Obama’s campaign over the summer. After Obama finally announced he was going to run for president, I really felt like everything was going to be OK after all.

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Shades of green

By Abra Oliver · Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 7:31 p.m.

Besides being a former vice president, Al Gore is recognized as one of this country’s most outspoken environmentalists. His movie, “An Inconvenient Truth,” highlighted the need for citizens and governments to take measures toward reducing energy use and the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. Whether you agree with the findings advocated by Gore, or with the larger and issues surrounding global warming, there’s no denying the fact that being more environmentally friendly, or “green,” has become the norm lately, not the exception.

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Rest in Turmoil

By John Barnett and Stefania Marghitu · Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 11:15 a.m.

On the day of Heath Ledger’s death, I found myself more than disappointed with the American masses and the media. While I think it is important to venerate his career after his death, it’s hard to believe that everyone and their uncle were always huge fans of the actor. Of course, I too was

Diet Cooking Schools

Trans fats no longer welcome at cooking school

Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 1:04 a.m.

The movement to ban artery-clogging trans fats from food has a new venue: cooking schools. The places that train the people who will someday be feeding the rest of us are cutting back or eliminating artificial trans fats from their classrooms, saying they have a responsibility to teach students how to cook healthy foods.

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How ideas are born

By David Weisburd · Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 12:55 a.m.

What if I told you that I have come up with a proven way to generate great new ideas, consistently? Would you believe me? Would you be willing to pay a high price?

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New Mac lighter than air

By Alex Brown and Alexandra Brown · Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 12:54 a.m.

The MacBook Air, which Apple is touting as “the world’s thinnest notebook,” is, at its smallest point, one-sixteenth of an inch, and at its thickest, about three-fourths of an inch.

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The ups and downs of investing

By Erica Beringer · Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 12:54 a.m.

Any child, teenager or adult who has ever played the game Monopoly has undoubtedly fantasized about the colorful play money being real. The concept is rather intriguing – playing a game and receiving large amounts of money in return.

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Licking the flu

Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 12:51 a.m.

Relief may be on the way for all those youngsters trembling at the thought of another needle jab. One day the flu vaccine may simply be placed under the tongue.

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Clubs push parties, not people, before primaries

By Sarah Hutchins · Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 12:41 a.m.

As primary elections approach, the IU campus is chalk-free. No one is scrawling candidate endorsment messages on the sidewalks; no one is pushing flyers into students’ hands. While the IU College Democrats and Republicans continue to meet and discuss election issues, they remain fairly inactive during some of the most politically charged months of the year.

Lecturer will speak about religion, homosexuality

By Ernest Moore · Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 12:40 a.m.

Jeffrey Barnes, who describes himself on his Web site as “one man exploring the myths, fears and joys of being gay and Christian” will speak at 8:30 p.m. today in the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center.

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AEPi Cycling down but not out of race

By Greg Rosenstein · Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 12:38 a.m.

Alpha Epsilon Pi, a traditionally competitive fraternity in the Little 500 race, will be without a team this year as a result of the two-year ban placed on the fraternity Wednesday.

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Stitching a story

By Evan Wells · Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 12:35 a.m.

This Friday, as the actors in “Metamorphoses” don vibrant colors and elaborate masks and take the stage, graduate student Erica Griese and her costume crew’s months of hard work will have paid off. Griese has spent the past four months working as the costume designer for IU’s production of “Metamorphoses.” The Tony award-winning play, based on the ancient Greek epic poem, presented Griese with the challenge of balancing ancient history with modern art in her costumes.

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Keep the change

By Chase Cooper · Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 12:12 a.m.

Believe it or not, for the last year I’ve been rooting for Hillary Clinton. She’d be an ideal Democratic nominee. With half of U.S. adults saying they’d never vote for her, including 21 percent of Democrats and 48 percent of independents, her negatives are so high that she’d almost certainly lose the general election, even if the GOP nominated a trained monkey, such as Mike Huckabee. I’ll admit, though, it’s loads of fun

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AEPi Cycling down but not out of race

By Greg Rosenstein · Tuesday, Jan. 29,2008 12 a.m.

Alpha Epsilon Pi, a traditionally competitive fraternity in the Little 500 race, will be without a team this year as a result of the two-year ban placed on the fraternity Wednesday.

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