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IU ranks 34th in finance magazine as ‘best value’

By Ab D. Phillip · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 11:02 p.m.

IU now ranks 34th on Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine list of “100 Best Values in Public College,” jumping 21 spots from its previous position.

IU alum to work with Fox News

By Sarah Hutchins · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 11:02 p.m.

When IU alumna Eboni Gatlin started her internship at Fox News during the summer of 2005, she did not realize that in one year she would end up in the company’s elite apprentice program.

IU school of education professor to receive award

By Ab D. Phillip · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 11:01 p.m.

The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators will present an award to an IU School of Education professor in March during its annual meeting in Boston.

Around the arts

Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 10:32 p.m.

Four bands at Fester’s, Kinsey Institute exhibit, City Lights and Underground Double Feature, Music trios, Hairbangers Ball, Coffeehouse nights

WFHB rings the gong

By Rorye O'Conner · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 10:28 p.m.

On Jan. 4, 1993, a gong borrowed from Herman B Wells and the John Waldron family sounded on WFHB radio 91.3 to signify its official kickoff. A week ago, the gong sounded again in celebration of 15 years of community broadcasting.

James Brown’s rings for sale

Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 10:27 p.m.

AIKEN, S.C. – James Brown’s possessions will be appraised and auctioned, in part to pay taxes his estate owes, court-appointed trustees said Wednesday.

Landlocked Records Top-5 Sellers

Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 9:48 p.m.

For the week of Dec. 31-Jan. 6

Looking good if weather’s bad

Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 9:34 p.m.

As I was walking home Tuesday afternoon, my new jeans and leather boots completely drenched, a thought occurred to me: There are some things a girl needs to get through the Indiana winter.

Annual German heritage celebration begins Saturday

By Jessica Andrews · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 9:30 p.m.

The 19th Annual Karneval will be held at the German-American Klubhouse this weekend in German Park in Indianapolis. It is one of many Karneval season events hosted by the American German Klub, Indiana German Heritage Society and the Turner Club.

Better Business Bureau publishes annual list of rejections, revocations

By Alexandra R. Moses · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 9:28 p.m.

Fourteen Indiana businesses were denied requests for renewal of accreditation from the Better Business Bureau of Indiana and 41 weren’t admitted at all in 2006.

Farmers’ Market seeking adviser

By Jessica Andrews · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 9:27 p.m.

The Farmers’ Market Advisory Council of the City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department is still on the lookout for its newest member, who has the opportunity of serving a two-year term with the board.

Man beaten, stabbed during robbery

By Ben Phelps · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 9:26 p.m.

A Bloomington man was stabbed in the leg during a robbery at the north end of the Winslow Sports Complex on Wednesday around 11 p.m., according to a police report.

India’s Tata Motors unveils $2,500 car, bringing ownership within reach of millions

By Abisalom Omolo and Gavin Rabinowitz · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 9:18 p.m.

For millions of people in the developing world, Tata Motor’s new $2,500 four-door subcompact – the world’s cheapest car – may yield a transportation revolution that has as great an impact as Henry Ford’s Model T, which rolled off an assembly line one century ago.

FAA plans to reduce flight delays, face political fight over airplane noise

By Abisalom Omolo and David B. Caruso · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 9:17 p.m.

For years, jets taking off from Newark Liberty International Airport have performed an act of mercy as they roar south.

Toby Muse

By Abisalom Omolo · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 9:16 p.m.

Colombian rebels freed two women held hostage for more than five years, handing them over Thursday to Venezuelan officials who flew them toward Caracas where a triumphant President Hugo Chavez awaited.

U.S. preparing to send more Marines to Afghanistan in a shift in strategy

By Abisalom Omolo and Lolita C. Baldor · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 9:15 p.m.

The Pentagon is preparing to send at least 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan in April to bolster efforts to hold off another expected Taliban offensive in the spring, military officials said Wednesday.

Around the World

By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 9:14 p.m.

Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for the White House Thursday in a timely slap at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as well as his own vice presidential running mate.

Bush predicts Mideast peace treaty before his term ends

By Abisalom Omolo and Anne Gearan · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 9:13 p.m.

President Bush, summing up meetings with both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, said Thursday that a peace accord will require “painful political concessions” by each.

Forget thyself

By Georgia Perry · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 8:33 p.m.

If you are a sophomore, junior or senior, I find it safe to assume that you spent your winter break relaxing and spending time with family and friends back home. You probably took in a movie or two, ate nice home-cooked meals and enjoyed your time off. If you are a freshman, I presume you spent the break lying awake at night wondering what the hell you were thinking last semester.

The fall of Paul

By Amanda Lowry · Thursday, Jan. 10,2008 8:29 p.m.

It took me a long time to like Ron Paul. I, like a lot of non-right-leaning libertarians, have always been at odds with many of his positions. I don’t agree with his anti-abortion stance, for instance, nor am I a fan of his beliefs about immigration. Despite those two issu

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