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“Christmas in Fallujah”

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NEW YORK -Billy Joel has released a new pop single, the anti-war “Christmas in Fallujah.” Just don’t expect to hear his voice on it. At 58, Joel felt he was too old to sing the song, which was inspired by letters the Piano Man received from soldiers in Iraq.


A student pets a dog Sunday April 29 in front of Briscoe Quad. The event was part of RAW's "Pet Therapy" to help students relax and take the pressure off during finals week.

Pet therapy aims to relieve stress during finals

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Animal lovers feeling the stress of finals will have the opportunity Sunday to relieve anxiety by playing with dogs. About eight dogs will play in the Briscoe Quad activity room from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.


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Spice Girls kick off U.S. tour

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LOS ANGELES – It was a different sort of homecoming for the Spice Girls when they performed before a sold-out crowd Wednesday at the Staples Center.





Kent Cooper Room now renting video games

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Where on campus can students learn to skateboard like Tony Hawk, play the guitar like a rock star or hang out with the characters from Star Wars? The Kent Cooper Room in the Herman B Wells Library now features video games available for checkout.


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New marker on map for food lovers

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Bloomington has recently become a partner member of the Indiana Foodways Alliance – an association dedicated to the development and promotion of the local food culture – in an effort to make the city a primary culinary tourism destination.



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RPS offers housing during winter break

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With winter break approaching, many students will travel home, while others will make IU a part of their holiday celebrations. Residential Programs and Services offers housing for those students who choose to stay at IU during winter break. So far, about 70 students have signed up to stay.



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Around the world

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Hundreds of thousands of strapped homeowners could get some relief from a plan negotiated by the Bush administration to freeze interest rates on subprime mortgages that are scheduled to rise in the coming months.



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Don’t apologize

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It isn’t easy for an advocate of small government to bemoan actors in the White House.


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Four legs better than two?

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The Palm Beach (Fla.) Community College recently decided that gay employees of the school cannot obtain health insurance for their partners.


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Judicial review

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While a ruling will probably not be issued until late June 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing arguments Wednesday for what could turn out to be one of its most controversial decisions in decades. The U.S. Supreme Court is going to consider whether Guantanamo Bay prisoners have a Constitutional right to challenge their detentions in civil courts.


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TV 2007: A Retrospective

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This year has been a very interesting year for television, even more so than most years. This is my last column of 2007, and as I consider myself the resident TV guru on the Editorial Board, it’s only fitting that the following consists of the moments I consider paramount to TV.