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Sexual spam

By Johnathan P. Rossing and Jonathan P. Rossing · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2007 10:59 p.m.

If we want to gauge current attitudes about gender and sexuality we need only to look in our junk e-mail folders. My Gmail filtered 678 spam e-mails.

5 U.S. artists honored by Kennedy Center

By Natasha Metzler · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2007 9:03 p.m.

WASHINGTON – From “Good Vibrations” to “GoodFellas,” Brian Wilson and Martin Scorsese scored. Steve Martin strutted as one of the “wild and crazy guys.” Diana Ross sang to Motown stardom. Pianist Leon Fleisher surmounted a debilitating injury.

Murder suspect gets pre-trial date

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2007 9:03 p.m.

The Monroe County man accused of murdering two men is scheduled to have another pretrial hearing in mid-January. Jerry E. Pelfree, 51, was arrested Sept. 14 after authorities stormed his residence and found the remains of two men in 55- and 35-gallon steel drums. Authorities later identified the remains as Everett L. Shaw and Douglas A. Brown.

Local legislators worry about burden of Gov. Daniel’s 1 percent tax cap plan

By Alexandra R. Moses and Mike Smith · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2007 9:03 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – The tax policy leader of the state Senate said Tuesday he has concerns about capping homeowner property bills at 1 percent of the home’s value, suggesting it could be too hard a hit on some local governments.

Parents face charges after baby fractures skull

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2007 9:02 p.m.

Two Bloomington residents were arrested Friday afternoon after their newborn baby sustained a skull fracture in mid-November. Mystica Tapp, 19, and Anthony Helmes, 22, were arrested after an on-going investigation by the Bloomington Police Department. Each face preliminary charges of neglect of a dependant resulting in injury.

State buys 150 miles of old rail line to turn into outdoor trails

By Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2007 9:02 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana will nearly double the size of its network of rail-trail corridors with the purchase of more than 150 miles of abandoned rail line, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said Monday.

Teenager allegedly stole fire engine

By Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2007 9:02 p.m.

LAPORTE, Ind. – A sheriff’s deputy, who saw two fire trucks leave a station when there wasn’t any fire, caught a teenager who allegedly stole one of the trucks.

Gator reported stolen

By Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2007 9:01 p.m.

IU Police Department officials met with a subject affiliated with the IU Athletics Department Monday morning in reference to a stolen John Deere Gator, according to an IUPD report.

Ohio students said high tuition prompted bank robbery

By Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2007 9:01 p.m.

CINCINNATI – Two college students said the high cost of tuition led them to rob a bank. The men pleaded guilty to two charges of aggravated robbery and six charges of kidnapping.

Chappelle breaks his own Laugh Factory endurance record

Wednesday, Dec. 5,2007 9:01 p.m.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Dave Chappelle has broken his own Laugh Factory endurance record.

China says it will welcome reporters at 2008 Olympics

By Aaron Beard · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2007 9:01 p.m.

Tuesday, China said it welcomes journalists covering the 2008 Beijing Olympics, responding to complaints by a media rights group that the Communist regime has decided to clamp down on reporting in the run-up to the games.

Jury identifies gunman in Sean Taylor murder case

By Aaron Beard · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2007 9:01 p.m.

The 17-year-old suspect in the death of Sean Taylor was accused Tuesday of firing the shot that killed the Washington Redskins safety. A Miami-Dade grand jury identified Eric Rivera as the gunman in its indictment. Rivera and his three co-defendants were indicted by the grand jury on charges of first-degree felony murder and armed burglary.

Tigers on brink of acquiring Marlins Cabrera and Willis

By Aaron Beard · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2007 9 p.m.

While the Boston Red Sox appeared to be closing in on Johan Santana, an even bigger trade emerged Tuesday at the winter meetings: The Detroit Tigers reached a preliminary agreement to acquire Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis from the Florida Marlins for a package of six players.

Joe Paterno inducted into Hall of Fame

By Aaron Beard · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2007 9 p.m.

The College Football Hall of Fame news conference already started by the time Joe Paterno showed up and grabbed his seat at the end of the dais. “I apologize for being one year and 20 minutes late,” the 80-year-old Penn State coach said.

Around the world

By Arthur H. Rotstein · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2007 9 p.m.

A new U.S. intelligence review that concludes Iran stopped developing a nuclear weapons program in 2003 is consistent with the U.N. atomic watchdog agency’s own findings

Insight Bowl tickets free to students

By Tom Kir · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2007 11:56 p.m.

The IU football team paid a price all season, and their reward is a 13th game on New Year’s Eve against Oklahoma State in Tempe, Ariz. Die-hard IU football fans have also paid a price for 14 years, watching team after team fall short of a bowl game before this year’s success. The reward for current IU students is a free ticket to the Insight Bowl. Any IU student can reserve their free ticket by calling 866-IUSPORTS or 812-855-4006. Check out the Under the Rock for more Hoosier insight.

Student groups speak out about Darfur

By Lindsey Alexander · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2007 11:51 p.m.

While December usually finds IU students and faculty pushing through crowds to get to their seats at basketball games, this year, several organizations are pushing crowds to take action against genocide in Darfur.

Day named after celebrated Jacobs professor

By Lindsey Alexander · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2007 11:50 p.m.

When Menahem Pressler bowed his first notes on a violin as a child in Germany, he had no idea that nearly 80 years later he would be awarded with his own day in Bloomington.

IU travels to Dayton to take on Flyers

By Zachary Osterman · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2007 11:27 p.m.

The IU women’s basketball team will take its 4-3 record on the road Wednesday afternoon to face a stiff test from the Dayton Flyers at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. The team is coming off a tough home loss to then-No. 21 Florida State in the inaugural Big Ten/ACC Women’s Basketball Challenge. The Hoosiers kept the game close throughout the contest Nov. 30 against the Seminoles, leading for a good portion of the game and losing by only seven.

IU Breakdance Club competes to the beat

By Jackie Kochell and Jaclyn Kochell · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2007 11:17 p.m.

On a Thursday evening, music blares from the student activities room in Briscoe Quad. As the IU Breakdance Club practices, students walking by stop to watch the team twist and turn to the beat.