Colts let go of Simeon Rice, sign RB Luke Lawton
Defensive end Simeon Rice, signed two weeks ago to fill in for injured Pro Bowler Dwight Freeney, was released Tuesday by the Indianapolis Colts.
Defensive end Simeon Rice, signed two weeks ago to fill in for injured Pro Bowler Dwight Freeney, was released Tuesday by the Indianapolis Colts.
Pro Bowl safety Sean Taylor died Tuesday after he was shot in his home by an apparent intruder, leaving the Washington Redskins in mourning for a teammate who seemed to have reordered his life since becoming a father. The 24-year-old player died at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he had been airlifted after the shooting early Monday.
In front of a late-arriving Assembly Hall crowd Tuesday night, IU played its best 40 minutes of team basketball this season.
The IU ice hockey team started the season with five convincing wins, averaging seven goals per game while allowing less than two goals against per game.
Just a few minutes before the IU men’s basketball team took the floor for its 83-79 win against Georgia Tech, J.D. Campbell, director of athletics media relations, handed out a sheet of paper to the media seated in Assembly Hall.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The city’s mayor-elect says a challenge by the current mayor to his election should be dismissed on a technicality: It does not include his middle initial on the paperwork.
Beginning in fall 2008, students at Bloomington High School North and Bloomington High School South will be able to obtain college credit through the new Bloomington Early College Program.
CROWN POINT, Ind. – The Lake County Council has backed a plan that would make it the last of Indiana’s 92 counties to adopt a local income tax.
A Somali immigrant was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for plotting to blow up an Ohio shopping mall with a man later convicted of being an al-Qaida terrorist.
Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed Tuesday to immediately resume long-stalled talks toward a deal by the end of next year that would create an independent Palestinian state.
The IU men’s basketball team will look to rebound from last Saturday’s loss when the Hoosiers host Georgia Tech in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge at 7 p.m. today on ESPN.
IU survived a scare from Georgia Tech Tuesday night by topping the Yellow Jackets 83-79. For more coverage check out the IDS Basketblog
To Dawn Burke, Facebook had only been a simple Web site where her children used to post funny pictures and chat with friends. But when her daughter died, it became a way for her to reconnect with her child and begin the long, uncertain process of healing.
LOS ANGELES – The first day of talks since movie and TV writers went on strike produced no public updates or word if any progress was made –but it did trigger a promise to meet again.
NEW YORK – Talks ended Tuesday morning between striking Broadway stagehands and theater producers without a deal to end the labor dispute that has darkened theaters for more than two weeks.
The IU School of Education will partner with the Granato Group, a Washington, D.C.-area company, in a $3.1 million project that will assess the use of technology in classrooms nationwide from now until April 2009.
Hanson, a trio of brothers who have been playing music since their childhood, will be welcomed to Bloomington for the second time since 2005, but this time with a new purpose. Before Thursday night’s performance at The Bluebird, 216 N. Walnut St., they will lead “The Walk.”
IU named 13 new Advocates for Community Engagement this fall, adding to the nine already in the program. The program, which began in 2000, started out with just three students and is quickly growing.
When I wake up in the morning, I am excited to get dressed. As I scrub my hair in the shower and apply my makeup, I think about what I am going to wear. Most days, with the exception of the occasional fat day or the more frequent oh-my-God-I-have-nothing-to-wear day, I look forward to shedding my pajamas and getting ready to face the world looking my best (or at least looking decent).
Graduate student Nikolas Jeleniauskas not only sings, dances and plays music, but he can also compose award-winning pieces.