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FBI: Crime rose in Bloomington, Monroe County in 2006

Sunday, Oct. 28,2007 10:05 p.m.

Violent crime and property crime have increased throughout Bloomington and Monroe County, according to FBI data released this month. However, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and the IU Police Department said the rise in numbers doesn’t mean the Bloomington area is becoming more dangerous.

Around the World

By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Sunday, Oct. 28,2007 9:53 p.m.

U.S. forces will turn over security to Iraqi authorities in the southern Shiite province of Karbala on Monday, the American commander for the area said, despite fighting between rival militia factions that has killed dozens.

Minorities less likely to trick-or-treat this year

By Abisalom Omolo and Alan Fram · Sunday, Oct. 28,2007 9:52 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Two-thirds of parents say their children will trick-or-treat this Halloween, but fewer minorities will let their kids go door to door, with some citing safety worries, a poll shows.

Ben Stein to speak at IU next week

By IDS staff · Sunday, Oct. 28,2007 8:16 p.m.

Ben Stein, the monotonous teacher from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” will lecture at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at the IU Auditorium.

Presidential expert writes book highlighting White House cuisine

By Hillel Italie · Sunday, Oct. 28,2007 8:14 p.m.

NEW YORK – Barry H. Landau, a presidential collector and connoisseur, is the kind of guy one may not notice in the pictures with celebrities. He is 59 and has been in the company of presidents for nearly 50 years. He is tall and bearded, with a home full of history and a head crammed with names, like boxes in an overstuffed closet ready to tumble out.

Harry Truman’s Winston Churchill oil painting to be sold

By Jill Lawless · Sunday, Oct. 28,2007 8:13 p.m.

LONDON – A painting by Winston Churchill, which President Truman called one of his “most valued possessions” after receiving it as a gift from the British prime minister in 1951, will be sold at Sotheby’s, the auction house said Saturday.

Food Class-ification

By Anna Piontek · Sunday, Oct. 28,2007 6:40 p.m.

I, like many other Americans, grew up eating meatloaf, macaroni and cheese, hamburgers and other “comfort food.” But America is rebelling against its food culture. In the past decade or so, America has quite possibly undergone a food revolution. My house – a middle-class, Midwestern-rooted home with access to the Food Network – has changed its culinary habits in the extreme, and I have a feeling we are not alone.

Eco education

By Abby Schwimmer and Ab Schwimmer · Sunday, Oct. 28,2007 6:39 p.m.

Oh, backhanded compliments. Where would we be without them? There is nothing like hearing how good of a job you’ve done on something, only to find that statement followed by some sort of soul-crushing qualifier. Well, recently, our University has become the object of a sort-of-but-not-really compliment, and deservedly so.

Halloween and hallowoes

By John Barnett and Stefania Marghitu · Sunday, Oct. 28,2007 6:37 p.m.

Halloween is the most magical holiday around. For one night, we can be whoever we want to be. When we were kids, it was all about being our favorite Disney character or who we wanted to be when we grew up. Our goal was to consume as much candy as we could, which led to candy hangovers the next day. This special holiday changes as we get older, however.

Damage control

By Brian J. McFillen · Sunday, Oct. 28,2007 6:36 p.m.

This is probably bad for business, but events this week have moved me to offer up a bit of advice to government officials, executives, celebrities and anyone else who might find themselves on the receiving end of bad press: Roll with it. Make your counter-arguments, issue apologies, change your ways, do public relations damage control, whatever – just don’t try to stonewall the press.

Billing our GIs

Sunday, Oct. 28,2007 6:34 p.m.

The phrase “Support the troops” is quite popular these days. It’s the fallback motto for any politician to cue a round of applause and an agreeable bumper sticker. But when support is truly needed, it seems that many of us have forgotten what this phrase really means. This is surely what went through the minds of troops from the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry, a National Guard unit based out of Iowa, who were denied GI Bill benefits because some of their orders were for less than the cut-off of 730 days.

Man assaulted and robbed in Read Center

By Ab D. Phillip · Saturday, Oct. 27,2007 4:29 p.m.

Early Saturday morning, IU Police Department officers were dispatched to the east side of Read Center in reference to a robbery.

IU football blown out 33-3 on the road at Wisconsin; elusive 6th win, bowl eligibility still out of reach

By Colin Fly · Saturday, Oct. 27,2007 4:03 p.m.

Backup Lance Smith ran for two touchdowns after P.J. Hill left with an injury, helping Wisconsin to a 33-3 victory Saturday over Indiana and extending the Badgers' home winning streak to 13 games.

IU student arrested in Arboretum

By Sara Amato · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 4:08 p.m.

An IU student was arrested early Friday morning after he allegedly got into a fight in the Arboretum.

Officer struck by vehicle while escorting Dalai Lama

By Sara Amato · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 3:03 p.m.

A Bloomington Police Department officer was struck by another vehicle Thursday afternoon while escorting the Dalai Lama.

Postseason play begins for cross country teams

By Ari Shifron · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 1:14 p.m.

Now it’s for real. After regular season meets with little meaning, the stakes are high this time for more than one reason at the Big Ten Championships on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio.

California natives cope with fires away from home

By Kyle Doehla · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 12:23 a.m.

Wildfires have scorched over 400,000 acres in Southern California in the past four days, a place where some IU students call home.

More than 1,600 IU women gear up for rush

By Lindsey Alexander · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 12:22 a.m.

More than 1,600 IU women are scrambling to make 19 copies of photographs of themselves and think of witty things to say while trying to find the perfect pair of jeans before 11 a.m. Saturday.

Tibetan traditions

By Chelsea Merta · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 12:21 a.m.

A 60-foot tapestry of an intricate, colorful Buddha set the stage for a performance by the monks of the Drepung Gomang Monastery. Flanked by tables of chandeliers with lotus-shaped lights, the wall covering displayed the religious deity surrounded by five Buddhists saints. A large throne sat in the middle of the stage, where the monks placed a photo of the Dalai Lama.

Insurance companies handling claims from last week’s tornado

By Alexandra R. Moses · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 12:21 a.m.

NAPPANEE, Ind. – Insurance company representatives from around the nation are helping sort through the ruins of nearly 200 homes and 53 businesses damaged or destroyed by last week’s northern Indiana tornado.

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