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A U-turn on the road of life

I made it to Toledo before I finally lost my mind. I thought that was quite an accomplishment, considering I had survived the drive through the wastelands known as Buffalo, Erie and Cleveland. (Ignore Drew Carey. Cleveland most definitely does not rock.)

'Last Orders' not worth ordering on pay-per-view

Consider adoption over abortion

I am writing in response to opinions on abortion (Abortion Head to Head, March 7). Anyone who feels that the baby is not alive in the women's womb is ignorant.

Educating the American people

o I finally go open the rickety mailbox marked number five, that probably hasn't been gone through in more than a week. Amid way too many pizza specials, advertisements and "deals" from Circuit City, I find the postcard of precautionary measures sent out by the U.S. Postal Service. Thanks for the warning, guys, and the proper measures to take to avoid any potential anthrax harm, but isn't this getting a little excessive?

Team heads to Badger Invitational

The 2001-02 golf campaign tees off Saturday as the Hoosiers head to Madison, Wisc., to face 14 other teams in this year's Badger Invitational at University Ridge Golf Course. In addition to IU, the field consists of: Duke, Colorado State, Toledo, Purdue, Arkansas-Little Rock, Southeastern Louisiana, Iowa, Penn State, Michigan, Illinois, Western Kentucky, Miami of Ohio, Xavier and host Wisconsin.

Spanish forces invade disputed island

JEBEL LEILA, Morocco -- Elite Spanish soldiers swooped in aboard helicopters Wednesday, capturing a disputed Mediterannean island occupied by Moroccan soldiers for more than a week. Neither side fired a shot.

Misplaced blame unnecessary

Jack Handey, the Saturday Night Live well of wisdom, once said, "If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is 'God is crying.' And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is 'Probably because of something you did.'"

Economic forum sparks peace talks

NEW YORK -- Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said he saw "a ray of hope" for Mideast peace Sunday, as the World Economic Forum focused on resolving long-standing global conflicts.

Volunteers bring joy to local nursing homes

Easter arrived early to Hospitality House, 1100 S. Curry Pike, and other local nursing homes Sunday. Salvation Army volunteers visited five area nursing homes to distribute more than 500 stuffed bunnies to individuals residents. Nursing home residents were peppered throughout the corridors with walls of pastel blue and pink laced with large-petaled flowers awaiting the arrival of Salvation Army volunteers.

You'd be 'foolish' to pass this one up

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Irish defeat Hoosiers 1-0

This season the No.6 Hoosiers have prided themselves on a stifling defense, shutting out eight of the last ten teams they have faced. The backs have been known for smothering the opposing offense as it enters IU territory. Goalie Colin Rogers, with the lowest goals allowed average in the nation at .40, rarely lets the ball touch the back of the net.

Kohl kicks off campaign in earnest

Germany's main conservative party gathered Sunday for a key convention it hopes will pave the way for regaining power in the fall, with former leader Helmut Kohl invited to speak despite a slush fund scandal he has never fully resolved.

65th Big Ten contest is anyone's game

Sometimes, 65th anniversaries are overlooked. They're not considered the milestones that 75th and 100th anniversaries are. But if IU defeats Iowa Saturday, the Hoosiers will return from their 65th match-up against the Hawkeyes with a big gift. A 2-2 record in an uncertain Big Ten where it is anyone's game. Both the Hoosiers and the Hawkeyes are 1-2 in the conference, but with five teams ahead of them at 2-1, the standings in the Big Ten are all up in the air.

Team competes in final series

The IU baseball team is looking to win its first weekend series in the final series of the 2001 season at Illinois. The baseball team is finishing the year at seventh-place Illinois for a four-game set, bringing an end to a season coach Bob Morgan described as unsuccessful. "It's been a long and frustrating season," Morgan said in a press release. "We just look to finish on a positive note and play as well as we possibly can."

The search continues for missing ISU student

The search for Scott Javins will get a financial boost this weekend as family and friends will hold a series of car wash fundraisers around Terre Haute to raise money. Javins, 20, of Terre Haute, left a friend's house at about 2 a.m. nearly two weeks ago, in the early morning hours of May 24. The Indiana State University student talked to his mother on his cellular phone to tell her he was on the way home.

Reality TV goes too far in 'Series'

Execution on Web harmful to society

An Internet company sued last week to be allowed to broadcast Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh's execution on the Internet. McVeigh is set to be executed May 16 in a Terre Haute penitentiary for the 1995, bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, Okla. That blast killed 168 people.

Rumsfeld doubts value of more force

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld defended his decision Tuesday not to send a large U.S. ground force to hunt down Osama bin Laden as al Qaeda fighters made a final stand in eastern Afghanistan last month.

Satisfying their sweet tooth

A little boy in an oversized football jersey eyes the tables full of scrumptious-looking, award-winning desserts. Being teased too long with the displays, he decides to make a break for one of the chocolate-dipped biscottis, only to have his mom reign him back in to wait his turn for the real chocolate samples up ahead.