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Troop surge helping commanders

By Abdullah AlShihri and Kimberly Hefling · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 8:27 p.m.

President Bush’s choice to head the military Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday an increase of troops in Iraq is giving commanders the forces needed to improve security there.

IU hopes to make most of 5 yards

By Tom Kir · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 8:26 p.m.

Five yards has the potential to go a long way for the Hoosiers this year. College football’s newest rule has pushed back kickoffs to the 30-yard line, five yards further than last year. This will result in fewer kickoffs being caught as touchbacks and more returns.

Justice Roberts leaves hospital

By Abdullah AlShihri and Mark Sherman · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 8:26 p.m.

Chief Justice John Roberts walked out of a hospital in Maine on Tuesday, released a day after he suffered a seizure.

Aides discuss Middle East

By Abdullah AlShihri and Anne Gearan · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 8:25 p.m.

President Bush’s top national security aides said Tuesday their double-barreled show of diplomatic and military support for friendly Arab allies this week is not a shot across Iran’s bow.

WFHB broadcasts students’ work

By Maaria Chaudhry · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 8:05 p.m.

It’s hard to imagine Bloomington as anything but a college town, but Assistant Journalism Professor Mike Conway challenged the students in his spring community journalism class to do just that.

Researchers map flea genome

By Zachary Osterman · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 8:05 p.m.

The genome of a water flea may be the key to understanding how organisms adapt to immediate and long-term environmental changes.

With lawsuit pending, Facebook could shut down

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 8:04 p.m.

Imagine a life without Facebook – and think quick, because the owners of ConnectU, a rival social networking site, are seeking to shut down Facebook after alleging that its creator, Mark Zuckerberg, stole their ideas.

‘Everything Is Illuminated’

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 7:52 p.m.

Jonathan Safran Foer’s first novel “Everything is Illuminated,” published in 2003, manages to bring together three different story arcs.

IU opera student moves to New York

By Rebecca Longacre · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 7:51 p.m.

Rachel Lubbers can vividly recall her acceptance into IU’s Jacobs School of Music.

Indiana mystery author wins Best Book of Indiana Award

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 7:49 p.m.

Indiana writer Kit Ehrman’s fourth mystery book “TRIPLE CROSS” won the Best Book of Indiana Award in 2007 doesn’t mean she’s solved all the mysteries of writing.

Bloomington presents its own rendition of ‘Romeo and Juliet’

By Paul Coover · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 7:47 p.m.

The world’s most famous love story will take a Bloomington angle when Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is performed in September on the outdoor Third Street Park stage. Auditions for the play, produced by The Monroe County Civic Theater, were hosted Monday and Tuesday at the park’s stage.

Blake Powers arrested Monday

By Alberto D. Morales · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 6:33 p.m.

Blake Powers, the former starting quarterback for the IU football team, was arrested on preliminary charges with a Class A battery misdemeanor.

Delaying tactic

By Brian J. McFillen · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 5:32 p.m.

Students: Got a problem with the University? Don’t worry – given enough time, the problem will go away. No, it won’t be solved. But after a few years, you’ll graduate and won’t be around to complain about it. So no more problem, right? Right.

Rodeo clowns are animals

Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 5:31 p.m.

Animals pay a heavy price to satisfy people’s desire to play cowboy (“Rodeo gives fairgoers thrills,” July 30). Animals used in rodeo are subjected to abusive conditions in order to guarantee they’ll perform as expected by the paying public.

A new school year

By Steve Salter · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 5:30 p.m.

I’ve always enjoyed the start of a new school year at IU. The inhabitants of Bloomington have had a few months without the massive student population being in residence, and everyone is looking forward to their return.

Iraq’s democracy depends on Iraqis

By Steve Salter · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 5:29 p.m.

I read a report about corruption in the Iraq government. Everyone seems so surprised and upset about it. I don’t understand that attitude. When the Bush regime set up its puppet government in Iraq, did they really expect a storybook democracy?

War critics are hypocrites

Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 5:29 p.m.

My eye was drawn to two letters by their violent titles “Soldiers are murderers” (Steve Salter, July 19) and “Either all lives are sacred, or none” (Aaron Spector, July 19), and I was greatly disturbed by what I read there. War aside, because as Gen. Robert E. Lee said, “It is well that war is so terrible – lest we should grow too fond of it.”

Mother Church slow to react, but not absent

Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 5:28 p.m.

Growing up, my strong-willed Australian father would always comment, “Anti-Catholicism is the longest standing prejudice in history. It almost always goes unquestioned and overlooked.” As a young girl, I never paid much attention because frankly I did not know enough about my faith to care.

Indiana GOP misrepresents plan for troop withdrawal

Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 5:27 p.m.

Robert Vane’s column (“President of the United States: Commander in Chief,” July 26) attacking Rep. Baron Hill’s stance on the Iraq war is unhelpful. After four years of a clearly failing and mismanaging the Iraq strategy, we need to be looking for a different approach to ending our engagement in this war.

Delivering justice where it’s needed

Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 5:25 p.m.

In response to the July 19 letters “Soldiers are murderers” (Steve Salter) and “Either all lives are sacred, or none” (Aaron Spector), I would like to clear up the distortions of my original July 5 letter (“Soldiers not terrorists”).

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