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United States ties Italy, stays alive

By Ronald Blum · Sunday, June 18,2006 11:58 p.m.

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany -- They lumbered from end to end, desperate to stop the blue surge of Italians and salvage their World Cup.

Indiana high schoolers dominate first game of Kentucky-Indiana All-Star Classic

By Aaron Beard · Sunday, June 18,2006 11:55 p.m.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Even without 7-foot Mr. Basketball Greg Oden in the lineup, Indiana rolled past Kentucky 90-74 Saturday night in the first game of the annual Kentucky-Indiana All-Star Classic.

Hoeppner a hit at IU youth football camp

By Kurt Keil · Sunday, June 18,2006 11:54 p.m.

The annual Terry Hoeppner Youth Football Camp hit Bloomington once again Wednesday and Thursday as kids ages 6 to 12 came out and participated in this fun-filled event.

Former Hoosiers' draft hopes look bleak

By Matt Dollinger · Sunday, June 18,2006 11:52 p.m.

They may have graduated last month, but former IU basketball players Marco Killingsworth and Marshall Strickland are preparing as hard as ever for their next big test: the NBA Draft.

IUPD officers, Monroe deputy receive award for life-saving incident

By Matt Cunningham · Sunday, June 18,2006 11:40 p.m.

The American Heart Association recognized the performance of several Bloomington police officers June 9 at the American Heart and Stroke Heroes Day in downtown Indianapolis.

Chemistry associate professor named one of this year's Cottrell Scholars

By Ab D. Phillip · Sunday, June 18,2006 11:37 p.m.

A national research foundation has awarded an IU chemistry professor a $100,000 scholarship.

IU presents top honor to alumni

By Ab D. Phillip · Sunday, June 18,2006 11:36 p.m.

Five alumni received IU's highest honor for graduates of the University when they received the 2006 Distinguished Alumni Service Award Saturday night during a reception in Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union.

Division of Labor Studies in danger

By Carl Gutierrez · Sunday, June 18,2006 11:36 p.m.

The Division of Labor Studies needs a new home and time is running out.

Study: 20 percent of all students self-harm

By Tracy Liaw · Sunday, June 18,2006 11:35 p.m.

About one out of five college students reported to have cut, burned, carved or injured themselves in other ways, according to recent research from Cornell University and Princeton University.

Supersize him: Man of Steel back on IMAX -- in 3-D

By Ethan Sacks · Sunday, June 18,2006 11:30 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Look up on the screen, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman -- and he's flying right at the audience!

Weekend of violence in Iraq leaves more civilians, on-ground troops injured, dead

Sunday, June 18,2006 11:26 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Gunmen seized 10 workers from a bakery Sunday in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad, while a car bomb exploded near a university in the northern city of Mosul, killing a woman and wounding 19 other people, police said.

U.S. troops were taken away by masked gunmen

By Abdullah AlShihri and Kim Gamel · Sunday, June 18,2006 11:25 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A farmer claiming to have witnessed an attack on a U.S. military checkpoint said Sunday that insurgents swarmed the scene, killing the driver of a Humvee before taking two of his comrades captive.

Also at the BPP...

Sunday, June 18,2006 11:24 p.m.

"Mr. Postman," a one-act play, begins at 10 p.m. each night from June 21 to 24 at the BPP mainstage, located at 107 W. Ninth St.

BPP vignettes in 'Vintage Scenes'

Sunday, June 18,2006 11:24 p.m.

Excerpts from past Bloomington Playwrights Productions will be performed at 7 p.m. June 29 at Oliver Winery.

Horse exhibit gallops until August

Sunday, June 18,2006 11:23 p.m.

"Horses in Classical Art" at the IU Art Museum has been extended as a special exhibit until August 6.

U.S. says it expects N. Korea to honor moratorium

By Burt Herman · Sunday, June 18,2006 11:17 p.m.

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea vowed Sunday to increase its "military deterrent" to cope with what it called U.S. attempts to provoke war, amid signs the country was preparing to test a long-range missile that could reach the continental United States.

Local theater gives artists chance to perform

By Abby Schwimmer and Ab Schwimmer · Sunday, June 18,2006 11:17 p.m.

Henrik Ibsen wrote "A Doll's House," and is credited with bringing realism to theater in the form of the modern drama, but his career had a rocky start, and he was nearly 40 years old before any of his works met success.

Backstage Pass (06.17.2006 - 12:40 AM)

By C. Warner Sills and Zack Teibloom · Saturday, June 17,2006 12 a.m.

A Saturday afternoon press conference gave artists like Robert Randolph, Ben Folds, Umphrey's McGee, and Lewis Black a chance to joke around and talk about their impressions of the festival that singer of G.Love & Special Sauce Garrett Dutton called "The greatest party of the year."

This, that and the other (06.17.2006 - 4:43 PM)

By C. Warner Sills and Rob O'Connor · Saturday, June 17,2006 12 a.m.

So last night took me from What Stage to Which Stage to This Tent to That Tent and even a brief stint at The Other Tent.

Greetings from Camp 69 at Bonnaroo (06.17.2006 - 12:35 AM)