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Democrat convention claim momentum

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INDIANAPOLIS -- Democrats from across Indiana rallied at their state convention Saturday, hoping to gain an election-year boost to help them rebound from big losses two years ago when Republicans won the governor's office, regained the Indiana House and defeated a Democrat congressman.


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Community mourns Van Ryn

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ADA, Mich. -- Members of Laura VanRyn's church prayed for her and her family Sunday morning as the congregation prepared for a later memorial service for the 22-year-old college student mistakenly believed to have survived a deadly van crash in Indiana.


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Appeals Court rules in favor of IU trustees in lingering Knight case

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The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday in favor of the IU board of trustees that Indiana's Open Door Law was not violated in the 2000 firing of former men's basketball coach Bob Knight. The ruling, listing the trustees of IU as the defendants, upheld a May 2005 lower court decision that then-IU President Myles Brand's decision to meet with the trustees in two separate groups to discuss Knight's alleged insubordination and misconduct a day before he was fired was within the bounds of Indiana's laws.







HBO's answer to the wild West

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When TV veteran David Milch ("NYPD Blue") first came to HBO with the idea for "Deadwood" he wanted to do a show that revolved around a camp in America's history that was rough, primitively civilized, dirty, without stable government or law and ultimately, fascinating.



Taste of the exotic

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For being a small town in southern Indiana, Bloomington packs a large punch when it comes to ethnic cuisine.


Transamerican beauty

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One of last year's biggest and most controversial films was "Brokeback Mountain," which raised a new bar for the gay community and homosexual themes in mainstream movies.




Miles ahead or miles away?

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If "The Rat" and "We've been Had" are the only Walkmen songs on your ipod and you've got $13 you're looking to piss away, you might want to stay away from A Hundred Miles Off.


Dixie Chicks new licks

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The Dixie Chicks new album, like so many things in today's America lends itself to the red vs. blue, "I'm right and therefore you are wrong," classification that occurs when one speaks his or her mind.