Sara Lee Corp. will lay off nearly 1,700 employees as part of a reorganization plan to increase business performance.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi officials said Monday that U.S.-backed Iraqi troops had targeted a messianic cult called "Soldiers of Heaven" in a weekend battle that left 200 fighters dead, including the group's leader, near the Shiite holy city of Najaf.
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. -- Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized Monday after complications from his breakdown at last year's Preakness, ending an eight-month ordeal that prompted an outpouring of support across the country. A series of ailments -- including laminitis in the left rear hoof, an abscess in the right rear hoof, as well as new laminitis in both front feet -- proved too much for the gallant colt. The horse was put down at 10:30 a.m. "Certainly, grief is the price we all pay for love," said co-owner Gretchen Jackson at a news conference.
MIAMI -- After his brother died in an auto accident last September, Reggie Wayne returned to the Indianapolis Colts to find Tony Dungy waiting to console him -- as only a man who has been through his own personal tragedies can do. "I was at the lowest point," Wayne recalled last week. "Just to hear it from someone who has been through it helps you a lot. Coach Dungy is a strong man -- a strong soul. It was huge for me." Dungy's tragedy came 13 months ago -- the suicide of his 18-year-old son James.
Busy signals, random surveys, phone cords and expensive landlines are becoming a thing of the past for most IU students. Instead of paying extra for a home phone, students are increasingly using just their cell phones. This trend is not unique to IU. Young people are more likely to only use cell phones, according to a May 2006 Pew Research Center report. The number of cell-phone-only users is growing nationwide, and it is high in Bloomington because of the population's college-student-skewed demographics. According to the report, people under the age of 30 who are not married and are not homeowners are less likely to have a landline.
WASHINGTON -- The Smithsonian Institution and Corbis Corp. announced a deal Wednesday to begin selling images from the Smithsonian's collections for editorial and commercial use through the digital-media company.
INDIANAPOLIS -- His stockinged feet barely touching the floor, Adam Hammerle scoots to the edge of the piano bench for practice. He's one-fifth the weight of the instrument, but when his fingers press the keys to perform "A Snail's Dream," Adam takes control of the shiny black grand. He takes a 30-minute lesson once a week, and he practices 10 to 15 minutes daily. At age 7, he's performed his first recital and already knows more music theory than his mother, Patti Hammerle, 38.
A few weeks ago, I was driving with my cousin, listening to quite possibly the greatest road band ever, Umphrey's McGee. I had the sound turned up on a song that is near and dear to me for its out-of-this-world guitar fingering, its rock danceability and its outstanding work at perfecting nonlyrical expressiveness. My cousin saw otherwise. "Will you turn that crap down? It sounds like dying pirates!" she exclaimed.
There's a place you can go to find paintings by Rembrandt and Van Gogh, a steel plaque featuring a medieval African soldier and Robert Indiana's iconic pop-art painting "LOVE," for free -- the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The museum is returning to its no-cost general-admission price for the first time in more than two years.
If things go well in the state legislature, Indiana could be a leader in women's health next year. State Sen. Connie Lawson, R-Danville, recently authored a bill that would require girls entering the sixth grade to receive a vaccine for HPV, a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cervical cancer and genital warts, when they receive other standard vaccinations. The FDA approved the vaccine in June.
Growing up, I have always tried to live the American Dream. For me, this dream consisted of roaming the halls with the likes of Zack Morris and Kellie Kapowski and Brenda Walsh and Dylan McKay. I longed and hoped that when I finally came around to the best years of my life, there would be a show like "Saved by the Bell" or "Beverly Hills, 90210" I could relate to.
Just when all seemed right with the world -- Republicans working with Democrats, Sunnis loving Shiites -- the creationists had to go and screw everything up.
Harvard. Yale. Princeton. What's the first thought that comes to mind when mentioning these schools? We'll bet it's something along the lines of "prestigious," "quality," "ungodly expensive" or, perhaps, "Jerks!" (for those of you who may have been denied). For most people, the thought of an Ivy League school probably doesn't conjure images of hazing or discriminatory behavior. No, those thoughts are reserved for us social pariahs at the public institutions. We're the meatheads. We're the drunks. That's how it's always been. That's how it will always be.
People, we've got a problem. The signs are everywhere. Last Monday, Sen. John Warner, R-Va., said he opposes the addition of 21,500 more U.S. troops in Iraq and helped pass a non-binding resolution that included this chilling statement: "The Senate disagrees with the 'plan' to augment our forces by 21,500, and urges the President instead to consider all options and alternatives for achieving the strategic goals … with reduced force levels than proposed."
Bloomington Police discovered two local businesses were burglarized this weekend after receiving a call Saturday morning. Bloomington Police Department Officer Keller responded to Tropical Tan in the 300 block of S. Hickory Drive after Tropical Tan's owner notified the police of the incident, said BPD Sgt. Daniel Carnes, reading from the police report.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S.-backed Iraqi troops on Sunday attacked insurgents allegedly plotting to kill pilgrims at a major Shiite Muslim religious festival, and Iraqi officials estimated some 250 militants died in the daylong battle near Najaf.
IU President Adam Herbert was taken by ambulance to Bloomington Hospital this morning after a pill became lodged in his throat. Herbert spent about two hours in the hospital's emergency room this morning and was released at about 12:30 p.m., said Larry MacIntyre, IU director of media relations.
Religious studies professor Kathryn Lofton advises students to write evaluations like they're appraising a friend's outfit. "You want them to look their best, but they can't change their body type," Lofton said. "The bad thing to say is you look bad in that outfit. The good thing is to say maybe pink is a better color for you."
About a dozen IU Students, most of them freshmen, joined tens of thousands of protesters against the war in Iraq in a demonstration on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Saturday.
After losing their first dual of the season at Illinois last Sunday, Jan. 21, the No. 16 Hoosiers were looking to get back on the winning track against Ohio State this weekend.
