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Car bomb blast at southern Russian market kills 2

By Alyson Brodsy and Yuri Bagrov · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 11:10 p.m.

VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia -- A car bomb exploded Tuesday night in a parking lot near the central market in Vladikavkaz, a southern Russian city near the war-ravaged Chechen Republic. At least two people were killed, and several wounded. Heavy smoke filled the area as firefighters battled flames. The blast shattered glass in buildings near the lot. The central market and others in the city have been hit by a series of bombings over the past five years.

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Death toll in Iraq blasts at 101

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 11:09 p.m.

IRBIL, Iraq -- A video camera captured images of a man shaking hands with a Kurdish official seconds before blowing himself up in one of the two suicide bombings during holiday celebrations. The death toll soared to 101, the U.S.-led coalition said Tuesday. Meanwhile Tuesday, an American soldier was killed and a second was wounded when a roadside bomb exploded during an operation to clear such weapons, the U.S. military said. The explosion occurred near Iskandariyah, 35 miles south Baghdad, the statement said.

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Medicaid to cover mental illness care

By Alyson Brodsy and Ken Kusmer · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 11:06 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Some Indiana children with serious emotional problems soon will can get the cross-section of services they and their caregivers need at home instead of only at hospitals. Indiana this week became only the fourth state granted a waiver from federal Medicaid rules so these children -- which include about 10 percent of all those between the ages of nine and 17 in Indiana -- can remain in their home communities.

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Around The State

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 11:05 p.m.

$1 million worth of cocaine found; police arrest smugglers INDIANAPOLIS -- Police arrested two men after a drug-sniffing dog found about $1 million worth of cocaine in their sport utility vehicle. Officers found 10 kilograms of unprocessed cocaine in the SUV after they stopped the driver for speeding Monday on Interstate 70 on Indianapolis far-east side. Police said the cocaine would have had a street value of about $1 million after it was processed.

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Late Indianapolis woman gave millions to regional charities

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 11:04 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Sally Reahard was a recluse with a legion of friends, a woman who never married but worried about families and children, who called her friends "honey" and only made right-hand turns when she drove. She had all the credentials of high society: a member of Tudor Hall Class of 1926, the Junior League and Woodstock Country Club. But friends remember her best as a guardian angel for people she never met.

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Attacker chokes woman in bed

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 1:10 a.m.

A twenty-year-old female was attacked in her home at the 400 block of South Dunn early Sunday morning. Bloomington Police Department officers responded to the call at 4:25 a.m. after the woman awoke to find an unknown man sitting on her bed. Sgt. David Drake said the man then started choking her with both hands until her screams awoke another person in the house. The man fled through the back door without being identified.

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Rain causes slick paths

By Dan Patrick · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 1:10 a.m.

The beauty of the freshly-fallen snow from last weekend's storm has quickly turned into a safety concern for IU students and professors.

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Spring enrollment climbs to record level

By Tim Callahan · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 1:10 a.m.

The number of students enrolled on the Bloomington campus this semester has hit an all-time high. A total of 36,473 people are taking classes this spring, an increase of 200 from spring 2003. IU's eight campuses combine to a record level of 94,212, with 1,054,232 total credit hours being taken. The .6 percent increase in total spring 2003 enrollment is marked most significantly by increases at IU-East, IU-Kokomo and IU-Northwest.

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Dinner for Daniels

By Lindsey Jancek and Lindsay Jancek · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 1:10 a.m.

Indiana is in desperate need of change. That was the message republican candidate for governor Mitch Daniels brought to Monroe County Monday night when the Indiana Republican Party held its annual Lincoln Day Dinner.

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Higher high school graduation rates predicted in future

By Alli Stolper and Writer Alli Stolper · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 1:10 a.m.

The number of students graduating from high school in the United States will rise steadily over the coming years, reaching a peak of 3.2 million in 2008-9, according to a recent study. In Indiana, the number of public high school graduates is expected to increase from 56,156 in 2001-2002 to 65,245 in 2017-2018.

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Around The State

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 12:59 a.m.

MUNCIE -- A jury convicted a Ball State University professor and his wife of trespassing on a hog farm the couple had complained about to state environmental officials.

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IUSA asks for support

By Mike McElroy · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 12:55 a.m.

College students are normally a politically apathetic bunch. In fact, the U.S. Census Bureau reported only 18 of 35 percent of registered 18-24-year-olds voted during the 1990s.

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Diversity fair today in main library

By Lori Geller · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 12:28 a.m.

It may be a little more difficult than usual to study in the library today. The normally quiet facility will host martial arts demonstrations, Hawaiian dancers, Persian folk songs, classical Indian dancers, folk music, Latin dancing, break dancing, Korean drummers, belly dancers and other ethnic performances throughout the day as part of the second annual Diversity Fair.

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Ed School Read-In honors African-American writers

By Kristin Huett · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 12:26 a.m.

Nearly 200 local high school students, parents, IU students and faculty filed into the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, braving the slippery conditions, to attend the second annual African-American Read-In.

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What's in a name?

By Asma Khalid · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 12:17 a.m.

Aww, how's Osama?" I asked, leaning back into a comfy cushion in the living room. A hush fell over the room as everyone's eyes turned toward me in confusion. As an awkward silence filled the air, I realized I should have known. Some names are simply taboo.

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Von Lee 'alcohol' meeting approaches

By Mike McElroy · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 12:10 a.m.

The Monroe County Alcoholic Beverage Board will decide the fate of the Von Lee Theater at a hearing Wednesday morning. Property owner Artemis LLC intends to refurbish the former movie house as an upscale bar and restaurant, but it needs a liquor license to do so. The Save the Von Lee committee, headed by Chris Sturbaum, will attempt to convince the board to deny the license.

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Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2004 12:07 a.m.

Adam Shackelford's Jan. 27 letter to the editor, "Free trade propagates Cambodia conditions," does very little to explain current conditions in Cambodia. While Shackelford makes important arguments (with which I am sympathetic) about morally repugnant sweatshop conditions in the third world and the conditions that lead to them, he naively assumes that all of Cambodia's ills can be traced to the free trade policies that propagate sweatshops.

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Hoosiers confident for Illini challenge

By Natalie A. Trout · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 11:56 p.m.

The Hoosiers said the loss they suffered at Michigan State Saturday was hardly a blow to their confidence in this year's Big Ten season. With the Hoosiers sitting in the No. 2 spot in the conference, sophomore forward Sean Kline said the team is still focused on the same thing. "We're fighting for our lives to make the tournament and to win a Big Ten championship," Kline said. The next step toward a Big Ten championship will be a home victory over Illinois (13-5, 4-3 Big Ten) tonight at 7 p.m. It will be the first of two home games in a row for IU (11-7, 5-2). IU has won nine of the last 12 meetings with Illinois in Bloomington, with the last loss to the Illini at IU in 2001. The Hoosiers' leading scorer is still sophomore guard Bracey Wright, who is averaging 20.4 points per game and scored a team-high 29 points in Saturday's loss to MSU.

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