On Sunday, May 4, the world witnessed how strong the group mentality can be: girls in Northbrook, Ill., a prominent suburb of Chicago, engaged in an annual "powder puff" football game.
Bloomington Early Music Festival this weekend The Bloomington Early Music Festival kicks off its 10th year Friday with the performance of the seldom heard opera "Piramo E Tibse," produced by stage director Chía Patiño and music director Stanley Ritchie. This opera begins the 10-day festival celebrating early music and cross-cultural compositions.
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Allen Evans of Middlesex, Vt., is no stranger to digital music. About two-thirds of his music collection comes from free copies on file-swapping networks. The remainder was ripped from CDs he and his family already owned.
LONDON -- A printing plant worker pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing pages from the forthcoming Harry Potter novel.
I love to cook, but sometimes I just cannot find the time. At times like these, I find myself looking for a place that can whip up something tasty in no time flat.
The IU Police Department reported the following activity: May 8 • A female passenger in a vehicle was transported to Bloomington Hospital after a vehicle crash at 13th and Walnut Grove streets.
MUNCIE -- A former Ball State University student is under investigation for allegations that she pretended she had cancer to receive special privileges and money from the school and fellow students, authorities said.
After a two-year hiatus teaching at Hawaii-Pacific University, former IDS publisher Dave Adams will return Monday to the IDS newsroom as interim publisher Nancy Comiskey moves on to a visiting professorship in the IU School of Journalism.
SOUTH BEND -- Authorities want to know who went ape on some fiberglass chimpanzees in downtown South Bend. Three of the 21 chimps have been found damaged since they were put on display around the city last week to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Potawatomi Zoo. One was split in two, while another had its knee smashed and a third has had its nose broken off.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Tough economic times are making economics more difficult for some groups that provide legal help to the poor.
LYLES STATION, Ind. -- Renovation work is nearly complete on a 1919 school building in Lyles Station, a southern Indiana town founded by a former slave. The school will include a "heritage classroom" where students can spend a day in an old-fashioned classroom, said Stanley Madison, president of the Lyles Station Historic Preservation Corp.
EVANSVILLE -- A man charged with killing two people inside a neighborhood tavern over the weekend warned others during a court hearing of Judgment Day and called the judge Lucifer.
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia -- Two women blew themselves up Wednesday at a religious ceremony in Chechnya, killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens in the second major attack in the breakaway republic this week.
BEIJING -- Police in Taiwan went house-to-house and enforced SARS quarantines Wednesday, while railway authorities in China installed thermal scanners at some train stations to check passengers for fevers and keep the disease from spreading over their vast rail networks.
Covering the international students can be tricky. The article featuring Esra Erdogan (“Hopes for Home,” May 5), the daughter of the current Turkish prime minister, the leader of the Islamic AKP (Party of Justice and Development), is a case in point.
LOS ANGELES -- Hordes of fans took another trip down the rabbit hole with Neo, Trinity and the other characters of "The Matrix Reloaded," giving the sequel the highest opening weekend gross of any R-rated film on record. The Warner Bros. sequel to 1999's "The Matrix" took in an estimated $93.3 million from Friday through Sunday, capturing 59.8 percent of the total gross of the weekend's top 12 films, according to studio estimates.
The Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute sponsored an open house for the general public Saturday, providing the visitors the opportunity to tour the facility, ask questions and learn more about Jill's House, which will house patients while they undergo treatment.
The 10th annual Phil Taylor Memorial Car Show went on despite a rain-soaked Saturday. The car show raised about $1,800 for charity despite a smaller than expected showing, Cruisin' Classics President Virgil Franks said.
TERRE HAUTE -- Indiana State University is joining other state colleges in charging a $1,000 fee to new students. Indiana State's trustees voted unanimously Friday to institute the new fee beginning with the fall semester, along with a 5 percent tuition increase for continuing students.
Thursday night saw the end of the Lakers' dream for a four-peat. San Antonio's 110-82 victory at the Staples Center sent Shaq, Kobe and Phil home without another NBA title -- and deservedly so. San Antonio was the better team in this series as Tim Duncan showed why he was the league's MVP and Bruce Bowen limited Kobe's ability to create.
