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Business leaders say economic plans fall short

Monday, April 14,2003 12:47 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana's business leaders are criticizing state lawmakers for failing to put forth the economic development proposals they say are needed to reinvigorate Indiana's economy.

National Day of Prayer divides faiths

Monday, April 14,2003 12:46 a.m.

MUNCIE, Ind. -- A Christian-centered prayer service at the Muncie City Hall excluding other faiths has prompted plans for a rival interfaith gathering for the same day and place.

Indiana combats tuberculosis

Monday, April 14,2003 12:46 a.m.

BLOOMINGTON -- State health officials are making progress combatting tuberculosis in Indiana through a program that provides free antibiotics to TB patients and closely monitors them.

Traveling bus offers window into C-SPAN

By -Kehla West · Monday, April 14,2003 12:44 a.m.

C-SPAN, the informational cable television network, will be visiting the IU campus today. The C-SPAN School Bus, a mobile television production studio and demonstration center will be visiting the Radio/TV building from 1 to 7 p.m.

The last break

By Aaron Sharockman · Monday, April 14,2003 12:42 a.m.

Luke never lost that childhood fantasy growing up. He's going to be a rock star. He already has the look and swagger. Now he's working on the music. Luke, Toby and Jarrett started a band this fall. Their songs -- recorded in Luke's basement -- have already impressed some people in the music industry.

US finds weapons in Iraqi schools

By Ravi Nessman · Monday, April 14,2003 12:38 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Men and boys played soccer just feet away from a rocket-propelled grenade hidden in the tall grass. Little children frolicked on huge, loaded anti-aircraft guns abandoned in the middle of a highway. Schools where families slept were stacked with thousands of boxes of ammunition.

Debate rages over US support of Cuban dissident movements

By Anita Snow · Monday, April 14,2003 12:37 a.m.

HAVANA -- Cuba's accusations about dissidents in the pay of Washington have revived a long-standing debate over whether using U.S. government funds to support the Cuban opposition does more harm than good.

Iraq's reconstruction begins

By Martin Crutsinger · Monday, April 14,2003 12:36 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Two international lending agencies endorsed a U.S. request to send fact-finders to Iraq to assess rebuilding costs as finance officials wrapped up meetings dominated by divisions over post-Saddam Iraq Sunday.

Joy, tears and relief for POW families

By Sharon Cohen · Monday, April 14,2003 12:35 a.m.

Their long weeks of waiting over, their prayers finally answered, families of seven captured U.S. soldiers laughed and cried with unbridled joy Sunday as they celebrated word that their loved ones had been released in Iraq.

7 POWs released by Iraqi troops to Marines

By Patrick McDowell · Monday, April 14,2003 12:34 a.m.

KUWAIT CITY -- Iraqi troops south of Tikrit handed U.S. Marines a stunning surprise Sunday: seven American POWs released in relatively good condition after 22 days of captivity.

Looters steal ancient artifacts

By Alyson Brodsy and Hamza Hendawi · Monday, April 14,2003 12:17 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The copper head of an Akkadian king, four millennia old. Gone. Golden bowls and colossal statues. Gone. Ancient manuscripts and bejeweled lyres. All gone.

Lesbian artists raise money

By Joelle Petrus · Monday, April 14,2003 12:16 a.m.

Emcee Leslie Leasure said into the microphone, "Hi, I'm Leslie, and I'm a lesbian."

'Into the Wild' enraptures reader

By Britany Ausmus and Brittany Ausmus · Monday, April 14,2003 12:15 a.m.

"Into the Wild," a stunning nonfiction work by renowned outdoors writer Jon Krakauer, is an engrossing chronicle of the last days of Christopher McCandless.

Mr. Kelly's porno factory

By Elisha Sauers · Monday, April 14,2003 12:12 a.m.

In times of world tribulation and upheaval, many souls around the globe will seek spiritual rejuvenation through a universal form of expression: music.

You're not as clean as you think

By Michell Perry · Monday, April 14,2003 12:11 a.m.

In a commercial for Dial soap, a dog is lapping up toilet water when he hears its owner opening the door.

Augusta gets shafted

By George Lyle IV · Monday, April 14,2003 12:09 a.m.

County Sheriff Ronnie Strength put a half-mile of Georgia grassland between William "Hootie" Johnson with his team of self-righteous, chauvinistic, CEO golf buddies and Martha Burk with her team of self-righteous, elitist protesters.

Hard news at a high price

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 14,2003 12:07 a.m.

Whenever money gets tight in Indiana, educational programs are the first to get the ax. Even higher education feels the squeeze on a regular basis, and last week, Indiana government wrapped its fingers around yet another vitally important educational resource -- daily newspapers.

Mr. Morley goes to Chicago: Part II

By Alyson Brodsy and Brandon Morley · Friday, April 11,2003 5:35 p.m.

The last drop-off point of the morning was at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Chicago next to the Ralph Lauren store. The majority of day-trippers got off here with the reminder that at 8:45 p.m.

Third fork from the left spells success

By Samantha Thompson · Friday, April 11,2003 1:39 a.m.

Which fork is the right fork for the right dish? When is it all right to leave the table to go to the restroom? What is the appropriate amount to spend when dining with someone?

Bush addresses Iraqis

By David Espo · Friday, April 11,2003 1:38 a.m.

Kurdish fighters swept into Kirkuk and other areas around Iraq's northern oil fields on Thursday, fresh evidence that Saddam Hussein's regime was history. "Your nation will soon be free," President Bush promised Iraqis in a televised address. There were fresh American casualties as well as widespread looting in Baghdad, 24 hours after the Iraqi capital fell to U.S. forces.

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