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Isidore attacks Gulf Coast shores

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NEW ORLEANS -- Tropical Storm Isidore blew ashore early Thursday with near hurricane-force wind and rain that flooded New Orleans streets with water up to car windshields.


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Around the region

25-foot inflatable, blue ape stolen from car dealership Hospital board votes to allow abortions


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Jehovah's witnesses ousted

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TULLAHOMA, Tenn. -- Joe and Barbara Anderson have been abandoned by their peers. Their son won't talk to them, and won't let them see their 3-year-old grandson.


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Agricultural group visits Angola

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ANGOLA, Ind. -- An agriculture group from Brazil has been visiting Angola to better understand farming and conservation practices used in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio.

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ICLU to appeal ruling on abortion counseling law

INDIANAPOLIS -- Attorneys for Indiana abortion providers plan to appeal a court ruling that found a state law requiring women to get in-person counseling before an abortion constitutional.


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The Corvette might just work

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In politics, nothing draws more attention than a scandal. And, boy, does the IU Student Association have a scandal on its hands. Buying a $40,000, $50,000, or $60,000 car (the numbers have been all over the place) to give away to voters and then finding out that, well, they can't go through with their plan, sounds incredibly scandalous.



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IUPD is taking it too far

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Last Thursday night a student awoke to an IU Police Department officer in his face. The 19-year-old shot out of bed and observed the shadow of an officer in his doorway. The delirious student cooperated and admitted he'd been drinking. He was honest about his age. The officer shoved a portable breath test in his face and in the privacy of his own room he received an illegal consumption ticket. Eleven others received tickets that night.


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'Vote Hard' not about votes

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If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck you would think it would be a duck, right? So with the IU Student Association's "Vote Hard" campaign, if it sounds like a voting campaign and looks like a voting campaign it's safe to say that it is a voting campaign, correct? So why is IUSA getting so much media attention focused around its $50,000 plus Corvette rather than its flyers given to students encouraging them to vote?


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IU coach admits to alcohol problems

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More details were released Wednesday in the Bloomington Police Department's Monday morning arrest of recently hired IU men's assistant tennis coach Mark Keil. Keil was charged with residential entry by the BPD early Monday after entering two neighboring residences at the Dunn Hill apartment complex on East 17th St. at 12:47 a.m. He was intoxicated at the time of the incident.


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Two die in rural Indiana plane crash

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LEBANON, Ind. -- Two people died when their small plane crashed in a Boone County field Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The Boone County Sheriff's Department identified the victims as 56-year-old George Mitten of Indianapolis and 48-year-old Robert Faith of Fortville. Mitten was piloting the single-engine plane that crashed in a field near the Boone County/Hamilton County line shortly after taking off from Terry Airport, authorities said.


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Alcohol arrests double

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The 217 citations issued for illegal consumption by the IU Police Department this month more than double last September's total of 94. And the month isn't even over. University officials say the spike in citations is not a cause for concern. Some students say it is; they say IU's party school ranking has made them targets of local police. Sgt. Tim Lewis said there has been no change of policy at IUPD. "The only thing the numbers tell me is that we are running into more people breaking the law," he said.


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Greeks feel singled out by alcohol tactics

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For two years, University-hired party patrolman Scott Thiery roamed greek row in search of alcohol violations. And in those two years, there was no significant decrease in alcohol use and abuse, Dean of Students Richard McKaig said. "We thought it was money being poorly spent," he said.


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Skull found near home of missing girl

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STONEVILLE, N.C. -- Authorities and search dogs descended on a rural area where a small human skull was found Wednesday, some 30 miles from where a 9-year-old Virginia girl disappeared last month. The officials included a contingent from Henry County, Va., where police have been hunting for Jennifer Short since Aug. 15. Officials believe the girl was kidnapped after her parents were slain in their Henry County home. The skull "appears to be from somebody young," said Jeannie Justice, a spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Office in Rockingham County.


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West side bank robbed, police tracking suspect

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A man entered Union Planters Bank, 476 S. Liberty Dr., and took an undisclosed amount of money Wednesday afternoon, police said. Walking in at 2:20 p.m., the unidentified man passed a note to a teller saying he was robbing the bank, Bloomington Police Department Sergeant Bill Parker said. Asking for small bills, the thief took the money from the teller.


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U.S. women's basketball team defeats Russia

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NANJING, China -- The U.S. women's basketball team wasn't about to make the same mistake as the men. The United States beat Russia 79-74 on Wednesday for its second straight Women's World Basketball Championship. The title came just weeks after the U.S. men's team finished an embarrassing sixth in the World Championship in Indianapolis. "I think we have redeemed them. But we have all learned a big lesson from the men," tournament MVP Lisa Leslie said. "We just can't get complacent."


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Vikes question Moss' maturity

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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Easily one of the NFL's greatest talents, Randy Moss has never made things easy on himself or his teammates. Problems on and off the field have been just as much a part of Moss' playing career as touchdowns and tough catches.


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Course renovation allows golf tournament's return

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This weekend, the men's golf team will play host to its first tournament event since the 1996 women's Big Ten Golf Championship and its first men's event since the 1993 men's Big Ten Championship. The IU Golf Course began construction in 1954 and was completed in 1957. The course has had only two major constructions done since.


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Irsay needs to support fans, not alienate them

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Owning a company is a difficult thing to do. There are so many facets that go into running an organization well that it is a wonder how CEOs of these businesses do not lose their heads due to the high stress. Take Jim Irsay, for example. The owner and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts has had it real tough. The man is the real life version of the American success story. He started out with an idea, stuck with it through the hard times, and eventually, he managed to break through the blood and sweat.


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Oh, how I hate Ohio State

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Mary had a little lamb was not my first nursery rhyme. In fact, while my little playmates were singing about lambs and falling bridges, I was singing, Oh, how I hate Ohio State. Now, my parents didn't encourage, or condone, hatred of any kind. But my mom was, and is, a rabid Michigan fan, and for anyone that doesn't know, to a true Wolverine, the Buckeyes are the anti-Christ.