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The secret's out: 'Ya-Ya' just so so

'Bad Company' an accurate title

'Broadcast' begins where 'Souls' ends

'Hillbilly Tribute' could be Jerry Springer's new soundtrack

Live album not the band's best

'Promos' a massive sucess on DVD

Soccer's box of chocolates

Sports cliché: games are played on the field, not on paper. With all the talk of favorites and can't-miss teams, Argentina and France have choked on the world's biggest stage. This is the first World Cup ever with all the defending champions participating; three have already been sent home after disappointing first rounds.

Celebrating sports celebrations

The crowd stretched so far down the street it didn't seem to end. Everyone sweating through their red and white shirts was yelling as if they had won the lottery. Strangers were high-fiving and hugging like best friends, simply because their team won … a hockey game?

Former 'Irish' QB to play for Hoosiers

Matt LoVecchio, a sophomore quarterback from Notre Dame, will transfer to IU next year.

Four students named 'Athlete of the Year'

Red Wings just a win away

DETROIT -- Everything is going Dominik Hasek's way, with the Detroit Red Wings in control of the Stanley Cup finals and the cup so close he can almost feel it in his arms. Nothing was going to upset his mind-set or his routine, the luck he feels going his way and the moment that soon could be his.

Concert to honor and showcase retired professor

A comment about his teeth when he was in seventh grade spurred retired IU Professor Emeritus Dominic Spera to take up playing the trumpet. Now, years later, the accomplished professor is being honored with a concert for his 70th birthday with the Jazz Fables concert series at Bear's Place tonight at 5:30 where he will be among the performers.

'Cole' hopes to inspire

An evening of laughter, entertainment and music promises to fill the Brown County Playhouse as "Cole," the story of one of America's greatest song writers, Cole Porter, opens the 2002 show season at the theatre. The show opens on June 13 and will run until July 7 every Wednesday through Sunday.

'Writers of Color' featured in latest Indiana Review

In its twenty-fifth year of existence, Indiana Review has come out with its Spring 2002 edition, titled "Writers of Color." As the only special issue devoted to writers of various ethnic backgrounds in the literary magazine's history, the spring publication features fiction, nonfiction, art, poetry and book reviews from writers around the world.

Bush signs bill with $4.3 billion for vaccines, tightening security

WASHINGTON -- President Bush signed bioterrorism legislation Wednesday that devotes $4.3 billion to stockpiling vaccines, improving food inspections and boosting security for water systems, calling it his "urgent duty" to prevent germ warfare.

Around The Region

Hogs killed in car accident State senator forms committee for 2004 governor run Court wants statewide computer network

State Senate battles over casinos

INDIANAPOLIS -- The fiscal leader of the Indiana Senate squared off with gambling proponents Wednesday, a day before his committee was expected to endorse a GOP tax plan without provisions to expand gambling.

IU speech team tradition worth talking about

The IU speech team has a tradition of success, and this year's team has continued the run.

Junk science emerges

The Environmental Protection Agency submitted its 2002 U.S. Climate Action Report to the UN recently, heaving the reputable scientific research of the U.S. aside and joining the popular academy of junk science.

The stereotype express

Our world is filled with inconsistencies, inaccuracies and misconceptions. I think it's great. We are all guilty of basing opinions about others and their lifestyles off of little or no information at all. And when you sit back and think about it, it's really hilarious.