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Late professor remembered as Spanish scholar

By Nesa Nourmohammadi · Sunday, June 7,2009 7:36 p.m.

IU faculty and staff remember late professor Russell O. Salmon as an  “inspirational and devoted teacher” as well as a “passionate person.” Affectionately known by many as “Russ,” the professor emeritus in the IU Department of Spanish and Portuguese died May 28, at the age of 75 after falling ill six months prior.

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Westward ho! Amish escaping crowding in East

Sunday, June 7,2009 7:17 p.m.

WESTCLIFFE, Colo. – A new road sign cautions drivers to watch for Amish horse-drawn carriages in the valley beneath Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo mountains. Highway pull-offs and dedicated horse-and-buggy paths are in the works.

From left, U.S. President Barack Obama, Britain's Prince Charles, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrive at the American Cemetery at Colleville-Sur -Mer, near Caen, Western France, Saturday, June 6, 2009 to attend the 65th Anniversary of the D-day landings in Normandy.

Obama hails 'sheer improbability' of D-Day victory

Sunday, June 7,2009 7:15 p.m.

OMAHA BEACH, France – President Obama honored the valiant dead and the “sheer improbability” of their D-Day victory, commemorating Saturday’s 65th anniversary of the decisive invasion even as he remakes two wars and tries to thwart potential nuclear threats in Iran and North Korea.

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'Happiest people on earth'

By Austin Kirtley · Sunday, June 7,2009 7:13 p.m.

COPENHAGEN – This economic crisis is having dramatic and obvious effects on markets all over the world.So how is it that Denmark, which is not much bigger than Massachusetts, has avoided almost all of them while maintaining the reputation of having the “Happiest People on Earth,” according to the World Map of Happiness and the World Database of Happiness?

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Around the Arts

By IDS staff · Sunday, June 7,2009 7:07 p.m.

A listing of selected arts events from Monday, June 7 to Thursday, June 10.

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Colbert to tape shows in Baghdad

By Jake Coyle · Sunday, June 7,2009 7:02 p.m.

“The Colbert Report” host arrived Friday at the former Al Faw Palace at Camp Victory in Baghdad. For weeks, he’s promoted the trip on his Comedy Central show, but because the military urged caution, he has only trumpeted a vague trip to “the Persian Gulf.”

Zion Crossroads performs during Streetdance!, part of the the First Friday celebration, on June 5th along 7th Street in downtown Bloomington.

First Friday brings arts outdoors

By Alycin Bektesh · Sunday, June 7,2009 6:55 p.m.

Downtown galleries and local bands combined efforts to kick off the summer during Bloomington’s First Friday event. The most recent Downtown Gallery Walk and Street Dance, which took place Friday, are designed to support local artists and musicians.

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Chevy to Chery

By Braden Cundiff · Sunday, June 7,2009 6:51 p.m.

How are U.S. auto makers going to compete against the ascending Chinese?

Gitmo guilty pleas

Sunday, June 7,2009 6:48 p.m.

WE SAY Don’t railroad trials to avoid presenting tangible evidence.Bringing the detainees to trial would require prosecutors to air the brutal interrogation techniques that led to their confessions. But everyone deserves a fair trial, regardless of its political convenience.

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Land of the lost

By Erin Chapman · Sunday, June 7,2009 6:44 p.m.

In so many ways the demilitarized zone is very much like North Korea itself: a stubborn little piece of the past that is still clinging on to old rivalries, oblivious that South Korea and the rest of the world have moved on.

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Is fixing congressional procedure a lost cause?

Sunday, June 7,2009 6:43 p.m.

There are few members of Congress who still remember when they guaranteed the right of ordinary members to engage in open debate and to affect the course of legislation.

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Simply servers

By Tyler Chernesky · Sunday, June 7,2009 6:40 p.m.

Not all friendships need to be forever. And not everyone needs to be a friend.

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