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IU senior cornerback Ray Fisher, right, gets physical with wide receiver teammate Damarlo Belcher during practice Thursday at Memorial Stadium. Fisher was a wide receiver last season, but made the jump to the defensive unit this season.

Senior makes switch to cornerback to help team

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Last year, senior Ray Fisher caught passes from quarterbacks Kellen Lewis and Ben Chappell. This spring he is trying to intercept them. Fisher switched from wide receiver to cornerback to help the football team’s defense, which ranked near the bottom of the Big Ten in most defensive categories last year.


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Mom loses grip on kids after car falls into Arkansas lake

A woman whose car plunged off a dead-end road into a lake in rainy, dark weather reportedly told the sheriff she tried to rescue her three young sons from the vehicle but lost her grip on them in the water.


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Bomber strikes US soldiers meeting Iraqi officials

A suicide bomber wearing an Iraqi army uniform struck a U.S. military delegation visiting the mayor of violence-wracked Baqouba on Monday, injuring at least eight American soldiers and killing three Iraqi civilians.


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Iran’s president sparks walkout at UN meeting

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the West of using the Holocaust as a “pretext” for aggression against Palestinians, prompting European diplomats to walk out Monday from a speech disrupted by jeering protesters in rainbow wigs tossing red clown noses at the hardline leader.

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Zimbabwe governor confesses to raiding bank accounts

Zimbabwe’s central bank governor said Monday that he took hard currency from the bank accounts of private businesses and foreign aid groups without permission, saying he was trying to keep his country’s cash-strapped ministries running.


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Thousands attend opening of Holocaust museum

Thousands of people on Sunday attended the opening of a $45 million Holocaust museum in this Chicago suburb perhaps best known for an aborted march by neo-Nazis decades ago.


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Memorial concert honors Holocaust survivors

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Those who attended the Holocaust memorial concert in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center likely experienced a real-life example of how the power of memory and music are interconnected.


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The ‘undisputed king of keggers’

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If you are an IU student, you know how to party – especially when Little 500 rolls around every spring. We take off our winter coats and put on our game faces, and the festivities begin.


Students of the Department of Theatre and Drama perform the dress run of the classic musical "Oklahoma" April 13, 2009 at the Lee Norvell theatre. Sophmore Kerry Ipema and senior Kristyn Kate Hegner perform as Laurie and Aunt Eller.

A fresh take on a classic

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Having presented diverse topics ranging from the death penalty to Victorian-era blackmail, the Department of Theatre and Drama is ending its 2008-09 season with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre.



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Dems propose new jobless fund fix

Employers would pay higher taxes under a revised proposal Indiana House Democrats presented Monday as a way to fix Indiana’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund.


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Hundreds rally to back Indianapolis arts groups

Hundreds of supporters of Indianapolis’ museums, theaters and other attractions gathered at Monument Circle on Monday to tout the importance of the arts to the area’s economy, reputation and future.


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Silver alerts for seniors win final approval

Indiana residents could soon get public warnings similar to Amber Alerts when seniors with Alzheimer’s disease or other endangered adults go missing.




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Gary church holds final mass before closing

Gary’s Blessed Sacrament Church has closed its doors after a final Mass, one of several northwestern Indiana Catholic churches closing due to dwindling attendance.


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Notre Dame to also honor NCAA chief, Ind. justice

NCAA President Myles Brand, former Purdue University President Steven Beering and Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard will join President Barack Obama in receiving honorary degrees from the University of Notre Dame next month.


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End-of-route school bus checks passes Assembly

School bus drivers would have to walk to the back of their buses to make sure no children are forgotten under a bill that has passed the Indiana General Assembly.


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What the finance industry deserves

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One of my favorite quotes in middle school came from the cinematic classic “Austin Powers” when Fat Bastard exclaims, “I eat because I’m unhappy! And I’m unhappy because I eat! It’s a vicious cycle.”


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Irrelevent love life

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A homely, middle-aged woman with bushy eyebrows strolled proudly onto the stage for her performance on “Britain’s Got Talent.”