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Israel responds to rockets with escalation

By Abdullah AlShihri and Josef Federman · Sunday, July 16,2006 10:49 p.m.

HAIFA, Israel -- Lebanese guerillas fired a relentless barrage of rockets into this northern Israeli city during morning rush hour Sunday, killing eight people at a train station and wounding seven in a dramatic escalation of a five-day-old conflict that has shattered hopes for Mideast peace.

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IU hosts online graduates

By Julie Mahomed · Sunday, July 16,2006 10:31 p.m.

About 300 new graduates of an online university received their diplomas Saturday at a ceremony in front of the IU Auditorium.

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New research position to assist in life sciences plan

By Carl Gutierrez · Sunday, July 16,2006 10:22 p.m.

When IU and BioCrossroads hired Cynthia Helphingstine last month to the new positions of translation scientific officer, they created a role that will allow the University to identify research discoveries as early as possible that have the potential to become important clinical therapies.

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African Film screens at Buskirk

Sunday, July 16,2006 10:16 p.m.

IU's Summer Cooperative African Language Institute presents the African Film Series featuring "Ndeysaan (The Price of Forgiveness)" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

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Michael Stern conducts Festival Orchestra

Sunday, July 16,2006 10:15 p.m.

The Jacobs Summer Music Festival will continue at 8 p.m. July 20 in the Musical Arts Center with Concert II of the Festival Orchestra Series.

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Israel begins offensive in Lebanon after Hezbollah captures 2 soldiers

By Alyson Brodsy and Joseph Panossian · Thursday, July 13,2006 5:06 p.m.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Hezbollah militants captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid Wednesday and dozens of Israeli troops crossed the frontier with warplanes, tanks and gunboats to hunt for the captives. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called the soldiers' capture "an act of war" and his Cabinet prepared to approve more military action in Lebanon -- a second front in the fight against Islamic militants by Israel, which already is waging an operation to free a captured soldier in the Gaza Strip.

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Chicago subway derails; causes fire, evacuation

By Alyson Brodsy and Megan Reichgott · Thursday, July 13,2006 2:49 p.m.

CHICAGO -- Wary Chicago commuters headed back into the downtown subway stations Wednesday morning, a day after an eight-car train derailed and sparked a tunnel fire that injured more than 150 people in one of the city's few underground stretches of subway line. The damaged, soot-covered train was hauled back to a railyard after the rush hour derailment Tuesday evening, and the downtown Blue Line stations reopened Wednesday, but with delays. Law enforcement officials said there was no indication of foul play or terrorism.

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Juneteenth memorializes struggle

By David A. Nosko · Thursday, July 13,2006 1:31 p.m.

American slavery is thought to have ended when President Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation Jan. 1 1863, but slavery continued in much of the South until June 19, 1865 when Texas slaves were the last to hear word of their law-abiding freedom.

The man comes around one more time

By Alyson Brodsy and Chris Freiberg · Thursday, July 13,2006 12 a.m.

Like most Americans with a full head of teeth and no extra chromosomes, I despise country music with a passion. Johnny Cash, however, is a different matter altogether. Yes, he was a country artist, but he was also a rebel, a rocker and a great storyteller. All in all, he was one of the greatest singer-songwriters to ever live. American V: A Hundred Highways, the first of two posthumous releases from Cash under Rick Rubin's American Recordings Label emphasizes these qualities on nearly every track. The album opens with "Help Me," a moving call for aid from the Lord delivered with Cash's trademark sharp clear vocal style. As this is the first of many songs with Christian overtones in it, the track sets up the album as almost more of a gospel effort than country.

Drug addiction, darkly

By C. Warner Sills and Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 13,2006 12 a.m.

Science fiction author Philip K. Dick once said that, "Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car. You would call that not a disease but an error of judgment." The author, best known for his sci-fi short stories of the 60s and 70s, wrote his novel, "A Scanner Darkly," as an allegory for the troubling epidemic of drug abuse that was plaguing not only those around him, but also himself (he was a speed junkie) during the early '70s. The story is science fiction, relying heavily on futuristic technological advancements, but only on its surface. Richard Linklater's "A Scanner Darkly" marks the eighth film adaptation of a Dick story and is on par with previous successful films such as "Blade Runner" and "Minority Report."

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Criterion goes cult with 'Equinox'

By Alyson Brodsy and Chris Wisner · Thursday, July 13,2006 12 a.m.

Every once in awhile the Criterion Collection likes to throw a curveball at its supporters in the form of a cult release; whether it be "The Blob," " Fiend Without a Face" or one of my personal favorites, "Carnival of Souls," nobody ever expects these releases. So how does a seemingly C-grade movie about a group of teenagers who find a book on the occult and release monsters from the very depths of Hell make it in the first place? One name: Dennis Muren.

Brosnan trades in the tux, but keeps the gun

By Alyson Brodsky and Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 13,2006 12 a.m.

It's hard to star as the famous James Bond and then successfully move on to a different role. Yet, Pierce Brosnan seems to have done it with "The Matador" and he is able to prove that he is not just James Bond. Brosnan stars in this dark comedy as Julian Noble, a hit man who is on assignment in Mexico. While there, Julian begins to realize that he has no one- no friends, no family and no place he can call home. Desperate to find some sort of companionship, Julian befriends Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear), a normal guy who is just in town for regular business. Although, at first Julian comes off hard and as a jerk and he scares Danny away. The following day, Julian expresses his apologies and insists that Danny accompanies him to a bullfight. At the fight, the two get to talking about their lives and jobs, and Julian decides to tell Danny about his job. As both of their stays in Mexico come to an end, the two go their separate ways with no intentions of ever seeing each other again.

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