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Controversial Sarcophagus

Wednesday, May 31,2006 10:26 p.m.

CHICAGO -- A sudden concern about an Egyptian sarcophagus owned by Exelon Corp. CEO John W. Rowe threatened briefly to disrupt the long-standing relationship between the Field Museum and Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.

School of Informatics receives $60,000 grant

Wednesday, May 31,2006 10:21 p.m.

The Lilly Fellowship in Informatics was created this week when the Lilly Foundation endowed IU with a $60,000 gift.

Non-profit group influences student

By Bethany Bannister-Andrews and Bethany BannisterAndrews · Wednesday, May 31,2006 10:20 p.m.

Recent IU graduate Lucy Berger had her career path planned out when she came to IU in 2001.

Experts advise loan consolidation

By Whitney Mitchell · Wednesday, May 31,2006 10:19 p.m.

Within the next month many IU students and recent graduates will have the opportunity to save thousands of dollars by consolidating their federal student loans before the interest rates substantially increase July 1.

A walk through the uncanny valley

By Erika Biga Lee · Wednesday, May 31,2006 10:17 p.m.

Standing before a room of middle and high school students in Bloomington for the National Science Olympiad tournament two weeks ago, Karl MacDorman, a new associate professor for Informatics at IU-Purdue Univeristy at Indianapolis, played a video of an android head.

Families stunned by case of daughters' mistaken identities

By Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, May 31,2006 10:14 p.m.

UPLAND, Ind. -- A family who sat by their comatose daughter's bedside for weeks after an April 26 crash killed four Taylor University students and an employee learned the woman was not their daughter, but instead another student who was in the van when it was struck by a semitrailer.

Sex offenders, represented by ACLU, sue Indianapolis over new ordinance

By Alexandra R. Moses and Ken Kusmer · Wednesday, May 31,2006 10:12 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Six sexual offenders including convicted child molesters and rapists sued the city Wednesday to block a new ordinance that bans them from coming within 1,000 feet of parks, pools, playgrounds and other sites when children are present.

Group appeals toll road case

By Alexandra R. Moses and Tom Coyne · Wednesday, May 31,2006 10:11 p.m.

SOUTH BEND -- A group seeking to block the state from leasing the Indiana Toll Road to a foreign company plans to appeal a judge's ruling that it must post a $1.9 billion bond to move forward.

IU, Bloomington drowning at the gas pump as prices rise

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, May 31,2006 10:10 p.m.

Three years ago one gallon of unleaded gasoline in Indiana cost about $1.50; today the price of that same gallon of gas is hovering just below $3.00, and automotive-fuel prices are expected to sputter even higher throughout the summer driving season.

E pluribus workout

By -Nate Bethea · Wednesday, May 31,2006 10:08 p.m.

I love to exercise.

Weight a second

By Michelle Manchir · Wednesday, May 31,2006 10:07 p.m.

I had a quart of lard and seven cheese pizzas.

Deja view

By Alyson Brodsy and Jordan DeLong · Wednesday, May 31,2006 10:07 p.m.

Is it just me, or has Hollywood lost a ton of originality?

Un-kool aid

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 31,2006 10:06 p.m.

If you read the front page today you know that around 400 needy IU students will receive $1,000 less aid than they'd been told to expect.

Randle El back in Bloomington

By Ari Shifron · Wednesday, May 31,2006 10:04 p.m.

Former IU quarterback Antwaan Randle El returned to Bloomington Friday to speak at Lighthouse Community Church where former IU running back Anthony Thompson is the pastor.

Early starts pay off: Russians move ahead at French Open

By Aaron Beard and Steven Wine · Wednesday, May 31,2006 10:04 p.m.

PARIS -- An early start paid off Wednesday for Nikolay Davydenko, who became the first man to reach the third round of the French Open when Flavio Saretta retired with the flu trailing in the second set.

Oil stock price rise after US moves to address dispute with Iran

By Abdullah AlShihri and Christopher Wang · Wednesday, May 31,2006 9:59 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Plunging oil prices pushed stocks sharply higher Wednesday as the United States' latest move to settle the dispute over Iran's nuclear arms program eased the energy market's worries about a supply cutoff from the petroleum-rich nation.

US ready to join in talks with Iran

By Abdullah AlShihri and Anne Gearan · Wednesday, May 31,2006 9:59 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a major policy shift, the United States said Wednesday it is prepared to join other nations in holding direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program if Iran first agrees to stop disputed nuclear activities that the West fears could lead to a bomb.

Iraqi leader declares state of emergency

By Abdullah AlShihri · Wednesday, May 31,2006 9:58 p.m.

BASRA, Iraq -- Iraq's new prime minister declared a state of emergency Wednesday in the southern city of Basra, vowing to crack down with an "iron fist" on rival gangs battling each other for power.

Lawyer: Officers not target of investigations into Iraqi killings

By Abdullah AlShihri and Thomas Watkins · Wednesday, May 31,2006 9:56 p.m.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Three officers relieved of command from a Marine battalion are not targets of investigations into whether their troops killed as many as two dozen Iraqi civilians and tried to cover it up, the attorney for one of the officers said Tuesday.

Taste of the exotic

By Carrie Ritchie · Wednesday, May 31,2006 9:26 p.m.

For being a small town in southern Indiana, Bloomington packs a large punch when it comes to ethnic cuisine.

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