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It's not so hard out here to get pimped

By Alyson Brodsy and Zack Teibloom · Friday, June 9,2006 11:01 a.m.

Bloomington car lovers don't need Xzibit to pimp their rides. They do it themselves. Ten-switch hydraulics, custom paint and window designs, crushed velvet interior and enough bass to wake up Martinsville are featured in rides pimped right here in Bloomington. For more than 10 years, members of Bloomington car club, "The Player$," have been traveling to car shows to show off their rides. Many of them have been obsessed with cars their whole lives, buying their first show car at age 16. The love of bikes started at age five for Doug Smith, 26, manager of Ackerman Auto Detail who rode dirt bikes before he could get a street bike.

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Roddick-ulously overrated

By Carrie Ritchie · Thursday, June 8,2006 12:14 a.m.

Many U.S. tennis fans were disappointed to see Andy Roddick retire from his first-round match at the French Open last week, but they shouldn't have been surprised.

Pretty is Wreckers only strength

By K. A. MacDonald · Thursday, June 8,2006 12 a.m.

Stand Tall, Look Pretty, the debut album from the Wreckers, is so unremarkable that I didn't realize that I knew the first song, having heard it on the radio a number of times, and most of the words to the song until I caught myself singing along.

Quarry cautions

By C. Warner Sills and Michael Reschke · Thursday, June 8,2006 12 a.m.

"Sanders," "Longhole" and the ever-popular "Rooftop" are just some of the names used to refer to the quarry that was immortalized in the 1979 film "Breaking Away."

Feel free to pass on this movie

By C. Warner Sills and Alyson Brodsky · Thursday, June 8,2006 12 a.m.

With director Joe Roth (America's Sweethearts) and writer Richard Price (Shaft) teaming up together, along with a cast starring Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore, "Freedomland" had everything going for it.

Wine and Dine

By Carrie Ritchie · Thursday, June 8,2006 12 a.m.

Birds are singing, warm breezes are blowing and flowers are blooming.

A surrealist atheist in a Spanish Fascist's court

By C. Warner Sills · Thursday, June 8,2006 12 a.m.

Spanish film director Luis Buñuel used to say, "thank God I'm an atheist." The highly outspoken, anti-fascist filmmaker is best known in the world of cinema for his early collaborations with Salvador Dalí and surrealist films such as "Un Chien Analou" and "The Golden Age."

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IU receives $8.9 million for AIDS work

By Zack Teibloom · Wednesday, June 7,2006 8:57 p.m.

HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa got a timely boost thanks to an $8.9 million federal grant to the IU School of Medicine, which will triple the number of patients that can be treated in Kenya.

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