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NORTH POLE EXPEDITION

NORTH POLE EXPEDITION -- South African adventurer Mike Horn, left, who lives in Switzerland and Norwegian explorer Borge Ousland, right, celebrate with South African, Norwegian and Swiss flags the end of their expedition "North Pole Winter Expedition" at the Barneo ice camp 50 kilometers away from the North Pole, on the frozen Arctic Ocean, Wednesday, a week after the two adventurers became the first men to cross the frozen Arctic Ocean in the darkness of Arctic winter on skis, completing a grueling 1000 km expedition from northern Siberia to the North Pole in 60 days and 5 hours.

Video claims to show downed U.S. pilot deo claims to show downed U.S. pilot

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A video posted Wednesday on the Internet in the name of an extremist group claimed to show Iraqi insurgents dragging the burning body of a U.S. pilot on the ground after the crash of an Apache helicopter. Parts of the video were blurry, and the face of the man was not shown. His clothes were so tattered it was impossible to tell if he was wearing an American military uniform, but he appeared to be wearing military fatigues.

Police investigate possible arson

IU and Bloomington Police departments and the Bloomington Fire Department responded to three simultaneous incidents of what they believe to be arson early Wednesday morning, said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report.

Ivy Tech Career Expo open to all Bloomington students

Ivy Tech Community College will be holding its 2006 Career Expo on the Bloomington campus today from 1:30 to 4 p.m.

Space dwindling in city's 8th annual Egg Scramble

Anyone who drives past Bryan Park Friday night might be surprised by what he sees -- more than 300 adults searching for colored eggs.

Alcohol awareness screenings offered on campus

As the end of the year comes to a close and college students' stress increases because of final exams and the search for summer jobs, some students turn to alcohol to distract them from the stress in their lives.

DMX cancels IU benefit concert

The concert featuring Grammy-nominated rapper DMX was canceled, said Jonathan Potts, a spokesperson for the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.

Academia's fastest computer IU-bound

IU will soon be home to the country's fastest university-owned supercomputer and disk-based storage facility, making IU one of the most well-equipped colleges in terms of research and technology in the world. The computer, made by IBM, will be one of the world's 20 fastest.

Digital Images

Digital Images --Children look at drawings from Bug's Life on a huge screen called 'Artscape' which shows how artists are inspired to moving images from the 2D art process, at the Science Museum, London, Thursday March 30, 2006.

Local live music highlights Union Board's Annual Club Night at Rhino's Youth Center

Live music seems to come with a high price. It is not unheard of for students to spend at least $50 on concert tickets to hear their favorite band. Luckily, IU students have a chance to hear 10 local bands live Thursday night, spend no more than $5 and help feed the hungry.

Foster Student Government invites students to block party with food, music

If a break from studying from exams is necessary this weekend, the Foster/McNutt Spring Block Party can be a scapegoat.

Nice girls don't wear little black dresses

Where's the artist in the art?

A urinal with Marcel Duchamp's signature painted on the side started it all. He wanted to challenge the assumption that art required an artist, so in 1917, Duchamp submitted the otherwise untouched bathroom fixture for exhibition and revolutionized art.

Booked solid

Throughout his career, the English poet W.H. Auden held the belief that "some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered."

Shaolin's finest returns

As one-tenth of Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Killah's latest solo release Fishscale is undoubtedly going to draw comparisons to the hip-hop super group. But where many have failed, Ghostface has succeeded, creating a name for himself outside of the gig that forever immortalized his unique lyricism. Ghostface's talent speaks for itself, and with the release of Fishscale, he continues to prove that he is one of hip-hop's premier musicians with or without Wu-Tang at his back. Beginning with a rather customary affirmation of how real his shit is, "Shakey Dog," kicks off the album in appropriate fashion.

Where everybody knows your name

Almost everyone is familiar with the classic NBC sitcom, "Cheers." Back in the '80s, audiences related to the show's colorful cast: a group of Boston locals who frequented a bar (the show's primary setting) to indulge in bubbly libations, shoot the breeze and have some fun. If the fictitious bar were an actual place, it would be hard to visit and not find the same customers drinking the same thing every time you dropped by -- and in some cases, they'd be sitting in the same seats.

Scares, laughs, a fleet of alien slugs

How refreshing it is to see a horror film that isn't about sexy hip teens being hip and having sexy teen sex. Instead the makers of "Slither" thought that they could cover their lack of teen sexiness with intelligent, if slightly dark, humor. People have attempted the comedy horror before, usually they are parodies of the horror genre like "Shaun of the Dead" or "Scream," but "Slither" is different. It doesn't parody anything. It is just funny.

Indie rock band a true phenomena

Many of the New York based indie rock pioneers of the last five years, such as The Strokes and Interpol, broke ground with their debut releases, which were then followed by extensive hiatuses and sophomore albums that fans, for the most part, believed hardly compared to their debuts. However, comparing debuts with follow up albums is never a good thing, and the disappointment that fans face after expecting another, Is This It leads to a cautious approach whenever their favorite band releases a new album.

Hunting with a stylus

One of the longest awaited Nintendo DS titles, "Metroid Prime: Hunters" dates back to an early tech demo shown when the DS handheld debuted in 2004. Improved substantially from that early version, the game still serves to demonstrate the capacity of the DS, boasting some of the best 3-D graphics and online capabilities of any title on the system. "Hunters" utilizes the DS touch screen to ape the popular and precise mouse aiming control configuration of PC first-person shooters, as opposed to the more sluggish "dual analog" controls most console shooters employ. While this precision aiming signifies a departure from the classic "Metroid" recipe, it truly works well in "Hunters'" fast paced multiplayer bouts, which feel more in the vein of "Quake 3: Arena" or "Unreal Tournament" than anything "Metroid" related.

Ice Age 2: The environment strikes back

A family film should be good for the family (and maybe for a date, as well), and "Ice Age: The Meltdown" is certainly that. Very impressive animation is presented in this film, which will impress the older viewer and dazzle the younger viewer. However, as a legitimate, enjoyable movie, "Ice Age 2" unfortunately falls short of the standards that the first "Ice Age" set. The first film is filled with funny, often hilarious moments and the characters are all incredibly differentiated and fun. In the sequel, the three new major characters are missing the complexity of the three original main characters. There is Ellie (voiced by Queen Latifah), the female mammoth who is convinced she is a possum, and her two brothers, Eddie and Crash (actual possums).