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16 killed in U.S. helicopter crash in southeastern Afghanistan

By Alyson Brodsy and Stephen Graham · Thursday, April 7,2005 12:48 a.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A U.S. military helicopter crashed in bad weather in southeast Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 16 people, including four American crew members in the deadliest military crash since the U.S.-led offensive began in 2001.

Fire Department equips to deal with all threats

By Michael Beal · Thursday, April 7,2005 12:47 a.m.

Before March, Bloomington Fire Department personnel responding to a potential terrorist threat using toxic or radioactive materials would have had to negotiate with one another for equipment.

Fire causes structural damage

By Mallory Simon · Thursday, April 7,2005 12:46 a.m.

With billows of smoke pouring from a rooftop, neighbors at West Curry Court looked on as firefighters worked to put out a fire that left one house with structural damage and others with smoke damage.

Life in the ring

By Alyson Brodsy and Colin Dugdale · Thursday, April 7,2005 12:29 a.m.

There are two sweaty guys together, both half-naked, with only a thin layer of silk boxers protecting them from absolute nakedness. The beaded jewels of perspiration glisten off their hard, muscular bodies, twinkling like seductive stars on a Milky Way of tight flesh. As one man approaches the other, their eyes entangle in a deep mix of excitement and desire. Finally, they start going at it, with appendages flying in a flurry of heated passion.

Obscene behavior

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 7,2005 12:23 a.m.

Bartholomew County zoning inspector Frank Butler has declared the Venus di Milo and Michelangelo's David indecent according to Indiana laws. A business that sells replicas of the statues is visible from Interstate 65, and potentially a minor can see these supposedly offensive pieces of art.

Prince of Monaco dies at 81

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 7,2005 12:13 a.m.

MONACO -- Prince Rainier III, who reshaped Monaco and worked to overcome its reputation as "a sunny place for shady people," died Wednesday, leaving the throne to Prince Albert II, his only son with actress Grace Kelly.

White supremacist sentenced to 40 years

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Robinson · Thursday, April 7,2005 12:11 a.m.

CHICAGO -- An avowed white supremacist convicted of hiring an FBI informant to kill a federal judge was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in prison following a rambling, two-hour speech in which he claimed he was the victim and even recited part of the "Star Spangled Banner."

Cardinals set date for next papal election

By Alyson Brodsy and Victor L. Simpson · Thursday, April 7,2005 12:10 a.m.

VATICAN CITY -- The College of Cardinals on Wednesday set April 18 as the date for the historic start of the conclave to elect a successor to Pope John Paul II, as the Vatican made final arrangements for the funeral that is expected to draw millions of pilgrims and world leaders to Rome.

Business in Brief

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 7,2005 12:04 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- In a year when McDonald's Corp. had three chief executive officers, the fast-food chain paid a total of $7.18 million in bonuses to executives holding the post.

Shipments by California wineries to U.S. markets up 3 percent in 2004

By Alyson Brodsy and Michelle Locke · Thursday, April 7,2005 12:02 a.m.

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Wine shipped by California wineries to U.S. markets increased by 3 percent in 2004, which experts attributed to a recovering economy and increased wine consumption.

Quality Location. With the opening of Dick's Sporting Goods, local sports retailers are relying on these attributes in hope to survive and thrive

By John Rodgers · Thursday, April 7,2005 12 a.m.

With Dick's Sporting Goods opening in the College Mall Wednesday, you'd think Smith's Sport'n Shoe would be more concerned.

Old school style, new school savagery

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, April 7,2005 12 a.m.

Booze, broads and bullets -- this is the world of Frank Miller's "Sin City," a series of celebrated graphic novels now translated to celluloid by Miller and writer/director/producer/cinematographer/editor/composer Robert Rodriguez.

Small Wonder

By Felipe Maya · Thursday, April 7,2005 12 a.m.

Walking through the wooden doors of Kilroy's on Kirkwood, vintage rock music mixes with waves of loud voices. The dark, chill atmosphere and assortment of liquor make it a hit on the Bloomington bar scene, a place everyone wants to get into.

21st century relevancy

By John Barnett · Thursday, April 7,2005 12 a.m.

Week before last, just in time to coincide with the release of the new Beck album, a friend of mine commented to me as I fawned over Beck's latest material that there had been no truly great records released since the turn of the century. Postulating that the last purely classic record to be released was Radiohead's 1997 opus, OK Computer, he went on to say that he felt bands and artists today weren't even attempting to make great records, and that the music industry would soon violently implode because of this fact.

Rent 'Closer' for film, not features

By Rob O'Connor and Robert O'Connor · Thursday, April 7,2005 12 a.m.

"Closer" is easily director Mike Nichols' best film since he won an Oscar for "The Graduate." And it is a surprisingly good first feature-length effort by writer Patrick Marber, who also wrote the play that this film is based on. All four of the main actors do a wonderful job. In fact, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen each nabbed a Golden Globe for their work on this film. It is an original love story with tons of lust, betrayal and sex to keep you interested, balanced out by touching dialogue that makes you actually care about the main characters. Overall, this is one of the best films that came out in 2004.

Photo by Jacob Kriese
Junior Kevin Noschang kicks the Hoosier's only goal against UCLA on Sunday September 2nd at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The Hoosiers won 1-0.

Allen, Costner elevate 'Anger'

By Miranda Higdon · Thursday, April 7,2005 12 a.m.

If it weren't for an uneven plot, "The Upside of Anger" would be an excellent film. Still, it remains a good movie with above average acting, especially by co-stars Kevin Costner and Joan Allen. They are believable together as drinking buddies-turned-lovers -- two extremes of personality who meet to offer each other a taste of something different.

Don't bother digging up 'Gold'

By Nate Gowdy · Thursday, April 7,2005 12 a.m.

"National Lampoon's Gold Diggers" is a bad movie. Possibly the stupidest, most boring flick ever made since the beginning of time. Playboy Bunny Nikki Ziering is on the DVD's cover. This implies a crude comedy with at least one-sided sex appeal going for it, but Ziering's part is smaller than her swimsuit. Her bare breasts themselves don't make it worth watching Cal (Will Friedle of "Boy Meets World") and Lenny (Chris Owen, the sex-addicted nerd in "American Pie") drag the plot along the other 98 percent of the time.

M.I.A. breaks out with Brit beats

By John Barnett · Thursday, April 7,2005 12 a.m.

Maya Arulpragasam (aka M.I.A.), the Sri Lankan-born Londoner who survived the guerilla warfare and social strife of her home country before moving abroad to pursue careers in music and art, has been recording her own beats and rhymes prodigiously for the past several of her 27 years. Her first two singles, "Galang" and "Sunshowers," infrequently haunted college radio in the fall of 2004, and a full-length LP was promised to be in the works. With several delayed release dates and one lengthy legal battle over a beat sample behind her, M.I.A. finally debuted Arular.

'Brothels' proves raw and moving

By Mary Hansell · Thursday, April 7,2005 12 a.m.

With all these fine films to go see currently, like "Beauty Shop" and "Constantine," it can be quite a difficult task to choose a film. Which is why it can be even more strenuous when they throw a documentary into the mix. Yet, it must be a problem in Bloomington because apparently no one chose the documentary over "The Pacifier" Friday night at 10 p.m.

'Sunset' has great cast, locations

By Sean Abbott · Thursday, April 7,2005 12 a.m.

It is amazing the way this movie snuck past audiences last November. Just like a jewel thief, "After the Sunset" was here and gone before it could even be noticed, and that is almost a crime.