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Owens practices for first time since injury

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - T.O. is almost a go. Terrell Owens, the Philadelphia Eagles' All-Pro receiver, practiced Monday for the first time since injuring his ankle last month, moving closer toward returning for the Super Bowl.

Ryan Phillips takes time to respond to some 'fan mail'

In my last column I listed the reasons why I thought Philadelphia had the worst fans in all of sports and why I thought they did not deserve a championship.

Perry sees first action of season

IOWA CITY, IA -- With 2:27 left in the first half, the Hoosiers' number 12 got up off the bench and hurried to the scorers table.

Around The Campus

ArtsWeek celebration paints different picture Each year for ArtsWeek, IU showcases many different types of art. However, this year it's doing something never done before: IU is going to show how the finished artwork is created. This year's theme for ArtsWeek 2005 is "Exploring the Creative Process." This special week will allow audiences to view not only the many different types of art that people living in Bloomington have to offer but also the process they go through when creating their masterpieces.

New structures planned to fit with campus style

From IDS reports The two newest buildings on the IU campus will be familiar additions to most students. The IU Board of Trustees approved the Multidisciplinary Science Building Phase II and the new Ashton Center projects at their Friday meeting. Both projects will change the face of campus, and both will feature architecture designed to blend in with the look and feel of existing buildings.

Jordan River Forum

'We're sorry' is an excuse both ways The debate over the war in Iraq is old, but it remains unresolved largely because it boils down to ethical issues that cannot be settled by logical argument. Some people think that preemptive attacks against unproven threats are justifiable, others do not. Some people think that the removal of a dictator is worth the deaths of 15,000 civilians, others do not. There's no argument on these questions; they come down to each person's morality.

Airing out the windows in Spain

Living with a señora in Seville, Spain, is proving to be very interesting and surprisingly humbling. I came to Spain for the semester to fulfill my Spanish minor, but I'm getting a lot more than I expected with this crazy old lady.

IU Auditorium hosts 42nd Street musical

The story that began the musical genre of "a star is born" and spawned a slew of movie musicals during Hollywood's depression era comes to the IU Auditorium Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. Although "42nd Street" originally was a 1929 film, Warner Brothers remade it as a musical in 1933 with choreography by Busby Berkeley and introduced a number of classic Hollywood stars.

Chefs gather for 'The Art of Chocolate'

Around The State

POLAND , Ind. -- Homeowners from Poland, Ind., found a dog in their garage Friday that seemed to be suffering from an injury to her back leg. After an evening layover with food and water, she was taken to the Bloomington Animal Shelter.

Girl's death focuses attention on effectiveness of the Amber Alert system

INDIANAPOLIS -- The death of a southern Indiana girl who vanished last week has again focused attention on the limits of the Amber Alert system designed to help police rescue abducted children before they are harmed.

Nip / Tax

Remember back in '04, when a Diet Coke cost $1.39 and butt lipo was tax-free? Those will be the wistful words of fond reminiscence echoing 'round the suburban social circuit 20 years from now. That is, if Washington Senate Democrat Karen Keiser gets her way. According to The Associated Press, Keiser has proposed a 6.5 percent sales tax on elective cosmetic surgery procedures, suggesting that the revenue be used for poor children's health insurance.

Pope cancels audiences due to flu

VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II has the flu, leading him to cancel scheduled audiences Monday, the Vatican said. It was the first time the pope skipped an audience because of illness since September 2003.

Act like adults, not politicians

In America, men with as much power and influence as President Bush are innocent until they plead the Fifth. A few years ago, almost everyone I talked to believed Bush took us into Iraq so we could take the oil. Even some Republicans I knew said this. Last week, Fox News reported that the Coalition Provisional Government, established in Iraq after the toppling of Saddam's regime, cannot account for the Iraqi oil money it spent. So where is the money?

Pope cancels audiences due to flu

VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II has the flu, leading him to cancel scheduled audiences Monday, the Vatican said. It was the first time the pope skipped an audience because of illness since September 2003.

New education secretary sworn in

WASHINGTON -- Margaret Spellings said Monday her role as a parent of school-age children will help guide her views in her new job as secretary of education.

Sudan's government cleared of genocide

ABUJA, Nigeria -- Sudan's foreign minister said Monday a U.N. report concluded that no genocide was committed in his country's Darfur region, where tens of thousands of civilians have died in a nearly two-year crisis.

Boo-boo kitty bonsai

I've done plenty of stupid stuff here in college, often involving gross amounts of Skol Vodka, urine and occasionally near-naked pictures of myself on the Internet, but I figure I have an excuse: I was drunk. What is inexcusable, however, is the recent rash of chain letters I have received from apparently sober people on http://thefacebook.com whom I'd normally think of as at least slightly more intelligent than mentally challenged chimpanzees.

Gitmo prisoners can challenge confinement

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge ruled Monday that foreign terror suspects held in Cuba can challenge their confinement in U.S. courts, and she criticized the Bush administration for holding hundreds of people without legal rights.

Sen. Hillary Clinton faints before speech

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton collapsed Monday during a speech on Social Security, moments after complaining about a stomach virus. "She fainted after not feeling well, got medical attention and is proceeding with her planned schedule," according to a statement released by her office in Washington.