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Netanyahu will join if Sharon has elections

By Aida Sultanova and Greg Myre · Sunday, Nov. 3,2002 11:43 p.m.

JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sought to keep his imperiled government afloat Sunday by bringing former premier Benjamin Netanyahu into the Cabinet, while Netanyahu set a tough condition for joining -- early elections. Israel's two leading right-wing politicians, Sharon and Netanyahu, are trying to work out an alliance while also battling each other to lead the Likud Party into the country's next general election.

U.S. to North Korea: Scrap nuke quest

By Aida Sultanova and Scott Lindlaw · Sunday, Nov. 3,2002 11:42 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Bush administration showed little interest Sunday in renewing official dialogue with North Korea unless the communist government first scraps its nuclear weapons program. A senior North Korean diplomat was quoted as saying his country was willing to negotiate with the Bush administration over the newly disclosed weapons program, which violates a 1994 accord with the United States. "North Korea knows what it needs to do. It needs to dismantle its nuclear program and honor its treaty obligations," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said aboard Air Force One as President Bush headed to Illinois on a political trip.

U.N. resolution 'evil,' Iraq says

By Aida Sultanova and Dusan Stojanovic · Sunday, Nov. 3,2002 11:41 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's foreign minister said Sunday that Baghdad may not accept a draft U.S. resolution on United Nations weapons inspections even with Security Council approval. "How can you expect Iraq to accept such an evil American resolution,'' Foreign Minister Naji Sabri told reporters. "This resolution is rejected by the international community, and it will never be accepted by anybody.'' Speaking at the Baghdad trade fair with visiting Austrian politician Joerg Haider, Sabri said the "whole international community rejects warmongering, the desire for killing ... by this evil administration in Washington.''

Cummins to add 140 workers

By Charles Wilson · Sunday, Nov. 3,2002 10:59 p.m.

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Cummins Inc. plans to immediately add 140 positions at its Columbus engine plant. The new positions aim to help meet the demand for the turbo diesel engine used in the Dodge Ram pickup truck, according to Joe Loughrey, president of the engine business. The news shows Cummins' willingness to grow its operations in Columbus, said Brooke E. Tuttle, president of Columbus Economic Development Board. The company last month announced plans to move some of the heavy-duty assembly positions in Columbus to its Jamestown, N.Y., plant.

Libertarians run in record numbers

By Charles Wilson and Chris Sundheim · Sunday, Nov. 3,2002 10:57 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Libertarians don't expect any sweeping victories on Election Day, but party leaders believe their organizing efforts are paying off as a record number of candidates seek office. The state Libertarian Party fielded just five candidates in 1994. There are 160 on Tuesday's ballot. Libertarians are running in each of nine congressional districts and for all four statewide offices. Dozens of others are competing for positions in city, county or township governments. Organizers say the 2002 campaign has helped secure Indiana's status among the Libertarian Party's top states.

Cheney campaigned for GOP Friday

By Charles Wilson and Chris Sundheim · Sunday, Nov. 3,2002 10:56 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Vice President Dick Cheney, on a four-state tour to shore up support for GOP congressional candidates, urged Indiana voters to do the same as he is asking the rest of the nation: Vote Republican. As the campaign to decide which party controls Congress entered its final weekend, Cheney stopped in Indianapolis to seek votes for former congressional aide Brose McVey in his quest to unseat Democratic Rep. Julia Carson. McVey is locked in a tight race with Carson, who is seeking election in central Indiana's 7th District to her fourth term.

Hoosiers pull off pair of wins

By Aaron Beard and Kyle Lineback · Sunday, Nov. 3,2002 10:22 p.m.

The competition was fierce and the score close as the No. 13 ranked Hoosiers competed against the No. 14 ranked Fight Irish at Notre Dame on Friday. The final score was 154-146; IU. The entire 16 event meet came down to the last event, the 400 yard freestyle relay. The Hoosiers were trailing the Irish by one point upon entering this event. Freshman Nina Thurston, senior Anne Williams, and sophomore Tammy Kostner swam the first three legs of the relay.

Bepko appointed interim president

By Josh Sanburn · Friday, Nov. 1,2002 6:11 p.m.

At the board of trustees' meeting today at IU-Fort Wayne, board President Frederick Eichhorn announced that IUPUI Chancellor Gerald Bepko will serve as IU's interim president.

Bepko a natural fit

By Adam Aasen · Friday, Nov. 1,2002 6:06 p.m.

It seems natural that Gerald Bepko will run the show in President Myles Brand's absence, considering he has so much history with the University.

Red Cross to help 3 Afghan men

By Alyson Brodsy and Todd Pitman · Friday, Nov. 1,2002 3:59 p.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The International Red Cross is helping three Afghans freed from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay rejoin their families in far-flung regions of Afghanistan, an ICRC spokeswoman said on Thursday. The men were freed from the U.S. base last weekend and returned to the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Nov. 1,2002 11:53 a.m.

I wish to respond to Cherry Blattert's inaccurate and misleading editorial ("Lessons from the sniper case" Oct. 30) concerning the Washington, D.C. sniper case. First, she dismisses expert speculation during the killing spree that the snipers were probably white males.

US also executes unfairly

By Katie Flege · Friday, Nov. 1,2002 11:40 a.m.

It seemed strange that the same week IU hosted a series of events on our country's death penalty system, an international debate began to arise over the imminent stoning of a Nigerian woman, Amina Lawal. She committed the most offensive, horrifying crime of all when she had a baby (Gasp!). Of course it's not black and white, as she's been accused of adultery. Still, many people around the world recognize that her punishment is unusually cruel for a "crime" that didn't directly cause another person harm.

Kill the hype

By Jason Grinblat · Friday, Nov. 1,2002 11:35 a.m.

You undoubtedly know about the D.C.-area sniper. The string of shootings has captivated the nation through and through, unseating the upcoming midterm elections and even the war on Iraq as the top story in the newspapers and on television. Why are we so fascinated with the so-called Beltway Sniper? Maybe it's our serial killer obsessed culture, coupled with the unnerving randomness with which he seems to choose his victims. The story is undeniably important, especially to the residents of the D.C.-area. But how much coverage is too much? At what point does the news stop informing and start entertaining?

I'll bet you read this

By Joe Ptak · Friday, Nov. 1,2002 11:34 a.m.

One of the overs in my parlay didn't cover the line, so I lost 50 bucks plus 10 percent juice." Even if you didn't follow that statement, one of your buddies probably did. Gambling runs more rampant on college campuses than Gonorrhea. It's a much larger problem than most students realize. A study by Sports Illustrated found it is "nearly impossible to visit a campus in search of organized gambling and not find either 1) sophisticated on-or-off campus bookmaking operations with a large student clientele or 2) legal casinos within a short distance of the schools, easily accessible to undergraduate students -- or both."

Lessons from the sniper case

By Cherry Blattert · Friday, Nov. 1,2002 11:20 a.m.

The continuing sniper case deserves in-depth analysis, but don't expect most of the press or their leftist counterparts to get the story right. For instance, what was all this expert speculation that the sniper was a lone, angry white male? White or black, what did color have to do with this picture? Turns out, two black men are the suspects in the case. Undoubtedly, history is tinged with the damage left by white males Ted Kazincsky and Timothy McVeigh, but there are other villains still fresh in our memory too like the Middle Eastern hijackers who took thousands of American lives last year or the Islamic extremists who bombed Bali this month. The snipers' ethnicity is irrelevant to the devastation they caused.

A Democrat's Democrat

By Jim Harper · Friday, Nov. 1,2002 1:10 a.m.

A week ago, a day I will never forget, our country lost one of its greatest citizens, Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota. With such a great loss just one week ago, I feel the need to reflect on the life of this great American.

After 7-year wait, law might take effect

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Nov. 1,2002 1:08 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- A state law requiring women to wait 18 hours before getting an abortion could take effect next week after a seven-year wait of its own. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago is expected to issue a formal ruling upholding the law Monday, allowing the requirement to immediately take effect.

Ticket package shrinks

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Friday, Nov. 1,2002 1:08 a.m.

A season after the men's basketball team was the most watched team in the country, the students at IU will not get the opportunity to watch the team as much as they once planned.

Pedaling across state to protest tuition hikes

By Jackie Corgan · Friday, Nov. 1,2002 1:08 a.m.

When Dave Hennessy was a college freshman in the 1950s, he received free tuition and only had to work 21 hours a week at $1 an hour to pay his way through New York's Cortland State Teachers College. Today at the same school with a tuition rate comparable to that of IU, he said a student would have to work 59 hours a week at $5.50 an hour to get by.

Trustees will choose replacement

By Josh Sanburn · Friday, Nov. 1,2002 1:08 a.m.

The next step in IU's future without President Myles Brand will be revealed today when the IU board of trustees meets at IU-Fort Wayne to choose an interim president.