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Dalai Lama's Ind.-born nephew hopes for free Tibet

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:30:08 -0400

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Kunga Norbu grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, half a world away from the native Tibetan village of his father and world-famous uncle, the Dalai Lama.

IU president to visit Asia seeking to expand reach

Fri, 17 May 2013 04:05:37 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Indiana University President Michael McRobbie is heading for South Korea, China and Taiwan seeking to broaden the school's international reach.

Evan Gordon transferring to Indiana

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:25 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Evan Gordon is coming home.

Lemonade Day to teach kids to be entrepreneurs

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:22:22 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Dexter Griffin's experience at last year's Bloomington Lemonade Day was sweet enough that he's keeping his stand on the same spot for 2013.

2 student start-ups win Indiana U. competition

Tue, 14 May 2013 04:06:42 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Two student teams from Indiana University are sharing a $200,000 investment for their ideas for startup businesses.

Former S. Ind. county auditor charged with theft

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:48:02 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - A former Monroe County auditor faced six counts of theft and one of official misconduct Monday for allegedly charging more than $5,400 in personal purchases to county-issued credit cards.

Ind. girls raise money for family of Boston victim

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:47:14 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - With the biggest smile they could muster and their arms in the air like a model showing off a new car, fourth-graders Iris Nall, 10, and Marleyla Wiltz, 9, tried their best to attract attention to their lemonade stand.

Mellencamp-King musical tour to kick off Oct. 10

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:36:49 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - A musical created by rocker John Mellencamp, novelist Stephen King and producer T-Bone Burnett will kick off a 20-city tour this fall in Bloomington.

Urban farmers: Couple uses pigs to maintain lawn

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:11:39 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - A Bloomington couple is using pigs to transform their yard from an overgrown jungle into a manicured oasis.

Urban farmers: Couple uses pigs to maintain lawn

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:11:32 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Four pigs are destroying a backyard near downtown Bloomington. They're eating honeysuckle, euonymus and other invasive vines and weeds, ripping their roots from deep in the earth, loosening the soil - and fertilizing it.

IU selects Kesner to lead Kelley business school

Fri, 10 May 2013 04:01:16 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Indiana University has chosen interim dean Idalene Kesner to become the next dean of its Kelley School of Business.

IU hiring of diving coach raises degree questions

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:12:18 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Indiana University's hiring of a decorated diving coach to help lead its renowned aquatics program is drawing fire from critics who say his bachelor's degree is bogus and that his selection sends the wrong message to students.

Bloomington man rolls out neighborhood oven idea

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:34:51 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Keith Romaine of the McDoel Gardens neighborhood has always enjoyed baking bread. As an artist, he sees a batch of french bread for his neighbors as another extension of his work.

Bloomington man rolls out neighborhood oven idea

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:31:05 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - A Bloomington artist wants to turn his love of bread baking into something his entire neighborhood can enjoy.

Indiana U. re-releases sex reporting phone app

Thu, 09 May 2013 04:04:07 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Indiana University researchers have rereleased a smartphone application that allows people to report their sexual behaviors after taking steps to protect users' privacy.

Indiana, Syracuse get rematch next season

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:57:31 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Indiana will get another shot at Syracuse's vaunted zone defense in December.

IU police stop thefts of fountain's bronze fish

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:07:19 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - An alarm system helped campus police foil two possible attempts at stealing large bronze fish from Indiana University's iconic Showalter Fountain during graduation weekend.

IU remembers Bowen as student, professor, leader

Sun, 05 May 2013 18:25:42 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Indiana University President Michael McRobbie is remembering former Gov. Otis "Doc" Bowen as a former IU student and professor whose accomplishments "place him among the giants of Indiana history."

IU's minority recruiting falling short of goal

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:22:18 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Indiana University's efforts to recruit more black students and faculty to its Bloomington campus have fallen well short of the school's goals, but some on campus hope a key hiring in a campus diversity office will help turn the tide.

Indiana Guard expects fewer furloughs from cuts

Thu, 02 May 2013 13:04:32 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - State government and military officials are looking for ways to protect Indiana's defense-related jobs in the face of automatic federal budget cuts.

Mushroom hunters find body in C. Indiana woods

Thu, 02 May 2013 07:08:39 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Police say mushroom hunters found a man's body in a wooded area near an entrance to Morgan-Monroe State Forest in central Indiana.

Suspect in Waukesha homicide dead in Indiana

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:42:54 -0400

WAUKESHA, Wisconsin - Police in Bloomington, Indiana, say a man wanted for killing a woman in southeastern Wisconsin took his own life when confronted by officers.

Exhibit honors IU women who made difference

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:45:58 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Sherry Rouse calls it "the most elevating exhibition of my career," but acknowledges it didn't start out as a grand feminist initiative.

Exhibit honors IU women who made difference

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:43:36 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Influential women in Indiana University's history have a place of honor in a new exhibition in the Indiana Memorial Union.

IU professor recovering from London bus accident

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:20:57 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - An Indiana University professor seriously injured when she was hit by a bus during a trip to London says she's on her way to a "complete recovery."