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Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., was known as Seminary State when classes began in 1824. The name was changed to Indiana College in 1828 and it became Indiana University in 1838. The school offers more than 130 undergraduate majors and more than 320 other degree programs. Enrollment at the beginning of the 2007 school year was 38,990. The school colors are red and white and the sports teams compete in the Big Ten conference. Famous alumni include James D. Watson, co-discoverer of DNA structure; Actor Kevin Kline; Broadcasters Dick Enberg and Jane Pauley; Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban; Sen. Evan Bayh...
Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., was known as Seminary State when classes began in 1824. The name was changed to Indiana College in 1828 and it became Indiana University in 1838. The school offers more than 130 undergraduate majors and more than 320 other degree programs. Enrollment at the beginning of the 2007 school year was 38,990. The school colors are red and white and the sports teams compete in the Big Ten conference. Famous alumni include James D. Watson, co-discoverer of DNA structure; Actor Kevin Kline; Broadcasters Dick Enberg and Jane Pauley; Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban; Sen. Evan Bayh, former governor of Indiana; Songwriter Hoagy Carmichael; and jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker.
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McManus: Obama evolves on gay marriage
President Obama's announcement Wednesday that he was done "evolving" and now supports same-sex marriage was, in retrospect, inevitable. Vice President Joe Biden made it so Sunday, when he remarked almost casually that he had grown "comfortable" with gay...
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Fallen Chinese official and wife rose in politics and business
BEIJING — The intersection of money and politics in China has rarely been so glaring as in the case of ousted Communist Party official Bo Xilai and his wife.
While her husband was mayor of the booming northern port of Dalian in the 1990s, Gu Kailai...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Livestock Farming, Finance, Singapore, Political Systems
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Dick Clark dies at 82; he introduced America to rock 'n' roll
Dick Clark, the youthful-looking television personality who literally introduced rock 'n' roll to much of the nation on "American Bandstand" and for four decades was the first and last voice many Americans heard each year with his New Year's Eve...Tags: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Diabetes, Radio Industry, Music, Entertainment
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Hilton Kramer dies at 84; polarizing but widely read art critic
Hilton Kramer, one of the art world's most polarizing and widely read critics for 50 years and founding editor of the conservative arts journal The New Criterion, died Tuesday in Harpswell, Maine. He was 84.
Kramer had a rare blood disorder and died of...Tags: Fine Artists, Henri Matisse, Arts, Andy Warhol, Hinduism
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Black males suspended much more often in California, report finds
L.A. NOWA black student in California is three times more likely to be suspended than a white student, a disparity that is much higher in some school systems in the state.... -
Renato Dulbecco dies at 97; 1975 Nobel Prize winner in medicine
Dr. Renato Dulbecco, an Italian American virologist who shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for demonstrating how certain types of viruses invade mammalian cells to cause cancer, died of natural causes Sunday at his home in La Jolla....Tags: Obituaries, Vaccines, David Baltimore, Preventative Medicine, Science and Technology
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Camilla Williams dies at 92; opera singer broke racial barriers
Camilla Williams, believed to be the first African American woman to appear with a major U.S. opera company, has died. She was 92.
Williams died Sunday at her home in Bloomington, Ind., according to her attorney, Eric Slotegraaf. She died of...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Marian Anderson, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Music
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Romney tax returns likely to stoke debate over economic fairness
The release of Mitt Romney’s federal tax returns on Tuesday may not provide dramatic new insight into his finances, but it is sure to fuel the increasingly high-decibel debate about economic disparity and tax fairness that has overtaken this year&...Tags: Republican Party, Newt Gingrich, Companies and Corporations, Finance, Regional Authority
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Safety of dissolvable tobacco products disputed
Tobacco company rep David Howard waxes enthusiastic when he talks about a new product his employer, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., has developed: a pellet of finely cured tobacco, binders and flavoring that dissolves in the mouth in 10 minutes.
Under test...Tags: Education, Companies and Corporations, Quitting Smoking, Heart Disease, Star Scientific Incorporated
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Are whitening toothpastes a bright idea?
It's hard to believe, but there was a time not long ago when everyone walked around (in public!) with naturally colored teeth. Today, with so many whitening gels, strips and trays out there, yellowish grins aren't as common — nor the natural look as...Tags: Education, Purdue University, Politics, Human Body, Teeth
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Arts giving grew 5.7% to $13.3 billion in 2010
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Do people fail to respond to tornado warnings?
The violent tornado that ravaged Joplin, Mo., killing at least 117, had hospital employees rushing to transport patients to safety at the last few minutes and forced others into refrigerators for shelter. There was 20 minutes of advance warning provided...Tags: Disasters, Weather Warnings, University of Oklahoma, Science and Technology, Tornadoes
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