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GOP tries to end ethics deadlock

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 28,2005 1:07 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The House prepared to end an ethics committee stalemate Wednesday night as Republicans backed House Speaker Dennis Hastert's abandonment of new rules that brought the GOP months of political grief.

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Iraqi Cabinet nominees named

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 28,2005 1:05 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's new prime minister said Wednesday he submitted a complete list of 36 Cabinet members, including seven women, a critical step before the National Assembly votes on a new government drawing in the main ethnic and religious groups and ending a three-month stalemate.

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Bush calls for more nuclear power plants

By Alyson Brodsy and H. Josef Hebert · Thursday, April 28,2005 1:05 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush called for construction of more nuclear power plants and urged Congress on Wednesday to give tax breaks for fuel-efficient hybrid and clean-diesel cars. He also said he was powerless to bring down high gasoline costs.

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False alarm sends Bush, Cheney to bunker

By Alyson Brodsy and Jennifer Loven · Thursday, April 28,2005 1:04 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush was rushed to a secure underground White House bunker and Vice President Dick Cheney was whisked outside the compound Wednesday because of a "radar anomaly" -- perhaps a flock of birds or pocket of rain -- that was mistaken for a plane flying in restricted airspace.

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Summer Concert Guide

By Alyson Brodsy and Indiana Daily Student · Thursday, April 28,2005 12:39 a.m.

Summer concerts can be a day-saver from those plagued with boredom during the hot months. With these huge events in Indianapolis and Chicago, a great time is just a few hours away.

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Bioware's beauty

By David Antognoli · Thursday, April 28,2005 12 a.m.

Developer Bioware's last game, "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" achieved critical and financial success, earning the title "Game of the Year" from many reviewers and paving the way for a sequel that was released last December. But rather than working on the sequel itself, Bioware elected to create something original -- "Jade Empire."

Victor Wooten: bass master

By Doug Evans · Thursday, April 28,2005 12 a.m.

One of the great bassists in the history of music, Victor Wooten, never fails to impress with his live performances whether he is holding down the low end for Béla Fleck or leading his own band of friends and family. Last Thursday was no exception.

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A family reunion worth attending

By Rhett Umphress · Thursday, April 28,2005 12 a.m.

"Meet the Fockers," the sequel to 2000's hit comedy "Meet the Parents," picks up where the first film left off. In preparation for their upcoming wedding, Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) and Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo) plan for their parents to meet for the first time. So begins a visit where uptight Jack and Dina Byrnes (Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner) meet the wacky Bernie and Roz Focker (Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand). Unsurprisingly, chaos ensues.

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From breakdown to breakthrough comeback

By Diana Tychsen · Thursday, April 28,2005 12 a.m.

Everyone is starting to look like Paris Hilton these days, and Mariah Carey is no exception. Recently spotted with an orange-brown tan, platinum blond hair and showing lots of skin, she was in danger of becoming yet another Barbie on the Billboard charts. But then you hear that voice. Her last two records were at best mediocre, and Mariah's subsequent public bout with depression alienated many fans. With The Emancipation of Mimi, her most recent release, those fans will surely become faithful once again.

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What do I know? I just work here

By Karen Green · Thursday, April 28,2005 12 a.m.

Hello, my name is Karen, and I like bad movies. Not an admission that you were expecting from someone who's spent a semester editing an entertainment magazine, huh? Believe me, I've taken plenty of flack for it. But if there's one thing I've learned this semester, it's that there are no right answers when it comes to film. People like what they like.

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Chow down on 'Kung Fu Hustle'

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, April 28,2005 12 a.m.

Picking up where the sidesplitting "Shaolin Soccer" left off, Stephen Chow returns to his roles as writer, director, producer and star of the kooky "Kung Fu Hustle." Roger Ebert's review of the film refers to it as "Jackie Chan and Buster Keaton meet Quentin Tarantino and Bugs Bunny" -- strange as this sounds, no statement could be more fitting.

Horses tear over the track to begin the race at 1999’s Kentucky Derby.

Derby days ahead

By Katie Schoenbaechler and Katie Shoenbaechler · Thursday, April 28,2005 12 a.m.

For 131 years, the Kentucky horse racing tradition has continued with style, grace and booze. It's hard to believe that within a few feet of each other the epitome of class and the epitome of trash can be enjoying the same event, but that's the Kentucky Derby -- located at the corner of horse racing and drunken madness.

Concert Review

By Nate Gowdy · Thursday, April 28,2005 12 a.m.

Recently, I've been buttonholing everybody I know and telling them about Viva Voce, the indie-rock husband/wife duo of Kevin and Anita Robinson. They played at Second Story Monday night and I think it was the best show around that no one went to, besides 20 some people, half of whom performed for the openers.

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Oscar winners make average thriller

By -Kehla West · Thursday, April 28,2005 12 a.m.

"The Interpreter" was a really cool idea. A young interpreter at the United Nations overhears an assassination plot late one night. Madness ensues. Of course, it's a little more complicated than that, but that's the gist. Unfortunately, that really cool idea turned out to be little more than a really cool idea. The movie that resulted turned out to be a little less than really cool.

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'Daggers' takes a stab at DVD

By John Barnett · Thursday, April 28,2005 12 a.m.

Last year saw a double dose of visually breathtaking cinema by way of Zhang Yimou's "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" -- two films that found their way out of Hong Kong to grace American screens. This feat is becoming less and less rare as Asian cinema burrows its way into our cultural mainstream.

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Thomas goes successfully solo

By Holly Pilewski · Thursday, April 28,2005 12 a.m.

When "Lonely No More," the debut single from Matchbox Twenty's lead singer Rob Thomas' first ever solo album hit the airwaves, I wasn't too impressed. In my mind, the song was too teen-pop oriented. Matchbox Twenty was in the rock genre and Thomas' solo movement appeared to moving in the pop/dance direction. The song is unique in that it hints at a Latin sound and the beat is very catchy. Nonetheless, the song skyrocketed up the charts and quickly became top 10 in the Adult Top 40/Hot Adult Contemporary.

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F for fantastic

By Chris Wisner and compiled by Chris Wisner · Thursday, April 28,2005 12 a.m.

A meditation on deception. A celebration of fakery. Genius auteur Orson Welles' final completed work, the pseudo-documentary "F for Fake," is both of these and so much more. Orson Welles, the same luminary who created "Citizen Kane," found himself fascinated by the lives of two of the last century's greatest liars: art forger Elmyr de Hory and author Clifford Irving. De Hory is the film's focal point for he was a man who amassed great wealth by duplicating the artwork of Picasso, Modigliani and countless others, and then proceeded to sell his copies to art museums all around Europe. Irving finds himself in the mix as he not only wrote a biography all about de Hory, he also wrote one of the greatest fake autobiographies about Hollywood's favorite eccentric, Howard Hughes.

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One boring 'Parade'

By Sean Abbott · Thursday, April 28,2005 12 a.m.

I used to listen to American Hi-Fi back in high school. I remember how I used to love the upbeat yet somehow melancholy songs on their self-titled album from way back in 2001. I turned up my car's radio every time "Flavor of the Weak" started to come on, and I still pop in that CD from time to time.

Where’s Bigfoot when you need it?

Kutcher comedy 'A Lot Like' lame

By Ash Cartwright · Thursday, April 28,2005 12 a.m.

I had certain hopes going into "A Lot Like Love" and I thought that they were at least somewhat reasonable. I looked forward to the possibility that it would be cute and funny with an endearing enough plot that it might join the ranks of worthwhile romantic comedies, at least as a temporary, fringe member of the group. After all, it does combine story elements from "When Harry Met Sally" and features Ashton Kutcher -- who I am fond of in spite of many things.

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Summer Concert Guide

By Alyson Brodsy and Indiana Daily Student · Thursday, April 28,2005 12 a.m.

Summer concerts can be a day-saver from those plagued with boredom during the hot months. With these huge events in Indianapolis and Chicago, a great time is just a few hours away.

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