
Source: Yahoo! News
The wreckage of a pirate ship abandoned by Captain Kidd in the 17th century has been found by divers in shallow waters off the Dominican Republic, a research team claims.

Source: finance.yahoo.com
Data from the Statistical Abstract of the United States and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University provide examples: In 2004, $100 in extra income per American drove about $1.47 in additional charitable giving per person.

Source: Yahoo! News
"Here is the basic punishment if you commit secondary NCAA rules violations: They put you on a plane, send you off to take a seminar on how the rulebook is supposed to work, then put you back to work doing whatever it is you do -- presumably, recruiting new athletes for your un …
Source: ESPN.com
Among the NCAA's sanctions was a one-year restriction on Sampson at Indiana from making phone calls to prospective recruits, including three-way phone calls initiated by his assistant coaches. Sunday, Sampson admitted to 10 more illegal phone calls in the past 12 months.

Source: National Science Foundation
October 9, 2007

Source: Indiana University
Press Release -- October 8, 2007 -- BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A study by an Indiana University environmental science professor and several colleagues suggests a widely planted variety of genetically engineered corn has the potential to harm aquatic ecosystems.

Source: New Scientist
This is not a bad article describing the possible attacks that could happen for political race manipulation.
It is a bit sensationalized (probably to get readership) but all of the presented attacks are plausible with current technology.
Source: rediff News
General V P Malik, former chief of the Indian Army, and chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee, gave this talk to kick off the India Lecture Series at Indiana University recently.
Thorough analysis of many aspects of the topic-- plus some interesting comments by readers!

"How many people here have gotten a D-minus in high school or college?" Bob Woodward posed this question Monday night at the IU auditorium. The question was met by few hands and many laughs.

Source: journalism.indiana.edu
Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of America's oldest weekly magazine, The Nation, used to warn of the growing danger of "infotainment." She no longer bothers with that warning, she told an overflowing audience at Ernie Pyle Hall Auditorium Thursday evening.

Source: The New York Times
Although 2006 was heralded as the dawn of a golden age of philanthropy, charitable giving was almost flat last year.
Source: CNET News.com
I knew Dave Adams from my time working at the University of Minnesota. He was a great man who really cared about student journalism.

Source: PsychCentral
Sadly, researchers have discovered Americans are more likely to socially reject children with mental illness than they are those with physical illnesses such as asthma.
Source: CNET
If you haven't changed the default password on your home router, let this recent threat serve as a reminder.

Source: National Geographic
Modern chemistry keeps insects from ravaging crops, lifts stains from carpets, and saves lives. But the ubiquity of chemicals is taking a toll. Many of the compounds absorbed by the body stay there for years—and fears about their health effects are growing.
Source: EurekAlert!
A hormone implicated in the onset of human puberty also appears to control reproductive activity in seasonally breeding rodents, report Indiana University Bloomington and University of California at Berkeley scientists in the March 2007 issue of Endocrinology.

Source: fortwayne.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Libertarian Eric Schansberg will join Republican Rep. Mike Sodrel and Democrat Baron Hill in a 9th District congressional debate set for Aug. 31 at Indiana University's public television station.

This morning Wednesday April 5th, a 3rd year student died in her sleep at Indiana University in her sorority house.

Source: The Indianapolis Star
What makes anyone think that Bob Knight would even come back to IU? IU has burned the bridge of one of the greatest coaches of all time. It will be interesting to see who IU does pick as the successor of Mike Davis.
Source: ESPN.com
Mike Davis' comments regarding the rumors concerning his job as head coach at IU.