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A section of State Road 37 is closed while Indiana State Police investigate an accident caused by one of their own; former Indiana University basketball player Todd Leary pleads guilty to fraud charges; two protesters against the Interstate 69 expansion agree to a plea deal with the Pike County prosecutor; Baron Hill reveals that his campaign has more than a million dollars in the bank; Anderson Road Landfill Director Tom McGlasson deals with misfitting well caps that could compromise the integrity of the landfill’s wells; the Monroe County Council approves a grant application, building on a partnership between the Monroe County Probation Department and Indiana University; Indiana University anthropologist Michael Muehlenbein explains that fighting off natural respiratory pathogens that cause infections could have health costs; temperatures reach ninety tomorrow and Sunday with a slight chance of thunderstorms;
FEATURE
Another world is possible, another U.S. is necessary. That was the slogan for the 2010 U.S. Social Forum, which drew fifteen thousand progressive-minded people to Detroit last month for five days of workshops on social problems and solutions. Last night the local branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom hosted a public forum to give some of Bloomington’s participants a platform to share what they learned. In the first of a series of testimonials, Bloomington professor Mike Gasser reflects on his time at the U.S. Social Forum in this WFHB radio exclusive.
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Our resident music critic Mark Cheedah presents his top local concert picks.