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Satire Paper Takes Aim at Bloomington

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There's a new newspaper in Bloomington, but it doesn't subscribe to the tried and true tenets of journalism. WFIU's Daniel Robison recently caught up with the staff of Bloomington's new satire paper - the Robin.

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SPJ joins Trib Star Lawsuit

The Society of Professional Journalists has filed a court brief saying it stands behind the Terre Haute Tribune-Star newspaper in a libel case filed by a Clay County Deputy Sheriff. WFIU's Stan Jastrzebski reports.

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Prospective Homebuyers Get Creative

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Bloomington city leaders maintain the housing crisis has not hit the city as hard as it has other places, but it has led to new types of transactions.

As WFIU's Arianna Prothero reports in part one of this two part series, even home buyers with near-perfect credit are being forced to find creative ways to purchase a home.

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In part two of our series, buyer and seller meet and anything can happen.

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NCAA Imposes Additional Sanctions

The NCAA has added its own sanctions to the ones already imposed on the Indiana University basketball team by the school itself. WFIU's Stan Jastrzebski reports.

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How Indiana Makes Music

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In the first installment of her Regional Orchestras series, arts reporter Annie Corrigan talks to two young musicians who are making the rounds in southern and central Indiana's ensembles. And in part two, conductor Charles Latshaw talks about what it's like to lead these community fixtures.

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The Arts Colony Lives

Brown County, Indiana has played home to artists for decades, and the tradition continues. In part one of Brown County: Now and Then, Yaël Ksander visits an artist who has taken up residence in one of the colonies' original studios.

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