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Complaints About Slow Market Street Bridge Progress Heard
Residents are complaining about the lack of work being done on the Market Street Bridge, closed to the public since January, and one lawmaker is...


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Former John Edwards Aide Returning To N.c. Court
PITTSBORO, N.C. — A former aide to John Edwards is returning to court just days after a North Carolina judge nearly sent him to jail over his handling of a videotape purportedly showing the...
Utah House Gop Leader Says He Paid Off Woman
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s House majority leader said Thursday he paid a woman $150,000 to keep silent about going nude "hot-tubbing" with her when she was minor a quarter century ago.In a...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds 'under God' In Pledge
SAN FRANCISCO – An appellate court has upheld references to God on U.S. currency and in the Pledge of Allegiance, rejecting arguments they violate the constitutional separation of church and...
Senator Harry Reid's Family Injured In Vehicle Crash
Photo courtesy of the Associated Press. Thanks Associated Press! Senator Reid’s wife and daughter were injured when they were hit Thursday by a reckless driver. Reid’s wife is in serious...
House Gop Halts Earmarks For ’10
WASHINGTON – Rep. Mark Souder, R-3rd, said Thursday he won’t submit any requests for highway construction, university expansion or other projects in northeast Indiana this year, unless he...
Democrats May Merge Health Care, College Aid
WASHINGTON – Democratic leaders said Thursday they were increasingly inclined to release a final health care bill that could accomplish two of President Obama’s domestic priorities:...
Leaders Hope For Final Votes Today
INDIANAPOLIS – An early optimistic mood gave way Thursday to another day without an agreement on the key issues remaining before the General Assembly.Lawmakers have until late Sunday to finish...
Embassy In Kabul Under Strain
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan, which may soon overtake its counterpart in Iraq as the world’s biggest diplomatic mission, is overworked, underappreciated and struggling to...
No A-bomb For Iran, Biden Assures Israelis
JERUSALEM – Vice President Biden on Thursday tried to assure Israelis that the United States is “determined” to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and urged Arab states to...
3rd-grade Guise Fools Famous
WASHINGTON – Over the years, “Little Billy” learned much from the country’s top minds.Secretaries of state, touched by the 10-year-old’s handwritten letters on grade-school...
Unions Plan Protests Of Big Banks
WASHINGTON – AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is hoping to tap into average Americans’ anger at Wall Street as his organization plans a blitz of protests over the next couple of weeks.The...
Early Iraq Vote Totals Reflect Close Election
BAGHDAD – First results from Iraq’s parliamentary election showed the prime minister and his secular rival locked in a tight contest Thursday amid fraud allegations by rival parties and a...
Terror Suspect From U.s. Nabbed Again In Yemen
BUENA, N.J. – Yemen counterterrorism authorities captured a U.S. citizen of Somali origin after he shot his way out of a hospital in the Mideastern country, where he was being held after a...
Obama Donating His Nobel Money
WASHINGTON – President Obama plans to donate the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans’ families and survivors of Haiti’s earthquake, among others,...
Year Later, Clinton Builds Bridges At State
WASHINGTON – Hillary Rodham Clinton ran a presidential campaign notoriously insular and unhappy, managing a group of egos and backstabbers whose dysfunction may have cost her the White...
Health Officials Urge H1n1 Vaccine
As the flu season nears its end in Indiana, the H1N1 flu virus continues to quietly circulate across the state. And state officials once again urged Hoosiers to get vaccinated if they haven’t...
Student Sues To Stop Prayer
INDIANAPOLIS – The top-ranked senior at a suburban Indianapolis high school is asking a federal judge to stop a graduation prayer that the class voted last fall to approve.The lawsuit by...
Pill May Lengthen Women's Life Span
LONDON – Birth-control pills may lead to longer lives for women, according to a 40-year study that showed users were less likely to die of heart disease, cancer or a range of other medical...
Osu Shooter Had 50 Rounds
COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio State University janitor was armed with more than 50 rounds of ammunition when he walked into a campus maintenance shop and shot two supervisors before killing himself,...
Tests Unlock Mysteries Of Tut's Lineage
CAIRO – The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt’s enduring mysteries – the fate of controversial Pharaoh...
Uindy Arts Preview For March Part 2
A night of world premiers from music students right here on campus. Every piece performed was written and performed by UIndy students. Styles range from classical to electronic and from chamber to...
Indianapolis Colts 2010 Offseason Primer: The Defensive Ends
As we turn to the Indianapolis Colts' defensive in this position-by-position breakdown, it's fitting, perhaps, that the first stop is at end. That's because the dynamic of the position has changed in...
Wvu Beats Cincy, Advances In Big East Tournament
CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS > > > The C-USA, Big East Men's and W.Va. Girls' basketball tournaments are under way. For more information visit our BRACKET BONANZA...
Scouting Report: Pacers At Celtics
51-21: C’s all-time home record against Indiana. WHO’S HURT For the C’s, the team is healthy. For the Pacers, Mike Dunleavy (sore ribs) is day-to-day, while Jeff Foster (sore...
One Injured In Greenwood Drive-by Shooting
Jennie Runevitch /Eyewitness News Greenwood - The Johnson County SWAT team responded to a drive-by shooting in Greenwood Thursday night. It happened in the 100 block of Winterwood. Residents in the...
South Side Residents Protest New Restaurant
David MacAnally /Eyewitness News Indianapolis - Some residents are worried that a new south side restaurant crosses the line. ShowMe's is a sports bar and restaurant near Southport and Emerson....
Kokomo Student Headed To National Spelling Bee
Emily Longnecker /Eyewitness News Kokomo - A Kokomo eighth grader is heading to Washington, DC to take part in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. It was six syllables and 11 letters that helped send...
Public Service Commission Hears Public's Complaints About Power Outages
It had heard complaints and is gathering evidence for an investigation into Allegheny Power and Appalachian Power Company. Story by Susan...
"please Help!": Pastor Continues To Fund Raise For Homeless Kids' Home
ENTERPRISE -- Now for the latest on a local pastor's mission to build a ranch for homeless children in Harrison County. Pastor Terry Woodside at Faith Baptist Church says he's raised $22,000 for the...
Bank Sued For Seizing Us Woman's Home And Parrot
PITTSBURGH — Bank of America has apologized to a Pittsburgh-area woman after one of its contractors allegedly trashed her house and took her parrot while wrongly repossessing her...
Simon Says New General Growth Plan Is Less Uncertain
A new plan by mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. to exit bankruptcy with funding from Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and two other creditors resolves some uncertainty rival bidder Simon...
Republic Hits Turbulence With Frontier Mechanics
The union for mechanics at Frontier Airlines is going to court over plans to shift their work to Milwaukee. Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. bought Frontier last year, and wants...
Former Northern Indiana Mayor, Aides To Pay $108m
A federal judge has ordered a former northern Indiana mayor and two ex-aides to pay $108 million in civil damages in an alleged sidewalks-for-votes...
Waste Not Want Not: How One Organization Is Eliminating Hunger, Empowering People And Rescuing Food
View all » Did you know that Americans throw away, on average, one pound of food per day for every man, woman, and child in this country? That adds up to 27% of our available food supply being...
Indiana Man Who Murdered 2 Executed In Texas
An Indiana man whose cross-country crime spree with his girlfriend a decade ago ended in a gun battle with police in San Francisco was executed Thursday in Texas for killing a sheriff's...
Sushi Chef Charged With Serving Illegal Whale
LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat.Typhoon Restaurant...