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updated: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:26 pm

Indiana News

Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

3 hrs ago | WANE-TV Fort Wayne

Floods fuel mosquito breeding

Four times the usual number of mosquitoes are swarming across central Indiana this summer on the heels of the state's recent bouts of flooding and heavy rains.

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8 hrs ago | WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Father of former Governor Kernan dies

Joseph E. Kernan, the father of former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan, died last week in Washington, D.C. The elder Kernan, who died June 30, was 85, the South Bend Tribune reported.

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Related Topix: Indiana Government, US Military, Heslar Naval Armory, US Navy, NAB Little Creek, Washington Navy Yard

13 hrs ago | Indianapolis Star

ZIP codes show where IU, Purdue get their students

Admissions officers from Indiana and Purdue universities fan out across the nation each year looking for students, putting out feelers as far west as California and as far south as Miami.

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21 hrs ago | Star-Press

Blackford County cited as a 'successful Indiana community'

HARTFORD CITY -- Thanks to local revitalization efforts, Blackford County is cited as a 'successful Indiana community' in a recent book.

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Related Topix: Hartford City, IN, Blackford County, IN, Montpelier, IN

Sat Jul 05, 2008

The News Tribune

Clark dispatcher arrested on child-pornography charges

An employee at the Clark County Sheriff's Department has been arrested by Marion County officials in connection with child pornography charges.

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Fort Wayne News Sentinel

Prices fuel new quest for crude in Indiana

Deka Exploration drilled for oil in Steuben County a decade ago before looking elsewhere.

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WLKY.com

Dispatcher Faces Porn Charges

MARION CO., Ind. -- A southern Indiana dispatcher faces child pornography charges.

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

Tribune-Star

EDITORIAL: Indiana's election system needs dose of reform

In the weeks following last month's scintillating primary election, Hoosiers had the opportunity to reflect on Indiana's election process.

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Related Topix: Indiana Government, Opinion, Health

The Indy Channel

Couple Found Dead In Indiana Home

An Evansville husband and wife found dead in their home Thursday night were likely victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, police said.

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The Times

A departed friend recalled

"I heard the news," Sorethroat says. "It's a shame and a surprise. Funny how you think there's always time and then there isn't. I talked with him just a week ago and we discussed plans to have lunch." "Same ...

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Child porn case ends with 33-year prison sentence

A Michigan man was sentenced to 33 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to more than three dozen child pornography charges in a case that grew out of a 2006 Australian law enforcement investigation.

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Chicago Tribune

Parents of girl who died in foster care might sue

An Indianapolis couple whose 3-year-old daughter died in foster care have notified the Indiana Department of Child Services that they intend to sue the agency for wrongful death.

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WRTV Indianapolis

Indiana Man Charged In Sex-For-Gas Scheme

A man from Indiana and a Kentucky woman were arrested earlier this week in an alleged scheme that involving trading sex for gas.

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WTHR-TV Indianapolis

More Hoosiers can buy into state's health plan

The state is allowing uninsured Hoosiers to buy into its Healthy Indiana Plan - an insurance option previously available only to low-income residents.

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Related Topix: Indiana Government, Health Insurance

Wed Jul 02, 2008

WISH-TV Indianapolis

Union: Strike by Toll Road collectors possible

A union official said today that differences over proposed contract terms between the private operator of the Indiana Toll Road and a union that represents its toll collectors could lead to a strike.

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Fishers Star

FSSA receives grant for crisis counseling services

Today, the Indiana Family Social Services Administration's Division of Mental Health and Addiction received a Crisis Counseling Grant to assist Indiana residents impacted by the tornadoes and flooding that ...

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News

Press Releases

DNC - John McCain and Law Enforcement

Washington, DC-- When John McCain speaks to the National Sheriffs Association in Indiana today he will no doubt try to convince voters that he would give their sheriffs and local law enforcement officers the ...

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Related Topix: US News

WFIE-TV Evansville

Obama spending resources in 'red' Indiana

Barack Obama is spending resources in Republican-leaning Indiana, which hasn't gone Democratic in a presidential election since Lyndon Johnson won the state in 1964.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election

Tue Jul 01, 2008

WPTA

Indiana's NewsCenter: Fort Wayne WPTA-TV, WISE-TV, CW, My Network, and Weather Plus

On the day it took effect, a federal judge has thrown out a new Indiana law requiring bookstores and other retailers to pay a registration fee if they want to sell sexually explicit material.

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Related Topix: Indiana Government

Reno Gazette-Journal

Quayle says he respects Obama; McCain has uphill battle

Former Vice President Dan Quayle said Tuesday he respects Democrat Barack Obama "because he beat the Clintons" and fears Republican John McCain faces an "uphill battle" to defeat him in November's presidential ...

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Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, Rudy Giuliani, Barack Obama

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