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Advocates want no weakening of Indiana smoking ban

2012-02-10T06:32:00-05:00

Anti-smoking advocates aren't happy about an 18-month exemption for bars that's included in a bill for a statewide smoking ban, and said Thursday they are aiming to prevent the proposal from being watered down any more as it moves through the Indiana Legislature.

Notre Dame tuition to increase by 3.8 percent

2012-02-10T06:29:00-05:00

The University of Notre Dame is raising tuition 3.8 percent for undergraduates for 2012-13.

No. 23 Hoosiers hurry past Illinois 84-71

2012-02-09T23:35:29-05:00

Illinois played like a desperate team Thursday night. That didn’t matter to Indiana. Cody Zeller scored 22 points and Victor Oladipo and Christian Watford each had 18, igniting No. 23 Indiana’s late charge to get past the Fighting Illini 84-71.

Wind turbine maker bringing jobs to southern Indiana

2012-02-09T23:05:00-05:00

A manufacturer of small, "micro-wind" turbines has moved into a warehouse that had been unoccupied since one of southern Indiana's largest employers moved out more than a decade ago.

Family plucked from Pacific after boat capsizes

2012-02-09T22:00:42-05:00

Three family members attempting their first voyage across the Pacific in a sailboat were left adrift in rough seas hundreds of miles from land when their mast broke in high winds.

Police report human remains in Grant County

2012-02-09T20:24:52-05:00

Human remains were uncovered by police Thursday morning in Grant County.

FBI file: Steve Jobs was considered for government post

2012-02-09T18:18:00-05:00

FBI background interviews of some people who knew Apple founder Steve Jobs reveal a man so driven by power that he sometimes lost sight of honesty.

Florida mogul, facing trial, adopts his girlfriend

2012-02-09T18:14:00-05:00

The story already had people's attention: A multimillionaire polo magnate was accused of causing a drunken-driving wreck that killed a young man. But now, with his criminal trial approaching, a strange twist has raised even more eyebrows: He has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend.

Emergency exercise preceded Ind. fair disaster

2012-02-09T17:02:53-05:00

High winds. Lightning. Hail. A severe thunderstorm warning. A huge crowd waits for country duo Sugarland to take the stage.

That exact scenario ahead of last summer's deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair was eerily foreshadowed just a month earlier during an emergency exercise that involved the fair's director and numerous city and state officials.

Tribe suing beer companies for alcohol problems

2012-02-09T16:58:11-05:00

An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.