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(06/30/19 9:37pm)
Benjamin Nathaniel Smith is seen in this Feb 13, 1998 booking photo from the Champaign County, Ill., Sheriff's Department. Police were searching for Smith, who allegedly was driving a blue Ford Taurus and sped away after firing four shots into a crowd of worshippers as they left a Korean church Sunday morning, July 4, 1999, in Bloomington, Ind.
(11/20/14 1:01am)
Hoagy Carmichael is pictured in 1953. Carmichael's 115th birthday is Saturday.
(05/19/10 10:40pm)
Luke Cody leads law enforcement officers toward the start of the annual Indiana State Police Memorial Service Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at the Indiana State Police Lafayette Post near West Lafayette, Ind. (AP Photo/Journal & Courier, Michael Heinz)
(05/09/10 11:02pm)
Pilots line-up their hot air balloons as they prepare to drop their competition marker during the Founders Race at the Centennial Era Balloon Festival in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
(05/07/10 3:43am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The stock market had one of its most turbulent days in history as the Dow Jones industrials dropped almost 1,000 points in less than half an hour on fears that Greece’s debt problems could halt the global economic recovery.The market’s plunge came less than 90 minutes before the end of trading. The Dow’s drop was its largest loss ever during the course of a trading day, but it recovered to a loss of 347.80 at the close. All the major indexes lost more than three percent.There were reports that the sudden drop was caused by a trader who mistyped an order to sell a large block of stock. The drop in that stock’s price was enough to trigger “sell” orders across the market.Still, the Dow was already down more than 200 points as traders watched protests in the streets of Athens on TV. Protestors raged against austerity measures passed by the Greek parliament. But traders were not comforted by the fact that Greece seemed to be working toward a resolution of its debt problems. Instead, they focused on the possibility that other European countries would also run into trouble and that the damage to their economies could spread to the United States.“The market is now realizing that Greece is going to go through a depression over the next couple of years,” said Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak. “Europe is a major trading partner of ours, and this threatens the entire global growth story.”Computer trading intensified the losses as programs designed to sell stocks at a specified level kicked in. Traders use those programs to try to limit their losses when the market is falling. The selling only led to more selling as prices fell.“I think the machines just took over. There’s not a lot of human interaction,” said Charlie Smith, chief investment officer at Fort Pitt Capital Group. “We’ve known that automated trading can run away from you, and I think that’s what we saw happen today.”New York Stock Exchange spokesman Raymond Pellecchia said the plunge wasn’t caused by a problem with the exchange’s trading systems. The Dow recovered two-thirds of its loss Thursday, but the fall was still the Dow’s biggest point loss since February 2009.Even if there were technical issues, emotions about the world economy were running high. The Dow has lost 631 points, or more than 5 percent, in three days amid worries about Greece. That is its largest three-day percentage drop since March 2009, when the stock market was nearing its bottom following the financial crisis.
(05/07/10 3:41am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Indian officials sentenced to death Thursday the only surviving gunman from the bloody Mumbai attacks, punishing the 22-year-old Pakistani man who became the face of the assault after being caught on video storming a train station armed with an assault rifle.Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, who covered his face with his hands and wept when the sentence was announced, was found guilty of murder and waging war against India for his role in the three-day November 2008 siege that claimed 166 lives in the nation’s financial capital.A photograph of Kasab wielding an assault rifle at the train station became the iconic image of the attacks. People outside the station set off firecrackers in celebration Thursday after the sentence was announced.Judge M.L. Tahaliyani said Kasab “shall be hanged by the neck until he is dead.” In rejecting Kasab’s contention that he had committed the crime under duress and pressure from militants, the judge added, “Such a person can’t be given an opportunity to reform himself.”The death sentence must be reviewed by the High Court. Kasab can also appeal the decision and apply for clemency to the state and central governments, though his lawyer said that no decision had been made yet on the next step.Such motions often keep the convicted on death row for years, even decades, in India, which has not executed anyone since 2004. The special prosecutor in the trial, Ujjwal Nikam, said he expects it will take at least a year for the sentence to be carried out.The siege — when 10 young men armed with assault rifles attacked two luxury hotels, a Jewish center and a busy train station — reverberated across India. Millions watched on television as the rampage turned into a siege on the hotels, while guests and staff hid.Kasab was accused of the most lethal episode of the attacks — when he and an accomplice killed and wounded dozens of people at one of Mumbai’s busiest train stations.“The judge has come to the most appropriate conclusion, and it could send a positive message to anyone who would like to wage a war against India,” India’s External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna told reporters in New Delhi.India blames a Pakistan-based militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, for masterminding the attack, which has deepened the rift between the rivals. There has been no public support and sympathy for Kasab in Pakistan during his trial, and official reaction to his sentencing was muted.“We would appreciate that our legal experts need to go through the detailed judgment,” Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said.“At this stage, what I can tell you is that Pakistan has strongly condemned the horrific Mumbai attack. It is important that culprits are brought to justice.” Tahaliyani said the evidence implicated at least 20 people — many of them members of Lashkar living in Pakistan — in a conspiracy to wage war against India.Among them were top Lashkar leader Hafiz Muhammad Saeed — whom Pakistan has yet to prosecute, much to India’s ire — and Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi and Zarrar Shah, two other Lashkar operatives who are among seven men now on trial at a special court in Pakistan for their alleged role in the Mumbai attack.Krishna said India would keep pressing for the extradition of all those involved in the attacks.
(05/06/10 8:53pm)
School children look and touch an elephant artwork in Trafalgar Square in London, Tuesday, May 4, 2010. The London Elephant Parade 2010 will see the capital taken over by 260 life-size baby elephants, all hand-painted by an assortment of established and emerging talent from the art and design world.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
(05/06/10 8:50pm)
The sun shines over floodwater from the Cumberland River still covering a street in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, May 4, 2010. The river began to recede Tuesday after being swollen by heavy rain and the flooding creeks that feed into it. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
(05/06/10 7:52pm)
Riot police stand behind a burning roadblock in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Deadly riots over harsh new austerity measures engulfed the streets of Athens on Wednesday, and three people were killed as angry protesters tried to storm parliament, hurled Molotov cocktails at police and torched buildings. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest new taxes and government spending cuts demanded by the International Monetary Fund and other European nations before heavily indebted Greece gets a $141 billion bailout package of loans to keep it from defaulting.
(03/23/10 3:49am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>WASHINGTON — Riding the coattails of a historic health care vote, the House on Sunday also passed a broad reorganization of college aid that affects millions of students and moves President Barack Obama closer to winning yet another of his top domestic policies.The bill rewrites a four-decade-old student loan program, eliminating its reliance on private lenders and uses the savings to direct $36 billion in new spending to Pell Grants for students in financial need.In the biggest piece of education legislation since No Child Left Behind nine years ago, the bill would also provide more than $4 billion to historically black colleges and community colleges.The bill was paired with the expedited health care bill, a marriage of convenience that helped the prospects of each measure. The combined measure passed 220-211.“We are pairing this historic health reform with another opportunity that cannot be missed — the chance to make the single largest investment in college affordability ever at no cost to the taxpayers,” said Rep. George Miller, D-Calif.The Senate will take up the bill next week using the same expedited rules used for health care legislation. That means the Senate can pass the education measure by a simple majority, virtually guaranteeing its success despite qualms from some Democrats and opposition from Republicans.House lawmakers passed the bill last year, but in the Senate it did not have 60 votes to overcome a near certain filibuster. By riding shotgun on the fast-track health care bill, the legislation now can avoid that obstacle.Still, Obama won’t get the Pell Grant expansion he initially sought. Congressional Democrats had to trim their original spending plans when the 10-year savings realized by switching to direct government loans dropped from $87 billion to $61 billion.Private lenders have conducted an all-out lobbying effort against the bill, arguing it would cost thousands of jobs and unnecessarily put the program in the hands of the government.America’s Student Loan Providers, a trade group representing lenders, called for the Senate to reject the measure. “This is not the final chapter,” the group said in a statement. “The Senate now has the historic opportunity to pass health reform — without eliminating thousands of jobs and critical student services.”Through the college lending program, financial institutions provide college loans at low interest rates, the government guarantees the loans in the event of default and subsidizes private lenders when necessary to keep rates low.“By moving to the federal government’s direct loan program, we will put the best interests of students first and make college loans more reliable and affordable,” said Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, D-Texas, the chairman of a House higher education subcommittee.In addition to using the $61 billion in savings from that change for Pell Grants and higher education institutions, the legislation would direct about $19 billion for deficit reduction and to offset expenses in the health care legislation.Besides increasing Pell Grants, the bill provides $1.5 billion to make it easier for student borrowers to repay their loans. Beginning in 2014, borrowers would be allowed to devote no more than 10 percent of their monthly income to repay student loans. The current cap is 15 percent.Still, the legislation is not as generous as the bill the House passed last year. The bill had anticipated far more spending on community colleges and had called for increasing the Pell Grants each year by the consumer price index plus 1 percent. Democrats had to scrap the additional 1 percent increase.Instead, the bill proposes no increases in Pell Grants during the next two years and a modest increase through the five years that follow. The maximum Pell Grant, which a House-passed bill last year would have raised to $6,900 over 10 years, will now only increase to $5,900. The current maximum grant for the coming school year is $5,500.What’s more, a poor jobs market that has driven potential workers to colleges and technical schools has put a strain on the Pell Grant program. Of the $36 billion destined for Pell Grants, $13.5 billion would help fill a $19 billion Pell Grant shortfall.Following Republican criticism, Democrats dropped a provision in the new bill that would have allowed the state-owned Bank of North Dakota to continue making federally financed student loans to students.“That’s out, end of the story,” said Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D.
(03/21/10 5:13pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>INDIANAPOLIS — U.S. Rep. Baron Hill said Saturday that he will vote in favor of health care reform legislation being considered by Congress because the measure addresses his concerns about taxpayer-funded abortions and deficit reduction.The Indiana Democrat, who voted for a similar health care bill when the House first considered legislation last year, had stated concerns about abortion language in the Senate’s version and about the bill’s impact on the deficit.“I have thoroughly reviewed the language prohibiting federal funding of abortion services and my conscience is clear that both reform bills accomplish the same goal — no taxpayer funds can be used to pay for elective abortions,” Hill said in a statement.Hill also said the legislation would end insurance companies’ ability to deny people coverage because of pre-existing conditions.“This reform version covers more uninsured Americans than the respective House and Senate bills, while also reducing the deficit more effectively,” He said.Hill said he will be proud to vote for the legislation.Fellow Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly is the only one among Indiana’s nine congressmen who hasn’t said how he’ll vote. All four Republicans oppose the measure, which the U.S. House is expected to consider Sunday.On Friday, Indiana Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth said he will vote for the bill and was swayed to support it in part because it maintains restrictions on federal funding for abortion.The two-term congressman, who is running for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, had been under pressure from groups on both sides of the health care debate as the vote nears.
(03/21/10 5:05pm)
Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., speaks to people demonstrating against the health care bill on the U.S. Capitol steps a day before Congress is set to vote on health care reform on Saturday on Capitol Hill in Washington.
(02/11/10 3:57am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Ellen DeGeneres’ debut on “American Idol” drove up ratings for the singing contest and drew praise from fellow judge Kara DioGuardi.“Ellen brought a sense of humor, of course, but I think she knows more about music than you think she does,” DioGuardi said during a teleconference Wednesday. “I think she did an incredible job for her first time here.”While declining to compare DeGeneres to her predecessor, Paula Abdul, DioGuardi said the comedian and talk-show host showed she can assess a contestant’s star quality and talent and still be kind.DioGuardi, who is in her second year as an “Idol” judge, said speculation about tension on the set between DeGeneres and fellow judge Simon Cowell is unfounded.“I think you have to take any rumor you hear about ‘American Idol’ with a grain of salt. They’re usually not true,” DioGuardi said. “Last year, it was Kara and Paula fighting; hate each other. These things are just ridiculous.”The judges are there to “do one thing, that’s to find the greatest contestant” and “Idol” winner they can find, she said.“That’s what the focus is. I know Ellen and Simon both take that seriously,” she said.DeGeneres joined the show Tuesday for the first round of “Hollywood Week,” the post-audition phase in which 181 contestants will be narrowed down to 24 semifinalists.Although quick-witted DeGeneres was expected to be a match for the acerbic Cowell, there was a lack of on-air fireworks between the new colleagues Tuesday. She teased him about his planned departure – “So this is it, huh? I come on; you leave” – and he teasingly called her a “sadist” when she toyed with contestants about their fate.“American Idol,” which has long reigned as TV’s No. 1 series but has seen viewership slip, got a welcome ninth-season ratings boost from DeGeneres’ debut.Viewership was up by double-digits over last Tuesday’s episode among total viewers (12 percent) and the advertiser-favored young adult audience (10 percent), according to preliminary Nielsen Co. figures. Next to the season premiere, DeGeneres’ first show was the second-highest rated of the season among both groups of viewers.Ratings also rose compared to last season’s first Hollywood week episode, up by 4 percent among total viewers, by at least 1 percent among young adults and by 8 percent among teenagers.The last figure is significant given that “Idol” has seen an inevitable ratings slide as it ages and must attract new and younger viewers to hold or reverse course.When Fox announced last year that DeGeneres, who lacks formal music experience, would be the new judge, fans were divided over the unlikely replacement for the sweet, emotional Abdul. The pop singer had judged “Idol” since it debuted in 2002 and left amid contract negotiations after the eighth season ended last year.
(02/04/10 5:11am)
Workers clean and repair broken parts of a marble tablet bearing Google's logo in front of Google China's headquarters building in Beijing on Jan. 25. Google's future in China is in limbo and observers around the world are carefully tracking its dispute with Beijing. But one group is notably lukewarm on the fate of the Internet giant in the world's most populous online market: many of China's 384 million Internet users.
(02/02/10 1:54pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — The groundhog has spoken. And it’s bad news.Punxsutawney (puhnk-suh-TAW’-nee) Phil has emerged to see his shadow before chilly revelers in Pennsylvania, meaning winter will last another six weeks.German tradition holds that if a hibernating animal sees its shadow on Feb. 2 — the Christian holiday of Candlemas — winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow is seen, legend says spring will come early.The Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club annually announces Phil’s forecast at dawn on Gobbler’s Knob, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.Phil’s announcement came before hundreds of onlookers who huddled as temperatures hovered in the teens.The Groundhog Club says since 1887 Phil has predicted more winter weather by seeing his shadow nearly 100 times, but there are no records for nine years.
(01/28/10 7:40pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A federal agency says it has finished the cleanup of toxic PCBs at a former electrical components factory in southern Indiana.An Environmental Protection Agency official says crews removed about 40,000 tons of PCB-contaminated soil and 4,000 tons of contaminated concrete from the former Westinghouse Electric/ABB plant site in Bloomington.EPA project manager Tom Alcamo says completion of the work means the site can be redeveloped for commercial or industrial use. The work done during 2009 follows soil cleanup work during 1989-95.The Herald-Times reports that the $40 million cost for all the remediation work was paid for by the companies that have owned the site.Alcamo says the EPA expects to start PCB cleanup work in the spring at three landfill sites around Bloomington.
(01/28/10 6:05am)
President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday.
(01/27/10 6:49pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>DANA, Ind. — The state historic site featuring famed World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle’s Indiana boyhood home has been closed.The state agency that oversees the small museum in the western Indiana town of Dana says it has been by far the least visited of a dozen such historic sites.Department of Natural Resources spokesman Phil Bloom said the Pyle site has averaged 1,500 visitors a year, with the next-lowest attended sites drawing about 10,000 people.Retired site curator Evelyn Hobson says she’s mad that Indiana State Museum staffers took much Pyle memorabilia from the property to Indianapolis.Bloom says the state museum is expanding its World War II exhibit to give more attention to Pyle and his memorabilia.
(01/26/10 9:25pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>INDIANAPOLIS — Former President George W. Bush is to visit Indianapolis this spring for a fundraiser benefiting a group that assists women with unplanned pregnancies.Bush will be the featured speaker for the Life Centers Celebration of Life event April 15 at Conseco Fieldhouse. The organization says gospel singer Sandi Patty is also scheduled to perform.Life Centers is an Indianapolis-based group that provides free services such as pregnancy tests, counseling and post-abortion and maternity support at eight sites in central Indiana.Life Centers president Brian Boone says Bush was asked to speak because of his anti-abortion stances, which include signing the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act into law.
(01/25/10 10:07pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A former Purdue University student has pleaded guilty to firing the shot that killed a friend during an alcohol-fueled prank at an off-campus apartment.Twenty-three-year-old Corey Lunch of Carmel faces two years to eight years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to felony charges of reckless homicide. Lynch was charged with shooting 21-year-old Landon Siela of Fort Wayne shortly before classes started in August.Lynch and 22-year-old roommate William Calderon of Fort Wayne had been drinking alcohol with Siela and decided to scare him by pointing guns at him when he left the bathroom. Authorities said Lynch's gun fired and the bullet struck Siela in the throat.The Tippecanoe County judge scheduled Lynch's sentencing for March 5. Calderon has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of pointing a firearm.