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(07/03/08 7:49pm)
Jacob D. Snyder, 18, of Monrovia, Ind., drowned Wednesday at Monroe Resevoir.\nSnyder had been boating with friends on a pontoon boat rented from Lake Monroe Boat Rental. At about 1 p.m. an inner tube thrown off the boat started to drift away due to wind, according to a press release from Indiana Conservation Public Information Officer Angie Goldman. Three people on the boat jumped in after it, none of whom were wearing life jackets. Two were retrieved by a passing boater on a jet ski, but Snyder failed to resurface, Goldman said. \nRecovery efforts made by the Monroe County Dive Team and Indiana Conservation Officers were unsuccessful throughout the day due to rough water conditions. Conservation Officers were able to locate the body via sonar in an area of water that was about 25 feet deep, and divers recovered the body around 10 p.m.\nSnyder was pronounced dead at the scene around 10:40 p.m. by Monroe County Deputy Coroner Liz Fiato. It has been ruled an accidental drowning. \nFurther information will be updated as it develops at idsnews.com.
(07/03/08 12:44am)
A celebration of the 10th anniversary of the city’s first Tibetan Buddhist monastery will take place Saturday at 2150 E. Dolan Road, the site of the organization’s new monastery. \nThe daylong celebration is free to the public and will include music from both local and international artists, as well as a Tibetan-inspired picnic lunch, family games and a nature walk, according to the press release.\nRegistration for the event begins at 9 a.m., with an introduction and awards ceremony taking place at 10:30 a.m. The picnic lunch will begin at noon, followed by family games and activities. The concert should begin around 2 p.m.\nSome artists performing at the concert include Kenny Aronoff, Krista Detor and Michael White, Grey Larsen and Tom Sparks, Angela Mariani and Chris Smith, Michael Moynihan’s Septet, Salaam and Bil Whitefeather.\nThose planning to attend are asked to RSVP by 5 p.m. Thursday by calling 339-0857, or via e-mail at dgtl10.gtd@bluetie.com. For more information on the event, visit www.ganden.org.
(07/03/08 12:20am)
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department dive team and Indiana Conservation Officers are currently investigating a possible drowning that took place at about 1 p.m. at Paynetown State Recreation area. \nMonrovia resident Jacob D. Snyder, 18, was on a pontoon boat rented from Lake Monroe Boat Rental with a group of friends, said Angie Goldman, Indiana Conservation Public Information Officer. A female occupant of the boat dove in after a tube and appeared to be in distress because she couldn’t swim very well, at which point Snyder dove in the assist her, Goldman said. He never resurfaced from the water. \nAs of 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, diving efforts had been called off and Indiana Conservation officers were beginning a second sweep with the side scan sonar in an effort to locate Snyder's body. \nThis is all information currently available at press time. This story will be updated. Please continue to check idsnews.com for further updates.
(06/29/08 9:13pm)
The Bloomington Public Transportation Corporation announced plans Friday to purchase an area of land downtown and relocate their current passenger facility. \nThe new site will be located on Third Street between Washington and Walnut streets. Current buildings on site include the old Royal Dog restaurant and the building located at 310 to 316 S. Washington St., which includes Landlocked Music and Boxcar Books. \n“The current downtown transit facility constructed in 1987 has served us well now for over 20 years and as we look to the future we see transit playing a greater role in providing mobility to the community,” said BPTC General Manager Lewis May in a press release. \nThe new facility will include expanded passenger waiting areas, public restrooms, improved lighting and security and an open plaza area, according to the press release. It would also include the space needed to double the number of operating buses. \nThe project’s total cost is expected to be about $6.5 million. Eighty percent of the total cost will be covered by federal grants, and the remaining 20 percent will come from Bloomington Transit. BT hopes to have finalized the purchase of the property by the fall, with construction beginning in the spring of 2009. Construction should be completed by early fall 2009.
(06/26/08 12:08am)
WEST LAFAYETTE – The decision to raise the speed limit on Indiana’s interstate highways to 70 mph three years ago did not lead to more deaths or severe injuries from crashes, a Purdue University study found.\nState legislators heard worries that allowing speed limits on rural portions of interstates to rise from 65 mph would cause greater danger for motorists before the move was approved in 2005.\nFatalities on those highways, however, did not increase because drivers were already going faster than the posted speed limit and the differences in drivers’ speeds were lowered, said Fred Mannering, a civil engineering professor at Purdue who was the study’s co-author.\n“Most drivers are at 70 or 75,” he said. “When you have a driver at 55 and another at 80, you could see more accidents.”\nThe Purdue researchers used a series of mathematical equations to tally accident probabilities based on motor vehicle accident data from 2004 and 2006, the years before and after the speed limit increased.\nThe model took into account weather, type of vehicle and other variables.\nThe study found higher accident rates for some non-interstate highways where speeds were increased.\n“Interstate highways are designed for 70 miles-per-hour speeds,” Mannering said. “The interstate has the capacity to withstand those speeds.”\nIndiana State Police who patrol Interstate 65 in the Lafayette area have not seen an increase in fatalities since the speed limit was increased.\n“We are giving more tickets because we have increased the number of troopers at the post,” said state police Sgt. Kim Riley of the Lafayette post.\nSome regular drivers of I-65 also agreed with the study.\n“The amount of traffic, more cars on the road, leads to more accidents than the speed alone,” said Kevin Deboy, the owner of Deboy Trucking in Rossville.\nBob Combs, who has been commuting an hour from the Clinton County town of Mulberry to Indianapolis for 25 years, said he agreed with the decision to raise the speed limit.\n“If you run the interstate a lot, you’ll see people tend to be more alert and pay more attention when they are driving at these speeds,” Combs said. “Changing the speed was absolutely a good move.”
(06/26/08 12:05am)
INDIANAPOLIS – A new state law that would have allowed the computers of sex offenders to be searched long after their sentences had been served violates their constitutional privacy rights, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.\nStarting July 1, the law would require sex offenders enrolling in the state’s public registry to submit e-mail addresses and user names for instant-messaging programs, chat rooms and social-networking sites.\nThose who provide that information would have to sign a consent form allowing searches of their computers or other Internet-enabled devices at any time. They would also have to install software that monitors their Internet activity at their expense.\nFailure to consent to those measures would be a felony.\nThe restrictions already were conditions of probation, but the American Civil Liberties Union challenged their use on privacy grounds for sex offenders who must still register but have finished serving parole or probation.\nU.S. District Judge David Hamilton agreed with their claims.\n“The unprecedented new law, however well-intentioned, violates the Fourth Amendment rights of the plaintiff class, who have completed their sentences and are no longer on probation, parole or any other kind of court supervision,” Hamilton wrote in a 51-page ruling.\n“The state may not force them to waive those rights under threat of criminal prosecution for failing or refusing to do so,” the ruling said.\nIn defending the lawsuit, the state argued among other things that sex crimes were a serious threat in the U.S. and there was a “special need” to conduct suspicionless searches of sex offenders’ Internet-capable computers and telephones at any time to protect the public.\nThe state attorney general’s office was reviewing the ruling and had no immediate comment, said spokeswoman Staci Schneider.\nSex offenders generally must be actively registered for 10 years after their release from prison, but some face the restriction for life.\nState Sen. John Waterman, R-Shelburn, sponsored the bill that ultimately included the new computer search language. The bill originally had nothing to do with sex offenders.\nBut late in the session, a conference committee inserted several provisions — including the ones dealing with computers — that Waterman said he supported.\nA message seeking comment was left at Waterman’s home on Tuesday.\nHe said when the lawsuit was filed last April that the law was another way to protect children from sexual predators, in this case those who seek out victims through the Internet.\nKen Falk, legal director for the ACLU of Indiana, said the law meant that at 2 a.m. someone could show up and demand to look at the computers of those who had been restored their civil rights.\nHe has said the computer might belong to a spouse or someone else living in the residence and include private financial information.\nThe class action lawsuit had two original plaintiffs. One is a Marion County man using the name “John Doe” who had been convicted of child molesting. The other is a Scott County man who has convictions for child molestation and sexual misconduct with a minor.\nBoth are required to register for life as sex offenders, the suit said, and had concerns about the privacy of financial and business information on their computers.
(06/26/08 12:03am)
WEST LAFAYETTE – The decision to raise the speed limit on Indiana’s interstate highways to 70 mph three years ago did not lead to more deaths or severe injuries from crashes, a Purdue University study found.\nState legislators heard worries that allowing speed limits on rural portions of interstates to rise from 65 mph would cause greater danger for motorists before the move was approved in 2005.\nFatalities on those highways, however, did not increase because drivers were already going faster than the posted speed limit and the differences in drivers’ speeds were lowered, said Fred Mannering, a civil engineering professor at Purdue who was the study’s co-author.\n“Most drivers are at 70 or 75,” he said. “When you have a driver at 55 and another at 80, you could see more accidents.”\nThe Purdue researchers used a series of mathematical equations to tally accident probabilities based on motor vehicle accident data from 2004 and 2006, the years before and after the speed limit increased.\nThe model took into account weather, type of vehicle and other variables.\nThe study found higher accident rates for some non-interstate highways where speeds were increased.\n“Interstate highways are designed for 70 miles-per-hour speeds,” Mannering said. “The interstate has the capacity to withstand those speeds.”\nIndiana State Police who patrol Interstate 65 in the Lafayette area have not seen an increase in fatalities since the speed limit was increased.\n“We are giving more tickets because we have increased the number of troopers at the post,” said state police Sgt. Kim Riley of the Lafayette post.\nSome regular drivers of I-65 also agreed with the study.\n“The amount of traffic, more cars on the road, leads to more accidents than the speed alone,” said Kevin Deboy, the owner of Deboy Trucking in Rossville.\nBob Combs, who has been commuting an hour from the Clinton County town of Mulberry to Indianapolis for 25 years, said he agreed with the decision to raise the speed limit.\n“If you run the interstate a lot, you’ll see people tend to be more alert and pay more attention when they are driving at these speeds,” Combs said. “Changing the speed was absolutely a good move.”
(06/21/08 8:47pm)
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday he'll bypass the federal public financing system in the general election, abandoning an earlier commitment to take the money if his Republican rival did as well.
(06/19/08 12:10am)
A Bloomington man is in critical condition after crashing his motorcycle early Tuesday.\nJoseph Nugent, 29, suffered severe head injuries after hitting a curb on his motorcycle, which resulted in throwing both him and his passenger, Tereasa Hutslar, 20, from the vehicle. Hutslar told police Nugent had been going north bound on Liberty Drive when she heard a loud grinding sound and assumed Nugent had forgotten to put the kickstand up. Sgt. Kovach said there was evidence of this by the scratches left on the road.\nHutslar said she was not positive about what happened before the crash because she had her head buried into Nugent’s back due to the cold. She said she heard the kickstand and assumed Nugent was trying to stop the motorcycle when he hit the curb.\nHutslar was immediately ejected and landed on a nearby piece of grassy tree plot. Nugent was ejected a moment later but landed on the pavement. Neither rider was wearing a helmet.\nNugent is being treated at a local hospital.
(06/19/08 12:10am)
Two Bloomington men were arrested June 15 after police received a complaint that the men had forced their way into a room at Motel 6, 1800 N. Walnut St., and assaulted one of the room’s occupants. Richard W. Howe, 24, faces preliminary charges of residential entry, battery, criminal mischief and possession of marijuana. Joshua G. Jackson, 25, faces preliminary charges for residential entry and battery.\nAccording to police reports, the two men had been out drinking with the male and female victims earlier in the evening when an argument ensued over who was going to give whom a ride. The male victim and Howe got into an argument outside of the Motel 6.\nSgt. Jeff Canada of the Bloomington Police Department said the male victim stated this argument resulted in Howe striking the victim several times in the head.\nThe male and female victims then went inside the motel room, and at this point, the female victim told police, Howe and Jackson forced their way into the room and battered her husband.\nThe suspects were taken into custody and are currently facing preliminary charges.
(06/19/08 12:09am)
The U.S. Small Business Administration has declared Monroe and Bartholomew Counties as primary counties eligible for low-interest loans to cover damages caused by the severe storms that tore through the area starting May 30.\nBoth physical damage loans and economic injury disaster loans are available. Physical damage loans are intended for home structural damage repair, and economic injury disaster loans are intended for business and small agricultural cooperative repair assistance, according to a press release from the office of congressman Baron Hill, D-9th. \nBrown, Ohio, Jackson and Jennings Counties are also eligible for assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration in the form of economic injury disaster loans only. \nTo request an application, call 1-800-366-6303. Physical damage loan applications must be submitted by Aug. 11, and economic injury disaster loans must be submitted by March 11, 2009.\nThe Federal Emergency Management Agency is also still accepting applications for disaster assistance. Those affected can apply online at www.fema.gov or by calling 1-800-621-FEMA anytime between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., seven days a week.
(06/12/08 12:11am)
The west parking lot of Memorial Stadium will be transformed into a miniature amusement park Friday as the 51st annual Fun Frolic comes \ninto town.\nThe Fun Frolic, hosted by Cumberland Valley Shows, will be open nightly from June 13 to 21. It will feature food, games and a variety of rides for young children and thrill seekers alike.\nWith the rise in gas prices this summer, Associate Development Director Lee Ann Jourdan cites the low prices and close location as excellent reasons to visit the carnival.\n“I think it’s something close to home that people can do together as a family,” she said. “Especially with a lot of people foregoing vacations this year, this will be a close to home thing people can do to have fun.”\nA portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana and IU Campus Child Care Services.
(06/09/08 1:24am)
A Bloomington man was arrested June 4 on charges of burglary and sexual battery.\nBrandon I. McCarey, 18, was arrested for reportedly entering a residence on South Rockport Road without permission. While inside the residence, McCarey allegedly forced an 11-year-old girl outside where she said he then groped and kissed her.\nThe girl and her mother had been outside prior to the incident.\nAccording to the police reports, McCarey had been outside speaking to their landlord when the girl’s mother told her to go inside. The mother began speaking with the landlord, when McCarey followed the girl inside. \nThe girl told police McCarey grabbed her by the wrist and forced her out the back door where he then began kissing her neck and rubbing her stomach.\nWhen she pushed him away and yelled for help she said he tried to pull down her pajama bottoms. The mother then entered the scene, and at that time McCarey jumped the fence and left the scene, according to police reports.\nMcCarey was apprehended by police at his home and faces preliminary charges of burglary sexual battery.
(06/07/08 5:31pm)
Water covered many low-lying areas in Bloomington and on campus Wednesday afternoon following a thunderstorm. On campus, Dunn Meadow was covered in water as the Jordan River overflowed its banks. Around the city, areas including Kirkwood Avenue and the IN-45/46 Bypass also reported high water. The intersection of Third Street and Jordan Avenue was also flooded, said IU Police Department Sgt. Don Schmuhl.\nPower went out in various buildings around campus later in the afternoon, including the Psychology and Geology buildings, Collins Living-Learning Center, Ernie Pyle Hall and the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Schmuhl said. Water leaked into some buildings on campus, including Franklin Hall and some residence halls, he said, but the buildings should be open Thursday.
(06/04/08 10:27pm)
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton told colleagues Tuesday she would consider joining Barack Obama as his running mate, and advisers said she was withholding a formal departure from the race partly to use her remaining leverage to press for a spot on the ticket.\nOn a conference call with other New York lawmakers, Clinton said she was willing to become Obama’s vice presidential nominee if it would help Democrats win the White House, according to a participant who spoke on condition of anonymity because this person was not authorized to speak for Clinton.\nClinton’s remarks came in response to a question from Democratic Rep. Nydia Velazquez, who said she believed the best way for Obama to win key voting blocs, including Hispanics, would be for him to choose Clinton as his running mate.\n“I am open to it,” Clinton replied.\nClinton also told colleagues the delegate math was not there for her to overtake Obama, but that she wanted to take time to determine how to leave the race in a way that would best help Democrats.\n“I deserve some time to get this right,” she said, even as other lawmakers forcefully argued for her to press Obama to choose her as his running mate.\nAides to the Illinois senator said he and Clinton had not spoken about the prospects of her joining the ticket.\nObama effectively sewed up the 2,118 delegates needed to win the nomination Tuesday, based on a tally of pledged delegates, superdelegates who have declared their preference and another 18 superdelegates who have confirmed their intentions to The Associated Press. It also included five delegates Obama was guaranteed as long as he gained 15 percent of the vote in South Dakota and Montana later in the day.\nWord of Clinton’s vice-presidential musings came as she prepared to deliver a televised address to supporters on the final night of the epic primary season. She was working out final details of the speech at her Chappaqua, N.Y., home with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, their daughter Chelsea and close aides.\nEarlier, on NBC’s “Today Show,” Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe said that once Obama gets the majority of convention delegates, “I think Hillary Clinton will congratulate him and call him the nominee.”\nClinton will pledge to continue to speak out on issues like health care. But for all intents and purposes, two senior officials said, her campaign is over.\nMost campaign staff will be let go and will be paid through June 15, said the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to divulge her plans.\nThe advisers said Clinton has made a strategic decision to not formally end her campaign, giving her leverage to negotiate with Obama on various matters including a possible vice-presidential nomination for her. She also wants to press him on issues he should focus on in the fall, such as health care.\nUniversal health care, Clinton’s signature issue as first lady in the 1990s, was a point of dispute between Obama and the New York senator during their epic nomination fight.\nIn a formal statement, the campaign made clear the limits of how far she would go in Tuesday night’s speech. “Senator Clinton will not concede the nomination,” the statement said.\nClinton field hands who worked in key battlegrounds said they were told to stand down, without pay, and await instructions. \nClinton officials have said they would not contest the seating of Michigan delegates at the convention in Denver this August. The campaign was angry this past weekend when a Democratic National Committee panel awarded Obama delegates it thought Clinton deserved.
(06/04/08 12:35pm)
Autopsy results are still pending for Washington, Ind. teen Walter Ayala after his death at a local quarry Saturday.\nAyala, 18, was visiting Bloomington for the Indiana High School Athletic Association Track & Field State Championship, according to a Monroe County Sheriff’s report. While in Bloomington, Ayala went to Sanders quarry off of Empire Mill Road with two friends where he decided to dive into the quarry. He landed face first in the water and it appeared that his head snapped back when it hit the water.\nA call was made to 911 at 5:21 p.m. and Ayala was found by divers at 5:48 p.m. He was pronounced dead at Bloomington Hospital at 6:48 p.m.\nAn autopsy was performed Monday morning. Results should be released later this week.
(06/01/08 10:54pm)
A Bloomington woman, 44, was charged with battery May 29 after reprimanding her neighbor’s son.\nAngel Scroggins told police she had been taking out the trash when she saw two boys throwing rocks. She asked them to stop and was then informed by one of the boys that he was going to throw rocks at her.\nScroggins told police that she then grabbed the boy by the sleeve. Police reports read that the boy was wearing a sleeveless T-shirt.\nThe boy’s mother told police she heard Scroggins asking “Who’s boy is this?” When the boy’s mother came to claim her son Scroggins informed the mother of the boy’s behavior and said she had already slapped him for it.\nScroggins was charged with battery for the red mark left on the boy’s right arm.\nWhen interviewed by police, the 4-year-old admitted that he had thrown rocks at Scroggins and she had slapped him for it.
(06/01/08 10:53pm)
The U.S. Department of Defense is implementing a new program for active troops overseas. Three universities were given contracts to set up face-to-face college courses for soldiers in places like Iraq and potentially throughout the Middle East. Although similar programs exist in other spots where troops are stationed, these three universities will be the first to provide on-location courses to forces in Iraq. Central Texas College, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and University of Maryland University College were chosen because of their strong backgrounds in educating the military. \n“Those three colleges, going all the way back to the ’80s, have been really involved with us,” said Major Todd Tinius of the IU Army ROTC. “Any soldier who has been in the military and taken night courses has probably taken at least one from those three universities.”\nOnly a short time ago, soldiers on active duty were limited to online courses. Schools could sign up through a Web portal to participate in an online program with troops, and Rosetta Stone also offered language lessons. But with more and more value placed on education, other opportunities are being offered. The courses in Iraq are scheduled to begin in August. The universities and the military are anticipating mostly undergraduate courses, but some soldiers will pursue a master’s degree.\n“I think the army in the last couple of decades has really stressed education. When I joined, typically you wouldn’t meet someone who just enlisted and who had a four-year degree. That was very, very rare,” Tinius said. “It closes the gap between the educations of soldiers and officers. There used to be a yawning gap. You get enlisted soldiers who are smarter, more driven, more cultured, more educated.”\nThe classes will be given to forces from the U.S. Central Command, who are based throughout Africa and the Middle East. The initial contracts are for only 14 months, but they could be extended to more than three years.
(06/01/08 9:44pm)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided, but largely symbolic victory Sunday in Puerto Rico’s presidential primary, the final act in a weekend of tumult that pushed Barack Obama tantalizingly close to the Democratic presidential nomination.\nThe former first lady was winning roughly two-thirds of the votes.\nIn defeat, Obama was on track to gain at least 14 delegates, bringing him within 50 of the 2,118 needed for the nomination.\nAides predicted he could clinch the nomination as early as this week, when Montana and South Dakota close out the primary season, and he said he was confident the party would unite for the fall campaign.\n“First of all, Senator Clinton is an outstanding public servant, she has worked tirelessly during this campaign ... and she is going to be a great asset when we go into November,” he told an audience in Mitchell, S.D. “Whatever differences Senator Clinton and I may have, those differences pale in comparison to the other side.”\nObama’s confidence in the outcome of the historic battle for the nomination reflected the outcome of Saturday’s meeting of the Democratic Party’s rules and bylaws committee. Before an audience that jeered and cheered by turns, the panel voted to seat disputed delegations from Michigan and Florida, but give each delegate only one-half vote rather than the full vote sought by the Clinton campaign.\nWhile the decision narrowed the gap between Clinton and Obama, it also erased the former first lady’s last, best chance to change the course of the campaign.\nWith 57 percent of the precincts reporting, the Puerto Rico vote count showed Clinton with 131,304 votes, or 68 percent, to Obama’s 61,614 votes, or 32 percent.\nA telephone poll of likely Puerto Rican voters taken in the days leading up to the primary showed an electorate sympathetic to Clinton — heavily Hispanic, as well as lower income and more than 50 percent female. About one-half also described themselves as conservative.\nNearly three-quarters of all those interviewed said they had a favorable view of Clinton, compared to 53 percent for Obama. One-third said they didn’t know enough about Obama to form an impression.\nThe survey was conducted Tuesday through Saturday for The Associated Press and the television networks by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. It included 1,587 likely voters with a candidate preference; sampling error was plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.\nObama had a total of 2,068 delegates in The Associated Press count, including at least 14 from Puerto Rico. He also gained the support of two superdelegates during the day.\nClinton has 1,891.5, including at least 28 from Puerto Rico, with another 13 yet to be allocated from the day’s primary.\nThere are 31 delegates combined at stake in Montana and South Dakota on Tuesday, and Obama’s high command sounded confident that enough superdelegates were poised to quickly climb on and deliver him the nomination.\nThere have been numerous statements by party leaders in recent days indicating they favor a quick end to the presidential race so the party can begin unifying for the fall race against John McCain, the Arizona senator who wrapped up the Republican nomination months ago.\nAnd while Clinton’s campaign said it reserved the right to challenge the decision concerning Michigan’s delegates, Speaker Nancy Pelosi rushed out a statement Saturday night that congratulated the committee “for its good work.”\nThe California Democrat has been neutral in the race, but also has been calling uncommitted lawmakers in recent days, urging them to issue their own endorsements soon after Tuesday.\nRobert Gibbs, a senior aide, did not rule out the possibility that Obama will seat the Michigan and Florida delegations at full strength if he is the nominee.\n“I think any nominee may make some decisions at some point regarding those delegations,” he said on ABC’s “This Week.”\nClinton’s campaign chairman, Terry McAuliffe, appearing on the same program, declined to say what Clinton would do. “We’ll see where we are when we finish up Tuesday,” he said. “Then superdelegates will begin to move.”\nHe, as well as Clinton’s communications director, Howard Wolfson, said the former first lady had won more votes that Obama in the course of the primary campaign — an argument she placed in a new television advertisement in South Dakota and Montana, and one she makes to undecided superdelegates.\nGibbs disputed that — and Clinton’s claim includes estimates for caucuses in Iowa, Nevada, Maine and Washington state, where no official candidate popular vote is available. It also includes the results from Florida, where no campaigning occurred, as well as Michigan, where Obama did not receive any votes because his name was not on the ballot.\nClinton’s campaign objected to the rules committee decision on Michigan’s delegates, saying it had arbitrarily taken four delegates away from the former first lady and awarded them to Obama. As a result, officials said she may seek a decision on the issue by the convention credentials committee, which meets shortly before the convention opens in Denver.\nHarold Ickes, a top adviser to Clinton, said on NBC’s “Meet The Press” no decision had yet been made.\n“I have not had a chance to talk with Senator Clinton at any length about it, and obviously this will be a big decision. But her rights are reserved,” he said.\nBut one of her strongest supporters, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, sounded uninterested in a further challenge.\n“I don’t think we’re going to fight this at the convention, because even were we to win it, unless it’s going to change enough delegates for Senator Clinton to win the nomination, then it would be a fight that would have no purpose,” Rendell said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
(05/31/08 1:45pm)
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of John Myers II, according to a statement released May 30 by the Office of the Indiana Attorney General. \nIn 2006, Myers was sentenced to 65 years in prison for the May 2000 murder of IU student Jill Behrman. Marilyn Behrman, a development analyst at the IU Foundation, said the new ruling comes a day before the eight-year anniversary of her daughter’s disappearance.\n“As far as I’m concerned, it’s really good news,” she said. “All along I’ve felt the trial was fair.”\nMyers has 30 days to appeal his case to the Indiana Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals, according to the statement.
