Indiana closes site to famed WWII reporter Ernie Pyle

DANA, Ind. — The state historic site featuring famed World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle’s Indiana boyhood home has been closed.

Bush to speak at pregnancy support group event

INDIANAPOLIS — Former President George W. Bush is to visit Indianapolis this spring for a fundraiser benefiting a group that assists women with unplanned pregnancies.

Ex-Purdue student pleads guilty in shooting

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.

Player Death S Indiana Basketball

In this undated photo provided by the University of Southern Indiana, Southern Indiana center Jeron Lewis is shown. Athletic Department spokesman Ray Simmons says the 21-year-old Lewis collapsed on the court with about 4 minutes left in Thursday night's game in Owensboro. He died at a local hospital just before 10 p.m.

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GOP candidate Sodrel to run for Congress

INDIANAPOLIS – Former Republican Rep. Mike Sodrel announced Monday he was running again for Congress, setting up a possible fifth consecutive campaign against Democratic Rep. Baron Hill in southern Indiana’s 9th District.Sodrel sent an e-mail to supporters announcing his bid for the Republican nomination, although another GOP candidate plans to argue it’s time for a new person to challenge Hill.

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Purdue student pleads guilty to shooting role

LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A former Purdue University student has pleaded guilty to charges in an alcohol-fueled prank in which a friend was fatally shot.

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NCAA discusses expanding tournament fields

The NCAA is looking into it behind closed doors – at least preliminarily. Rekindling discussion of a popular topic outside the organization, the NCAA has held early-stage talks about expanding its men’s basketball tournament and possibly moving it from broadcast to cable. But don’t worry, purists. No changes are imminent.

SWEDEN NOBEL

IU professor and Nobel Prize laureate in Economic Sciences Professor Elinor Ostrom, left, laughs with Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine Professor Jack W. Szostak during the Nobel banquet in the Stockholm Town Hall Thursday.

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Professor Elinor Ostrom, left, receives the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during the Nobel Prize awards ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden Thursday.

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Professor Elinor Ostrom, left, receives the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during the Nobel Prize awards ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 10, 2009.

Federal Court dismisses Christian frat’s appeal

A federal court has dismissed an appeal by a Christian fraternity that tried to force the University of Florida to recognize it as an official organization.

Purdue fire ruled arson

Two small fires started in PurdueUniversity's Elliott Hall of Music were arson, said investigators.

Obit Simon

In this May 5, 2004, photo, Mel Simon, right, looks towards his brother, Herb Simon, during an interview in their office in Indianapolis. A spokesman says billionaire shopping mall magnate and Indiana Pacers co-owner Mel Simon died Friday. He was 82.

Williams Sisters

Serena Williams and her sister Venus examine the championship trophy after winning the women's doubles championship over Cara Black, of Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber, of the United States, at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Monday.

In this May 4, 2009 photo, a flooded field is shown at a farm in Newburgh, Ind. The soggiest April in decades has left Indiana farmers far behind in their annual sprint to plant the state's corn crop, a delay that could cut farmers' yields, and profits, if fields don't dry out within the next two weeks.

This April 29, 2009, file photo shows stocks of antiviral treatment, Tamiflu, at a warehouse in an undisclosed location in the United Kingdom. For years, Britain has been preparing for the possibility of a flu pandemic. Now, with the arrival of swine flu confirmed here, the threat of a pandemic - a global outbreak of flu spreading rapidly because it is a new type of virus to which few, if any, people have resistance - appears a closer reality. The government's chief medical adviser Liam Donaldson said: " We have enough antivirals to treat half the population of the U.K. if they become ill."