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Rep. Visclosky drops private firm earmarks

U.S. Rep. Peter Visclosky says he will not request any congressional budget earmarks for private, for-profit firms this year because of the ongoing federal investigation into a lobbying firm that had been his top campaign contributor.


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Allen Co. library cleans up after diesel spill

Allen County Public Library officials say they have completed the cleanup of more than 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel that leaked into the ground beneath the building more than two years ago.


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Lawsuit settled in Lafayette YMCA sauna death

A woman whose husband died after he was found unconscious inside a sauna has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed against the Lafayette Family YMCA.


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Indiana to Ohio highway nears completion

Indiana and Ohio transportation officials plan to complete a major stretch of a new highway between Fort Wayne and Toledo by this fall.



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Ind. alcohol tax hike might be dropped

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A top state senator said Thursday he would likely drop his proposal to double Indiana’s alcohol tax statewide to help fund the agency that runs the major Indianapolis sports stadiums.




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Penn moves from one House to another

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Attention all “House” fans: If you haven’t seen Monday’s episode, there are major spoilers in this article, so proceed at your own risk. However, if those who’ve seen the episode and are just as distraught as I am, please share this moment with me.


First year graduate Sarah Starling performs as Rosabella during "The Most Happy Fella" dress rehearsals. The production is IU professor Timothy Noble's final stage performance of his career.

Professor ends career as ‘Fella’

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For a man about to end a 44-year singing career, IU professor Timothy Noble is surprisingly upbeat. He smiles, chuckles, cracks jokes and even breaks out into a spirited Flo Rida rap and Soulja Boy dance routine.  


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Bowling Green bans art depicting oral sex

“Sami Drops a Deuce,” “John Put His Head in the Oven” and “The Man Who Hasn’t Seen His Genitals in Years” are just some of the titles of sculptures Bowling Green State University senior administrators deemed “appropriate.” However, roughly two weeks ago, those administrators removed a sculpture from an exhibit on the university’s Firelands Campus titled “The Middle School Science Teacher Makes a Decision He’ll Live to Regret,” sparking a heated controversy surrounding issues of art censorship, freedom of expression and child pornography. According a news release from BGSU, the sculpture “graphically depicts a female middle school student, on her knees, performing oral sex on a standing male middle school science teacher.”


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FBI joins effort in hostage standoff with pirates

FBI hostage negotiators joined U.S. Navy efforts Thursday to free an American cargo ship captain held captive on a lifeboat by Somali pirates. A U.S. destroyer and a spy plane kept a close watch in the high-seas standoff near the Horn of Africa.


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Kim proves he remains in charge of NKorea after reported stroke

A visibly grayer and thinner Kim Jong Il proved Thursday he remains in charge of communist North Korea, presiding over parliament in a triumphant return to center stage after months out of the public eye following a reported stroke.






A Thriller with Brains

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There’s a lot that can be said about “Knowing.” It deals with psychological questions that have been asked countless times in movies and in life.