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State police are looking for a car that did not stop after hitting and critically injuring a 5-year-old boy as he rode on his tricycle near his southwest Indiana home. via WSBT

State environmental officials will hold an April 29 meeting to discuss a proposed water quality rule aimed at protecting all of Indiana's waterways. via The Times

Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita will not seek the Republican nomination for attorney general this year. via IndyStar.com

So far, Hillary Clinton's appeal for Hoosier support in the primary has included a number of personal visits by herself, former President Bill Clinton, and their daughter Chelsea. via WISH-TV Indianapolis

“As I have visited all across this state, I have consistently heard from countless Hoosier families who have struggled to gain access to affordable health care”

The state would provide incentives for small businesses to provide health coverage and increase preventive screenings at schools under a proposal that Democratic candidate for governor Jim Schellinger announced ... via Evansville Courier & Press

An appeals court has thrown out a man's quadruple murder conviction in the killing of four relatives in 1989. via WSJV-TV South Bend

Indiana's northeast corner is marked once again. Last week, engineers and surveyors mapping the state line from Lake Michigan east found the exact spot where Indiana and Michigan converge. via WNDU-TV South Bend

Sen. Barack Obama will speak Wednesday night at Washington High School in South Bend. via Anderson Herald-Bulletin

Police in Chicago say the shooting deaths of an Indiana woman and a Chicago man appear to have been a murder-suicide. Officer David Banks says 22-year-old Mercedes McCauley of Hammond was shot Sunday night on ... via WISH-TV Indianapolis

Chelsea Clinton is back in Indiana to campaign on behalf of her mother, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Chelsea Clinton spoke to a Hispanic organization in East Chicago Sunday evening. She said her mother would push immigration reforms that would bring illegal immigrants 'out of the shadows' and allow them to be eligible for citizenship.

Chelsea Clinton will begin her day Monday in Lawrenceburg, then visit Indiana State University in Terre Haute and Purdue University in West Lafayette. Read more

By: Michael Strauss - County Director LPCCAA

Some people may say that Americans are torn on the issue of Immigration. Since we already know that it is not the governments job to regulate how a business may run it's operations and they may not tell a business who they can and cannot hire in a free market, free enterprise system, we then realize that it is ludicrous to fine businesses for simply employing an individual. Now some may say that the business is being fined for hiring an individual because that individual broke the law. Lets take a look at the constitution and decide step by step if the individual preformed an unlawful action or it is the law itself that is unlawful.

“Here we are today building on the same issues that Martin struggled for more than 40 years ago: the question of color in America, the question of poverty in America and the question of military might in America”

Standing in the plaza below the Lorraine Motel, looking up at the balcony where the Rev. via Detroit News

“Our report highlights how our inadequate system of health care condemns a great number of Hoosiers to an early death”

An estimated nine Indiana residents die every week from illnesses that turned fatal because their lack of health insurance limited their access to medical care, according to a new report. via WTHR-TV Indianapolis

“As you can see, 40 years later people are still talking about Dr. King, so that's one of the things that makes this important”

Ethel Kennedy gazed at a monument on the spot where, 40 years ago, her husband gave a speech that helped calm the city after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. _ who she said was 'a man of peace who is still with us and continues to inspire us.'

Although Ethel Kennedy joined members of the King family and President Clinton to break ground for the monument in May 1994, she saw it for the first time Friday following a ceremony commemorating King's death and Robert Kennedy's speech. The monument is made of metal from melted guns, and shows King and Kennedy reaching out to each other. Read more

“It will go down as one of the country's biggest blunders.”

Singer Dave Matthews says he hopes his free concert in Bloomington will encourage young people to vote and to consider casting their ballots for Sen. Barack Obama.

'He is by far the most inspiring candidate we've had in the American political system in decades, and that's why I'm coming to do this concert for him,' Matthews said in a phone interview. 'He empowers people not to be consumers but to be participants.'

The 41-year-old singer, who is scheduled to perform Sunday in Bloomington with guitarist Tim Reynolds, said he is talking to the Illinois senator about participating in further events targeting young voters after this weekend's debut concert for the campaign. Read more

Chelsea Clinton is returning to Indiana to campaign for her mother, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. via WISH-TV8 Indianapolis

"Nim's Island" is a movie for kids who like to think and read and use their imagination, and for parents who may be tired of family fare that's nothing but a litany of cutesy pop-culture references. via HeraldTimesOnline.com

Lane restrictions will begin April 14th along the eastern half of the Lloyd Expressway, and is expected to last through the fall. via WEHT

“We're not doing anywhere near enough”

On the 40th anniversary of his assassination, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is to be honored as a champion of peace in the city where he died. via Ann Arbor News

“Passengers and drivers should be held to a standard of care if they are involved in an accident”

A new law will prevent passengers from walking away from car wrecks without alerting authorities and helping injured people if the driver cannot do so.

Lawmakers approved the passenger responsibility law, which was inspired by a 2005 fatal car crash in Noble County. Thomas Hoopingarner, 17, was found dead after a crash left his vehicle inverted and underwater in a pond in northern Indiana. Two 15-year-old passengers left the scene without seeking help or alerting police, authorities say, but there was no law on the books to support charges against them. Read more