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Your Town: Accused NPS professor's slay trial on hold
A preliminary hearing for former Naval Postgraduate School professor Lawrence Jones, accused of killing his wife around the time of their divorce, has been put off until fall.
Viewpoints: Federal shield law would protect reporters with confidential sources
Good news: President Barack Obama asked Sen. Chuck Schumer to reintroduce the federal media shield law that failed in the Senate in 2009.
Seeking Indianapolis celebs? See their yearbook photos online
It's interesting to see what celebrities looked like before they were celebrities, like when they were kids, and now you can do that at your leisure.
Restaurant Inspections: May 13, 2013
April 22-26: MCL Cafeteria, 3 Meadows Lane Dirty knives stored in buckets with clean knives, mold observed in soda nozzle cup holder; cold items on salad bar held at 51 to 58 degrees; should be 41 degrees or less.
Councilman tries to delay project already in works
At Tuesday's Fort Wayne City Council meeting, John Shoaff, D-at large, went out of his way to derail an otherwise routine matter.
Former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar will receive two more awards this week for his 36-year career on Capitol Hill.
Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly returns from Middle East trip
Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly says Syrian opposition leaders he met with last week told him they don't want American troops involved in their civil war against President Bashar Assad's forces.
Kagan thanks Lugar, cites 'courage' in vote
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is thanking former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar for voting to put her on the bench.
Indiana's Otis 'Doc' Bowen described as modest, committed public servant
Noted Indiana leaders paid tribute Sunday to the passing of Otis “Doc” Bown, the former Republican Indiana governor who went on to serve under President Ronald Reagan as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Behind Closed Doors: Bosma says death of 'ag-gag' bill was unintended
It wasn’t what the House speaker says he intended. In the final hours of the legislative session, Brian Bosma pulled the so-called “ag-gag” bill.
Brzezinski Joins Lugar Warning Against U.S. Role in Syria
President Barack Obama 's declaration that a Syrian use of chemical weapons would cross a "red line" was a mistake, according to two veteran U.S. foreign policy leaders who warned against deeper U.S. engagement there.
Matthew Tully: From guns to gay marriage, it's clear Indiana got it right with Joe Donnelly
Six months after the 2012 elections it remains clear that Indiana did the nation a favor when it made an exception to its current Republican leanings and sent a Democrat to the U.S. Senate.
Stakeholders must work together on U.S. food aid reform
"Congress should put aside partisanship and turf protection as it considers bold changes to a decades-old and increasingly inefficient international food aid program," former Sen.
How Obama's Mexico trip sends a message back home on immigration, too
President Obama is welcomed as he alights from Air Force One to begin his visit to Mexico City on Thursday.
U.S.-Mexico deal on expanded Gulf oil drilling still in limbo
More than a year after the United States and Mexico signed a much-lauded deal that would remove obstacles to expanding deepwater drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, the agreement still has not been finalized by the United States.
Hochoy joins revered Indiana Historical Society list
The Indiana Historical Society is adding four people to its growing list of Living Legends, which started in 1999 with 13 famous Hoosiers, including David Letterman, Kurt Vonnegut, Sen.
House lawmakers enjoy old-style vote
As the last evening of the legislative session was wearing on Friday night, lawmakers got a peek into life as a legislator before computers and other technological advancements.
Former CIA Director: The Grid Is Vulnerable To Attack
The electric power grid in the United States is vulnerable to attacks that have already begun, former CIA Director R. James Woolsey said in Chicago Thursday night, and America needs distributed generation as backup-primarily in the form of natural-gas cogeneration and solar power.
Donnelly gives maiden speech in Senate
U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly called for an "opportunity agenda" based on "Hoosier common sense" to create jobs during his maiden speech Wednesday afternoon on the Senate floor.