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MOORE, Okla. -- The ferocious tornado in Moore that killed 24 people and carved a nearly 17-mile path of destruction is bound to revive talk of beefed-up building codes, spur new construction of shelters and send architects and engineers back to the drawing board for ways to make Tornado Alley safer.
Indiana University proposes 1.75 percent tuition increase
BLOOMINGTON (AP) — Indiana University President Michael McRobbie is recommending tuition and fee increases of 1.75 percent for Indiana residents in each of the next two years at the school’s Bloomington campus. The university said the proposed tuition increase is the lowest since the late …
Settlement calls for refunds to Indiana consumers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller says state residents who bought E-books published by Penguin Group would receive $1.15 million in refunds as part of a multistate investigation into price-fixing and collusion. Zoeller said Friday that Indiana, along with the other states, reached …
Vincennes Red Skelton museum gets $65K for July opening
VINCENNES (AP) — A museum devoted to the comedy of Indiana-born comic Red Skelton has received a $65,000 boost for its planned July opening in southwestern Indiana.
Indianapolis falls to 13th among biggest US cities
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis has slipped one spot among the nation’s most populous cities to No. 13. The U.S. Census Bureau says new population estimates show Indianapolis slipped from No. 12 during the year that ended July 1, 2012. The population of Indiana’s state capital …
‘Hoosiers’ team reunites for IU commercial
BLOOMINGTON (AP) — A creative team that helped make the movie “Hoosiers” has reunited to create a 60-second commercial touting the benefits of an Indiana University education. Filmmakers Angelo Pizzo and Fred Murphy teamed up for the commercial that follows an aspiring opera singer through …
Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America’s controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no “cure-all” and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed.
Boy Scouts vote to allow openly gay boys; conservative groups opposed change
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.
Crashes rekindle debate about seat belts on Indiana buses
SOUTH BEND (AP) — A state lawmaker hopes two high-profile collisions involving school buses in a week that left more than 60 people injured will spur parents to urge Indiana lawmakers to make seat belts on buses mandatory. State Rep. John Bartlett of Indianapolis introduced …
Statehouse memorial honors late Indiana Gov. Bowen
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Top Indiana officials praised Otis Bowen’s humble nature and political legacy as a tax reformer Thursday during a Statehouse memorial for the popular two-term governor who began his career as a small-town physician. Republican Gov. Mike Pence and three former governors — …
2 Indiana hospital systems cutting jobs, other costs
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two Indiana hospital systems say they’re both cutting an undisclosed number of jobs by June 30 because of increasing economic and competitive pressure on the health care industry. Indianapolis-based St. Vincent Health and Evansville-based St. Mary Health announced Thursday that restructurings of …
FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe had knife
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said. Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter, was gunned …
Pence urges Congress to vote on media shield law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is urging congressional leaders to bring a revived federal media shield law to a vote on the floors of the U.S. House and Senate. Pence was the author of a 2009 media shield bill that cleared the House …
17-pound bone found during Vigo County flood cleanup
TERRE HAUTE (AP) — Crews cleaning up from Wabash River flooding in western Indiana came across a 17-pound bone that they believe might have come from an ancient mastodon. The Vigo County highway department is keeping the bone that’s a couple feet long in an …
Most students released after Wawasee school bus crash
NORTH WEBSTER (AP) — A northern Indiana school superintendent says most of the several dozen students hurt in a chain-reaction crash involving four buses have been released from hospitals. Superintendent Tom Edington says a Wawasee High School sophomore was transferred to a Fort Wayne hospital …
Hoosier lawmakers to review ISTEP test troubles
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers will spend the coming months reviewing computer troubles with ISTEP test, the use of land banks to sell vacant property and other problems uncovered around the state. Legislative leaders say they would like more answers from McGraw-Hill and the Department …
