Documents: Officials worried about Superdome power

BREAKING: Ariz. school evacuated as gun report investigated

YUMA, Ariz. — A school in Yuma in western Arizona is being evacuated as police search it in response to an unconfirmed report of a person possibly having a gun.  

Scaled-back sex offender bill heads to Ind. Senate

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers rushed Tuesday to narrow the scope of a court-overturned ban on social networking for sex offenders, but it wasn't clear whether the reworked proposal would be able to withstand future legal challenges over free-speech rights.

Pence urges thorough probe of I-69 land deal

INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mike Pence is directing his top ethics cop to thoroughly investigate Indiana's purchase of land owned by a state transportation official and his family as part of the expansion of Interstate 69.  

WCRD Afternoon News Brief - Feb. 5, 2013

WCRD Afternoon News Brief - Feb. 5, 2013

WCRD Morning News Brief: Feb. 5, 2013

WCRD Morning News Brief: Feb. 5, 2013

Dell in $24.4B founder-led deal to go private

Slumping personal computer maker Dell is bowing out of the stock market in a $24.4 billion buyout that represents the largest deal of its kind since the Great Recession dried up the financing for such risky maneuvers.

SGA slates release platform points

Students reflect on survival

Thirteen years after a deadly dormitory fire at Seton Hall University, two survivors shared their story of overcoming adversity Monday at Pruis Hall. 

Super Bowl falls short of ratings record

 CBS had its hands full at the Super Bowl.

Three slates nominated for SGA executive board

Three slates will campaign over the next three weeks to prove to students who should take the executive board positions.

Obama stands firm on gun control despite long odds

President Barack Obama declared Monday on his first trip outside Washington to promote gun control that a consensus is emerging for universal background checks.

Ind. agencies team up to battle unemployment fraud

The Marion County prosecutor’s office is teaming with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development to prosecute people suspected of committing unemployment insurance fraud in Indiana.

Officials: Boy safe, abductor dead after standoff

Officers stormed an underground bunker in Alabama where a 5-year-old boy had been held hostage for nearly a week, rescuing the child and leaving the boy’s abductor dead, officials said Monday

Ariz. woman charged in lover’s slaying testifies

A woman charged in the savage stabbing and shooting death of her lover told jurors Monday how she endured an abusive childhood at the hands of her parents and planned to commit suicide after she killed her on-again, off-again boyfriend.

Cause of Super Bowl power outage remains unclear

Who turned out the lights?

Ariz. woman charged in lover’s slaying testifies

A woman charged in the savage stabbing and shooting death of her lover told jurors Monday how she endured an abusive childhood at the hands of her parents and planned to commit suicide after she killed her on-again, off-again boyfriend.

Obama presses his gun proposals in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS  — With his gun proposals dividing Congress, President Barack Obama conceded Monday the challenges he faces in winning support for measures ranging from criminal checks on gun buyers to an assault weapons ban. But, he declared: "We don't have to agree on everything to agree it's time to do something."  

Effort building to change US pot laws

An effort is building in Congress to change U.S. marijuana laws, including moves to legalize the industrial production of hemp and establish a federal pot tax.

Investigators try to identify victims of bus crash

YUCAIPA, Calif. — A tour bus carrying dozens of men, women and children from Tijuana, Mexico, crashed in the mountains of Southern California, killing at least eight of the people who had spent Sunday at a winter recreation area, authorities said.