CHICAGO - Mayor Rahm Emanuel secured an extension of Chicago's school day and empowered principals to hire the teachers they want. Teachers were able to soften a new evaluation process and win some job protections.
MUNCIE, Ind. - A Muncie firefighter who died last year when a roof collapsed during a blaze will be honored at a national memorial service.
INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Mitch Daniels' team of federal health care overhaul leaders told state lawmakers Wednesday that even without clear answers on the new law, it will cost the state hundreds of millions more in the coming years.
NEW YORK - Lindsay Lohan was arrested in New York early Wednesday on charges that she clipped a pedestrian with her car and did not stop driving, police said.
BATON ROUGE, La. - Police have arrested a suspect in the bomb threat at LSU that led to the campus-wide evacuation of thousands of people earlier this week.
DETROIT - A Detroit man was so obsessed over toilet training that he fatally beat his 2-year-old daughter for having an accident, a prosecutor said Wednesday in an opening statement to jurors at the man's first-degree murder trial.
PHOENIX - A judge has ruled that police in Arizona can immediately start enforcing the most contentious section of the state's immigration law, marking the first time officers can carry out a requirement that officers, while enforcing other laws, question the immigration status of those suspected of being in the country illegally.
CHICAGO - Delegates: Chicago teachers suspend strike, will resume classes in nation's 3rd-largest city. -á
NEW YORK - A provocative new study suggests a connection between the BPA chemical used in food packaging and childhood obesity, but the researchers say their findings don't prove it's the cause.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Two-time Olympic snowboarding champion Shaun White has apologized for the "unwise choices" he made that left him facing charges of public intoxication and vandalism.
INDIANAPOLIS - Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is rebutting a Democratic Senate ad by asking Hoosiers to "please, please, send us Richard Mourdock."
BOSTON - A convicted murderer in Massachusetts says a judge's decision to grant her request for sex-reassignment surgery is "the right thing to do."
INDIANAPOLIS - A former police officer from Kentucky was named Indianapolis' new public safety director Tuesday, replacing an official who resigned amid criticism over his handling of the city's police department.
The parents of an eastern Indiana woman don't think it's fair the man who killed their daughter walked out of prison five years to the day after being sentenced to 20 years.
MORTON, Ind. - Indiana State Police say a highway work site flagger has died after being struck by a vehicle.
DALLAS - American Airlines is sending layoff warning notices to more than 11,000 employees although a spokesman says the company expects job losses to be closer to 4,400. -á
Online voting for homecoming king and queen is now available.
Student Voluntary Services has extended its deadline to apply for this year's Fall Alternative Break.
BATON ROUGE, La. - Thousands of students, professors and workers were being evacuated from Louisiana State University's main campus Monday following a bomb threat, school officials said.
As the fire and temperatures heat up, an artistic masterpiece is created using only one's mouth and hands.
