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Delta Zeta to host annual Mel's Walk

Eleven years ago, a Delta Zeta sorority sister, Melissa Steckler, died after being involved in a burn accident. In her honor, the sorority hosts an annual 5K run and walk to celebrate her life and give back to the community.


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Contract awarded on contentious I-69 section

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The state highway department says it will cost less than expected to build part of a hotly contested section of the Interstate 69 extension through southern Indiana.


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Turkey fires at Syria after deadly shelling

BEIRUT - Turkish artillery fired on Syrian targets Wednesday after shelling from Syria struck a border village in Turkey, killing five civilians, sharply escalating tensions between the two neighbors and prompting NATO to convene an emergency meeting.



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Indiana panel approves lottery outsourcing deal

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's lottery commission voted Wednesday to hire a private company to run the lottery's marketing, sales and distribution services in the hopes that it will boost the game's profits by about $100 million a year.



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Indiana farm tied to salmonella outbreak clean

INDIANAPOLIS - A federal inspector found two strains of salmonella and unclean conditions at an Indiana cantaloupe farm's fruit-packing plant during inspections prompted by a deadly outbreak linked to the farm's melons.


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Border Patrol agent shot dead on duty in Arizona

NACO, Arizona - A Border Patrol agent was shot to death Tuesday in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico line, the first fatal shooting of an agent since a deadly 2010 firefight with Mexican bandits that spawned congressional probes of a botched government gun-smuggling investigation. -á



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Colleges pledge to graduate additional 4 million

Nearly 500 public colleges that account for three-quarters of all four-year college students pledged Tuesday to produce a combined 3.8 million additional graduates by 2025, an ambitious target that would help bring the United States closer to its goal of regaining its lost global lead in college attainment.


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Ball State professor receives Indiana volunteer award

Because of his work in raising awareness about violence against women, including a three-day awareness campaign, a Ball State professor was one of eight to receive Indiana's most prestigious award for volunteer service.


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Judge halts Pennsylvania's tough new voter ID requirement

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A judge postponed Pennsylvania's controversial voter identification requirement on Tuesday, ordering the state not to enforce it in this year's presidential election but allowing it to go into full effect next year.







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