PHILADELPHIA - The heat that blanketed much of the U.S. began to ease up from unbearable to merely very hot Sunday as temperatures from the Midwest to the East Coast dropped from highs above 100 degrees down to the 90s.
Storming the sands of Prairie Creek Reservoir, athletes from all across the world prepared to begin the first leg of a notoriously grueling competition. Clad in brightly colored swim caps and plastic goggles, they stood poised at the starting line, mind and body preparing for the long miles ahead. -á
FISHERS, Ind. - A 16-month-old girl who was left in a car in suburban Indianapolis during near-record 105-degree heat remained hospitalized Sunday, and the father of a 4-month-old girl who died in a hot car was being held in jail without bond.
When Edward and Mary Weidenbener went to vote in Indiana's primary in May, they didn't realize that state law required them to bring government photo IDs such as a driver's license or passport. -á
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. - Mitt Romney privately raised millions of dollars from New York's elite on Sunday, as Democrats launched coordinated attacks against the likely Republican presidential nominee, intensifying calls for him to explain offshore bank accounts and release several years of tax returns.
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. - Mitt Romney privately raised millions of dollars from New York's elite on Sunday, as Democrats launched coordinated attacks against the likely Republican presidential nominee, intensifying calls for him to explain offshore bank accounts and release several years of tax returns.
FORT WAYNE, Ind.- A sudden storm that rolled through northern Indiana last week likely left behind tens of millions of dollars of damage to homes and businesses in Fort Wayne, an economist said. -á
The Muncie City Council voted to approve a rezoning ordinance that will allow an 80-unit apartment complex to be built near the Village.
INDIANAPOLIS - Some Indiana communities planned to hold Fourth of July fireworks shows Wednesday night, while others canceled their displays because of the increased risk of fire from a persistent drought - a risk that proved dangerously real in Indianapolis.
Hundreds filled the Minnetrista lawn Wednesday night, coolers, lawn chairs and mosquito repellent in hand. In the background, patriotic music could be heard throughout the grounds, courtesy of America's Hometown Band. The sweltering temperature and humidity didn't stop the crowd. -á
GENEVA - Scientists at the world's biggest atom smasher hailed the discovery of "the missing cornerstone of physics" Wednesday, cheering the apparent end of a decades-long quest for a new subatomic particle called the Higgs boson, or "God particle," which could help explain why all matter has mass and crack open a new realm of physics.
INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Mitch Daniels is shrugging off criticism by opponents of his recent appointment as Purdue University's next president.
Renovations in Studebaker East won't be complete in time for students who were assigned to the residence hall to move in this fall. -á
INDIANAPOLIS - Some Indiana communities planned to hold Fourth of July fireworks shows Wednesday night, while others canceled their displays because of the increased risk of fire from a persistent drought - a risk that proved dangerously real in Indianapolis.
WOLFEBORO, N.H. - Mitt Romney on Wednesday said requiring all Americans to buy health insurance amounts to a tax, contradicting a senior campaign adviser who days ago said the Republican presidential candidate viewed President Barack Obama's mandate as anything but a tax.
INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Mitch Daniels is shrugging off criticism by opponents of his recent appointment as Purdue University's next president.
MISHAWAKA, Ind.- Students and staff at northern Indiana's Bethel College are mourning the death of a professor who drowned during a fishing trip to Michigan.
An immersive learning musical created in Spring 2010 with Ball State students is traveling to New York City in the fall, as one of eight new musicals selected to participate in the Festival of New Musicals.
RALEIGH, N.C. - Andy Griffith, who made homespun Southern wisdom his trademark as the wise sheriff in "The Andy Griffith Show" and the rumpled defense lawyer in "Matlock," died Tuesday. He was 86.
Ball State's Studebaker East Residence Hall will not be ready for occupants by the beginning of Fall Semester, the university announced Tuesday.
