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In Iowa, Obama to tout election-year energy plan 0 Comments Last Updated: 6:51 AM 05/24/12 - President Barack Obama is returning to Iowa, seeking support for an election-year agenda to spur renewable energy along with a more immediate prize: the state's up-for-grab voters. (Full Story)
Jurors in Edwards trial to deliberate for 5th day 0 Comments Last Updated: 6:49 AM 05/24/12 - As jurors in the John Edwards campaign corruption trial gets set for a fifth day of deliberations, legal experts caution it's still too early to read too much into their discussions. (Full Story)
Lawmakers to study auto plates, child protection 0 Comments Last Updated: 6:39 AM 05/24/12 - Indiana lawmakers will spend the summer reviewing some of the thorniest issues that tripped them up during their 2012 session. (Full Story)
Romney: American kids get `third-world education' 1 Comment Last Updated: 10:15 PM 05/23/12 - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney says American children are getting "a third-world education" because the system is failing them. (Full Story)
Jury begins 4th day of talks at John Edwards trial 0 Comments Last Updated: 4:49 PM 05/23/12 - The jury has started a fourth day of deliberations at the campaign finance fraud trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards. (Full Story)
Egyptians chose leader in post-Mubarak election 0 Comments Last Updated: 4:23 AM 05/23/12 - After decades of authoritarian rule, Egyptians are for the first time freely choosing their first president since last year's ouster of longtime ruler and close U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak. (Full Story)
Romney inches closer to GOP nomination with sweep 1 Comment Last Updated: 10:10 PM 05/22/12 - Mitt Romney has swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win. (Full Story)
Democrat Gregg picks Simpson as running mate 6 Comments Last Updated: 4:35 AM 05/22/12 - Democrat John Gregg is tapping the Indiana Senate's top Democrat to run with him for governor. (Full Story)
Jury at Edwards trial to deliberate for 3rd day 0 Comments Last Updated: 4:23 AM 05/22/12 - The jury at the trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards is set to deliberate his fate for a third day. (Full Story)
Pence names running mate in governor's race 9 Comments Last Updated: 11:03 AM 05/21/12 - Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence has announced his pick for lieutenant governor. (Full Story)
Butch Morgan and others charged in ballot petition fraud case in court 33 Comments Last Updated: 10:42 AM 05/21/12 - The four St. Joseph County Democrats charged with forgery and petition fraud linked to the 2008 presidential primaries were in court on Monday morning. (Full Story)
NATO touts Afghan war's end as fighting goes on 1 Comment Last Updated: 4:27 AM 05/21/12 - As President Barack Obama and fellow NATO leaders herald the coming end of the deeply unpopular Afghanistan war, they face the grim reality of two more years of fighting ahead and more of their troops sure to die in combat. (Full Story)
With cookies and conversations, Romney tries charm 1 Comment Last Updated: 4:49 AM 05/18/12 - Mitt Romney is on a charm offensive with the national reporters covering his campaign for president. (Full Story)
Jury to begin deliberations in John Edwards case 0 Comments Last Updated: 4:48 AM 05/18/12 - Jurors are set to begin deliberating the fate of John Edwards on Friday, weighing nearly four weeks of testimony and evidence from the former presidential candidate's corruption trial. (Full Story)
Obama requesting help to pay for Afghan army 0 Comments Last Updated: 4:26 AM 05/17/12 - Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international troops pull out. (Full Story)
House GOP defense bill challenges Obama policy Last Updated: 4:25 AM 05/17/12 - House Republicans are pushing ahead with a defense budget that adds billions of dollars, boosts nuclear weapons programs and slows cost-cutting reductions in the force. (Full Story)
Closing arguments to begin in John Edwards case 0 Comments Last Updated: 3:59 AM 05/17/12 - Prosecutors and defense lawyers at the John Edwards trial are set to make closing arguments as the corruption case against the former presidential candidate heads to the jury. (Full Story)
World leaders set for busy US weekend of summitry 0 Comments Last Updated: 3:53 AM 05/17/12 - Dozens of world leaders are heading to the United States to discuss Europe's economic woes and solidify plans for winding down the Afghanistan war. (Full Story)
Elkhart County discusses changing to voting centers 0 Comments Last Updated: 8:55 PM 05/16/12 - Officials in Elkhart County are constructing a new system for voting across the county. (Full Story)
House votes on violence bill, draws veto threat 0 Comments Last Updated: 7:03 AM 05/16/12 - The White House is threatening to veto a Republican-written renewal of the Violence Against Women Act that goes before the House today. (Full Story)
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