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Anti-abortion ad to begin airing in Ind. and Ky.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - An anti-abortion activist who's running for Congress plans to air an especially graphic ad this week in Kentucky and Indiana showing a dismembered fetus and images of dead Christians and Jews. Legally, there's little the television station owners can do to stop them.


Corps let off the hook for Katrina flooding

NEW ORLEANS - A surprise ruling by a federal appeals court that lets the Army Corps of Engineers off the hook for paying compensation for Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic flooding isn't going over well on the streets of New Orleans.



Ex-Chicago mayor rallies help for Ind. steel town

CHICAGO - Former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and a group of University of Chicago graduate students he now teaches are reaching across the state line to help the battered steel town of Gary, Ind.


FOOTBALL: Cardinals defense facing another change in style

Playing in the Mid-American Conference has its challenges for Ball State's defense. One week the focus can be on stopping a quarterback who can run as well as pass effectively. The next week the focus can be on stopping an offense that relies heavily on screen passes.



NYC schools dispensing morning-after pill to girls

NEW YORK - It's a campaign believed to be unprecedented in its size and aggressiveness: New York City is dispensing the morning-after pill to girls as young as 14 at more than 50 public high schools, sometimes even before they have had sex.


Suu Kyi urges end to US sanctions against Myanmar

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi reiterated a call Tuesday for the lifting of sanctions against her impoverished country, and vowed to use her new parliamentary role to foment more change.



WOMEN'S GOLF: Ball State wins Cardinal Classic

The Ball State women's golf team won the Cardinal Classic on Saturday. The Player's Club field in Yorktown included 11 other schools, including a handful of Mid-American Conference teams.