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Fair collapse suit challenges Ind.'s $5M tort cap

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana law that caps the state's liability for damages at $5 million for a single event violates the U.S. and state constitutions and should be thrown out, six plaintiffs suing over the deadly collapse of an Indiana State Fair stage said in a lawsuit filed Monday.


DISTANT FIRST: Lack of enforcement endangers students

When the law first went into effect, even I had my doubts. I still have no idea how it could be enforced. But somehow, it needs to happen. I don't doubt that it's a difficult law to enforce, but that's why the police are in charge. 



KAMERA OBSCURA: On the 'money'

It's an old cliché that the best sports movies are never about sports. "Raging Bull," "Hoosiers" and "Bull Durham" are all considered some of the best sports movies ever made, and yet they deal with themes much larger than those played out on the field. Director Bennett Miller's "Moneyball" is no different.


Police ID Ind. shooting victims; killer at large

INDIANAPOLIS — Investigators probing the fatal shootings of five people in rural southeastern Indiana said Tuesday that no suspects have been identified and that it appears the killer or killers wasn't among the dead.


Feds: Mass. man planned to blow up Pentagon

BOSTON — A Massachusetts man was arrested Wednesday and accused of plotting to destroy the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol by attacking the buildings with large, remote-controlled aircraft armed with lethal amounts of explosives.



WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Ball State gunning for MAC control

The Ball State women's volleyball team is out to prove it's the best team in the Mid-American Conference. Beating two of the top teams in the conference back-to-back might be the best way to start.


U.S. 'threat' unites Pakistan

ISLAMABAD — U.S. accusations that Pakistan is supporting Afghan insurgents have triggered a nationalist backlash and whipped up media fears of an American invasion, drowning out any discussion over the army's long use of jihadi groups as deadly proxies in the region.


Climatologist says Indiana could face tough winter

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana residents who slogged through last year's icy, snowy winter may be in store for a repeat of that icy blast in the coming months if forecasters tracking global weather patterns are correct.



Obama to Congress: Return my jobs bill, passed

DENVER — Capping a campaign trip for his economic plan and his re-election, President Barack Obama on Tuesday tried to keep pressure on Congress to consider his nearly $450 billion jobs bill, saying it had been two weeks since he sent the bill to Capitol Hill "and now I want it back."


Health care law definition of "affordable" vague

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Researchers at Indiana and Cornell universities said that how the federal government defines "affordable" could leave millions of dependents of low and moderate income workers without reasonably priced insurance under the federal health care overhaul.


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