Physicists celebrate evidence of particle

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.



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Fireworks blamed for 2 fires in Indianapolis

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.


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Romney calls Obama's health care requirement a tax

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.



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'Circus in Winter' to play in NYC

 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.


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Beloved actor Andy Griffith dies at 86

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.



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Beloved actor Andy Griffith dies at 86

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.



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Storms: Mid-Atlantic power outages could last days

WASHINGTON - Utility crews untangled downed power lines and tree limbs Sunday, working to get the electricity turned back on for millions of people facing a second day of 100-degree temperatures without modern conveniences like air conditioning and refrigeration.


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Delaware County to offer cooling, relief stations for residents

With sweltering heat slated to continue throughout the coming week, more than 1,000 Delaware County residents still remain without electricity as a result of severe weekend weather. The American Red Cross has opened cooling stations in the county with plans to keep them available as needed. -á


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Judge weighing whether to give Zimmerman bond

SANFORD, Fla. - A bond hearing took more a tone of a trial Friday when both sides in the Trayvon Martin murder case presented what sounded like opening statements with the defense quizzing witnesses and trying to poke holes in the prosecution's evidence.


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Ind. GOP loses big gun Daniels ahead of Nov. races

INDIANAPOLIS - One of the biggest surprises of the announcement that Gov. Mitch Daniels would take over as Purdue University president in January was his pledge to stop campaigning and commenting on politics until then.


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Burn notice

A scorching drought that prompted "burn bans" in most counties across Indiana probably won't be helped much by recent light rain, a weather service forecaster says.


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Storms: Mid-Atlantic power outages could last days

WASHINGTON - Utility crews untangled downed power lines and tree limbs Sunday, working to get the electricity turned back on for millions of people facing a second day of 100-degree temperatures without modern conveniences like air conditioning and refrigeration.


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'Unreal': Residents tour Colo. blaze devastation

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Melted bowling balls in the front yard were among the strange sights that met C.J. Moore upon her return Sunday to her two-story home, now reduced to ashes by the worst wildfire in Colorado history.






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