Indiana jobless rate dips

INDIANAPOLIS  — Indiana's unemployment rate dipped slightly to 8.0 percent for October as officials say the state added 7,700 private sector jobs. Figures released Tuesday by the state Department of Workforce Development show Indiana's jobless rate declined from September's 8.2 percent, with nearly 235,000 people looking for jobs last month. The Indiana unemployment level hasn't changed much since reaching 7.9 percent in April after going down from 9.3 percent in the middle of last year. Workforce Development commissioner Scott Sanders says Indiana has been outpacing the national job-growth rate in sectors such as manufacturing and construction. Indiana's October jobless rate is slightly higher than the national 7.9 percent and better than its surrounding states other than Ohio. Sullivan and Fayette counties have the state's highest unemployment rates at just over 10 percent.



SPORTS

Football takes Ohio 52-27

With junior quarterback Keith Wenning ruled out for the season finale Friday against Miami, Kelly Page will get the ball once again. 


Senior guard Shanee' Jackson, right, drives past guard Mur Hagerman during the IPFW game. Ball State defeated the Mastadons 53-46. DN PHOTO JONATHAN MIKSANEK
SPORTS

BALL STATE BEATS IPFW

Brady Sallee’s first official win as Ball State coach came in a win over rival IPFW.



Junior guard Jesse Berry attempts a jump shot as Wofford’s Spencer Collins tries to make a block on the play Friday. Tonight, the Cardinals will host in-state rival Indiana State at 7 p.m. at home. DN FILE PHOTO TAYLOR IRBY
SPORTS

BSU 3-0 IN-STATE

Depth has arguably been Ball State’s biggest strength in its first two games.


LIFESTYLES

Turkey Day Traditions

Three things tend to be consistent with Thanksgiving: spending time with family, giving thanks and eating turkey. 




Aerial views of the two homes that were leveled and the numerous neighboring homes that were damaged from the explosion late Saturday night in the Richmond Hill subdivision, near Stop 11 and Sherman Drive. PHOTO PROVIDED BY MATT KRYGER AND THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR
NEWS

BLAST INVESTIGATION

A probe into last week’s explosion on the Southside of Indianapolis is now a homicide investigation.


NEWS

New frontier for scaling up online classes: credit

In 15 years of teaching, University of Pennsylvania classicist Peter Struck has guided perhaps a few hundred students annually in his classes on Greek and Roman mythology through the works of Homer, Sophocles, Aeschylus and others — "the oldest strands of our cultural DNA."


NEWS

Hamas sticks to truce demand, Gaza toll 96

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip  — Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip and killed a senior militant with a missile strike on a media center Monday, driving up the Palestinian death toll to 96, as Israel broadened its targets in the 6-day-old offensive meant to quell Hamas rocket fire on Israel.


U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during his first press conference after being re-elected in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday. Obama is set to travel to Myanmar in a three-country tour through Asia. MCT PHOTO
NEWS

OBAMA TO MYANMAR

On the eve of his landmark trip to Myanmar, President Barack Obama tried to assure critics that his visit was not a premature reward.


NEWS

Co. looks for worker after oil rig fire in Gulf

As crews searched Sunday for a worker still missing after an oil platform explosion and fire, doctors said one of four men burned in the blaze is improving and is now in fair condition.






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