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Congress rethinks 9/11 law on military force

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:22:24 -0400

WASHINGTON - Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave the president to wage a war on terror after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in light of how President Barack Obama has used the power to target suspected terrorists with lethal drone strikes.

Erosion fix sought at S. Ind. Lewis and Clark site

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:44:19 -0400

CLARKSVILLE, Indiana - Southern Indiana preservationists are trying to line up federal money for a project aimed at stopping severe erosion at the Ohio River site where the Lewis and Clark expedition began in 1803.

Former Gov. Bowen honored in Indiana hometown

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:58:31 -0400

BREMEN, Indiana - The flag-draped casket of former Indiana Gov. Otis Bowen, a small-town doctor who became one of the nation's top health officials, was carried to a cemetery by a horse-drawn caisson Friday as hundreds of people lined the streets of his northern Indiana hometown.

Ind. Sen. Donnelly returns from Middle East trip

Tue, 07 May 2013 06:39:21 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly says Syrian opposition leaders he met with last week told him they don't want American troops involved in their civil war against President Bashar Assad's forces.

Ohio-Indiana drone aircraft test site promoted

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:06:10 -0400

FORT WAYNE, Indiana - All 11 members of the Indiana congressional delegation have co-signed a letter to federal officials supporting an Ohio-Indiana bid for one of six drone aircraft test sites.

Indiana 'brain drain' draws concerns at Purdue

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:07:59 -0400

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana - In a few weeks, Ashley Robbins will join thousands of Purdue University students in graduation ceremonies.