Violent remnants of Ike bring deaths, blackouts in Midwest

Now residents of the Midwest are suffering from the effects of Ike. They are facing blackouts and flooded homes, and more than 2 million people could be affected.The death toll has now risen to at least 39 in 10...

Indiana High School's Purse Ban Rankles Students

This is an interesting method of keeping students safe. A high school in Indiana has banned bags from handbags, fanny packs, purses, to backpacks in order to keep their students safe. Authorities think this will...

Celebrity LEGO Figurines - Brad Pitt, Amy Winehouse and the Beckhams (GALLERY)

This is so uncool!!"LEGO has made a ton of yellow-skinned pop culture icons in recent years, including Indiana Jones, Batman, Speed Racer, and SpongeBob SquarePants. To celebrate LEGO’s 30th anniversary, the Denmark toy company has produced a series of celebrity-inspired...

House explodes in flooded neighborhood in Munster, Indiana

UPDATE: 5:37PM EST - September 18The whole story can be found here:" A house exploded unleashing a fireball of debris on a Munster neighborhood under mandatory flood evacuation on Wednesday night. The explosion and the resulting fire damaged eight other houses in the area....

Galveston County Judge to Force Out "Hard-Headed" Texans of Bolivar (ex) Pen...

GALVESTON'S top official, Judge Jim Yarbrough has called the 250 remaining residents on the largely wiped-out Bolivar Peninsula, "a hardy bunch" but now the plan is to force them out as part of a recovery operation.  He concurred that some may have been washed out to...

Battling over dead bodies

It has nothing to do with storms, crime or war.  Indianapolis was facing a surplus of corpses until just recently."What happens when there is the potential to have too many dead bodies in one place at one time? Ultimately, someone is going to have to fold. And this time...

Barack Obama's Judgement Of Us Is A Bitter Pill To Swallow :: MAXINE

"The Modern-Day Pied Piper Of Hamlin - Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) addresses supporters during a campaign stop at Columbus East High School in Columbus, Indiana, April 11, 2008....

iReporters split on Palin's knockout punch

"(CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin accepted the GOP vice presidential nomination at the party's convention Wednesday with a speech highly critical of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. ...

6 things Palin pick says about McCain

"Jim VandeHei, John F. Harris Sat Aug 30, 9:57 AM ET ...

Dad gets 18 months for forcing girl to kill cat

"MUNCIE, Indiana (AP) -- A man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after admitting that he forced his 7-year-old daughter to kill the family cat by holding a knife in her hand and making her stab the pet. "I am extremely sorry for what I did," Danield J. Collins said during...

These homes for sale stink

"Why Fannie and Freddie matterMore Videos This boarded-up, bank-owned home is on the market in Milwaukee. On the inside, that Milwaukee home has been picked clean. Never before have there been so many squalid, dilapidated homes...

Bayh and Kaine Out - We'll Find Out Who Tomorrow Morning

Bayh and Kaine out!"Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine have been told by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign they will not be his vice presidential choice, NBC News reported on Friday, quoting sources. "Wait till morning boys and...

Indiana Communities Shell Out $85K for Each Foreclosure Home

The foreclosure crisis has not only resulted to Indiana homeowners losing their homes. It also cost most communities in terms of lowered home values. According to the housing advocate ACORN, communities spend around...

Distorting McCain's Remarks

Taking words out of context and spinning them into yarn to make your ugly election day sweater. Just one of the skills in this years campaigns."Obama's campaign is running a TV ad in Indiana that asks the question:...

Obama: I've decided on my running mate

"CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama said he has decided on his running mate, but he's not saying who it is. ...

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