Ernie Pyle

DANA, Ind. (AP) — A community group is searching for enough money to reopen a western Indiana museum dedicated to World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle. The Indiana Natural Resources Commission is turning the closed Ernie Pyle State Historic...

Indiana's Superintendent of Public Instruction called the results of the new IREAD-3 exam ‘good news’. The March test to evaluate the reading skills of Indiana's third-graders show 84 percent of those students have what it takes to move on to...

Reporting from New York -- Anthony Shadid, a journalist who gave voice to those muffled by the turmoil around them — from Iraqi families enveloped in civil war to young Libyans spurred to take up arms against a dictator — died while doing just...

Andy Rooney, whose CBS career spans the entire post-war history of network news, died Friday as a result of complications following minor surgery, the network announced. A mainstay of Sunday night viewing for millions of Americans, the 92-year-old Rooney...

NEW YORK, NY -- Andy Rooney's college roommate and lifelong friend had a heart attack and was pronounced dead at the newsman's memorial service before being revived by paramedics, TMZ reported Wednesday. The site initially said that the roommate, Bob...

Editor Russ Stanton announced the following honors from the Scripps Howard National Journalism Awards: Jason Felch, Jason Song, Doug Smith, Sandra Poindexter and Ken Schwencke on Friday were named winners of the public service award in the 57th annual...

During April and May, it was pencils down for Indiana's third through eighth graders taking the ISTEP. How'd they do? We found out Wednesday when the state's ISTEP results were released. "Today is a very good day for Indiana education," said Dr. Tony...

1906: A devastating earthquake struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires; estimates of the final death toll range between 3,000 and 6,000. 1934: The first laundromat (called a ''washateria'') opened in Fort Worth, Texas. 1945: Famed American...

Every year since 1989, the National Film Registry -- a branch of the Library of Congress -- has chosen 25 movies to preserve for posterity. This year, as usual, most of its choices aren't the ones deemed the best of their day by Hollywood -- that is,...

++++++++++++++++++++ || || || || ++++++++++++++++++++ Davan Maharaj was named managing editor of the Los Angeles Times in May 2008, with oversight of the Foreign, National, Metro, Sports and Business departments. He is responsible for shaping coverage,...