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Indiana man dies of injuries from March tornado
HOLTON, Ind. (AP) — A southeastern Indiana man who was critically injured in last March's deadly tornado outbreak has died from complications of his injuries. Alvin "Ted" Tolbert, 71, died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital in Fairfield, Ohio, about 10...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Natural Disasters, U.S. Navy, Tornadoes
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SE Ind. man injured in March tornado dies
HOLTON, Ind. (AP) — A southeastern Indiana man critically injured in last March's deadly tornado outbreak has died from complications of his injuries. Seventy-one-year-old Alvin "Ted" Tolbert died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital in Fairfield, Ohio, some...Tags: Natural Disasters, Tornadoes
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Condom conundrum: Porn industry ponders latex law
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The show must go on, is the entertainer's credo, and it did just that in the nation's Porn Capital even after Los Angeles County voted to require performers to use condoms when filming sex scenes. One of the industry's biggest...Tags: Chlamydia , Gonorrhea , Labor Legislation, Freedom of the Press, Diseases and Illnesses
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Arab-Muslim to join 'Green Lantern' comic series
DETROIT (AP) — When DC Comics decided to blow up its fabled universe and create a brave, diverse future, Geoff Johns drew from the past for a new character: his own background as an Arab-American. The company's chief creative officer and writer...
Tags: Batman (fictional character), Religion and Belief, Henry Ford, Islam, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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'Transit of Venus' wows people across Michiana
WSBT-TV ReporterIt won't happen again until 2117, so Tuesday night Michiana eyes locked on the 'Transit of Venus' ... when Venus passed directly between the Earth and the Sun. The last transit was in 2004. On Tuesday the sky turned into a playground for people... -
Superman celebration underway in Metropolis
METROPOLIS, Ill. (AP) — The yearly festival honoring Superman has taken off in the southern Illinois city that enthusiastically claims the Man of Steel as its favorite son. The Superman Celebration is under way in the 6,500-resident Ohio River...
Tags: Cassidy Freeman, John Glover, Ohio River
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Dowagiac man 'super drunk,' jury says
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterCASSPOLIS -- Superman? No problem. But Super Drunk? That's a different matter entirely. This week in Cass County 4th District Court, a Dowagiac resident, Peter Edwards Jr., 46, attempted to prove at trial he wasn't guilty of Michigan's relatively new...Tags: Prisons, Prisons, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Jerry Robinson, Batman's Joker artist, dies in NY
NEW YORK (AP) — Comic book industry pioneer Jerry Robinson, who helped create Batman sidekick Robin the Boy Wonder and their arch-nemesis The Joker, has died at age 89. An editor and friend, Charles Kochman, said Robinson was different from most...Tags: Arts and Culture, Batman (fictional character), Arts, Artists, Cartoons
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It Is Serious Now
Now a brief check of news from overseas. In France this has been the driest March through May in 50 years. And the warmest in 110 years. Several European Nations are rapidly preparing emergency plans to conserve water, give farmers millions of dollars...Tags: Natural Disasters, Water Restrictions, Disasters and Accidents, Heroism, Agriculture
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Advocates: Indiana can lead US in schools overhaul
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Education advocates have told hundreds of people at a Statehouse rally that Indiana could be the nation's leader in overhauling schools.
Wednesday's rally comes as Indiana lawmakers consider Republican-backed proposals to...Tags: Republican Party, Charter Schools, Education, Schools, Politics
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Report: Alzheimer's caregivers number 15 million
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far more people than previously thought are providing billions of hours of unpaid care to Alzheimer's patients. A report released Tuesday by the Alzheimer's Association says nearly 15 million caregivers provide unpaid care to...Tags: Washington, DC, Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Alzheimer's Disease
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Why do kids dress for June when it's January?
NEW YORK (AP) — Among the great spectacles of winter, along with the northern lights and frozen lakes, are coatless kids. No coat, no gloves? No prob! These teens and tweens are chillin' out, literally and figuratively, in their sweatshirts...Tags: Fairbanks, Health, New Hampshire, Human Interest, Hypothermia
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