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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has raised the possibility of an unusual split with his 2012 running mate, suggesting Tuesday that Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann would be an "ideal" candidate to take over the embattled Ivy Tech Community Colle...
Updated: Dec 22, 2015 at 08:05 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a chaotic year, when Republicans in the House unseated a speaker, Congress produced a significant amount of bipartisan legislation that affects every American.
It enacted laws recasting federal education policy, restricting gove...
Updated: Dec 22, 2015 at 06:30 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham ended his 2016 campaign for president Monday, saying he remains committed to working to achieve security for the American people and helping the GOP expand its base.
With just over a month to go until...
Updated: Dec 21, 2015 at 12:00 PM
If you haven't yet heard of Daisy Ridley, you're about to. The 23-year-old lead in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” isn't just a talented actress in the biggest franchise of all time, she's also a funny, frank person, who tends to curse a lot in inter...
Updated: Dec 22, 2015 at 06:03 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a chaotic year, when Republicans in the House unseated a speaker, Congress produced a significant amount of bipartisan legislation that affects every American.
It enacted laws recasting federal education policy, restricting gove...
Updated: Dec 18, 2015 at 04:00 PM
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Catholic Church makes saints to provide role models for the faithful, and Pope Francis has followed in the footsteps of his predecessors in churning them out at a rapid clip. The process is cloaked in secrecy and open to crit...
Updated: Dec 19, 2015 at 06:46 AM
Republican Casey Urlacher sounded confident this week that he would overcome an effort to keep him off the March primary ballot in his effort to move up from Mettawa mayor to the Illinois Senate.
The brother of former Chicago Bears great Brian Urlac...
Updated: Dec 18, 2015 at 11:26 AM
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - With billionaire investor Warren Buffett looking on, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she wants to raise taxes on the wealthy and expand upon the so-called "Buffett rule" pushed by the Obama adminis...
Updated: Dec 17, 2015 at 05:49 AM
Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd says his handling of a few controversial cases and his challenge to Lake County politics led to the challenging of his re-election petitions and his subsequent decision to withdraw from the race Monday.
Rudd, a first...
Updated: Dec 15, 2015 at 06:34 PM
Roughly three-quarters of Americans get their news online these days, making the Internet America's favorite news source, according to a 2014 Pew Research Center poll. And for many of them, their online news search starts with a Google query - espec...
Updated: Dec 14, 2015 at 06:39 AM