Miss. River spill idles ships near New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Dozens of cargo ships, petrochemical tankers and smaller vessels stacked up Thursday near a closed stretch of the Mississippi River, a day after a collision between a barge and tanker spilled more than 400,000 gallons of fuel oil into the nation's busy shipping waterway....
AG won't appeal ruling in sex offender law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Attorney General Steve Carter said Thursday he would not appeal a federal court ruling overturning part of a new state law that would have allowed the computers of sex offenders to be searched long after their sentences had been served....
Children's Museum plans $15.7 million expansion
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The Children's Museum of Indianapolis hopes its makeover is fit for a king - even if he's been dead for thousands of years....
Spring flooding killed many crop pest insects
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Spring flooding that damaged Indiana cropland delivered an unexpected bonus to farmers and homeowners - fewer crop-eating insects....
