Saturday 4th September, 2010

• Tainted trio admit Majeed paid money, says Geo TV

  Indianapolis News.Net

  Three Pakistani cricketers -- captain Salman Butt and pacers Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Asif -- under the scanner for spot-fixing, have reportedly admitted before the Scotland Yard inquiry that the British currency recovered from their hotel rooms was given to them by bookie Mazhar Majeed.

• Prosecutor: Ohio dairy farm worker to plead guilty

  Journal Gazette

  MARYSVILLE, Ohio – A prosecutor says an Ohio dairy farm worker accused of abusing cows in an undercover video is expected to enter a guilty plea in the case.Marysville City Law Director Tim Asla...

• Body of son of boxing promoter found in Cascades

  Journal Gazette

  SEATTLE – Searchers spotted the body of the son of Hall of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum on a rugged Washington state mountainside Friday afternoon, five days after they began looking for him in...

• Death toll rises to 65 in attack on Pakistanis

  Journal Gazette

  QUETTA, Pakistan – The death toll from a Pakistani Taliban suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose from 43 to 65 overnight as critically wounded people died in hospitals, police said S...

• Infant, firemen injured in NE side fire

  WISH TV 8

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WISH) - An infant and two Indianapolis Firefighters are injured after an apartment fire on Indy’s northeast side. This is the second fire at the Farmington Lake Apartment in one...

• 7.1 earthquake strikes N. Zealand's South Isle

  Journal Gazette

  WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck much of New ZealandÂ’s South Island early today and caused widespread damage, but there were just two reports of serious ...

• Scare shuts down Miami airport

  Journal Gazette

  MIAMI – The suspicions airport security officials had when they saw the metal canister grew when they learned about the man who brought it in from the Middle East: a scientist who sparked a biot...

• Carp fight leaves boaters leery

  Journal Gazette

  CHICAGO – ChicagoÂ’s seasonal ritual of boat parades may be scuttled as five states ask a judge to head off an invasion of Asian carp by blocking access to Lake Michigan.Boats come out of wi...

• Fire indicts shallow-water rigs

  Journal Gazette

  The fire at an oil platform off the Louisiana coast on Thursday may not, in the end, do much harm to the Gulf of Mexico. But it could still mean trouble for both the Obama administration and the oil i...

• Earl will douse Nantucket, Cod

  Journal Gazette

  CHATHAM, Mass. – A weakening but still dangerous Hurricane Earl steamed toward the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of Cape Cod on Friday, disrupting peopleÂ’s vacations on the un...

• Foster care rolls declining

  Journal Gazette

  NEW YORK – The number of U.S. children in foster care has dropped 8 percent in just one year, and more than 20 percent in the past decade, according to federal figures.The drop, hailed by child-...

• Caucus picks new mayor for Mishawaka

  Journal Gazette

  MISHAWAKA. – A veteran city councilman has been elected the new leader of a northern Indiana city, replacing a mayor who is stepping down to become president of an area business group.A Republic...

• Indianapolis archdiocese settles sex abuse lawsuit

  Journal Gazette

  INDIANAPOLIS – The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has reached a cash settlement in a man's lawsuit alleging that a former Catholic priest sexually abused him as a child.The archdiocese agreed to co...

• Car-seat maker Dorel opens new Columbus tech center

  Journal Gazette

  COLUMBUS, Ind. – A company that makes child car seats has opened up a new technical center in southern Indiana where it will develop and test the safety devices.Dorel Juvenile Group unveiled on ...

• Terror-financing plot suspect free on bond

  Journal Gazette

  TOLEDO – An Ohio man charged along with his wife with plotting to help finance a Mideast terrorist group was released on bond Friday.Family members offered several homes to secure the nearly $1 ...

• Developer charged in corruption investigation

  Journal Gazette

  CLEVELAND – A developer in the Cleveland area has been charged in a public corruption investigation with giving a $20,000 bribe to a suburban councilman.The charge against 69-year-old David Terr...

• Authorities say Ohio man ignored maggots on wife

  Journal Gazette

  CINCINNATI – A grand jury has indicted an Ohio man in the death of his wife who they say had maggots on her before she died.A Hamilton County grand jury on Friday indicted 65-year-old Darrel Whi...

• Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash

  Journal Gazette

  TANAH KARO, Indonesia – An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet in the air today, sending frightened residents fleeing...

• Afghan bombings kill 7 U.S. troops

  Journal Gazette

  KABUL, Afghanistan – Roadside bombs killed seven American troops Monday – including five in a single blast in Kandahar – raising to more than a dozen the number who have died in the ...

• Southport High School "Burnbook" leads to cyber-bullying, violence

  WXIN

  Indianapolis, Ind. — A Facebook page has been pitting high school kids at a central Indiana high school against eachother. Now, some say the mean-spirited comments grown out of control and, in s...

• Carmel keeps the Copper Kettle

  WXIN

  GREENWOOD — The Copper Kettle has found at least a somewhat extended stay in Carmel the past few years. It's the award given to the regular season winner of the Greyhounds football contest with...

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