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- Guilty plea made in stabbing of Columbus officer COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) - A man has pleaded guilty to charges that he stabbed a central Indiana police officer who was trying to arrest him.
- Cummins to lay off nearly 200 workers in Columbus COLUMBUS (AP) - Diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. is laying off nearly 200 workers at its Columbus MidRange Engine Plant in response to a drop in orders by Chrysler Group LLC.
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Evan Bayh To Retire From Senate
WASHINGTON — Adding to Democrats’ political woes in the 2010 midterm elections, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh unexpectedly announced Monday that he would not run for a third term in a Republican-leaning state, opening up a seat that his party now is likely to lose.
- ‘Catcher in the Rye’ Author J.D. Salinger Dies NEW YORK (AP) — J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose “The Catcher in the Rye” shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91.
- Teen Charged In Brother’s Death To Plead Insanity RISING SUN, Ind. (AP) — Prosecutors say the attorney for a southern Indiana teenager accused of strangling his younger brother plans to use an insanity defense in his trial.
- Ind. math, science teacher program to expand INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana program that places highly qualified math and science teachers in public schools is being expanded to at least two other states.
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Indiana AG Reviewing Health Care Bill To Ensure It’s Constitutional
INDIANAPOLIS (MCT) - Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller’s office has a new top priority: studying the U.S. Senate health care bill to see if all provisions are constitutional, Zoeller announced today.
- 2nd grader left on school bus in Lafayette LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Officials of a Lafayette-area school district plan to fire a substitute bus driver who they say left a sleeping second-grader on board at the district’s bus yard.
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Cummins lays off 212 and puts 22 more on leave
Cummins Engine Co. will lay off more than 200 workers in Columbus.
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Trailer struck by train at Carthage crossing
•“Just an hour ago I had over more than 100 school children on this train; can you imagine how much of a mess this would have been,” observed train engineer Thomas Allison.
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