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  • Hoosiers Dispatched To New England To Help With Hurricane Earl

    BRAZIL, Ind (WIBQ) - Earl is just now heading for a brush with the US east coast, and already a Hoosier couple is in place to help. Richard and Janet Atkins of Brazil volunteer with the American Red Cross and packed up this week to help ... More

  • Explosion In Washington Could Be Result Of Meth

    WASHINGTON, Ind (WIBQ) - An explosion at a home in Washington, Indiana was apparently caused by a malfunction in the manufacturing of methamphetamine. The incident happened Wednesday morning fire officials found the home fully engulfed in flames and the owners of the home could not’t ... More

  • THPD On Lookout For Vandals

    TERRE HAUTE (WIBQ) - Police are looking for two people, a man and a woman, believed to be responsible for vandalizing the Sky Garden Parking Garage on Ohio Avenue, Wednesday night. The couple was caught on video and police say they both wore turquoise shirts and ... More

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  • Operation Hoosier Thunder A Success

    INDIANAPOLIS (WIBQ) - It was called "Operation Hoosier Thunder" and was designed to concentrate on illegal marijuana growing on public and even federally owned land. Now, authorities say the combined effort of federal, state and local authorities was successful. In fact, since the operation began on ... More

  • Report Says More Indiana Children Being Affected By Meth

    INDIANAPOLIS (WIBQ) - A sobering report from the Indiana State Police. The number of kids in this state affected by meth is higher than ever before. Police report the number of children affected is up 110-percent over 4 years. They say last year 185 children were ... More

  • Group Wants To Revamp Indiana Liquor Sales

    INDIANAPOLIS (WIBQ) - Hoosiers may soon be able to buy ice cold beer at gas stations, convenience stores and grocers. Currently, only Liquor stores can sell cold beer in Indiana and a retailers group says the law discriminates against retail outlets and they want to change ... More

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  • U.S. scientist questioned in Miami airport bomb scare

    MIAMI (Reuters) - A 70-year-old U.S. scientist was detained for questioning at Miami's international airport after a suspicious metal canister in his luggage triggered a bomb scare that shut down airport operations overnight, authorities said on Friday. Police said the airport had reopened and ... More

  • Obama says to address new economic ideas next week

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy after August data on Friday showed again that jobs -- the central issue in November elections -- were being created too slowly. Obama, speaking to reporters in the White House ... More

  • U.S. reiterates commitment to 2020 climate goal

    GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States reiterated on Friday that it was committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 even though the Senate has failed to pass legislation. "I am in no sense writing off legislation over time. And I'm quite sure the president ... More

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  • Strong 7.4 quake hits New Zealand near Christchurch

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A strong earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit New Zealand, just 4 miles southeast of Christchurch, in the middle of the night local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said Friday. There were no immediate tsunami warnings. USGS earlier said the quake measured ... More

  • Pakistan Taliban threaten attacks in U.S., Europe

    DERA ISLAMIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban on Friday threatened to launch attacks in the United States and Europe "very soon" and dismissed a move by Washington to add the group to its terrorism blacklist. The United States on Wednesday said it had added ... More

  • Cargo plane crashes near Dubai road, causes fire: TV

    DUBAI (Reuters) - A cargo plane crashed near a busy highway in Dubai on Friday, causing a fire, Al Arabiya television reported. Ambulances were rushing to the location of the crash, near Dubai airport, the station added. Airport officials said they could not immediately comment. Al ... More

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  • U.S. offshore oil fire may delay lift of drill ban

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama Administration is likely to stay focused on toughening regulatory oversight of the U.S. offshore oil industry and may push back lifting a ban on deepwater drilling after the latest accident in the Gulf of Mexico, analysts said on Thursday. The ... More

  • Obama adviser Summers to visit China September 4

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama's top economic adviser will visit China from Saturday for three days of meetings. The White House said in a statement that National Economic Council Director Larry Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser ... More

  • Food safety a "priority" for Senate: Reid aide

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Passing food safety reform legislation this year is a "priority" for the Senate, said a spokesman for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, as Congress feels pressure from consumer groups to act following the latest recall to highlight weaknesses in the system. "It has ... More

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  • Obama says to address new economic ideas next week

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy after August data on Friday showed again that jobs -- the central issue in November elections -- were being created too slowly. Obama, speaking to reporters in the White House ... More

  • Non-manufacturing sector slows in August: ISM

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. non-manufacturing sector grew in August for an eighth straight month but at a slower pace than July and at a rate that was below expectations, according to an industry report released on Friday. The Institute for Supply Management said ... More

  • Owners of a third of 3PAR back HP bid

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Data storage provider 3PAR Inc <PAR.N> said on Friday that shareholders owning about a third of its shares have agreed to accept Hewlett-Packard Co's<HPQ.N> proposal to buy the company for $2.4 billion. HP won a bidding war ... More

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  • Hollywood updates Facebook in lineup of fall movies

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Social media" is among today's most popular catch phrases thanks to the success of, among other things, networking website Facebook -- the favored way for today's youth to communicate on a global level. Now Facebook is the subject of what's ... More

  • Sofia Coppola takes insider's look at Hollywood A-lister

    By Mike Collett-White VENICE (Reuters) - Sofia Coppola's latest movie is a Hollywood insider's look at the life of an A-list actor -- five star hotels and Ferraris, adoration and sexual advances, but also loneliness, tiresome media attention and boredom. "Somewhere" is part comedy and ... More

  • I Spy a New Spy

    When it comes to recurring on-screen protagonists, I don't think there's any archetype more enviable than the globe-trotting superspy. They engage in all of the larger-than-life, world-saving heroics that superheroes and cops do, but aren't emasculated by colorful spandex or hampered by ... More

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  • Abbott's diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market. Final data from the so-called SCOUT study, published on Wednesday ... More

  • Too little sleep bad for teenagers' diets: study

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Teenagers who sleep less than eight hours a night on weeknights eat more fatty foods and snacks than those who get more than eight hours of sleep a night, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. They said getting too little sleep can result ... More

  • Mental 'exercise' linked to faster dementia progression

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While staying mentally active in old age has been linked to a delayed onset of dementia, seniors who engage in such brain "exercise" may actually have a faster rate of decline once Alzheimer's is diagnosed, researchers reported Wednesday. The findings ... More

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  • U.N. climate panel urged to reform, stick to science

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel should only make predictions when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ... More

  • Study finds first genetic link to common migraine

    LONDON (Reuters) - An international scientific team has identified for the first time a genetic risk factor associated with common migraines and say their research could open the way for new treatments to prevent migraine attacks. Researchers who looked at genetic data from 50,000 people ... More

  • Scientists crack through wheat's genetic code

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have cracked and published almost all of the highly complex genetic code of wheat -- a staple food for more than a third of the world's people -- and say breeders can now use their findings to improve yields. The draft gene map ... More

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  • Gameworld: Tween players impacting online game development

    BURBANK, California (Reuters) - A booming market of tweens is changing the landscape of online games. This audience of boys and girls aged 8 to 11 has game publishers launching new games like Disney Online's "World of Cars Online" and Sony Online Entertainment's "Star ... More

  • Baidu to focus mobile Internet investment on search

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Baidu Inc, operator of China's dominant search engine, said on Thursday that it will focus its future mobile Internet investments on its core search business as it takes aim at the next big Internet space. Baidu CFO Jennifer Li, speaking at ... More

  • Nokia to close down data access service Ovi Files

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Nokia has decided to close down its Ovi Files service which allows consumers to access their computer data remotely, the world's top cellphone maker said in an e-mail to users of the service. "Nokia is discontinuing the Ovi Files service, effective October ... More

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  • Pistorius expects to comfortably make London

    ROVERETO, Italy (Reuters) - A woman carrying pole vaults in a purpose-built bag struggles to make her way through a crowd of screaming children at an athletics meeting in northern Italy. Caster Semenya, the women's 800 meters world champion is alongside 2004 Olympic men's ... More

  • Battered Blake hopes tap energy from rowdy Open crowd

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rejuvenated by the familiar surroundings of the U.S. Open, New Yorker James Blake promised to deliver some inspired tennis if his broken-down body will allow him to compete at a higher level. Blake, who defied a host of ailments to beat ... More

  • Underdogs gets their chance in limelight at U.S. Open

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - It looms as a mismatch of classic proportions. Andy Murray, the world number four and one of the favorites to win the U.S. Open title against Dustin Brown, a dreadlocked Jamaican ranked 123rd in the world. When they enter Arthur Ashe ... More

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