Restaurant Bans Children Younger Than 6

"The management for a popular restaurant in Silverton, Ore., announced Thursday that young children would no longer be allowed into the establishment."

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On US-Mexico border, illegal crossings drop

YUMA, ARIZ. - One phrase sums up both the chief achievement and complaint of National Guard soldiers and airmen posted along this dusty strip of border with Mexico: "Nothing happening."

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CinemaFromage reviews "Population 436"

Steve Kady is a Chicago based census taker. Noticing that the town of Rockwell Falls has reported a population of 436 for the last 100 years, Kady heads to the small country town to verify the count.

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Cinema Fromage Saw III review

Well, Jigsaw's not dead yet. This time around he kidnaps a depressed doctor to keep him alive. He doesn't just want to stay alive for the hell of it however. He's got one more test to run and he'd really like to stick around to the end of the show.

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Is America pledging less?

CANTON, MASS. – A familiar "Good morning" rings over the Hansen School loudspeaker, calling the children of Claire Lund's first grade class to their feet. Ms.

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Some US cities grapple with an unusual problem: too many churches

ORLANDO, FLA. – It's rush hour in southeast Orlando - Sunday rush hour, that is.

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Police say 12-year-old Peru girl set mother's bed on fire

PERU, Ind. (AP) — A 12-year-old girl set fire to her mother's bed while she was sleeping on Monday and then faked her own abduction, police said.

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States give failing grade to graduation rates | csmonitor.com

For decades, college gates have opened wider and wider to the American public, with more whites and minorities attending than ever before.

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Indiana House Democrats want to eliminate state sales tax on gasoline

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Electricity broadcast through the air may someday run your home

More than a century ago, Thomas Edison and Nicola Tesla dreamed of broadcasting electrical energy through the airwaves. Instead, to their surprise, a grid of metallic wires sprang up and encircled the globe, distributing power to homes and businesses nearly everywhere.

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Dell to Sell PCs on Second Life

Dell held a press conference in the virtual world Second Life on Tuesday, announcing that the company has opened an in-world island with a retail store where customers can actually order PCs to be delivered to their home.

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It heats. It powers. Is it the future of home energy?

Down in Bernard Malin's basement is a softly thrumming metal box that turns natural gas into hot water and generates $600 to $800 worth of electricity a year - a bonus byproduct of heating his home.

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Play about sexuality, sexual assault starts tonight at ND

SOUTH BEND — "Loyal Daughters," a student-written theatrical performance dealing with issues of sexuality and sexual assault on campus, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. today through Thursday at the University of Notre Dame.

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Stalking with Internet, cell phones

FORT WAYNE -- A high school freshman broke up with her boyfriend a month ago. But 20 or more times a day, he calls her cell phone. When she ignored his calls, he threatened to physically harm her.

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Man convicted in 'homicide by heart attack'

SOUTH BEND -- A judge on Thursday found a South Bend man guilty of felony aggravated battery for his role in the death of another man during a 2005 street fight.

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Shift coming in US policy on Iraq | csmonitor.com

WASHINGTON – When the midterm elections are over, the Bush administration can get down to making tough calls in Iraq policy.

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Decision 2006 Story: Chocola concedes

"Republican Incumbent Chris Chocola has just conceded in the race for the 2nd district."

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As prices fall, US home buyers benefit | Christian Science Monitor

"Six months ago, the 1920s-era Southern bungalow in Atlanta's Kirkwood neighborhood probably would have sold at its full price asking price of $325,000.

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Indiana Toll Road Lease Approved

Lawmakers authorized sweeping changes in Indiana's transportation funding system on Tuesday when they passed Gov. Mitch Daniels' Major Moves bill on nearly party-line votes in both the House and Senate.

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Shuttle launch delayed until July

NASA officials told NBC News on Tuesday that they have decided to delay the space shuttle Discovery's launch from May until at least July 1 while engineers replace four fuel-level sensors in the shuttle's external tank.

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Kernan Group Likely to Buy South Bend Silverhawks

The sale of the South Bend Silver Hawks to a group of local investors headed by former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan was tentatively confirmed today by Alan Levin, managing partner of Palisades Baseball Ltd., Los Angeles.

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Indiana Abortion Bill May Come Back

Clinics would have to inform women seeking abortions that life begins at conception and that a fetus may feel pain under a contentious abortion bill that some lawmakers are trying to revive.

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Students: Church fires 'a joke'

Two college students arrested Wednesday in a string of nine rural Alabama church arsons told authorities that the first fires were set as "a joke" and later blazes were intended as a diversion.

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Michiana Man Sells Two-Faced Indiana Timepiece on Ebay

If a car leaves downtown Knox at 8 a.m. on April 3 and travels a distance of 25 miles to downtown Plymouth, how late for work will the driver be because he forgot about daylight-saving time and the new time zones?

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