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Indiana sees continuing drop in swine flu cases
INDIANAPOLIS | State health officials say the number of Indiana residents hospitalized with flu symptoms fell 17 percent last week as the state moved further away from a late October peak in swine flu cases.
Nov 25, 2009 | 5:25 pm | Loading…
Weekly jobless claims drop below 500,000
WASHINGTON | In a hopeful sign, the number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, dropping below 500,000 for the first time since January.
Nov 25, 2009 | 8:35 am | Loading…
Toyota to replace 3.8 million gas pedals
WASHINGTON | Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will replace accelerator pedals on about 4 million recalled vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats.
Nov 25, 2009 | 8:20 am | Loading…
Thanksgiving travel a mixed bag
AAA Chicago projects that the number of Americans traveling at least 50 miles or more away from home over this Thanksgiving weekend will be up from last year. However, new airline policies, canceled flights and added costs for passengers will cause fewer to take to the skies, said local t…
Nov 25, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Woman shot at Merrillville Meijer in critical condition
MERRILLVILLE | A 50-year-old woman was in critical condition after she was shot Wednesday morning at the town's Meijer store, Merrillville police Operations Cmdr. Lance Huish said.
Nov 25, 2009 | 5:30 pm | Loading…
Indiana sees continuing drop in swine flu cases
INDIANAPOLIS | State health officials say the number of Indiana residents hospitalized with flu symptoms fell 17 percent last week as the state moved further away from a late October peak in swine flu cases.
Nov 25, 2009 | 5:25 pm | Loading…
Weekly jobless claims drop below 500,000
WASHINGTON | In a hopeful sign, the number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, dropping below 500,000 for the first time since January.
Nov 25, 2009 | 8:35 am | Loading…
Toyota to replace 3.8 million gas pedals
WASHINGTON | Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will replace accelerator pedals on about 4 million recalled vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats.
Nov 25, 2009 | 8:20 am | Loading…
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Gary casinos file for bankruptcy
Majestic Star Casino LLC, which operates side-by-side riverboats in Gary, filed for bankruptcy Monday, according to media reports.
Nov 24, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Salvation Army meets needs all year around
Lake County Salvation Army Maj. Robert Buttrey knows it is going to be a difficult year when former donors are coming to his agency seeking help for themselves.
Nov 23, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Region lawmakers balance the demands of legislative work, real jobs
INDIANAPOLIS | Hey boss, I'm going to need a few months off to go serve in the General Assembly. You cool with that?
Nov 23, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Senate Dem at odds over health care bill
WASHINGTON | Senate Democrats sparred Sunday over how to fix the nation's troubled health care system, with moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands aren't met and more liberal members warning party leaders not to bend.
Nov 23, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Motown caps 50th anniversary with memories of Michael
DETROIT | Black ties and gowns filled a ballroom Saturday in a big-bucks salute to Detroit-style royalty -- the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock.
Nov 22, 2009 | 7:15 am | Loading…
Mail keeps flowing despite cutbacks, changing times
As the holidays near, so does the busiest time of year for mail.
Nov 22, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Museum seeks identities
The Internet has been a great source of information for collecting genealogy and pictures of early Portage Township families.
Nov 22, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. | Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.
Nov 22, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Lowell football team heading back to 4A state finals
Lowell's football team is heading back to the state finals for the third time since 2005 after the Red Devils defeated Fort Wayne Dwenger 24-21 in the Class 4A northern semistate at The Inferno.
Nov 21, 2009 | 8:30 pm | Loading…
Incorrect address
In Sunday's edition, an article about Realistic Taxidermy in Lowell contained an incorrect address. The correct address is 15820 Chestnut St. The Times regrets the error.
Nov 21, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
FAA says flight computers working again
CHICAGO | Operations are returning to normal at Chicago airports after an FAA computer glitch.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:50 pm | Loading…
Indiana lawmakers meeting for organization day
INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana lawmakers are gathering for their largely ceremonial organization day at the Statehouse.
Nov 17, 2009 | 11:35 am | Loading…
LaPorte Co. man seeks new trial due to alleged jury tampering
INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether a LaPorte County man should get a new murder trial because a judge didn't investigate allegations of jury tampering.
Nov 17, 2009 | 6:50 am | Loading…
Homebuyer tax credit extension energizing sales
Congress' recent extension and expansion of homebuyer tax credits is already bringing out buyers and may help extend the current modest rally in home sales, according to local real estate agents.
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
RBA makes funding pitch today
The Regional Bus Authority will present its funding application to run Hammond Transit today at the regular meeting of the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority in Porter.
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Correction
A story in Sunday editions misstated one of the winners of a robotics competition because of incomplete information provided to The Times. The Robotic Pioneers from George Rogers Clark Middle-High School in Hammond received the Best Project Presentation award Saturday during the FIRST Leg…
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Correction
A story in Monday's edition reported an incorrect date for the Valparaiso School Board meeting. The board will meet at 6 tonight at Northview Elementary School, 257 Northview Ave.
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Headline incorrect
A headline in some editions Tuesday incorrectly characterized a request for a motion in the trial of Portage school bus driver Terry Burch. The motion requested a separation of witnesses during the trial -- not a gag order, which prevents parties in a case from disclosing information to t…
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Rollover closes Exchange Street in Crete
A semi tanker rolled over early Monday morning near the intersection of Ill. 394 and Exchange Street in Crete, forcing the closure of Exchange to Cottage Grove Avenue, officials said.
Nov 16, 2009 | 12:40 pm | Loading…
Classified changes coming
Beginning Wednesday, classified advertising in The Times will be married to sections of the newspaper having similar news and features material.
Nov 16, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
The third house of the General Assembly
INDIANAPOLIS | You never vote for them, but they might actually represent you and your interests in the General Assembly better than your elected representative. Or, maybe just the reverse.
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:10 am | Loading…
Officials see no political dirt in trash-to-ethanol deal
SCHNEIDER | A garbage-to-ethanol plant proposed for this rural town will be taxpayer-owned the day it opens for business, county officials confirmed.
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
New nwi.com mobile site gives users control
As cell phones and mobile devices continue to evolve, The Times is striving to deliver information to its readers in new and innovative ways.
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Burglar met his match in St. John
According to The Times story from Jan. 3, 1965, " Town Marshal James Larimer and two St. John citizens captured an armed burglar Saturday in a running gun battle through the town's quiet streets." However, for me, the story started out being awakened by my wife, Marion, at 3 a.m. Jan. 2. …
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Court: Obama is 'natural born' citizen
INDIANAPOLIS | President Barack Obama is a "natural born" citizen of the United States, as far as the Indiana Court of Appeals is concerned.
Nov 14, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Cline Avenue closed for bridge safety concerns
Cline Avenue between Calumet Avenue in Hammond and Michigan Avenue in East Chicago is closed until further notice after the Indiana Department of Transportation received an inspection report on a bridge there, the state announced Friday morning.
Nov 13, 2009 | 10:40 am | Loading…
Earnings reports push stocks higher after slide
NEW YORK | Investors pushed back into the stock market a day after a slide as earnings reports boosted confidence about the pace of a recovery in the economy.
Nov 13, 2009 | 9:25 am | Loading…
Hammond native earns a princely position at Disney
Change can be good, especially when it means a promotion and the chance to be the latest Disney prince in shining armor.
Nov 13, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Indiana officials see signs of swine flu taper
INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana health officials say they're seeing some encouraging signs that the swine flu might be tapering off in the state -- at least for now.
Nov 12, 2009 | 11:35 am | Loading…
Hammond native Bob Chapek moving up 'mouse ranks' at Disney
Change can be good, especially when it means a promotion and the chance to be the latest Disney "prince in shining armor."
Nov 12, 2009 | 9:40 am | Loading…
Lawyer: Colo. balloon boy parents to plead guilty
FORT COLLINS, Colo. | The Colorado parents who reported their 6-year-old son floated away aboard a helium balloon will plead guilty to some charges so that the family can stay together, the attorney for the boy's father said Thursday.
Nov 12, 2009 | 8:45 am | Loading…
Planned Parenthood drops Griffith location
GRIFFITH | Planned Parenthood of Indiana announced Wednesday it has decided not to pursue a location in Griffith.
Nov 11, 2009 | 1:25 pm | Loading…
Hammond car accident causes gas leak, road closure
A car hit an above ground natural gas regulator station in Hammond early Wednesday, causing a gas leak and forcing the closure of a portion of Sheffield Avenue, authorities said.
Nov 11, 2009 | 11:15 am | Loading…
Some home deliveries delayed
Home delivery of some editions of The Times is running late Wednesday due to production problems.
Nov 11, 2009 | 6:35 am
Obama salutes Fort Hood victims
FORT HOOD, Texas | Sketching out lives that ended too soon, President Barack Obama remembered those slain at Fort Hood as husbands and fathers, immigrants and scholars, optimists and patriots -- an expectant mother, a granddaughter of veterans, a music teacher.
Nov 11, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Stocks mostly fall as the dollar's slide eases
NEW YORK | Investors cooled their buying of stocks and commodities, pausing from a surge that's carried major stock indexes to their highest levels in more than a year.
Nov 10, 2009 | 1:05 pm | Loading…
Fed officials warn weak recovery won't spur jobs
WASHINGTON | Unemployment likely will remain high for the next several years because the economic recovery won't be strong enough to spur robust hiring, Federal Reserve officials warned Tuesday.
Nov 10, 2009 | 10:30 am | Loading…
Local steel production falls 20,000 tons
Estimated raw steel production in the Northwest Indiana/Chicago area -- the nation's second-largest steel producing region -- was 405,000 tons during the week ending Nov. 7, down from the 425,000 tons produced the week prior, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute.
Nov 10, 2009 | 10:00 am | Loading…
Some home deliveries running late
Home delivery of some editions of The Times was running late Tuesday due to production problems overnight.
Nov 10, 2009 | 6:55 am
Girl dies after two cars strike her
An 11-year-old DeMotte girl was killed Friday night in Wheatfield after a car hit her and she was run over and dragged about 20 feet by a second car, police said late Sunday.
Nov 10, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Health care bill has nowhere to go in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON | The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.
Nov 09, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Northwest Indiana may get its first trauma center
Northwest Indiana has nearly a dozen hospital emergency rooms but no trauma center, which means area patients with severe injuries often wait longer than necessary for care or, in special cases, must be transported to hospitals in Illinois or elsewhere in Indiana that have trauma centers.
Nov 08, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Tie One On
Do you remember your mother's or grandmother's aprons? If so, then you probably have fond memories of them. You may have even tucked a few away in a drawer. It is time to bring them out--aprons are making a comeback!
Nov 08, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Slain couple's son speaks of forgiveness, caring
HOBART | Garrard McClendon, whose parents were slain less than three weeks ago, spoke of forgiveness and the importance of caring for others during a speech Friday at a Care From the Heart Social Services event at Avalon Manor.
Nov 07, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Going for the crown
Months of practice, film watching and weight lifting led to Friday's IHSAA football sectional championship games throughout the region.
Nov 07, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Pregnant Chicago soldier killed in Fort Hood
Family and friends of Michael Pearson and Francheska Velez understood that their joining the military could cost them their lives.
Nov 07, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Newsweek: NiSource one of U.S.'s greenest utilities
Newsweek magazine has ranked NiSource Inc., of Merrillville, fourth among U.S. utilities in its Green Rankings of the nation's largest corporations.
Nov 06, 2009 | 10:15 am | Loading…
Local doctors sound off on health care reform
Local doctors debated the pros and cons of a public option for health care reform Thursday in front of a crowd of about 200 at Indiana University Northwest's Savannah Auditorium.
Nov 06, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
