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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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  • Afghans protest U.S. church's plans to torch Koran

    KABUL (Reuters) - Several hundred Afghans chanting "Death to America" rallied outside a mosque in the Afghan capital on Monday to protest against an American church's plan to burn a copy of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The protesters, mostly ... More

  • Hermine strengthens off Mexico, oil unaffected

    REYNOSA, Mexico (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, threatening to become a hurricane before landfall, but no damage was reported to U.S. or Mexican oil facilities. At 12:30 p.m. CDT, Hermine, the eighth tropical storm of ... More

  • In wake of Earl, U.S. eyes other potential storms

    MIAMI (Reuters) - The remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston look very likely to strengthen again as a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic and could threaten the Caribbean's Leeward Islands in coming days on a westward track, U.S. forecasters said on Sunday. The National Hurricane ... More

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  • Iran boosts nuclear work, bomb fears remain: IAEA

    VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pushing ahead with its atomic work in defiance of tougher sanctions and the U.N. nuclear watchdog is concerned about Tehran's objections to some of its inspectors, an IAEA report shows. The confidential report, obtained by Reuters on Monday, also ... More

  • Blair cancels book-signing over protests

    LONDON (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday he had canceled a book-signing in London this week to mark the launch of his memoirs, over fears the event would be hit by protests. Three people were arrested after eggs and shoes were thrown ... More

  • Afghans protest U.S. church's plans to torch Koran

    KABUL (Reuters) - Several hundred Afghans chanting "Death to America" rallied outside a mosque in the Afghan capital on Monday to protest against an American church's plan to burn a copy of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The protesters, mostly ... More

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  • Taliban vow to disrupt Afghanistan election

    KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban said on Sunday they would attempt to disrupt elections this month and warned Afghans to boycott the vote, the first explicit threat against the poll by the hardline Islamists. The threat came just a day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai ... More

  • Afghan progress slower than first hoped, general says

    KABUL (Reuters) - International forces in Afghanistan have at times overstated the progress being made this year, the deputy commander of the NATO-led force said on Saturday, with advances coming slower than originally expected. British Lieutenant-General Sir Nick Parker, second-in-command of the International Security Assistance Force ... More

  • Interior chief Salazar voices doubt on Arctic drilling

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Friday he cannot predict whether Royal Dutch Shell, which has invested $3.5 billion in an offshore Arctic oil-development program, will be allowed to drill the five wells it plans next year in Alaska's Chukchi ... More

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  • Corrected: Reeling Padres lose 10th game running

    Corrects lead over Giants to one game, date SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The San Diego Padres suffered their 10th successive defeat in a 4-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Sunday, their once-commanding lead in the National League West slipping to one game over the San ... More

  • Ailing Murray shocked by Wawrinka at U.S. Open

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - An ailing Andy Murray suffered a shock exit from the U.S. Open when he beaten 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 6-3 by Swiss 25th seed Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round on Sunday. The fourth-seeded Scot served for a two sets to love ... More

  • Day has the lead at Deutsche Bank Championship

    NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Australian Jason Day continued his emergence as one of the game's best young players when he earned a one-stroke lead after the third round at the $7.5 million Deutsche Bank Championship Sunday. Day, who began the round tied for the ... More

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  • CORRECTION: Timer may help kids' bladder control problems

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests. For children with urinary incontinence, the first approach to treatment is usually behavior modification - sometimes called bladder training or "urotherapy." Tactics like changing drinking ... More

  • FDA staff: Biotech salmon safe for eating

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A biotechnology company's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as other Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said as they weighed approval of the first DNA-altered animal for Americans' dinner plates. The AquAdvantage salmon, developed by Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc, are ... More

  • Colonoscopy repeats greater with non-specialists

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults who have a colonoscopy performed by a family doctor, internist or general surgeon are somewhat more likely to need another one within a year compared with those who have the procedure done by a gastroenterologist, a new report finds ... 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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  • Oracle offered job to ex-HP CEO Hurd: source

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oracle Corp has offered a job to Mark Hurd, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co who resigned amid a scandal involving inaccurate expense receipts related to a female contractor, according to a source familiar with the situation. The source said a ... More

  • Craigslist.com blocks access to adult services ads

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Craigslist.com has dropped its "adult services" listings, which have become the target of U.S. state attorneys general who say the much-visited online classified ad site is not doing enough to quash prostitution. Last year, Craigslist replaced its "erotic services" ads ... More

  • Google faces Texas AG inquiry, settles privacy suit

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Friday it was the target of an investigation by the Texas Attorney General's office into the fairness of its search engine rankings. The world No. 1 search engine company said the probe is the first by a ... More

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  • 'Machete' and Other Classic Revenge Films

    Machete is coming, and I don't think you're ready. This week Danny Trejo hacks and slashes his way to bloody satisfaction. For those of you unfamiliar with this project, it began life as a faux trailer that played between the two segments of ... More

  • Kutcher considers suing tabloid for defamation

    The actor took aim at a Star magazine report that his five-year marriage was ""in danger of falling apart"" following the ""bombshell news"" that the actor was ""caught cheating with a sexy, young 20-something"". Kutcher took to Twitter.com earlier this week (beg30Aug10) to address ... More

  • Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie Join 'Man On A Ledge' Cast (UPDATE)

    UPDATE: British actor Jamie Bell is in final negotiations with Summit Entertainment for a spot in the upcoming, Man on a Ledge. If the he lands the role, Bell is set to have a tremendous year, already the leading man in Steven Spielberg's The ... More

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