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Crop-dusting helicopter crashes near Lafayette

Associated Press - July 24, 2008 4:04 PM ET BUCK CREEK, Ind. (AP) - Tippecanoe County authorities say a crop-dusting helicopter crashed into a cornfield as the pilot was spraying...

Children's Museum plans $16 million expansion

Associated Press - July 24, 2008 3:54 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is planning a $16-million expansion that should be completed by the time of next year's...

Grand opening celebration set at Lucas Oil Stadium

Associated Press - July 24, 2008 11:14 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Anyone planning to attend the grand opening celebration for the new Lucas Oil Stadium should leave their Colts jersey.

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59 ships stopped from traversing Mississippi

Associated Press - July 24, 2008 2:44 PM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Coast Guard has stopped 59 ships from traversing the Mississippi River from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico following a...

House votes to boost bridge spending, inspections

Associated Press - July 24, 2008 4:13 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has overwhelmingly passed legislation aimed at improving the safety of the nation's bridges, nearly a year after the...

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Calif. requires ships to cut pollution off coast

Associated Press - July 24, 2008 3:53 PM ET SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California air regulators have approved the nation's toughest rules to reduce harmful emissions from ocean-going ships...

GOP kills effort to release oil from US stockpile

Associated Press - July 24, 2008 3:13 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans have killed a Democratic effort to release 70 million barrels of oil from the government's emergency stockpile.

Ark. man charged in 4 boat deaths pleads guilty

Associated Press - July 24, 2008 3:03 PM ET MIAMI (AP) - 1 of 2 men accused of killing four people aboard a fishing charter last year has pleaded guilty in exchange for prosecutors not seeking...

Female suicide bomber kills 8 in Iraq

Associated Press - July 24, 2008 2:43 PM ET BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi police say at least eight people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a checkpoint manned by U.S.-allied Sunni guards...

Iraqi teams banned from Beijing Olympic games

Associated Press - July 24, 2008 2:23 PM ET BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi athletes won't be allowed to compete in next month's Beijing Games. The International Olympic Committee has upheld a ban...

Ukrainian president blames ex-ally for near lethal poisoning

Associated Press - July 24, 2008 2:23 PM ET KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's president says he believes a former political ally and friend was involved in his near-fatal poisoning.

Libya halts oil shipments to Switzerland after arrest of Gadhafi's son

Associated Press - July 24, 2008 1:13 PM ET TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Libya has halted oil deliveries to Switzerland and is barring Swiss ships from its ports.

Russia denies reported Cuba base plans

Associated Press - July 24, 2008 12:33 PM ET MOSCOW (AP) - Russian news agencies say the Defense Ministry is denying a newspaper report that Russia was considering basing nuclear-capable...