Bush to urge Congress to allow offshore drilling

" President Bush plans to make a renewed push Wednesday to get Congress to end a long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, echoing a call by GOP presidential candidate John McCain. Congressional Democrats have opposed lifting the prohibitions on energy...

Something's Rotten in the Land of Cotton-and in the USDA Too

"Many farm families are close to homeless. Having lost their land in crooked foreclosures, they depend on the charity of relatives and some are actually homeless. They have no permanent place to lay their heads, and that is the greatest tragedy of all."

Ex-Firefighter To Plead Guilty To Arson

" March 3, 2007 Indiana - A former McCutchanville volunteer firefighter has filed his intent to plead guilty to arson charges stemming from a 2005 fire at an Evansville apartment complex. Andrew D. Spalding of Newburgh was indicted by a Vanderburgh County grand jury in June...

Campus Newspapers Featuring Nude Picture Stolen From Racks

"Campus officials said someone stole nearly 2,500 copies of the University of Southern Indiana's student newspaper, an edition that featured a photograph of two women in bed, one of them nude. Journalism instructor Patricia Ferrier, who is faculty adviser to student...

Inmate has victim's name tattooed on him (AP)

" EVANSVILLE, Ind. - An inmate serving a life sentence for molesting and murdering a 10-year-old girl named Katie was apparently forcibly tattooed across the forehead by a fellow prisoner with the words "KATIE'S REVENGE," authorities say. Anthony Ray Stockelman, 39, was...