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NCAA approves tougher sanctions for rule-breakers
The NCAA is demanding everyone in college sports play by the same book. Those who deviate from it and flout the rules will soon be paying a steeper ...
GOP tries to move past Mourdock comment on rape
Embattled Senate candidate Richard Mourdock and national Republican officials said Thursday they were moving past the uproar over his comments that ...
GOP's Mourdock stands by rape, abortion remark
Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock refused to apologize Wednesday for saying that when pregnancy results from rape then that is ...
School aide fired after call about '65 killing
An Iowa teacher's aide was fired Tuesday after school officials recently learned she was the member of an Indianapolis family who tortured and killed ...
WNBA fines Lynx coach after outburst
The WNBA has fined Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve for her coat-throwing outburst following a technical foul during Game 2 of the WNBA Finals ...
Fever coach critical of Lynx counterpart
Indiana coach Lin Dunn criticized the coach of the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday, accusing her of a "lack of respect" for an outburst that seemed to spur ...
Bill Clinton's back in the campaign game big time
Bill Clinton is back in the game big time, serving as President Barack Obama's surrogate in chief and relying on his oratorical skill and folksy style ...
Wayne impresses Colts teammates in leadership role
Reggie Wayne took the baton from Peyton Manning this offseason and ran with it. Wayne and the Indianapolis Colts couldn't be happier. After spending ...
Freeze, drought take bite out of fall tourism
Devastating spring freezes and a historic drought have stripped some charm from rustic fall destinations, leaving some corn too short to create mazes, ...
Indianapolis symphony cancels 5th week of concerts
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is canceling a fifth week of concerts as contract negotiations with the musicians union remain deadlocked.
Luck rallies Indianapolis past Green Bay 30-27
All Chuck Pagano asked the Indianapolis Colts to do was focus on football. Andrew Luck and Reggie Wayne did that — and more to honor their ailing ...
Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 47
As the tally from a deadly meningitis outbreak rose Friday, health officials identified the medical clinics across the country that received steroid ...
Outside money fills airwaves in tight Senate races
Campaign cash from outside political groups is flooding into conservative states with close Senate races like Indiana, Arizona and Montana, where ...
Labor standoffs silence orchestras in Minn., Ind.
The Minnesota Orchestra was called the world's greatest not long ago, welcome recognition for musicians based outside a top cultural center. Now its ...
Colts' Arians ready to step in for ill Pagano
Bruce Arians always wanted to coach his own NFL team. The chance has arrived, and not how he wanted it to go. He will be replacing an old friend on ...
Tea party hero changes tune to woo Ind. moderates
Richard Mourdock became one of the tea party's biggest winners of the 2012 primary season when he knocked off veteran Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar in ...
Mark Johnson resigns as KV Racing general manager
Mark Johnson has resigned as general manager of KV Racing Technology after a season of high expectations fell woefully short for the IndyCar Series ...
Colts fan's dying wish: Tickets to Sunday's game
A terminally ill Indianapolis Colts fan will get a final wish Sunday when he attends the team's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Simon Property settles with tycoon's estate
Simon Property Group Inc. has settled a dispute with the estate of shopping mall magnate Melvin Simon that's netted his trust's ultimate beneficiaries ...
Colts, Luck find way to hold off Minnesota 23-20
Minnesota gave Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts too many chances Sunday. Eventually, the No. 1 draft pick made the Vikings pay. Indy's new ...
Vinatieri, Luck lead Colts past Vikings 23-20
Andrew Luck sure didn't play like a rookie Sunday afternoon. He looked like a new, younger version of Peyton Manning. The Colts rookie threw two ...
Ind. judge allows fatal police crash blood sample
A blood sample from an Indianapolis police officer accused of drunken driving and causing a fatal crash can be used as evidence in the criminal case ...
McIlroy, Woods live up to star billing
They had 16 birdies and one eagle between them. Their better-ball score would have been a 59. Beyond the great golf of Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods ...
Isaac promises drought relief, lousy holiday
When drought made Fourth of July fireworks a fire hazard, organizers in Chesterfield, Mo., decided to try again Labor Day weekend. Go figure: Now rain ...