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• SMALL TREASURE
  TREVLAC - Kay Patterson arrived first that cold January night when an arsonist poured gasoline in the Bear Creek Church sanc...
• Martinsville teacher, former students headed for duty in Iraq
  MARTINSVILLE - When Maj. Jonathan Marion deploys to Iraq with the Indiana National Guard, he'll be accompanied by a fe...
• Waiting until the last minute for Christmas shopping? You're not alone
  OK. Admit it. It's two days until Christmas, and you still haven't bought anything for your husband, your mom, your be...
• Virtual gifts: When you care enough to click on the very best
  It's the thought that counts. No, really. The fact that you can't touch it, hear it, smell it, or even see it in real ...
• Lottery numbers
  SATURDAY Powerball Numbers: 5-10-11-34-38. Powerball: 21. Estimated jackpot: $25.1 million. Powe...
• Holiday fundraising goes down to the wire
  As holiday giving campaigns came to their peak this month, varying degrees of success were reported at local agencies. Cliff Edens...
• Almanac
  Data for Bloomington from the Indiana University Physical Plant and the Monroe County Airport. YESTERDAY High/low...
• Today's death notices - Dec. 23, 2007
  A list of death notices reported to the H-T today: Marjorie H. Parker Raines, 96, died Saturday. Jim H. ...
• Today's forecast: A cold, blustery day
  The current outside temperature is 29.6 degrees with sunny skies. According to weather.com, the snow that trickled down earlier t...
• Departure ceremony Jan. 2 for area Guard troops soldiers
  About 3,400 National Guard soldiers - including locals who drill at armories in Linton and Martinsville - will say goo...
• No winners in Powerball, Hoosier Lotto
  INDIANAPOLIS - None of the tickets sold for the latest Hoosier Lotto game match all six numbers drawn, so the jackpot rises ...
• Colts have something to play for vs. Texans
  INDIANAPOLIS - Forget postseason positioning. Houston and Indianapolis have much more at stake today. While the Colts have a...
• Press box
  FOOTBALL 36 Seminoles to sit out Music City Bowl TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Thirty-six Florida State play...
• Huggins joins long list of 600-game winners
  BUFFALO, N.Y. - West Virginia forward Alex Ruoff could only shake his head and laugh at how unemotional coach Bob Huggins wa...
• AP Story of the Year voting
  First place votes in parentheses 1,352 (100): Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's HR record an...
• 2007 a year of breaking rules, not records in sports
  2007 was a lousy year in sports unless you were a fan of the pro teams from Boston, the semipro ones from the University of Florid...
• Granger's 25 points lifts Pacers
  INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Pacers were careful not to look past an ailing Washington Wizards squad. Despite playing without ...
• Big Ten roundup
  No. 8 UCLA 69, Michigan 54: Josh Shipp scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half as UCLA rallied. The Wolveri...
• Top 25 college roundup
  No. 1 North Carolina 105, Cal-Santa Barbara 70: Tyler Hansbrough scored 21 points and North Carolina bounced back...
• Buckeyes win - when it doesn't count
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State is no longer Gator bait. It's a long way from making up for all the grief that Florida has...
• Today's NFL matchups
  HOUSTON (7-7) AT INDIANAPOLIS (12-2) GAME TIME: 1 p.m. SERIES: Colts, 10-1. LAS...
• Cowboys lose T.O., beat Panthers
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - With Terrell Owens watching the second half from the locker room, the Dallas Cowboys had to depend on thei...
• Beyond the scoreboard
  BASKETBALL Hot start for Lowers Former Edgewood basketball player Daniel Lowers is off to a good start in his freshman seas...
• College football
  CINCINNATI 31, SOUTHERN MISS. 21 PAPAJOHNS.COM BOWL Southern Mississippi 7 0 7 7 —...
• New Mexico blanks Nevada to end 46-year winless skid in bowls
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For coach Rocky Long, it was just the next game, another brick to continue building his program. For del...
• Freshman Lucas leads Spartans over ’Horns
  AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — A 6-foot, 180-pound point guard could not be stopped during the pivotal part of the Texas-Michigan Sta...
• State roundup
  No. 16 Butler 78, Florida Gulf Coast 66: A.J. Graves scored 17 points and Butler made 14 of 15 free throws in the...
• Big Ten roundup
  No. 8 UCLA 69, Michigan 54: Josh Shipp scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half as UCLA rallied. The Wolveri...
• Mauk leads Cincy past Southern Miss
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Ben Mauk shrugged off mistakes and Southern Miss defenders alike, and helped No. 20 Cincinnati make one m...
• Thomas reportedly in on impermissible three-way calls
  Current Indiana player DeAndre Thomas was one of two people who told Ice Miller investigators that Kelvin Sampson knowingly partic...
• IU shakes off slow start
  For the first 20 minutes Saturday afternoon, Coppin State's goal of slowing the tempo seemed to be working. The Hoosiers wer...
• Hoosier women line up to sink No. 13 West Virginia
  Glancing over the box score for the Hoosiers' game against West Virginia at Assembly Hall on Saturday, it's a rather d...
• Inside the game: Coppin State
  PLAYER OF THE GAME D.J. White, F, 6-9, 231, Hoosiers Indiana senior captain D.J. White scored 16 of his ...
• A German Christmas differed from celebrations in other colonies
  Christmas was celebrated in different ways in various parts of colonial America. We find German and Swiss customs in Pennsylvania,...
• Travel briefs
  NEW YORK, NY Hertz offers Nickelodeon programs with rentals If you’re renting a car from Hertz, you can als...
• Hard working at holidays
  REPUBLICAN CITY, Neb. — With pitchforks and heavy coats, three teenage cousins brave below-freezing temperatures and learn h...