Authorities: Man found dead on tracks committed suicide

HIGHLAND | The decapitated body of a 53-year-old man was discovered Friday morning on the railroad tracks near Highway Avenue and First Street, according to Highland police.

Andrean among more than 30 four-star schools in NWI

MUNSTER | The state Department of Education has named Andrean High School in Merrillville a four-star school.

Youth baseball teams to takes swings against cancer

HIGHLAND | Jacob Kosiara has come to know that there is more to life than just baseball.

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South Shore Steelheads win tourney

South Shore Steelheads win tourney The South Shore Steelheads, a 14-and-under baseball team, won the Karstens Umpire Appreciation tourney May 12 in Michigan City. The team finished 4-0 at the event. Team members include, front row from left, Angelo Guarnero, Jake Zanolla, Justin Akers, Charl…

PORTER COUNTY SPORTS BRIEFS: Willowcreek wins middle school bowling state title

Military discounts Memorial Day at Robbinhurst; Sign-ups for Valpo gymnastics classes Tuesday; Portage Jr. Miss tournament July 12-14

PHS students use videoconferencing to view autopsy procedures

PORTAGE | Students in Tami Kepshire's anatomy and physiology II class at Portage High School didn't squirm or look away Thursday as they watched a forensic autopsy.

Chicago Ford plant operating at capacity

CHICAGO | The nation’s improved economy and the sales of Police Interceptors has the Ford Chicago Assembly plant working at maximum capacity.

IMF chief named key witness in French payoff case

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde arrives for a second day of the court hearing at a special court house, in Paris, Friday, May 24, 2013. Lagarde faced questioning at a special Paris court Friday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversia…

IMF chief named key witness in French payoff case

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde, center, arrives for a second day of the court hearing at a special court house, in Paris, Friday, May 24, 2013. Lagarde faced questioning at a special Paris court Friday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a con…

IMF chief named key witness in French payoff case

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde arrives for a second day of the court hearing at a special court house, in Paris, Friday, May 24, 2013. Lagarde faced questioning at a special Paris court Friday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversia…

IMF chief named key witness in French payoff case

After two days of intense questioning from French magistrates, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said Friday a court named her as a key witness in an investigation into a controversial payoff to an outspoken businessman that was arranged while she was France's finance minis…

Students safe after armed man reported at school

Armed officers and worried parents rushed to a Denver-area high school as students hunkered down in closets and classrooms Friday after a report of a gunman near campus on the last day of class before summer vacation, but the high anxiety faded after a police search turned up nothing.

Bayern, Dortmund await all-German Wembley final

Bayern Munich Arjen Robben of the Netherlands in action during a training session at Wembley Stadium in London, Friday May 24, 2013. Borussia Dortmund will face fellow German soccer team Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Bayern, Dortmund await all-German Wembley final

Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery of France in action during their training session at Wembley Stadium in London, Friday May 24, 2013. Dortmund will face fellow German soccer team Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Bayern, Dortmund await all-German Wembley final

Bayern Munich's Claudio Pizarro, right, and Bastian Schweinsteiger in action during a training session at Wembley Stadium in London, Friday May 24, 2013. Dortmund will face fellow German soccer team Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. (AP Photo/…

Bayern, Dortmund await all-German Wembley final

Bayern Munich is approaching its third Champions League final in four years with the calm of a team fully in control after a season of dominance.

Rare Superman comic found in house insulation

In this image provided by Metropolis Collectibles/ComicConnect, Corp., shows the front and back cover of "Action Comics No. 1" from 1938, featuring the debut of Superman, that was found by David Gonzales mixed in with old newspapers insulating a wall in a house he was renovating in a small t…

Rare Superman comic found in house insulation

It's considered the Holy Grail of comic books: Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, featuring the debut of Superman. And David Gonzales found one mixed in with old newspapers insulating a house he was renovating in a small town in Minnesota.

Fox reality chief Mike Darnell exiting the network

Fox reality chief Mike Darnell says he's leaving the network after an 18-year stay.

No bail for Pa. parents in faith-healing death

FILE - This undated file photo combination provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Herbert and Catherine Schaible. At a bail hearing Friday, May 24, 2013, a Philadelphia judge ordered the couple, who believe in faith healing over medicine, be held without bail on third-degree mu…

No bail for Pa. parents in faith-healing death

After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.

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Suspect in killing of officer found dead in cell

Weber County Sheriff Terry Thompson, from left, Weber County Attorney Dee Smith, Greg Whinham, Roy City, Chief of Police and Mike Ashment, Ogden Chief of Police, appear after a news conference Friday, May 24, 2013, in Ogden, Utah. Matthew David Stewart, a Utah Army veteran charged with killi…

Suspect in killing of officer found dead in cell

FILE - This Nov. 2, 2012, file photo, Matthew David Stewart walks into the court room during the third day of his preliminary trial at Second District Courthouse in Ogden, Utah. Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said that Stewart, charged with killing a police officer and wounding five others …