When: December 2, 2007
Where: Anderson, Indiana
Who: Citizens of Anderson
What: Local legislators agree that property taxes are the top issue facing the General Assembly this session. Exactly how to reform the current system, however, is more contentious.
Why: Madison County’s four representatives at the Indiana Statehouse gathered at Hoosier Park for the first of three Third House legislative meetings. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce for Anderson & Madison County and the League of Women Voters, the meetings are designed to facilitate dialogue between local lawmakers and their constituents
Source: http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_337112351.html
Monday, December 3, 2007
State
When: December 2, 2007
Where: Columbus, Indiana
Who: Chelsea Porter and her killer
What: A Columbus man convicted of raping and stabbing to death a 14-year-old girl during a burglary has been sentenced to 90 years in prison. A jury convicted him Nov. 1 of murder, rape and burglary in the slaying of Chelsea Porter.
Why: Authorities said Shepherd entered the apartment where she was sleeping to steal some car keys when she awoke and he attacked her, stabbing her 11 times with a butcher knife. Porter, who attended Central Middle School, was found dead June 29 in an apartment of a family friend in the city about 40 miles south of Indianapolis.
Source: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071203/LOCAL/712030420
Where: Columbus, Indiana
Who: Chelsea Porter and her killer
What: A Columbus man convicted of raping and stabbing to death a 14-year-old girl during a burglary has been sentenced to 90 years in prison. A jury convicted him Nov. 1 of murder, rape and burglary in the slaying of Chelsea Porter.
Why: Authorities said Shepherd entered the apartment where she was sleeping to steal some car keys when she awoke and he attacked her, stabbing her 11 times with a butcher knife. Porter, who attended Central Middle School, was found dead June 29 in an apartment of a family friend in the city about 40 miles south of Indianapolis.
Source: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071203/LOCAL/712030420
Sports
When: December 2, 2007
Where: Nashville, Tennessee
Who: Andy Pettitte
What: Andy Pettitte has decided to put off retirement and pitch for the New York Yankees in 2008. Pettitte's agent, Randy Hendricks, said Monday that the 35-year-old left-hander had started telling teammates on Sunday. Hendricks then informed Yankees general manager Brian Cashman of the news
Why: The pitcher had said late in the season that it had become increasingly difficult to be away from his family during the season. New York had said it could wait until next month for Pettitte to make a decision. Cashman said the $16 million option Pettitte declined was a standing offer. All of the Yankees' major free agents have now decided to return, with Pettitte following Posada, third baseman Alex Rodriguez and closer Mariano Rivera.
Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3139152
Where: Nashville, Tennessee
Who: Andy Pettitte
What: Andy Pettitte has decided to put off retirement and pitch for the New York Yankees in 2008. Pettitte's agent, Randy Hendricks, said Monday that the 35-year-old left-hander had started telling teammates on Sunday. Hendricks then informed Yankees general manager Brian Cashman of the news
Why: The pitcher had said late in the season that it had become increasingly difficult to be away from his family during the season. New York had said it could wait until next month for Pettitte to make a decision. Cashman said the $16 million option Pettitte declined was a standing offer. All of the Yankees' major free agents have now decided to return, with Pettitte following Posada, third baseman Alex Rodriguez and closer Mariano Rivera.
Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3139152
Science
When: December 2, 2007
Where: Washington
Who: Researchers in interested in Dinosaurs
What: One of the most complete dinosaur mummies ever found is revealing secrets locked away for millions of years, bringing researchers as close as they will ever get to touching a live dino.
Why: The fossilized duckbilled hadrosaur is so well preserved that scientists have been able to calculate its muscle mass and learn that it was more muscular than thought, probably giving it the ability to outrun predators such as T. rex.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/12/03/dinosaur.mummy.ap/index.html
Where: Washington
Who: Researchers in interested in Dinosaurs
What: One of the most complete dinosaur mummies ever found is revealing secrets locked away for millions of years, bringing researchers as close as they will ever get to touching a live dino.
Why: The fossilized duckbilled hadrosaur is so well preserved that scientists have been able to calculate its muscle mass and learn that it was more muscular than thought, probably giving it the ability to outrun predators such as T. rex.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/12/03/dinosaur.mummy.ap/index.html
Business
When: December 2, 2007
Where: United States of America
Who: Citizens of the U.S.
What: Stocks were mixed as investors weighed lower oil prices and a mild read on manufacturing ahead of a key reading on the labor market due at the end of the week.
Why: Stocks gained last week after comments from Federal Reserve officials suggested the central bank will cut rates again at its policy-meeting on Dec. 11. But the gains occurred at the end of an unusually rough November on Wall Street in which stocks got slammed on worries that the housing and credit market crisis will push the economy into recession.
Source: http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/03/markets/markets_1045/index.htm?cnn=yes
Where: United States of America
Who: Citizens of the U.S.
What: Stocks were mixed as investors weighed lower oil prices and a mild read on manufacturing ahead of a key reading on the labor market due at the end of the week.
Why: Stocks gained last week after comments from Federal Reserve officials suggested the central bank will cut rates again at its policy-meeting on Dec. 11. But the gains occurred at the end of an unusually rough November on Wall Street in which stocks got slammed on worries that the housing and credit market crisis will push the economy into recession.
Source: http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/03/markets/markets_1045/index.htm?cnn=yes
Health
When: December 2, 2007
Where: United States of America
Who: U.S. citizens
What: More people in the United States are infected each year with the AIDS virus than previously thought in a finding that could affect the debate over how much money should be spent on prevention efforts.
Why: For 14 years, the Center for Disease and Prevention used informal methods to estimate that about 40,000 people annually in the United States are newly infected with H.I.V. In recent years, federal officials have worked to set up a more accurate assessment technique.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/health/02aids.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=health&adxnnlx=1196698731-MrcCSAwPQejvwU4BwxwWfw
Where: United States of America
Who: U.S. citizens
What: More people in the United States are infected each year with the AIDS virus than previously thought in a finding that could affect the debate over how much money should be spent on prevention efforts.
Why: For 14 years, the Center for Disease and Prevention used informal methods to estimate that about 40,000 people annually in the United States are newly infected with H.I.V. In recent years, federal officials have worked to set up a more accurate assessment technique.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/health/02aids.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=health&adxnnlx=1196698731-MrcCSAwPQejvwU4BwxwWfw
National
When: December 2, 2007
Where: Albany, New York
Who: Citizens of the Northeast
What: Drivers in much of the Northeast navigated a treacherous mix of rain, sleet and snow Monday as a storm blamed for at least 14 deaths blanketed the region after glazing roads in the Midwest.
Why: The National Weather Service said a foot of snow was possible in the mountains of northern New England, with the potential for 20 inches in northern Maine. Upstate New York's central Adirondacks and Lake George region could see 12 inches of snow.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/weather/12/03/winter.weather.ap/index.html
Where: Albany, New York
Who: Citizens of the Northeast
What: Drivers in much of the Northeast navigated a treacherous mix of rain, sleet and snow Monday as a storm blamed for at least 14 deaths blanketed the region after glazing roads in the Midwest.
Why: The National Weather Service said a foot of snow was possible in the mountains of northern New England, with the potential for 20 inches in northern Maine. Upstate New York's central Adirondacks and Lake George region could see 12 inches of snow.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/weather/12/03/winter.weather.ap/index.html
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