TOM DAVIES

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Indiana, Amazon.com reach online sales tax deal

Amazon.com will begin collecting Indiana's 7 percent sales tax from customers in the state in 2014, under an agreement announced Monday.

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Decisions for Daniels as he weighs White House bid

As Mitch Daniels, the Republican governor of Indiana who last year called for a "truce on the so-called social issues," approaches his deadline for deciding whether to run for president, state lawmakers have put on his desk a pair of showcase conservative ideas.

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Indiana poised to cut Planned Parenthood funding

Indiana is poised to become the first state to cut off all government funding for the Planned Parenthood organization, providing a significant victory for the anti-abortion movement but presenting a political predicament for the state's governor, Mitch Daniels, as he considers running for president.

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Indiana may cut Planned Parenthood

Indiana is poised to become the first state to cut off all government funding for the Planned Parenthood organization, providing a significant victory for the anti-abortion movement but posing a political predicament for the state's governor, Mitch Daniels, as he considers running for president.

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Prosecution of Ind. elections chief could be tough

Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White's excuse that a busy schedule and new marriage caused him to give the wrong address at a polling place could be a feasible defense to voter fraud and other criminal allegations he now faces, a legal expert said Friday.

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Indiana House adjourns amid GOP, Dems stalemate

With Democrats still in Illinois and neither party showing signs of compromise Thursday, the Republican leader of the Indiana House shut down the chamber and said it would remain closed until at least Monday.

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Dems leave Indiana House, blocking GOP labor bill

Indiana House Democrats took a page from the playbook of their counterparts in Wisconsin on Tuesday, refusing to show up and at least temporarily blocking a Republican-backed labor bill.

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Candidates making late pushes across Indiana

Candidates are crisscrossing Indiana on the last weekend before Election Day, pushing to get supporters to the polls and making some of their final arguments to undecided voters.

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Ind. lawmaker falls harder as words, actions clash

On camera, Rep. Mark Souder was a paragon of morality, espousing the virtues of family values and abstinence education.

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Indiana Rep. Souder says he'll resign over affair

Indiana Rep. Mark Souder, an eight-term Republican who promoted abstinence education, said Tuesday he'll resign from Congress after admitting an extramarital affair with a part-time staff member.

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Indiana Rep. Souder says he'll resign over affair

Indiana Republican Rep. Mark Souder acknowledged an affair with a staffer Tuesday and unexpectedly announced his resignation, giving Democrats a chance at capturing what many had thought was a safe Republican seat.

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Coats gives self $200K loan for Senate campaign

Republican Dan Coats' bumpy campaign for his former Senate seat is running in large part on his own money after he loaned it $200,000, even as his staff denies fundraising troubles ahead of the primary.

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Bill Clinton says Barack Obama on right track

Former President Bill Clinton rallied Democrats on Saturday with a vigorous defense of President Barack Obama, saying that Obama has done what was needed to spark the economy.

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Obama out to flip Indiana to Dems

Democrats typically skip right over reliably Republican Indiana when plotting presidential campaign strategy.

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IU president: Sampson shouldn't have been hired

Indiana University's president told the NCAA infractions committee that the hiring of ousted basketball coach Kelvin Sampson was "a risk that should not have been taken."

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Border states key as Clinton, Obama battle in Indiana

Hillary Rodham Clinton's Indiana strategy relies on the state's similarities with eastern neighbor Ohio, where fertile farmland and factory towns produced blue-collar workers who propelled her to victory there.

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'Other Woman' Shadows Chelsea Clinton

Chelsea Clinton is spending long days on the campaign trail telling college crowds about her mother's positions on everything from health care and student-loan costs to the Darfur crisis and gay rights.

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Obama Endorsed by Lee Hamilton

Former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president Wednesday, praising his ability to transcend partisan division and calling his foreign policy outlook "pragmatic, visionary, and tough."

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Congresswoman's Grandson Seeks Seat

Andre Carson would appear to have everything going for him in Tuesday's special election to choose a successor to his late grandmother, Julia Carson, in Congress.

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States With Later Primaries May Count

Democrats in states that refused to join the stampede to the front of the presidential nominating calendar might end up with the final say by voting last.

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Missing SC Boater Says He Staged Death

Searchers spent days looking for Julius "Butch" Nesbitt after his empty 14-foot boat was found beached along the South Carolina coast. Now, sitting in a jail 600 miles away, he admits faking his death as he fled from drug charges.

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