News and Tribune briefs for Feb. 7, 2012

Jeffersonville High School AFJROTC Boosters Club meeting, 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 7, at Jeffersonville High School, 2315 Allison Lane, Jeffersonville. The meeting is open to the public.

The Super Bowl is making life really annoying for the Orlando Magic

For someone who lives just an hour away, I spend less time in Indianapolis than someone like Ben Gordon, who has to visit the city twice a year when his Detroit Pistons face the Indiana Pacers. And yet, there I was, shocked as ever on Sunday when people were warning me as I drove north of the city that there would be no parking and nowhere to even function as a normal, hungry adult due to the ...

Author A.M. Megahed’s New Science Fiction Novel Offers Far-Flung Adventure

A young man’s escape from a brutal prison planet sets the stage for universe-altering actionELKTON, Mass. (PRWEB) January 19, 2012 In the new military science fiction novel : Banshee Born (published by AuthorHouse), author A.M. Megahed narrates the adventurous tale of Alessandro “Alex” Watanabe, a young man who escapes a prison planet and changes the course of galactic history.Alex was born on ...

Senate panel OKs creationism teaching bill

The legislation cleared the Senate Education Committee 8-2 despite pleas from scientists and religious leaders to keep religion out of science classrooms.

Battle of the bulge

New Year’s resolutions have fitness centers rolling out the weight-loss programs, but officials still sweat the obesity numbers America can’t seem to shed.