Manning lets New Orleans party, prepares for 2010

It's a good thing Peyton Manning lives in Indianapolis. Here, at least, he doesn't have to see his hometown reveling at his expense. Down in New Orleans, Saints' paraphernalia decorates everything from corner stores to po-boy shops. Sponsors are packaging products in the team's trademark fleur-de-lis emblem and Tracy Porter's Super Bowl-sealing interception return has been...

Flicker of trouble? Backyard volunteers help scientists track possible firefly decline

INDIANAPOLIS - Scientists are hoping a network of backyard volunteers who spent the summer counting fireflies can help them determine if the luminous insects are in a decline.

Indiana closings for Labor Day

A roundup of government, school and business closings due to the holiday.

Manning lets New Orleans party, prepares for 2010

Darron Cummings FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2010, file photo, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning prepares for an NFL preseason football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Indianapolis. Manning is from New Orleans but he didn't spend much time there this summer.

State Board to adopt science texts

INDIANAPOLIS | The state's textbook adoption committee willpresent recommendations for science and health texts Oct. 6 to theIndiana State Board of Education.