State News:

The Indiana State University President Lloyd Benjamin is promising to help students that are very upset by the discovery of a rope that was supposed to resemble a noose in a campus tree push hate crimes legislation in the General Assembly next session. Benjamin, who condemned the noose incident on October 25, at the Terre Haute campus, has encouraged students to carry out their plan to circulate a petition on hate crimes legislation.

Sports News:

Only hours before the game of the AL championship series Sunday, Byrd admitted to using human growth hormone for a medical condition. But the Cleveland Indians' right-hander claims he never injected the banned drug without a doctor's prescription. Byrd says that he has a reputation. He speaks to kids, he speak to churches. He doesn't want his fans to think by any means that he cheated. Byrd has been buying the drug the drug throughout the year and wanted them to make him bigger and stronger.

World News:

On Wednesday, Afghanistan civilians piled all of their belongings into trucks and left for two villages and was stormed by hundreds of Taliban militants outside of Afghanistan’s second-largest city. Canadian and Afghan troops had about 250 of the insurgents surrounded. The troops killed 50 militants in three days of fighting. Three policemen and one Afghan soldier died in the fighting. The Taliban and other terrorist groups are conquering the land they want because no one has stopped them. This is a trouble in Afgahan life that is going to be continuing.


Health News:

With the cold and flu season coming up there are some things that we need to do to prevent sickness from happening. Many things have been said, like to wear warm clothes, eat chicken soup. But just because those instructions have been around for decades doesn't necessarily mean they're effective. Do not Sneeze into your hands. It's hoped that sneezing into the elbow will prevent the further spread of germs, for young kids and adults alike. Keep your hands clean. Washing your hands successfully may take longer than you're used to the CDC recommends rubbing your hands for 20 seconds or you can sing "Happy Birthday" twice to get the full effect of getting your hands completely clean.

Technology News:

While in space, astronaut Scott Parazynski, fixed a solar energy panel, that had ripped, on the international space station Saturday in a difficult and dangerous emergency procedure. He installed five braces on the torn wing and clipped the wires that had ripped it in two places as it was becoming undone on Tuesday. As the crew slowly deployed the wing to its full 115-foot length, he watched closely for more problems. The wing was almost unfurled when the crew noticed the damage on Tuesday.