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U.S. unemployment claims hit four-month high

Weekly applications for U.S. unemployment benefits jumped 46,000 last week, to a seasonally adjusted 388,000, the highest in four months. The increase marks a big rebound from the previous week's sharp drop.

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Gregg goes on attack in 2nd gubernatorial debate

Democrat John Gregg got personal Wednesday during the second Indiana gubernatorial debate, saying he took "great offense" at Republican Mike Pence's plans to promote traditional families, which Gregg said would ignore single parents such as himself.

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Lawyer: Girls hoops schedule decree sets precedent

A federal consent decree in which 10 southeastern Indiana high schools agree to schedule girls and boys basketball games equally on Friday and Saturday nights sets a legal precedent for the entire state, one of the attorneys in the case said Tuesday.

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GOP dominates latest money race for Senate, governor

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence reported raising $2.9 million to Democrat John Gregg's $1 million, and Senate candidate Richard Mourdock raised $3 million to Democrat Joe Donnelly's $1.5 million. The amounts account for money raised in July, August and September.

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Donnelly, Mourdock needle each other on weaknesses

Republican Richard Mourdock and Democrat Joe Donnelly faced off Monday for the first time in a debate that saw them repeating many of the hard-edged charges that have marked their contentious campaign to be Indiana's next U.S. senator, but they landed few blows.

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