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Romney easily wins Indiana presidential primary

Romney had no serious challenge in the state and easily outpolled Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul. Santorum and Gingrich remained on the ballot despite having ended their campaigns.

Lugar loses Indiana GOP primary to tea party rival

U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar was ousted Tuesday by tea party-backed challenger Richard Mourdock in Indiana's Republican primary, abruptly ending the nearly four-decade career of a popular politician who built a reputation as a diplomat but whose critics argued had ceded too much ideological ground to represent a conservative state.

GOP looking to pad majority in Indiana House

Republicans are hoping new election districts they drew last year and a wave of Democratic retirements help them strengthen their control of the Indiana Legislature. Voters in Tuesday's primary are selecting Republican and Democratic nominees for all 100 Indiana House seats and half of the 50 state Senate seats.

Marsh CEO Kelley quits for job in New England

Marsh Supermarkets CEO Joe Kelley abruptly resigned Tuesday, and the Fishers-based chain launched a search for its third chief executive in a little more than a year. The company named Chief Operating Officer Bill Holsworth as its interim CEO.

Mourdock says he expects to win GOP Senate bid

State treasurer Richard Mourdock said Tuesday morning that he's "reasonably optimistic" he'll defeat six-term incumbent Sen. Richard Lugar in Indiana's Republican primary.

IPS expels student over stun gun

A 17-year-old boy who said he took a stun gun to school to protect himself from bullies who tormented him because he was gay has been expelled. Indianapolis Public Schools issued a statement Tuesday confirming the expulsion of Darnell Young from Arsenal Technical High School through the fall semester. Young’s mother said she gave her son the stun gun because he was often bullied at school for wearing female apparel. IPS said in the statement that it offers anti-bullying programs and support through the Gay Straight Alliance, but has a no-tolerance policy regarding weapons.

Pacers-Magic game almost sold out

The Indiana Pacers box office expects to sell out the few dozen remaining tickets for Tuesday night’s Game 5 against the Orlando Magic by 5 p.m., two hours before game time. The Pacers lead the Magic 3-1 in the best-of-seven series and hope to close out their first NBA playoffs series victory since 2005. Most of the remaining tickets are single seats in the balcony of Bankers Life Fieldhouse. At last check, more than 400 tickets were available on StubHub, ranging in price from $18 for a balcony seat to $515 for courtside.

Man killed in west-side home invasion

Indianapolis police say a man was shot to death Tuesday morning during a home invasion on the west side. Mark Fuller, 43, died at the scene in the 3900 block of Kalmar Drive, near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, about 3:30 a.m. Detectives believe Fuller and his girlfriend were asleep when three males forced their way into the house, demanded money and shot Fuller. Two teenagers were also inside the home, but they escaped unharmed. Police are looking for suspects.

Purdue announces $33 million energy plan

Purdue University plans to demolish an old coal-burning boiler, convert another coal-burning boiler to natural gas and install a natural gas-fired combined heat and power unit as part of a new comprehensive energy plan.

Local election sites seeing light turnout

Marion County Clerk Beth White said she expects voter turnout for the Tuesday primary to be about 20 percent, much lower than the 37-percent participation in the 2008 primary. Without a presidential primary this time around, Democrats don’t feel as much urgency to vote, White said.

Roche scraps hoped-for cholesterol blockbuster

A second experimental cholesterol medicine in a once-promising class of drugs meant to replace blockbusters such as Lipitor has failed in testing, casting doubt on whether any of the drugs will ever make it to pharmacies. Eli Lilly is developing a similar drug.