The Star Press

— Hilda A. Adkins, 88, Hartford City, died Wednesday. Arrangements by Keplinger Funeral Home,. — Robert Eugene Austerman Jr., 72, Union City, died Tuesday. Arrangements by Reichard Funeral Home. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — A Palestinian shopkeeper and father portrayed as a terrorist in the movie "Bruno" is suing film star Sacha Baron Cohen, David Letterman and others for libel and slander. Full Story »

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen have welcomed a baby boy. Full Story »

OXON HILL, Md. — It's almost Christmas, but one company wants its fans thinking about chicks and bunnies — year-round. Just Born, maker of the chick- and bunny-shaped marshmallow Easter favorites called Peeps, is officially opening the first store devoted to them on Thursday. Full Story »

— Tonight’s Southside-Shenandoah girls’ basketball game at Southside High School has been tentatively rescheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14. Full Story »

DALLAS (AP) — A DNA exoneree unhappy with a $1 million attorney's fee is accusing his ex-lawyer of participating in an illegal kickback scheme with an Innocence Project of Texas official. Full Story »

MUNCIE — City street supervisor Ron Ball gave the order for street crews to begin spreading a salt and beet juice mixture on streets at 1:04 p.m. today. Ball estimates it will take about two hours to finish city streets, and the mixture should work through rush hour, lasting through the night. Full Story »

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A South Bend man has admitted that he fatally beat his 77-year-old landlord with a baseball bat. Full Story »

Muncie Community Schools is partnering with the Delaware County Health Department to offer free H1N1 vaccinations to students and their families at clinics next week. Full Story »

MUNCIE — A dispute over a missing license plate resulted in the arrest of a Muncie woman Tuesday afternoon on burglary charges. Full Story »

The Star Press Life department will be publishing various Christmas stories to celebrate this holiday season. We are asking feedback from our readers. Full Story »

OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. - Eugene Pallisco paid for his lavish June 2002 wedding to Lesley Keith, took her and her young daughters on trips around the country, bought her jewelry and helped pay the household bills. Full Story »

NEW YORK — Facebook is giving users better control over who sees information on their personal pages. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — HealthNet, a network of community health centers around Indianapolis, is getting $10.4 million in federal stimulus money to improve services, the White House announced today. Full Story »

TOLEDO, Ohio — A book has been mailed back to an Ohio library after six decades, accompanied by an anonymous letter of remorse. Full Story »

INDIAN HARBOR BEACH, Fla. -- A frustrated homeowner took to spray-painting graffiti with a Hitler reference on her own house to address an escalating tiff with her homeowner's association, causing unrest Tuesday among neighbors in this quiet community of single-family homes. Full Story »

MUNCIE — Law enforcement agencies in Muncie and Delaware County jailed five people Tuesday. For a searchable database of arrest records since Aug. 1, 2008, visit www.thestarpress.com/arrests Full Story »

FARMINGTON, N.M. — A stripper's constitutional rights were violated during a police search according to a verdict handed down by a jury in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque. Full Story »

ANDERSON, Ind. — A proposal to consolidate Anderson’s two high schools is drawing widespread opposition in the central Indiana city. Full Story »

PENNVILLE — Fire engulfed a house on Ind. 18 near Ind. 1 early today. Full Story »

MUNCIE — Only a few morning traffic problems were reported today, including an accident on Ind. 32 west of Yorktown. High winds could cause problems for drivers this afternoon. Full Story »

PURCHASE, New York — Gatorade is discontinuing its Tiger Woods drink but says it made the decision before the golfer's car accident led to a media firestorm surrounding his personal life. Full Story »

The East Coast braced for a storm of snow, ice and rain today after hundreds of flights were canceled and interstates were closed in the Midwest on Tuesday. Full Story »

STERLING, Connecticut — A holy cow in Connecticut, perhaps? Or maybe a divine bovine? Full Story »

TRENTON, New Jersey — Bruce Springsteen has posted a statement on his Web site urging support of the gay marriage bill that's up for a vote in New Jersey's Senate on Thursday. Full Story »