TOM COYNE

Associated Press
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Doctors appointed to examine ex-Notre Dame coach

A psychiatrist and a psychologist will examine former Notre Dame assistant football coach Corwin Brown to determine his mental status as he faces charges of striking his wife and holding her hostage in their home, a judge said Wednesday.

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Riding lawn mower pioneer Pond dies at age 87

Cecil Pond, a pioneer of the riding lawn mower and founder of Wheel Horse Products, has died at age 87.

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Marshal's shooting, 3-hour manhunt shake Ind. town

The knock on the door in the middle of a rainy night seemed innocent enough: a request for help from a man and woman who said their car had wound up in a nearby ditch.

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Former NFL player Brown claims mental defect

Former Notre Dame assistant coach Corwin Brown officially notified a judge Wednesday that he plans to defend himself against charges of striking his wife and holding her hostage by claiming he has a mental defect caused by brain injuries he sustained while playing football in the NFL and college.

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Death on Notre Dame lift spurs schools to action

Colleges across the country have tightened their use of aerial lifts — or outright eliminated them — a year after a University of Notre Dame student was killed when wind gusts toppled the lift where he was filming football practice.

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ND president protests birth control inclusion

President Barack Obama's health care overhaul should be changed so that religious schools such as the University of Notre Dame aren't required to go against their beliefs and provide birth control to students and employees, the school president says.

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GM chief says US needs to live within its means

The United States needs to solve its debt problems by making some tough decisions, including changes in entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare, and also needs to take steps to improve a failing public education system, the top executive at General Motors Co. said Friday.

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Ind. vouchers prompt thousands to change schools

Weeks after Indiana began the nation's broadest school voucher program, thousands of students have transferred from public to private schools, causing a spike in enrollment at some Catholic institutions that were only recently on the brink of closing for lack of pupils.

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Notre Dame starts aerial lift safety program

The University of Notre Dame launched a website Friday publicizing the hazards of aerial lifts, part of its settlement with the state over safety violations in the death of a student videographer at football practice last year.

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Survivors recall aftermath of Ind. stage collapse

The skies to the west grew darker as Dr. Rob Klinestiver and his 12-year-old daughter waited for country stars Sugarland to take the stage at the Indiana State Fair.

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Ex-NFL player Brown hospitalized after standoff

Former Notre Dame football defensive coordinator and NFL player Corwin Brown was taken from his home Friday night with a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a nearly seven-hour standoff, police said.

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FCC: Call centers in coalition creating 100K jobs

A coalition largely made up of call center companies is planning to hire 100,000 new employees in the U.S. over the next two years thanks to advancements in broadband access, with some of the jobs returning from overseas, the Federal Communications Commission chairman said.

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States cut programs to help poor cool their homes

Many states hit hardest by this week's searing heat wave have drastically cut or entirely eliminated programs that help poor people pay their electric bills, forcing thousands to go without air conditioning when they need it most.

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Notre Dame making changes to sex assault response

The University of Notre Dame has agreed to changes in how it handles allegations of sexual assault and misconduct, including allowing accusers to appeal the results of a disciplinary hearing, following a seven-month investigation by the U.S. Department of Education, officials said Friday.

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State settles with Notre Dame in student's death

Notre Dame will pay a $42,000 fine for six safety violations, make an undisclosed contribution to a memorial for a student videographer who died at football practice and start a campaign on the hazards of scissor lifts as part of a settlement with the state of Indiana.

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Notre Dame's Floyd gets 1 year probation for DUI

Suspended Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor drunken driving and was sentenced to a year of probation. Whether he plays next season remains unclear.

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Notre Dame WR Floyd pleads innocent to DUI charge

Suspended Notre Dame star wide receiver Michael Floyd hopes to have a plea deal in place on his misdemeanor drunken driving charge before his next court appearance in June, his attorney said Monday.

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Judge rejects plea for nose doc who hid in Italy

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a plea agreement calling for a former Indiana surgeon captured in Italy after five years on the run to spend four years in prison, saying he wasn't confident the deal took into account the magnitude of the man's crimes.

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Notre Dame suspends WR Floyd after DUI charge

Notre Dame suspended star wide receiver Michael Floyd indefinitely Monday, a day after he was cited for drunken driving and authorities said his blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.

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IOSHA to announce results in death of ND student

The state will announce next week the results of its four-month investigation into the death of a Notre Dame student who died when a hydraulic lift he was atop toppled over while he was filming football practice in October.

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Feds review how Notre Dame handles assault claims

The U.S. Department of Education is reviewing how the University of Notre Dame handles allegations of sexual assault in the wake of a student from a neighboring women's college who reportedly accused a Notre Dame football player of sexual battery and later committed suicide.

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Man charged with murder held after 20 years on run

A man who disappeared from Indiana shortly after a romantic rival was fatally stabbed awaits extradition to the United States on a murder charge, after his two decades on the run ended abruptly at an airport in India.

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Snow storm that trapped drivers in Ind. moves east

A slow-moving storm that brought bone-chilling cold and dropped heavy snow that caused dozens of accidents, stranded more than 100 motorists and collapsed the roof of an NFL stadium made its way out of the Midwest.

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Audit: Indiana owes feds $39 million for Medicaid

A federal audit recommends that Indiana's human services agency refund the federal government nearly $39 million it overpaid to Medicaid providers during a nine-year period.

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ND president: School responsible in student death

The president of the University of Notre Dame sent an e-mail to students, faculty, staff and alumni Friday saying that the school is responsible for a student videographer's death because it failed to protect him.

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