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  Court lets walk-out fines against House Democrats stand

  INDIANAPOLIS — House Democrats who had to pay more than $100,000 in fines after they walked out of the Indiana Statehouse won’t get the help they sought from the Indiana Supreme Court.

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  10 things to know for Tuesday

  Your daily look at late-breaking Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about across the nation today:

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  Husband charged in Archer homicide

  Terre Haute Police have found local reports of domestic violence between a Terre Haute man and his wife, whose body was discovered wrapped in a tarp and dumped in an Ohio ditch.

Mark Bennett Opinion

Mark Bennett Opinion

• MARK BENNETT: Multiple choice question: Voters must choose which direction they want the future of education to go

  There was a time when few Hoosiers outside of education circles could name the state superintendent of public instruction.

  December 4, 2011  

• MARK BENNETT: With an historic election behind Terre Haute, it’s time to look at the future’s possibilities

  Everybody knows their “woulda, coulda, shoulda” moments.

  November 13, 2011  

• MARK BENNETT: Economic forecast: Things looking up but don’t expect ‘much of a dent in unemployment’

  Outside the Columbia Club, the atmosphere matched the picture of 2012 painted by a panel of economists for an audience of business people gathered inside that ritzy building on Monument Circle in Indianapolis.

  November 6, 2011  

• MARK BENNETT: Students who reach for a college education too often are buried under a pile of debt

  Right now, millions of college graduates are wondering whether their education was worth the effort.
  That doubt hurts the country.

  October 30, 2011  

• MARK BENNETT: Tangier’s festival volunteers keep past alive for future

  Traditions stay alive only as long as the people who hold them dear.
  Small towns have that same life expectancy.

  October 23, 2011 8 Photos  

• MARK BENNETT: Made in the USA? A political T-shirt faux pas

  The most rational statement about a small furor in the U.S. Senate campaign was uttered by a tea party organizer.

  October 9, 2011  

• MARK BENNETT: Daniels goes where a candidate probably won’t in new book

  Some things simply won’t get said on the political campaign trail.

  September 25, 2011 2 Photos  

• MARK BENNETT: Time waits for no Manning

  Sad, disappointed and uncertain. Colts fans feel all of those.

  September 18, 2011  

• MARK BENNETT: Value of every minute deeply realized on 9/11 (related VIDEO)

  Editor’s Note
  This summer, the Tribune-Star’s Mark Bennett visited New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa., sites where the terror attacks of Sept. 11,  2001, are now memorialized. He observed the cityscapes and landscapes forever changed by the events of that day and talked with people he encountered there, many of whom witnessed the attacks and their aftermath from close range and had personal ties to its victims.

  September 11, 2011 4 Photos 1 Video  

• MARK BENNETT: As school begins, carve out daily time

  By now, most back-to-school checklists are tattered and creased.

  August 14, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Movie scene shows Terre Haute accepting Debs' role in its history

  You stay classy, Terre Haute.

  August 7, 2011  

• MARK BENNETT: Community outpouring represents collective sympathy for fallen officer

  Every Terre Haute resident has probably been asked the same question.
  “Why do you live there?”

  July 17, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Declaration of cursive’s death reminiscent of ’70s metric-conversion mania

  When the state of Indiana announced it would no longer require schools to teach cursive handwriting, I was LOL.

  July 10, 2011 3 Photos  

• MARK BENNETT: On Fourth of July, remember, too, those we depend on

  A spatula in one hand, a cool beverage in the other, and a stash of bottle rockets in a plastic sack in the garage.

  July 3, 2011  

• MARK BENNETT: Get out and see what the Valley has to offer

  Maybe you drive the same route to work every day. Shortest route. Saves time and a few dimes worth of gas.

  June 26, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Walking the fine bipartisan line

  Lugar’s occasional departures from hard-line conservatism have put his six-term Senate position in jeopardy.

  June 12, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Terre Haute man receives kidney from younger brother

  The act of giving often triggers an instant calculation of loss.

  June 5, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Tornadoes stand as catastrophic mileposts in history

  Aforce stronger than mankind rivets the attention of humans. Fear. Awe. Curiosity.

  May 29, 2011  

• MARK BENNETT: A degree can open doors but in this day and age, is it enough?

  This month, hundreds of brand-new graduates of the local colleges are staring at that piece of paper and wondering, “Was it all worth it?”

  May 22, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Appeasing hard-liners in presidential race could erode Daniels’ budget-minded appeal

  Some Hoosiers who voted Mitch Daniels into the Indiana governor’s seat in 2004 may not recognize Mitch Daniels, candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, if he chooses to run.

  May 15, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: From Mother to Child

  My mom remains a sweet, generous, energetic, faithful lady at 87 years old. Raising five children somehow didn’t break her bright spirit or my late father’s endless patience.

  May 8, 2011 3 Photos  

• MARK BENNETT: Hoosier college grads may want to consider teaching jobs elsewhere

  Commencement ceremonies at Indiana State University and St. Mary-of-the-Woods College are just six days away.

  May 1, 2011 2 Photos  

• Mark Bennett: Consumers stuck when it comes to dealing with increasing gas prices

  Most motorists pulling up to the gas pumps lately can relate to Frank Costanza.
  As George Costanza’s volatile father on “Seinfeld,” Frank was told to say, “Serenity now,” whenever he felt his blood pressure rise. Instead, Frank screamed the phrase, defeating the purpose and illustrating his perpetual state of agitation.

  April 24, 2011  

• MARK BENNETT: Vigo County struggles with persistent child poverty

  The statistics are hard to accept, especially for a community proud of its progress.
  The situation those numbers expose is difficult to change.

  April 3, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Long live ... us

  In never-say-die America, life expectancy is longer than ever, according to a report issued this month by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  March 27, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Commission calls for academic success to be tied to NCAA Tournament participation

  Follow the money.
  That advice from Watergate informant “Deep Throat” led Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward to the truth that uncovered corruption in the nation’s public office. The concept applies to situations beyond the Oval Office, though.

  March 20, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: I'm giving up (your voice here) for Lent

  Sometimes, comedy packs a subtle lesson.
  On a “Saturday Night Live” episode in late 1979, veteran cast member Al Franken (now a U.S. senator) bid “good riddance” to the 1970s, also known as the “Me Decade.” Tongue in cheek, Franken predicted a cultural tsunami during the next 10 years.

  March 13, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Bent, not broken? Voucher bill tests rules in Indiana Constitution, IHSAA bylaws

  Rules bug people. Can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em. A bill brewing in the Indiana House of Representatives profoundly tests two pretty clear rules.

  March 6, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Novembers to remember

  The events surrounding the Indiana Statehouse in the past few weeks shouldn’t be surprising.
  Some proposed laws got the public’s attention, such as those that would prevent communities from restricting the presence or use of guns in public settings, or prohibit union membership or fees from being a condition of employment.

  February 27, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Imaginary lines: Borders that define, divide us depicted in artist's series

  Invisible lines shape, alter and end lives.
  Borders define people, even though the dirt, rocks and trees look the same on both sides.

  February 20, 2011 2 Photos  

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