Hoosier Headlines

Indiana a contender in Rolls-Royce plans: Rolls-Royce North America President James Guyette phoned Gov. Mitch Daniels on Friday, inviting Indiana to bid on new plants that could create a wave of precision manufacturing and engineering jobs.

Duke Energy Selling Indiana Power Unit: Utility owner Duke Energy Corp. said Friday it agreed to sell a unit in an Indiana power plant to the Wabash Valley Power Association for between $110 million and $120 million.

Homeland Security Director Visits Indiana Anti-Terrorism Center: US Department of Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff says a new Indiana anti-terrorism center is part of an effort to more quickly detect threats.
Chertoff visited the Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center in Indianapolis Friday. He says such intelligence centers are the equivalent of radar for the 21st century.

Privatizing welfare: On Wednesday, Daniels announced the completion of a contract with an IBM-led consortium to take over the state’s welfare eligibility system. Then he announced there would be a public hearing Dec. 8.

Man Gets 65 Years For Behrman Slaying: A man convicted of killing an Indiana University student who disappeared in 2000 was sentenced Friday to 65 years in prison -- the maximum sentence possible.
John Myers II, 31, had been found guilty of killing Jill Behrman after a 10-day trial in October.