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GOOD MORNING Healthy Halloween Fair set for Tuesday AUBURN — The annual Healthy Halloween Fair will take place Tuesday from 6-8 pm. at the DeKalb County Fairgrounds on South Union Street in Auburn. Activities for children will include costume contests and carnival-style games with prizes, healthy snacks in Middaugh Hall such as cider and popcorn, outdoor activities such as bounce houses, face painting and temporary tattoos and a haunted maze . Children will be given trick-or-treat bags to be filled with goodies throughout the evening. Children are expected to be accompanied by adults, and no pets will be allowed. Primary sponsors are DeKalb Health, the Auburn Police Department, Auburn Fire Department and DeKalb EMS.
Pair arrested after stabbing at Indiana University BLOOMINGTON (AP) — Two Indiana University students were charged Sunday morning in connection with a stabbing that injured another student at a campus apartment building, school officials said. University police arrested 18-year-old Zesen Shen and 21-year-old Kaiyu Lao, IU spokesman Mark Land said in a news release. Shen has been charged with intimidation and battery and Lao was charged with intimidation, Land said. Police said Shen, Lao and a 20-year-old IU student were in the Tulip Tree apartment’s parking lot around 3:30 a.m., Land said. Witnesses told campus police the three were there “to resolve a dispute when the suspects began chasing victim and wounded him with a knife,” Land said. University police Lt. Craig Munroe told the Indianapolis Star the student was stabbed in the back. The 20-year-old was taken to IU Health hospital in Bloomington with an injury that isn’t life-threatening, Land said. Reprints of all KPC photos can be purchased online at kpcnews.com under Marketplace: Photo Reprints.
Some seek delay on $63 fee on everyone who’s insured
The expert said investigators believe the attack was the work of unknown, sophisticated hackers, similar to the Anonymous hacking group that led attacks on Israeli websites in April. He said investigators determined it was not sophisticated enough to be the work of an enemy government like Iran. The expert said Israel’s National Cyber Bureau, a two-year-old classified body that reports to the prime minister, was aware of the incident. The bureau declined comment, while Carmelton, the company that oversees the toll road, blamed a “communication glitch” for the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress don’t usually fight for tax increases, especially ones that are part of President Barack Obama’s health care law. But GOP senators balked when Democrats proposed delaying a new temporary fee on everyone covered by health insurance. So employers, insurance companies and other health plan sponsors are in line to pay $63 a person next year for everyone who has coverage. The temporary fee covers all workers, spouses and dependents covered by health insurance. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., proposed delaying the fee in recent budget talks with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. McConnell and other Republican senators objected; the fee was left intact. GOP senators complained the delay was basically a favor for labor unions, traditional Democratic allies that oppose the new fee. “It’s beyond ironic that the mantra from the president and the Democrats has been, ‘There can’t be any changes to Obamacare. After all, it’s the law of the land,’” said Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. “And then big labor comes along and wants a change and, lo and behold, there’s got to be a change.” But also opposing the fee are large employers, traditional Republican allies, even though in many cases the fee probably will be passed on to workers. “It’s a sizable expense. For some of my employers it’s millions of dollars a year and we don’t get anything from it,” said Gretchen Young, senior vice president for health policy at the ERISA Industry Committee, a group that represents large employers on benefits issues. “It’s definitely not solely a union issue.” Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., said the proposed delay was meant to balance Republican demands for other changes to the health law. Republicans in Congress have been attacking the law since it was passed in 2010, and earlier this
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Samantha Williams, 16, of Kendallville stands in front of her Cessna 150 airplane at the Kendall-
ville Municipal Airport. Williams completed her first solo flight nine days after her 16th birthday.
Teen pilot takes wing Kendallville girl can fly, but not drive, on her own BY BOB BRALEY bbraley@kpcmedia.com
KENDALLVILLE — Samantha Williams, 16, of Kendallville is allowed to fly small aircraft, and even has one of her own. But she has only her learner’s permit for driving an automobile. “I can fly by myself in an airplane right now, but I can’t drive by myself in a car until December,” Williams said. For Samantha, flying feels natural. She’s the daughter of Roy Williams of Kendallville, owner of Airframe Components by Williams, a company that works to restore, repair and refurbish airplanes and airplane parts. Samantha has a photo of herself riding in an airplane with her father as an infant.
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“I’ve been around airplanes since I was born,” she said. Samantha had wanted to fly for about two years before she was able to take a plane up. Her first lesson was in October 2012, with her first solo coming about four months ago, nine days after her 16th birthday. Samantha’s airplane is a Cessna 150, said Roy. “I bought the airplane in September 2012 from a farmer in Findlay, Ill. He had used it for years to fly locally, inspecting crops and taking grandkids for
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rides,” he said. “He simply didn’t have a need for the airplane anymore.” But the plane hadn’t been flown since 2004, so it needed to be worked on thoroughly, Roy said. He took it to his own shop. SEE PILOT, PAGE A6
Israeli warns of cyberattacks HADERA, Israel (AP) — When Israel’s military chief delivered a high-profile speech this month outlining the greatest threats his country might face in the future, he listed computer sabotage as a top concern, warning a sophisticated cyberattack could one day bring the nation to a standstill. Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz was not speaking empty words. Exactly one month before his address, a major artery in Israel’s national road network in the northern city of Haifa was shut down because of a cyberattack, cybersecurity experts tell The Associated Press, knocking key operations out of commission two days in a row and
causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. One expert, speaking on condition of anonymity because the breach of security was a classified matter, said a Trojan horse attack targeted the security camera system in the Carmel Tunnels toll road on Sept. 8. A Trojan horse is a malicious computer program that users unknowingly install that can give hackers complete control over their systems. The attack caused an immediate 20-minute lockdown of the roadway. The next day, the expert said, it shut down the roadway again during morning rush hour. It remained shut for eight hours, causing massive congestion.
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Gary murder rate soars GARY (AP) — Gary is on pace to record about 50 homicides in 2013, which would ranks it among the most dangerous cities in the nation, leaving the mayor and police chief concerned and looking for solutions. The gritty lakefront steel town had recorded 42 homicides by Oct. 10, making the homicide rate 53 per capita, or 53 per 100,000 residents, The (Munster) Times reported Sunday. Hammond, which has a nearly identical population of just more than 79,000 residents, had a rate of eight per capita. FBI statistics show Flint, Mich., had the highest homicide rate for a city of more than 100,000 residents last year, with a rate of 65 per capita. Detroit had 55 per capita and New Orleans 54. “I certainly look at the numbers and have a concern that even if we’re not the highest, these numbers are high enough for people to say, ‘It’s dangerous there,’” Mayor Karen FreemanWilson said.
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Baron Brigade qualifies for state finals DeKalb High School’s Baron Brigade marching band performs in a semi-state contest Saturday at Pike High School in Indianapolis. The band placed in the top 10 of the 20 competing bands and
qualified for the Indiana State School Music Association Class B state finals, Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.