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Angola, Indiana
GOOD MORNING 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.
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Police offer Halloween safety tips BY JENNIFER DECKER jdecker@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — Local law enforcement officials would like to offer a few safety tips for Halloween next Thursday to ensure it’s fun. Angola Police Chief Stu Hamblen said he automatically adds two additional patrol officers for Halloween annually. “We do that every year because you have big crowds out,” he said. Hamblen suggested children should travel in groups, carry a flashlight and wear costumes that are light colored or reflective, while allowing free movement and unobstructed vision. Steuben County Sheriff Tim Troyer said he won’t any additional patrols for Halloween, but stressed his deputies are aware of the big events to police. “We do the basics and guys
are alerted and know the various events in the county. In the past, we haven’t had any issues. They’ll be vigilant,” Troyer said. The Indiana State Police offered the following tips in a news release: • Keep costumes short to prevent trips and falls. • Make sure older children trick-or-treat with friends. Together, map out a safe route so parents know where children will be. • Children should stop only at familiar homes where the outside lights are on. • Children are encouraged to trick-or-treat while it’s still light out. If children are out after dark, make sure travel is on well-lit streets. • Children shouldn’t enter homes or cars of strangers. • Follow community’s trick-ortreating hours.
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Spooky decorated lawn displays can be seen around Angola, including this one on Joe Wheeler Street. Halloween is Thursday and law enforcement officials are asking children to think safety by traveling in groups and wearing light-colored reflective costumes with unobstructed vision.
• Children shouldn’t eat any of their treats until they get home. • Treats should be checked home in a well-lighted place. Only
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Ball State student stabbed during robbery try MUNCIE (AP) — A Ball State University student is out of the hospital after being stabbed during a robbery attempt on the Muncie campus. University spokeswoman Joan Todd says the student took himself to a hospital after the stabbing late Saturday and he was released after treatment there. She didn’t release the student’s name. Todd says the would-be robber accosted the student in a parking lot near Worthen Arena and tried unsuccessfully to take the student’s wallet. That’s when the stabbing occurred. The suspect remained at large Sunday. He was described as a white male with a tan hoodie. She says the university sent out a public safety notice by email notifying the campus community of the incident. Todd says Ball State encourages students not to travel alone.
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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
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crops and taking grandkids for 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. SEE PILOT, PAGE A6
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. SEE TAX, PAGE A6
Israeli official warns of dangers of cyberattack 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
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Israel’s Electric Corp vice president, Yasha Hain, second left, and Ofir Hason, watch a cyber team work at the ‘CyberGym’ school in the coastal city of Hadera.
during morning rush hour. It remained shut for eight hours, causing massive congestion. 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 mishap. While Israel is a frequent target of hackers, the tunnel is the most high-profile landmark known to have been attacked. It is a major thoroughfare for Israel’s third-largest city, and the city is looking to turn the tunnel into a public shelter in case of emergency, highlighting its importance. The incident is exactly the type of scenario that Gantz described in his recent address. He said Israel’s future battles might begin with “a cyberattack on websites which provide daily services to the citizens of Israel. Traffic lights could stop working, the banks could be shut down,” he said. There have been cases of traffic tampering before. In 2005, the United States outlawed the unauthorized use of traffic override devices installed in many police cars and ambulances after unscrupulous drivers started using them SEE DANGERS, PAGE A6