More stories from Wednesday, December 12, 2012 • WFRN NEWS ... • WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12, 2012 ... • ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... • NATIONAL/WORLD ... • Keep your eyes open..A giant asteroid will make a flyby of Earth over the next few days. Experts are ... • ------------------------------ ... • You'll most likely never forget this day. 12-12-12 is the last repeating number date of the century, ... • ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... • FAITH ... • ENGLAND-- It's officially illegal for the Church of England to perform same-sex marriages, even thou ... • ------------------------------ ... • ILLINOIS-- Pharmacists in Illinois will not face punishment for refusing to sell abortion-inducing d ... • ------------------------------ ... • You choose the language and they'll send you the Bible. Wycliffe Bible Translators says that for the ... • ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... • STATE/REGIONAL ... • INDIANA-- You can expect to see more jobs. Governor Daniels announced on Tuesday that nine companies ... • ------------------------------ ... • INDIANAPOLIS-- Indianapolis is considering tax hikes on car rentals and Pacers and Colts tickets. Th ... • ------------------------------ ... • INDIANA-- State funding for full day kindergarten more than doubled for the 2012-2013 school year. T ... • ------------------------------ ... • STATEHOUSE--- Indiana celebrated its 196th birthday on Tuesday, which also marked Mitch Daniel's las ... • ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... • NORTHERN INDIANA/SOUTHWEST MI, (MICHIANA) ... • MICHIGAN-- Despite thousands of protestors at Michigan's capitol, the state House passed two "right ... • ------------------------------ ... • MISHAWAKA--- Detectives seized hundreds of counterfeit purses, wallets, and sunglasses, during a rai ... • ------------------------------ ... • TOPEKA-- LaGrange police are keeping a close eye at Topeka Livestock Auction. Authorities say a pers ... • ------------------------------ ... • NILES, MI-- The Niles Police Department is investigating five armed robberies at two Admiral Gas Sta ... • ------------------------------ ... • OSCEOLA-- Four members of the Osceola Fire Department are now without a job. Officials of the Osceol ... • ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... • NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA ... • CARMEL-- An Indiana fiscal expert says the city of Carmel stands to raise upwards of $200 million do ... • ------------------------------ ... • STATEHOUSE-- The Indiana Court of Appeals is pondering whether utility regulators have the right to ... • ------------------------------ ... • WEST LAFAYETTE--- A council on invasive plant species that was created by the lawmakers, is trying t ... • ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... • SPORTS ... • INDIANAPOLIS-- Indianapolis 500 will be on the big screen! ... • INDYCAR has teamed with DreamWorks to create an animated film due out next summer. The movie "Turbo" ... • ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... • WEATHER ... • South Bend / Elkhart / Goshen: ... • Today ... Sunny, with a high near 42. Thursday ... Sunny, with a high near 44. Friday ... a tar warm ... • Kokomo / Walton / Cass: ... • Today ... Sunny, with a high near 43. Thursday ... Sunny, with a high near 45. Friday ... Sunny, wit ... • ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... • Do YOU have a story idea? E-mail me at news@wfrn.com! ...