Indianapolis woman dies trying to stop sword fight

A 77-year-old woman in Indianapolis suffered a fatal stab wound while trying to break up a sword fight Thursday between her grandson and brother-in-law, police said.

An autopsy determined Franziska Stegbauer died of a wound from one of the swords, police Sgt. Matthew Mount said. Both men were hospitalized with stab wounds and one was critically hurt.

"We're unsure yet who started this fight, how the swordplay got involved," Mount said. "We're not sure who it was who stabbed the woman. We'll have to do some testing on the swords and figure out who had which sword, whose blood is on which sword."

One of the weapons was a World …

Maria edges IHM; winning run disputed

Maria's game Thursday against No. 17 Immaculate Heart of Maryended with three sure signs of spring: a head-first slide, a cloud ofdust and an argument.

Kerri Rochowicz's suicide squeeze in the bottom of the seventhappeared to have failed when IHM catcher Miki Kalinski tagged AndreaDiGrazia. But DiGrazia was called safe, giving Maria a 4-3 victory.

"That's the worst call I've seen since I've been coaching (15years)," said IHM coach Dave Power, whose team is 5-1.

"I didn't see it, but it was close," Maria coach Deb Grahamsaid. "We gambled, and they were ready for it. We got the call."

Maria broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the fifth. Jenny …

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British FM says aid to Afghanistan conditional

Britain's foreign secretary said Saturday that international financial support for Afghanistan was conditional on a better performance by Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government, which has been tainted by accusations of corruption.

"We won't pay, and others won't pay, if we're not sure where the money's going," David Miliband told Associated Press Television News in an interview in the Pakistani capital.

Miliband was in Pakistan for a two-day visit, his sixth since becoming foreign secretary. He was in the British-allied South Asian nation to promote an upcoming conference in London on Afghanistan.

The conference will be co-hosted by the …

Search goes beyond city for school principals

Sixteen candidates for principal came to Chicago this week attheir own expense to interview with local school councils for about25 jobs in the public school system.

They were responding to a national ad campaign launched lastmonth by a school reform group, the Alliance for Better ChicagoSchools.

Within the first 10 days after an ad for principals appeared innational newspapers and trade magazines, about 75 applications camein, said Donald R. Moore, the coalition's leader and executivedirector of Designs For Change.

As many as 10 responses arrive daily, he said. The group hasreceived applications from 17 states and one from Mexico.

"The talent, …

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