Robbers took an undetermined amount of cash from three Fort Wayne businesses Saturday:

♦Police responding to a call from Boudoir Noir, 512 Superior St., arrived just as a suspect was seen running from the rear of the adult-novelty store. An employee said a thin black man - around 5 feet, 10 inches tall, in his 20s and wearing a New York Yankees cap, camouflage gloves and a dark coat with orange lining - entered the store and presented a note demanding money. The man never mentioned or displayed a weapon, according to reports.

♦Two men - one wearing a mask - used a knife to rob the Dairy Queen at 412 Southview Ave. after entering through a side door and slashed an employee's shirt and skin, causing a minor laceration to the stomach. The robbers made employees lie on the floor before fleeing.

♦Two men claiming to have a gun - one of them wearing a mask - also robbed a business at 2107 S. Calhoun St. The owner told police one suspect said to the other, “shoot him, shoot him,” before grabbing his arm. The owner, who never saw a weapon, was able to break free and called police from a back room.

The AIDS Task Force, Fort Wayne-Allen County Health Department and Charles Miller will host a reception for the Facing HIV/AIDS exhibit 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Allen County Library, Jeffery Krull Gallery, 900 Library Plaza. The exhibit is a portrayal of people living with HIV and AIDS in northeast Indiana.

Tuesday is World AIDS Day.

For more information, call 744-1144 or 1-800-417-3085.

Indiana Foster Care and Adoption Association has awarded the 2009 Case Manager of the Year award to Stacey Isenbarger, a family case manager for the Indiana Department of Child Services at the Allen County Office.

Isenbarger was credited with “maintaining a philosophy that there is a family waiting for every child. She spends many hours speaking with pre-adoptive parents and helps them understand the process of adoption through the child welfare system,” according to a news release. This year Isenbarger has finalized 14 adoptions for children. The award was given at the 37th annual IFCAA Training Conference in Indianapolis Nov. 19-21.

Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan is sponsoring a prayer vigil for those who die in America because of a lack of health insurance. The vigil will take place at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Allen County Courthouse Green on the corner of Main and Berry streets.

MOUNT ETNA — Authorities say an 8-year-old boy was seriously wounded in the chest while deer hunting with his father.

Jacob Weaver of Greentown was listed in serious but stable at Parkview Hospital, where he was taken after the shooting Saturday near the Huntington County community of Mount Etna.

Sheriff's Capt. David McElhaney says Jacob and his father were in a tree stand about 7:30 a.m. when the boy's foot bumped a shotgun, which slid to the floor and fired.

Police ruled the shooting an accident and said no charges would be filed.

RISING SUN — State police are investigating the death of a 10-year-old boy whose body was found at a park in the southeastern Indiana city of Rising Sun.

State police say an Ohio County sheriff's deputy received information about 8:15 p.m. Sunday that a body was in a city park. The deputy found Conner Conley of Rising Sun dead in the Ohio River community of some 2,300 people about 25 miles southwest of Cincinnati.

An autopsy was scheduled for today, and no other details on the boy's death were immediately released.

WEST LAFAYETTE — Some of the world's top biofuels researchers will gather at Purdue University this week for a conference on the future of the renewable fuels industry.

Tuesday's “Growing the Bioeconomy” conference will examine opportunities for agriculture in the biofuels industry. Renowned global environmental science expert James Lovelock will speak.