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Top nine qualifiers get ready for pole shootout at IMS
James Hinchcliffe. The nine car shootout for the 500 pole is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. with each driver getting one four-lap try for the number one spot. Steady showers soaked the track Saturday morning. When the rain stopped at about 11:30 a.m., track officials sent trucks onto the 2.5-mile oval to dry it. Normally, it takes about two hours to get the oval dry, but the sun peeking ...
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2 wildfires north of Los Angeles persist after long week
Here's how Montana's members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending May 17, 2013. Votes of Sen. Max Baucus, Democrat; Rep. ...
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Up to 60 injured after car drives into Virginia parade
Hiker "Quinoa" talks about being given credit for saving the lives of Carson Balckburn, Dalton Thomason, and Faith Ritchie after he ran them and others off the road with a water gun during a festival parade in Damascus, Va., on Saturday. Just as the children ran off the street, a car came down the road and struck several ...
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FBI searches Spokane apartment in ricin letter case
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Authorities in hazardous materials suits are searching an apartment in downtown Spokane as they investigate the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.FBI agents, Spokane police officers and U.S. Postal Inspection Service officials descended on the apartment Saturday morning.No arrests have been made. An FBI spokeswoman has not said ...
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Purdue makes fast progress on tuition freeze
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- A Purdue University official says the school has made fast progress finding $40 million in savings or new revenue to support a two-year tuition freeze announced in ...
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ISU opens interactive exhibit of the Bayh family
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -- A new interactive display that documents the lives and accomplishments of Indiana's politically prominent Bayh (by) family has opened at Indiana State ...
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Paul George named to the 2013 NBA All-Defensive Second Team
NEW YORK, May 13, 2013 - Memphis Grizzlies guard Tony Allen and Miami Heat forward LeBron James, winner of the 2012-13 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award, headline the 2012-13 NBA All-Defensive First Team, the NBA announced today. Allen totaled 53 points overall and James tallied 52. Each player received 25 First Team votes. Joining Allen and James on the NBA All-Defensive First Team are guard ...
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Pole Day full of family fun
SPEEDWAY - Pole Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway meant a lot more than just racing. This was a family affair with a little bit of something for everyone for non-stop entertainment. The day's festivities started with royalty at the Breakfast at the Brickyard and the crowning of the 500 Festival Queen! Allison Jacob won the coveted crown. She's a Junior at Ball State University ...
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Vets family helps others with PTSD
FRANKLIN, Ind. - The sight of an old van parked on the street sent the soldier's mind back to Iraq. Tyler Armacost darted off the front porch of his parents' house and into the street because he thought he saw an Iraqi insurgent in the van. His mother tried to shake him and tell him no one was there, but he looked right through her as if she weren't there. Scott and Karen ...
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Report Indys jail has top US sex abuse rate
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A new federal report says inmates at the Marion County Jail in Indianapolis are more likely to be sexually abused by guards than inmates at any other jail in the ...
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Schmidts team hires Legge to drive at Indy
INDIANAPOLIS - There could be bumping at Indianapolis this weekend. Schmidt Peterson Motorsports said Saturday afternoon that it has hired British driver Katherine Legge to drive the No. 81 car. That gives Indianapolis 500 organizers 34 driver-car combinations -- one more than it takes to fill the 33-car starting grid for the May 26 race -- and means if there are no crashes at least one ...
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Twenty-one NE Indiana residents charged in welfare fraud scam
Northeastern Indiana authorities have charged 21 people in a welfare fraud scam alleging that they illegally exploited welfare benefits to stock a Fort Wayne restaurant's pantry shelves. All 21 ...
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NW Indiana surveyor indicted on federal fraud charges
Northeastern Indiana authorities have charged 21 people in a welfare fraud scam alleging that they illegally exploited welfare benefits to stock a Fort Wayne restaurant's pantry shelves. All 21 ...
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Japans prime minister to visit Myanmar next week
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar’s president has pardoned political prisoners just ahead of a state visit to the United States, maintaining the momentum of warming ties between the ...
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North Korea Fires Three Short-Range Missiles Says The South
After a relatively calm few weeks, North Korea fired three short-range missiles Saturday, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said. NPR's Louisa Lim reports that North Korea fired the missiles in defiance of international sanctions. She filed this report for our Newscast ...
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Excitement builds around $600M jackpot
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Hoosiers are heading into local retailers to buy their tickets before Saturday night's drawing in the historic $600 million jackpot. According to Hoosier Lottery representatives, Indiana Powerball sales rose significantly Friday night after the estimated jackpot was upped at noon from $550 million to $600 million. Sales in Indiana topped $2.8 million just on Friday, ...
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Chargers Freeney agree to two-year deal
SAN DIEGO, CA - The San Diego Chargers have agreed to a two-year deal with star pass rusher Dwight Freeney that could be worth $13.35 million. The deal to bring Freeney to the Chargers came four days after outside linebacker Melvin Ingram tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a padless practice. The addition of Freeney also helps cushion the loss of outside linebackers ...
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Previewing Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers
The Pacers are scoring 12 fewer points per 100 possessions with George Hill off the floor. (David E. Klutho/SI) On Saturday night, Indiana will have its second straight opportunity — after taking a 3-1 lead — to close out its series against New York and advance to the Eastern Conference finals. Yet this particular series has taken some interesting turns of late, which may afford the ...
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Indy Motor Speedway looks to the future
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Expecting assistance from the state, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is looking to the future to make sure it remains the greatest spectacle in racing. Legislature approved the bill that would loan $5 million a year for the next 20 years to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The speedway will pay an additional $2 million a year for the same time frame. Indianapolis Motor ...
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One year later arsonist still at large
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. (Shelbyville News) - One year after a fire destroyed the grandstands at the Shelby County Fairgrounds, the arsonist is still at large. The May 19, 2012 fire destroyed the grandstands that were more than 100 years old, 24-Hour News 8's news ...
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Neighbor saves homeowner in house fire
Spring Forest Drive fire Dave Furge says he was on his way to work around 8:20 a.m. when he saw two people running from something. They said a nearby house was on fire. Ferge said he pounded on the front door of the home, located in the 8000-block of Spring Forest Drive in the Whispering Meadows subdivision off of Illinois Road, until the homeowner came out. Furge said the homeowner did not know ...
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End of program doesnt halt Weed and Seed efforts
A Lafayette program designed to help the homeless, victims of domestic violence and nonviolent offenders is carrying on its mission despite the loss of federal funding. Efforts started under the ...
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Veterans family aims to help others with PTSD
A Lafayette program designed to help the homeless, victims of domestic violence and nonviolent offenders is carrying on its mission despite the loss of federal funding. Efforts started under the ...
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Qualifications for the Indy 500 are underway
INDIANAPOLIS - Qualifications will begin at 1:30 p.m. and go until 6 p.m. with the 90 minute, nine-car shootout for the 500 pole scheduled to begin at 6:30 ...
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Hill will be game-time decision
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Point guard George Hill will be a game-time decision as the Pacers try to close out the Knicks. After Indiana's shootaround Saturday morning, coach Frank Vogel did not say whether Hill had passed his concussion tests. Hill must do so before returning to action. Vogel says he is preparing to be without Hill for Game 6 on Saturday night. Hill missed Game 5 after ...
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Indianapolis mass transit system no closer
Indianapolis is the 14th largest city in the world, but in the area of mass transit, its ranked 100th in terms of the quality of public transport in the city and surrounding regional areas. This is a state of affairs that lawmakers and city leaders have acknowledged cannot last, but finding the money and the necessary will of leadership to implement the construction of a mass transit system has proven difficult and recent events suggest the project may never find traction.
The value of mass transit on a regional level has never been in question, for twenty years the city has been exploring the idea of an integrated mass transit system incorporating the city’s already existing bus system with light and heavy rail lines, with commuter (heavy) rail systems connecting the city of Indianapolis with the wider region and light rail providing an intra-city, urban transport service. Read more
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