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Pacers Win First Round Take Detour into History
Talk about a transition game. The Pacers wrapped up their First Round playoff series with Atlanta on Friday, barely escaping a haunted house, but still didn't know where they would be sleeping that night as they hit the locker room door. The Knicks were similarly engaged in sweating out the final minutes of their closeout game in Boston, and it wasn't until several of the Pacers had ...
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Run Lance Run - Stephenson Could be X-Factor in Playoffs
Three strips of white athletic tape, the kind used to wrap ankles, were spread across the wooden board above Lance Stephenson's locker to create a makeshift name plate. On it, with a black marking pen, someone wrote "Gump." As in Forrest Gump, the movie character. As in "Run, Forrest, Run!" the catch-phrase from the movie. As in Stephenson needing to push the ball and ...
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Four women qualify for Indianapolis 500 tying the record
INDIANAPOLIS - Katherine Legge didn't know she would have a shot at the Indianapolis 500 until it was time to qualify, when Schmidt Peterson Motorsports decided to put her in its second car at the last second.Pippa Mann chatted with tire makers, dropped in on the folks from the television networks and even tried to get cozy with engine maker Honda in the hopes of landing a ride.Both of them ...
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My How Lance Has Grown
One year and one day ago, he was a bench jockey, noticed only for flashing a choke sign after LeBron James missed a free throw in Game 3 of the Pacers' playoff series with Miami. Two days ago he was a non-factor, hitting just 1-of-7 shots in a loss at Madison Square Garden that threatened to shift the momentum of the series. But here was Lance Stephenson, all 22 years of him, dominating ...
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Pacers Get Back to Basics
The Pacers spread themselves around the court following their practice at Philips Arena Sunday afternoon to explain themselves to the media. Coach Frank Vogel at midcourt, by the scorer's table. David West in the corner by the tunnel leading to the team bus. Roy Hibbert on the opposite baseline. Paul George on the Pacers bench. Their message was unanimous - far more cohesive, in fact, than ...
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Big Ten baseball Gophers lose 4-2 to Indiana
Minnesota Gophers third baseman Ryan Abrahamson can't field a ground ball hit by Indiana's Justin Cureton and is charged with an error in the second inning Thursday at Target Field. (Pioneer Press: Chris ...
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Pacers Hope to Mellow Anthony
The Knicks will go as Melo goes, that much we know. The Pacers contained him in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series with New York and they won convincingly. He became unleashed in Game 2 and they lost convincingly. It was no coincidence. So now that the Pacers have a template for winning the series that resumes on Saturday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, the challenge is as simple to ...
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I-5 bridge collapses in NW Washington
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol ...
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More eyes on safety on race day
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - There will be more eyes at the raceway this weekend. They'll come from a group of Purdue students studying homeland security. The graduate students are taking a class on large event security, and worked to develop a checklist to help with efficiency and safety during the entry process. This is the second year the class has been based on Indianapolis 500 safety. The ...
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Pacers Crossing the Line on Defense
The line dividing the Pacers from the second and third rounds of the NBA playoffs is likely the same one that divides the two-point shots from the three-point shots on the basketball court. New York, which led the NBA in three-point shots made and attempted during the regular season, needs them as it needs oxygen itself. The Pacers, who led the NBA in defending three-point shots, want to cut ...
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IMPD Pedestrian struck by squad car
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Dispatchers with IMPD say an officer was involved in an accident Thursday night where a pedestrian was struck and killed. The accident happened in the area of 42nd Street and North Emerson Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Police say the pedestrian was trapped underneath the vehicle. IMPD Public Information Officer Michael Hewitt says the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. ...
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Van semi crash sends one to hospital
MONON, Ind. (Monticello Herald Journal) - A medical helicopter was requested to the scene of an accident involving a van and a semi Thursday evening. The head on crash happened in Monon, Indiana. According to 24-Hour News 8's news ...
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Man tried leaving scene of crash
MADISON COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) - A man has been arrested after he tried to leave the scene of a crash Thursday and later tried to swallow a controlled substance while in the hospital. Around 3:30 p.m., Madison County Sheriff Ron Richardson saw a two vehicle accident, rear end collision occur and saw one passenger immediately leave the car and start walking away, according to a release. Authorities ...
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Indiana County approves firm for conducting reassessment
The Indiana County Commissioners last week settled on a provider for the county's massive property tax reassessment project in what commissioner chairman Rodney Ruddock called "probably the most important decision the county commissioners have made in 10 ...
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How did LeBron get into the paint to beat the Pacers in Game 1
Rob Mahoney Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Heat and Pacers concluded with a sequence befitting its 53 minutes of give-and-take basketball, through which the most electric talents on both teams made dramatic, game-altering plays. After a loose-ball scramble with just seconds remaining in overtime, Indiana’s Paul George fired a potential go-ahead three-pointer, only to ...
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Great improvement comes to the Monon
CARMEL, Ind. (WISH) - "It's another great improvement to the Monon Trail," said Mayor Jim Brainard of Carmel. On Friday, his city - along with Westfield - will dedicate the new bridge that takes the Monon over 146th Street. Brainard said it's "an added safety feature" for trail users. They will no longer need to wait for the light to change before they cross at ...
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School built to handle severe weather
FRANKLIN, Ind. (WISH) - It's an issue that's come to the surface of many conversations since Monday's tragedy: how to make our schools safer in the event of a natural disaster. It's not only about having a plan -- but also about how to build a better school. School leaders in Franklin had a bright idea in 1975. The school formerly known as Earlywood was designed to protect ...
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Pacers Focused On Effort Not Trickery
ATLANTA - Danny Granger was in practice gear and in attendance for the Pacers' morning practice session at Philips Arena on Friday. Now that would be a strategic adjustment, wouldn't it? Alas, there will be no dramatic return from Granger for Game 6 of the team's playoff series with Atlanta. Not even a David Lee-style, 87-second return for motivational purposes. He's not ...
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Georges Offseason Work Paved Way to Most Improved Award
The honors and hardware continue to pile up for third-year swingman Paul George. Tuesday, the NBA presented George the league's Most Improved Player of the Year award at a morning news conference held in the IU Health Pavilion of Bankers Life Fieldhouse. George, who turns 23 on May 2, received 311 of a possible 1,080 points, including 52 first-place votes, from a panel of 120 sportswriters ...
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Indianas Paul George Wins 2012-13 KIA NBA Most Improved Player Award
NEW YORK, April 23, 2013 - Indiana's Paul George, who earned his first All-Star Game berth en route to leading the Pacers to the Central Division crown and the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, is the winner of the 2012-13 Kia NBA Most Improved Player Award, the NBA announced today. The annual award is presented to a player who has made a significant improvement from the ...
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Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty retrial set
Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...
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Serious crash shuts down I-70 westbound
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - An accident on Interstate 70 has shut down westbound lanes Thursday evening. The accident happened on I-70 westbound at the 89 mile marker near Shadeland Avenue shortly before 6:45 p.m. According to INDOT, the left three lanes of westbound I-70 were closed near Shadeland Avenue due to the crash. 24-Hour News 8 learned a car lost control and drove underneath a semi. The ...
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Young victim of house fire remembered
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Friends and family gathered Thursday to remember the life of a young boy who was killed in a house fire in Wayne Township late last year. The fire in late December trapped Dreydon Webb, 7, inside the home. Prosecutors say his mother, Jessica Rogers was cooking methamphetamine when the apartment caught on fire. According to investigators, she saved herself from the fire but ...
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Pacers Hill cleared to play Game 6 vs. Knicks
New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series.Hill missed Game 5 on Thursday night in New York because of a concussion.The Pacers released a statement about 1½ hours before the scheduled tipoff saying Hill passed the NBA's return protocol as part of the league's concussion policy.The Pacers said Hill remained symptom-free after each step, including ...
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Boy Scout leaders lift ban on gay scouts adult ban remains
Boy Scouts of America have approved a plan to accept openly gay boys as Scouts. A ban on gay adult leaders remains. It was a vote years in the making. ...
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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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