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IN Task Force One ready to help in OK
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Monday, Indiana's Task Force One watched the aftermath of Oklahoma's deadly tornado unfold. They're now awaiting a possible call from Washington D.C. to go. Inside Fire House 82 Monday evening, while mouths were chewing, eyes were glued on the TV as third graders were being pulled ...
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Allmendinger takes life 1 day at a time
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- AJ Allmendinger's parents attended their first Indianapolis 500 in 1979, when they camped in a grassy lot and watched Rick Mears win his first 500. Their son was born two years later -- Greg Allmendinger named him after A.J. Foyt, his favorite driver -- and for a time it seemed like the Allmendingers would make it back to Indy with him. Allmendinger had risen through ...
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20 children among 51 killed in Okla.
A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Sue ...
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Box of cash seized by feds in Indy
INDIANAPOLIS - Federal agents have seized a shipment of more than $24,000 from the Indianapolis area, saying the suspicious manner in which it was packed points to evidence of a drug ...
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Carmel bike rule change delayed
- approved in committee - calls for new rules for bike use within city limits. The ordinance would also regulate motorists driving near bicyclists. Council member Eric Seidensticker said, as the proposal was written, he couldn't support it. "What it does seem to me, in a general sense, to be is trying to legislate common sense and perhaps at some level stupidity which seems to be ...
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Crews investigate deadly condo fire
is boarded up. Four other people escaped, but were seriously hurt, including the children's mother. A spokesperson person for Wishard Hospital told 24-Hour News 8 that 39 year-old Stephanie Eppert is in the burn unit in Critical Condition. Investigators said they will know sometime Tuesday what caused the fire that killed her two children. "This is very sad; very, very sad," said ...
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Vogel dismisses war of words
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The war of words between Pacers head coach Frank Vogel and Heat star LeBron James seems to be more a game of telephone. Following Saturday's win against the Knicks, Vogel called the Heat the next team in their way. LeBron James took offense to those words when a reporter asked him about Vogel calling them "just another team," words Vogel never uttered. ...
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West misses Pacers practice...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Pacers forward David West is expected to play Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals at Miami, despite an injured right leg. Team doctors held West out of Monday's practice with what coach Frank Vogel described as a calf strain or lower leg strain. He did shoot around with his teammates after practice ended. Vogel said doctors thought it would be best to give West a ...
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Pacers Facing Big Challenge
Perhaps it's not enough of a sample size to make a declaration, but the trend is undeniable. Atlanta has "gone big" with its starting lineup four times against the Pacers this season, and won all four. NBA coaches do not tend to mess with what works, so the Hawks no doubt will continue to do the same when the two teams meet in Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Wednesday in Game 5 of ...
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Offense Needs a Boost by George
The short term matters more than the long term in the NBA, at least when the short term happens to be the playoffs. Reputations are won and lost when the games count most, rather than during the 82-game appetizer. Calling Paul George! Your table is waiting. Please gorge yourself - at both ends, as a matter of fact. For the Pacers to get past Atlanta in the playoff series that begins on Sunday ...
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Massive tornado devastates Moore Oklahoma 51 confirmed dead
A massive tornado touched down in Oklahoma, about an hour south of Oklahoma City, on Monday afternoon. There are numerous reports of injured people trapped in ...
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Security plans updated for big weekend
INDIANAPOLIS - It will be a bigger Sunday than normal in Indianapolis with the Indy 500 and the Pacers hosting the NBA Eastern Conference finals, but after hosting a Super Bowl, police and Homeland Security officials are prepared. Safety officials met Monday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse to tweak security plans for the weekend. There will be more police on duty than a normal race weekend, although ...
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Police Person shot on boat ramp
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (WISH) - Noblesville Police say one person was shot on a boat ramp in Noblesville. The incident occurred around 7:50 p.m. Monday night just off of SR 19 on the boat ramp. Officials say the person's injuries do not appear to be life threatening. Police are searching for the person who may have fired the shots. Officials say the suspect was in a boat and floating down the ...
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Time for Stephenson to Move On
Saturday was a party. The biggest game of his life, screams of approval from a sold-out arena, an intense, adoring focus from the national media, and an endless stream of texts clicking into his cell phone. About 190 of them to be semi-exact. But that's all ancient history now for Lance Stephenson. Those 25 points and 10 rebounds he recorded as the Pacers closed out New York might as well ...
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Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb kills 37
A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...
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Missing Indianapolis teenager found safe
Indianapolis Metro Police are asking for your help in locating 18-year-old Alexis Ricard. Alexis has been diagnosed as mildly mentally handicapped and functions at the level of a 12-year-old child. ...
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Bosh eager for Heat-Pacers rematch in East finals
This is the matchup Chris Bosh wanted in the Eastern Conference finals.No, he might not necessarily enjoy going head-to-head with 7-foot-2 Roy Hibbert when the Miami Heat open this series against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night, especially since the Pacers' biggest man is arguably enjoying the best post-season run of his career to date. And it's not because he thinks Miami will ...
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Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado
NEW YORK — Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. The National Weather Service estimated that the storm that struck Moore, Okla., on Monday had wind speeds of up to 200 mph, and was at least a half-mile wide. The 1999 storm had winds clocked at 300 mph, according to the weather service ...
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Dixon ready to chase 2nd Indianapolis 500 win
Count Scott Dixon as a fan of starting an IndyCar Series race three wide. At Indianapolis, it's a given. At Pocono, it's a whole new thrill. When the open wheel series returns to Pocono Raceway for the first time since 1989, the 400-mile race will start with cars running three across. For most drivers, the whole Pocono show will be a new experience. IndyCar's July 7 race will ...
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Vogel dismisses word war with LeBron
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The war of words between Pacers head coach Frank Vogel and Heat star LeBron James seems to be more a game of telephone. Following Saturday's win against the Knicks, Vogel called the Heat the next team in their way. LeBron James took offense to those words when a reporter asked him about Vogel calling them "just another team," words Vogel never uttered. ...
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Free Pregame Party at the Budweiser Beer Garden
before Saturday's Eastern Conference Semifinals game between the Pacers and Knicks ? The party starts at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday at the Budweiser Beer Garden outside of Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Hang out at the 2-story Budweiser Build-A-Bar with Pacers legends, Pacemates, Boom Babies, and Pacers fans. The Budweiser Beer Garden Pacers Pregame Party is free to any Pacers fans 21 years or ...
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Lawyers for Jodi Arias request withdrawal from case judge refuses
Jodi Arias lawyers refused mistrial request: Lawyers in the Jodi Arias trial were denied a mistrial and claim that witnesses meant to take the stand received threats and ...
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Fevers Phillips out 4-6 weeks with knee injury
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Fever guard Erin Phillips has been diagnosed with a lateral meniscus tear in her right knee and will miss at least 4-6 weeks of the upcoming WNBA season. A 5'8" guard and a five-year WNBA veteran from Australia, Phillips played a key part of the Fever's championship run in 2012. She averaged 6.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists during her second year ...
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All talk until Pacers and Heat tip-off Wednesday
NBA Eastern Conference Finals until Wednesday. So until then, it's just practice and talk in Indianapolis and Miami. Four-time NBA Most Valuable Player and Heat ...
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Teenage prostitutes working truck stops
INDIANAPOLIS - Police have moved in to tackle a growing presence of teenage prostitutes at some truck stops on the south side of Indianapolis. "I had one knocking on my door the other day that was 13," one trucker told the Call 6 Investigators along South Harding Street at Interstate 465 on Monday afternoon. Numerous truckers have told Indianapolis police that several teenagers have ...
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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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