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  • Pacers look to even series with Heat in Game 2

    MIAMI - The Indiana Pacers are trying to even the Eastern Conference finals in Miami. Indiana has a six-point lead after the first quarter. Roy Hibbert leads the Pacers with 10 points. LeBron James has 12 for Miami to lead all scorers. The Pacers' lead had been as many as 12 points in the first quarter. The Pacers lost Game 1 in overtime on Wednesday night after tying the game late in ...

  • Remains of missing soldier return home

    BEECH GROVE, Ind. - A central Indiana family has been waiting decades to hear the whereabouts of a 19-year-old soldier who went missing during a battle in the Korean War. The remains of the Private First Class James Constant finally made it home, 63 years later. The remains were in storage in Hawaii until recently being identified with the help of DNA. A military honor guard welcomed Constant ...

  • SR 9 shut down after semi van crash

    SHELBY COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) - Authorities in Shelby County say a head on crash involving a semi and a minivan has shut down State Road 9 Friday evening. The accident happened around 6 p.m. on State Road 9 between 450 North and Bassett Road. According to police, a 35-year-old man driving a minivan was heading south on State Road 9 when suddenly he veered into the path of a semi. The man, who is ...

  • Security heightened at IMS for Indy 500

    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - State Police want to remind race fans of the heightened security at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This year officers have already had to deal with a number of unattended items. "We've had our explosive ordinance disposal teams out here along with the K-9's and we had calls last week during the qualifications of unattended packages, unauthorized packages ...

  • Man sold police informant pain patch

    COLUMBUS, Ind. (The Republic) - A Columbus man is in jail after he sold a morphine patch to a confidential police informant. Michael E. Cusack, 31, sold a patch containing the drug Fentanyl to the informant for $120 in November 2011, 24-Hour News 8's news ...


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Two-Lane Blacktop [DVD]

Two-Lane Blacktop [DVD]

There were a lot of similar films that followed immediately in the wake of the unexpected counterculture hit Easy Rider (1969), but none were quite like Monte Hellman's Two-Lane Blacktop. It explores many of the same themes that had exploded the American movie ind ... ...

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  • Off-Season Work Paying Off for Hibbert

    The question hung in the air long enough to draw a three-second violation. "Are you the best defensive center in the league?" Roy Hibbert slapped his cell phone against his left thigh a few times, either mulling the question or daring himself to answer it. "Yes," he finally said, matter-of-factly. Whether he is or isn't the best defender at his position in the NBA, ...

  • Pacers Media Relations Staff Honored

    INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Pacers Media Relations Department was recognized by the Pro Basketball Writers Association as the first two-time winner of the Brian McIntyre Award, presented to an NBA Public Relations staff that exemplifies the standards of professionalism and excellence worthy of the acclaim. The award is named in honor of the longtime NBA PR chief Brian McIntyre. This year's ...

  • Greenfield officer sues over revoked 0INK license plate

    A Greenfield police officer is fighting to keep his vanity license plate. Rodney Vawter has owned the personalized Fraternal Order of Police license plate "0INK" for the past three years. A class ...

  • Boy Scouts OK letting openly gay boys join

    GRAPEVINE, Texas – The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders – a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.Of the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA’s National Council who cast ballots, 61 percent supported the proposal drafted by the ...

  • Watch out for fake tornado charities

    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - In the wake of the Oklahoma tornado tragedy, Hoosiers are getting calls to help but some of those calls aren't helping victims; they're creating even more. As soon as it hit, Hoosiers were ready to help. "One of the good things about Hoosiers in general is that we're very generous so, when tragedy strikes, we've always opened our hearts and our ...

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