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  • Long-time attorney avoids prison time

    INDIANAPOLIS - A long-time Indianapolis attorney will not have to go to jail for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars. David Rees' sentence was handed down Tuesday and it came as a big disappointment to many who were closely connected to the case. Minutes before his sentencing, Rees, 73, huddled with clergy from his church. It wasn't the spiritual intervention that spared him a ...

  • 8 million immigrants to gain legal status in Senate bill

    WASHINGTON – About 8 million immigrants living unlawfully in the United States would initially gain legal status under sweeping legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, adding the bill would push federal deficits lower in each of the next two decades. The eagerly awaited report by Congress’ non-partisan scorekeeping agency said the ...

  • House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill

    View Photo Associated Press/Carolyn Kaster - Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at House Judiciary Committee hearing to discuss the Strengthen and Fortify ...

  • Sex abuse report prompts policy changes

    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Several calls have already been logged on a new sex abuse hotline at the Marion County Jail, one month after a federal report said inmates were more likely to be sexually abused by guards there than at any other jail in the country. The hotline, staffed by trained counselors from the Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Abuse (INCASA), is aimed at giving inmates an outlet to ...

  • Armed robber apologizes before crime

    Brownsburg, Ind. (WISH) - An armed robber apologized to a store clerk before demanding money. According to Brownsburg Police, the suspect forced a woman at Finer Things, a home decor store, to hand over cash in the register in the 1000 block of E Main Street. Investigators spent the afternoon reviewing surveillance video taken from the scene. Detectives are now in the process of trying to ...


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Shrek Forever After

Shrek Forever After

In the great and ever-expanding pantheon of unnecessary sequels, Shrek Forever After deserves a special place, especially since the previous three films had formed a nicely self-contained arc of character development in which the perpetually grumpy green ogre of the ... ...

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  • Misunderstanding results in cat on graduation cake

    An misunderstanding over a graduation cake is quickly going viral. A Zionsville mom wanted a local bakery to draw a graduation cap on the picture of her daughter on the cake, but the worker taking ...

  • Labor board questions Hostess hiring practices

    Hostess Brands LLC, the new owners of the old Hostess plant on North Shadeland Avenue, are counting on help from the city. Wednesday, they'll ask the Metropolitan Development Commission for a tax ...

  • 18 mayors Limit use of food stamps to buy soda

    FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks at a 64-ounce cup, as Lucky's Cafe owner Greg Anagnostopoulos, left, stands behind him, during a news conference at the cafe in New York. The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting government food vouchers be used to buy soda and other sugary ...

  • Zimmerman jury pool selected in Trayvon Martin death

    SANFORD, Fla. – Attorneys trying to pick a jury in George Zimmerman’s murder trial have selected a pool of 40 potential jurors who will go on to a second round of questioning. The pool was whittled down Tuesday on the seventh day of jury selection for the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. Prosecutors and defense attorneys had been questioning ...

  • Christian Watford works out for Pacers

    Indiana's Christian Watford (2) puts up a shot during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Iowa on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, ...

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