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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 ...

  • Up to 60 injured after car drives into parade crowd in Damascus

    The injuries ranged from critical to superficial. Three of the victims were flown by helicopter to regional hospitals. Another 12 to 15 were taken by ambulance. The rest were treated at the scene in Damascus, about a half-hour east of Bristol. The status of the driver wasn't released. Multiple witnesses described him as an elderly man. Authorities are still investigating, but Harris says ...

  • Proposed setbacks could sink wind farm

    MUNCIE, Ind. - A central Indiana official says the tough conditions opponents of a planned wind farm are seeking for the project would leave little room for the proposed power-generating wind turbines. The wind farm's opponents are pushing for a minimum setback of two miles between wind turbines and dwellings. And The Star Press reportsthat even the 1,320-foot setback proposed by the ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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The Last Days of Disco [DVD]

The Last Days of Disco [DVD]

As the title implies, Whit Stillmans The Last Days of Disco is set in the very early eighties, and one of the films unexpected pleasures is that it manages to evoke a very specific time period without becoming mired in it. As both writer and director, Stillman pulls ... ...

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  • Purdue makes 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 March. Purdue treasurer Al Diaz tells ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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