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  • 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 ...

  • Schmidts team hires Legge to drive at Indy

    INDIANAPOLIS - There could be bumping at Indianapolis this weekend. Schmidt Peterson Motorsports said Saturday afternoon that it has hired British driver Katherine Legge to drive the No. 81 car. That gives Indianapolis 500 organizers 34 driver-car combinations -- one more than it takes to fill the 33-car starting grid for the May 26 race -- and means if there are no crashes at least one ...

  • Twenty-one NE Indiana residents charged in welfare fraud scam

    Northeastern Indiana authorities have charged 21 people in a welfare fraud scam alleging that they illegally exploited welfare benefits to stock a Fort Wayne restaurant's pantry shelves. All 21 ...

  • NW Indiana surveyor indicted on federal fraud charges

    Northeastern Indiana authorities have charged 21 people in a welfare fraud scam alleging that they illegally exploited welfare benefits to stock a Fort Wayne restaurant's pantry shelves. All 21 ...


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Movie Review

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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  • FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case

    A letter addressed to President Obama containing a "suspicious substance" was intercepted on Tuesday at a remote Secret Service mail screening facility, the presidential protective agency ...

  • Japans prime minister to visit Myanmar next week

    YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar’s president has pardoned political prisoners just ahead of a state visit to the United States, maintaining the momentum of warming ties between the ...

  • North Korea Fires Three Short-Range Missiles Says The South

    After a relatively calm few weeks, North Korea fired three short-range missiles Saturday, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said. NPR's Louisa Lim reports that North Korea fired the missiles in defiance of international sanctions. She filed this report for our Newscast ...

  • Excitement builds around $600M jackpot

    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Hoosiers are heading into local retailers to buy their tickets before Saturday night's drawing in the historic $600 million jackpot. According to Hoosier Lottery representatives, Indiana Powerball sales rose significantly Friday night after the estimated jackpot was upped at noon from $550 million to $600 million. Sales in Indiana topped $2.8 million just on Friday, ...

  • Chargers Freeney agree to two-year deal

    SAN DIEGO, CA - The San Diego Chargers have agreed to a two-year deal with star pass rusher Dwight Freeney that could be worth $13.35 million. The deal to bring Freeney to the Chargers came four days after outside linebacker Melvin Ingram tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a padless practice. The addition of Freeney also helps cushion the loss of outside linebackers ...

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