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  • 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 ...

  • 21 residents charged in welfare scam

    FORT WAYNE, Ind. - 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 charged Friday are accused of conspiring in the scheme with Stanley Collins, the owner of Captain Black's Eatery. The Journal Gazette reports Collins was charged last week ...

  • Previewing Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers

    The Pacers are scoring 12 fewer points per 100 possessions with George Hill off the floor. (David E. Klutho/SI) On Saturday night, Indiana will have its second straight opportunity — after taking a 3-1 lead — to close out its series against New York and advance to the Eastern Conference finals. Yet this particular series has taken some interesting turns of late, which may afford the ...

  • Indy Motor Speedway looks to the future

    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Expecting assistance from the state, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is looking to the future to make sure it remains the greatest spectacle in racing. Legislature approved the bill that would loan $5 million a year for the next 20 years to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The speedway will pay an additional $2 million a year for the same time frame. Indianapolis Motor ...

  • One year later arsonist still at large

    SHELBYVILLE, Ind. (Shelbyville News) - One year after a fire destroyed the grandstands at the Shelby County Fairgrounds, the arsonist is still at large. The May 19, 2012 fire destroyed the grandstands that were more than 100 years old, 24-Hour News 8's news ...


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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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  • Neighbor saves homeowner in house fire

    Spring Forest Drive fire Dave Furge says he was on his way to work around 8:20 a.m. when he saw two people running from something. They said a nearby house was on fire. Ferge said he pounded on the front door of the home, located in the 8000-block of Spring Forest Drive in the Whispering Meadows subdivision off of Illinois Road, until the homeowner came out. Furge said the homeowner did not know ...

  • End of program doesnt halt Weed and Seed efforts

    A Lafayette program designed to help the homeless, victims of domestic violence and nonviolent offenders is carrying on its mission despite the loss of federal funding. Efforts started under the ...

  • Veterans family aims to help others with PTSD

    A Lafayette program designed to help the homeless, victims of domestic violence and nonviolent offenders is carrying on its mission despite the loss of federal funding. Efforts started under the ...

  • Qualifications for the Indy 500 are underway

    INDIANAPOLIS - Qualifications will begin at 1:30 p.m. and go until 6 p.m. with the 90 minute, nine-car shootout for the 500 pole scheduled to begin at 6:30 ...

  • Hill will be game-time decision

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Point guard George Hill will be a game-time decision as the Pacers try to close out the Knicks. After Indiana's shootaround Saturday morning, coach Frank Vogel did not say whether Hill had passed his concussion tests. Hill must do so before returning to action. Vogel says he is preparing to be without Hill for Game 6 on Saturday night. Hill missed Game 5 after ...

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