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  • Authorities House fire set after dispute

    LEBANON, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say a man was critically injured in a central Indiana house fire that was intentionally set a couple hours after police had been called there for a domestic dispute.The fire was reported in Lebanon about 1 a.m. Wednesday, with emergency crews finding a woman in the front yard and a man unconscious inside the home's back door.WTHR-TV and WISH-TV report the ...

  • Girl drowns while swimming in river

    MILLTOWN, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say a 16-year-old girl drowned after she was swept away by a southern Indiana river's current while swimming with a friend. State conservation officers say the girl was in the Blue River near the Crawford County town of Milltown Tuesday evening when she tried to swim across it near a small dam. Officers say she was caught in the current and her friend ...

  • 2 named stellar communities

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The communities of Bedford in southern Indiana and Richmond on the state's eastern edge have been designated the newest of Indiana's Stellar Communities. Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann announced the selections this week. The program in its third year is a collaboration between the Office of Community and Rural Affairs, the Indiana Housing and Community Development ...

  • Unmarked graves could hold up project

    reports that the graves were unmarked when discovered, but research in old records identified who was buried there. Indiana law says a person may not disturb the ground within 100 feet of the burial sites for erecting, altering or repairing without having a development plan approved by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Sandy Ivers wants to acquire the Victorian-era building in Knox ...

  • Wendys among 3 suspicious fires

    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Arson investigators say they have been busy with a string of suspicious fires early Wednesday morning on the city's north side. Shortly after 3:30 a.m. fire crews were called to the Wendy's restaurant in the 1000 block of East 86th Street. Firefighters found flames on the outside wall of the building at the rear of the business. Investigators say the grease unit ...


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Snatch

In Snatch, British writer/director Guy Ritchie follows up his successful independent crime caper Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) with more of the same: a story of comedic criminals who get in way over their heads brought to bombastic life with fast-cut editing, a funky soundtrack, and relentless energy. While Ritchie had worked with mostly unknowns in his debut feature, ... ...

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  • Family of 8 escape burning home

    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - An Indianapolis woman and seven children escaped their burning northwest side home early Wednesday. Fire crews were dispatched to the 1800 block of Dexter Street at midnight. Officials say flames were showing from the basement window when firefighters arrived. The blaze extended within the walls to the first level. Exterior siding to the home was also damaged. Firefighters ...

  • LPD Intentionally set fire injures 4

    LEBANON, Ind. (WISH) - A fire early Wednesday that injured four people on the south side of Lebanon is believed to have been intentionally set, officials say. Around 1 a.m. Wednesday, Lebanon firefighters were called to the 500 block of East Noble Street. When they arrived, they found a one-story house engulfed in flames. Two of the injured were identified as 45-year-old Shawn Lambert and ...

  • Granger Looks Forward to Return

    MIAMI - Over in the corner of the Pacers' locker room, while the players offered their postmortems on the season that had just ended with a Game 7 loss to Miami, Danny Granger was suddenly talking. Talking optimistically, and at length, about next season. It was a revelation to reporters, who had not heard from Granger since he abruptly decided to shut down his season on March 28, the day ...

  • Bedford Richmond named stellar communities

    The communities of Bedford in southern Indiana and Richmond on the state's eastern edge have been designated the newest of Indiana's Stellar Communities. Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann ...

  • Improvements will stem algae growth at Ohio lake

    The state is spending the money for storm-water control features at Buckeye Lake that should help reduce runoff that can lead to the toxic algae ...

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