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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...


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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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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