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- Full Disclosure: Notes from the Field
Finally, I can stop sweating the Indiana General Assembly and its seeming inability to do its job and focus onthe wonderland the city’s become.…
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- Charlie White deemed gulity of voter fraud
Editor’s Note: This morning we received the following press release from the Democratic party.
Earlythis morning, more than a year after his invalid election as Secretary ofState, a Hamilton County jury foundCharlie White guilty of vote fraud.
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- Pics: TKO Taekwondo/Suck It Up MMA
Retired NFL player Tom McManus (Jacksonville Jaguars) and his Suck It Up MMA crew hit Indy and the new cage at Eddie Brochin’s TKO Taekwondo. by Rebecca Townsend Retired NFL player TomMcManus (Jacksonville Jaguars) and his Suck It Up MMA crew hit Indy and thenew cage at Eddie Brochin’sTKO Taekwondo as the final stop on the Suck It Up Super Bowl Tour 2012. “Suck it up every day no matter what,” McManustold TKO students and spectators at the cage match Thursday night.… [ Read more ]
- In Memoriam: Donovan Miller
Donovan Miller, the 2011 winner of Hoosier Environmental Council’s award for Land Steward of the Year, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 2.
He was diagnosed last July with inoperable malignant pleural mesothelioma.…
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- Mass transit: Delay or denial
If you are a supporter of mass transit, hopefully you are a Cubs fan, because it looks like you’re going to have to wait until next year. by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz If you are a supporter of masstransit, hopefully you are a Cubs fan, because it looks like you’re going tohave to wait until next year. The IndianaGeneral Assembly’s top leaders say the measure is likely to remain dead forthe session and not come back before lawmakers adjourn in March.… [ Read more ]
- Haiku News
This week’s important stories told to you in 17 syllables. On the docket this week: the GOP, ziplines and Koyaanisqatsi. by Jim Poyser if Peytoneverleavesthe Colts will he take the stadiumwith him?… [ Read more ]
- Business Briefs – February 2, 2012
F.C. Tucker adds sales associates F.C. Tucker Co. added residential sales associates in January. Southside Realtors Tammy Herzog and Tyrell Hicks are now providing real estate services from F.C. Tucker South. Franklin College receives $4.2 million Franklin College has received a $4.2 million bequest following settlement of the Effie Joan Behrens estate. Behrens, a longtime [...] - Taxes: Not all income treated equally
Politicians can be inspiring. Take Newt and Mitt’s tax returns – you only wish! Mitt’s tax rate was about 15% in 2010 on his multi-million dollar income. Newt created a corporation to avoid paying 2.3% medicare taxes on his $3 million plus in income (saving about $70,000). I am not particularly interested in President Obama’s [...] - Doctored chili changes up game plan
If you’ve glimpsed at the nearly inescapable coverage on our local news broadcasts, or given a cursory glance at a newspaper, then you know this year’s Super Bowl holds special interest for our city. And if you watch and listen closely, you’ll notice the emphasis on celebrating this beloved occasion with food. (There have even [...] - 4th & Goal: Teaming up with the NFL a worthwhile $25 rush
By Alex Swenson With many seats in Lucas Oil Stadium priced well over $2,000 for Sunday’s Big Game, just how can the average football fanatic afford the excitement of Super Bowl XLVI? It’s not the rush of scrimmaging with the Giants or Patriots, but action abounds in more than 850,000 square feet in and around [...] - Super Events – February 2, 2012
Zipline • Feel the adrenaline and experience the 80’ tall and 800’ long Zipline operated by Ziptrek Ecotours. | When: Jan. 27-Feb. 4, 3-11 p.m. | Where: Zipline Launch Tower, 258 S. Capitol Ave. | Cost: $10. | Info: Tickets are on a first-come, first-serve basis. Visit indianapolissuperbowl.com. Foot Bowl 5K Run/Walk • Come enjoy [...]
- ‘Hilly Hundred’ riders fill up on fried chicken, cider
How much fried chicken does it take to feed 5,000 hungry cyclists? It may sound like a joke, but Greenwood resident Daina Chamness has to know the answer, right down to the last chicken leg. - Public safety director has become a lightning rod
Public Safety Director Frank Straub has four academic degrees on the wall of his second-floor office in the City-County Building, a picture of himself with former President Bill Clinton behind his desk and an Indianapolis Colts hat on a shelf. - 3 hurt when vehicle strikes Eastside house
Three people were injured early today after the vehicle in which they were traveling crashed into an Eastside house. - Kennedy outlines neighborhoods proposal
Democratic mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy on Sunday unveiled a neighborhood plan that she says would take the city back to grass-roots policies. - Divers search Georgia lake for Plainfield man in wheelchair
ACWORTH, Ga. — Authorities say divers planned to resume a search Monday for a 68-year-old man in a wheelchair who fell into a Georgia lake while getting off a large boat. - New app will help you find a place to park
Worried about finding a place to park Downtown? You guessed it: There’s an app for that. ParkIndy, the group that operates the city’s privatized parking meters, continues to tap into the growing market for smartphones. Officials today will announce plans for an app that maps available parking spaces Downtown.
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