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Supreme Court justices back city in property tax disputeupdated: Mon Jun 04 2012 17:22:00

Homeowners who wound up paying thousands more dollars in special taxes than their neighbors for the same sewage service found no relief at the Supreme Court on Monday.

Teen expelled for using stun gun against bulliesupdated: Tue May 08 2012 19:07:00

A gay teenager who pulled a stun gun on students he said bullied him has been expelled from his Indianapolis high school until January.

Bullied gay teen uses stun gun at schoolupdated: Tue May 08 2012 19:07:00

Don Lemon talks to teen "Dynasty" Young, who's facing expulsion after bringing a stun gun to school to ward off bullies.

Police tapes detail stage collapseupdated: Fri Apr 13 2012 01:54:00

Emergency responders call for help after a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair in August.

Reports: Indiana State Fair stage where seven died was inadequateupdated: Fri Apr 13 2012 01:54:00

Scaffolding that collapsed during a storm and killed seven people during the Indiana State Fair last year was not up to standard, and the fair's commission did not have adequate emergency planning in place, according to two investigative reports presented Thursday.

Driver, student dead in school bus crashupdated: Mon Mar 12 2012 18:54:00

Police say a school bus accident in Indianapolis left the bus driver and a student dead and several others injured.

School bus wreck kills child and driver in Indianapolisupdated: Mon Mar 12 2012 18:54:00

A school bus wreck killed a young child on the bus and the bus driver Monday in Indianapolis, officials said.

SI.com: Scouting Combine live chatupdated: Thu Feb 23 2012 13:12:00

The 2012 NFL Scouting Combine officially began on Wednesday, with workouts beginning Friday. All eyes will be on Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III as the quarterback group works out Sunday, but, as is the case every year, there will be a number of players and performances to watch.

SI.com: Michael McCann: Examining pros and cons of NFL clean zones as lawsuit nears trialupdated: Tue Jan 31 2012 11:00:00

On Sunday, Super Bowl XLVI will be played in Indianapolis's Lucas Oil Stadium. In addition to watching the biggest game of the year, the more than 70,000 fans in attendance and the millions viewing at home will see numerous advertisements and promotions. The NFL, obviously, will decide what fans see. Companies will pay the NFL for that privilege and they will want it to be as exclusive as possible.

Crews sifting through debris, search for answers to stage collapseupdated: Sun Aug 14 2011 23:09:00

Crews on Sunday sifted through debris of a concert stage that collapsed at the Indiana State Fair, trying to determine what caused the accident that killed five people and injured 40, authorities said.

CNNMoney: Why do we always owe taxes?updated: Wed May 25 2011 10:05:00

Q: My husband and I always seem to owe on our taxes. What can we do? -- J.B., Indianapolis

SI.com: NFL combine report: DBsupdated: Tue Mar 01 2011 21:48:00

The 2011 NFL combine came to a close on Tuesday as the defensive backs were the final group of players to take the field at Lucas Oil Stadium. As was the case during the prior three days of workouts there were a number of outstanding performances which truly impressed the scouts and coaches that remained in Indianapolis. Here's a look at the risers and sliders from the group:

SI.com: Don Banks: The volatile QB market, Fairley's big dip and more combine Snapsupdated: Mon Feb 28 2011 09:08:00

INDIANAPOLIS -- Musings, observations and the occasional insight from Day 4 of the NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis ...

SI.com: Tony Pauline: NFL Scouting Combine storylinesupdated: Fri Feb 25 2011 12:02:00

The next phase of scouting for the 2011 NFL Draft begins in earnest this week as franchises send scouting departments, coaching staffs and medical personnel to Indianapolis to inspect the 325 prospects on hand for the combine.

SI.com: Peter King: Ten things I think I think, plus mailbagupdated: Tue Feb 15 2011 16:11:00

The NFL's silly season officially has begun. Here are 10 Things I Think I Think on matters on and off the field:

SI.com: NFL Playoff Schedule 2011updated: Mon Jan 03 2011 01:34:00

Saturday, Jan. 8 • New Orleans at Seattle (NBC), 4:30 p.m. ET • New York Jets at Indianapolis (NBC), 8 p.m. ET

2 dead after gunman shoots into crowdupdated: Tue Aug 03 2010 14:45:00

Police say a gunman shot into a crowded party in Indianapolis. WISH reports.

Indianapolis woman shot dead at party at her homeupdated: Tue Aug 03 2010 14:45:00

The morning after a masked gunman killed two people and wounded six more at a party, police in Indianapolis, Indiana, were still on the scene investigating, authorities said Tuesday.

10 shot as concert lets outupdated: Sun Jul 18 2010 14:01:00

Police say it was a calm night before shots rang out near an Indianapolis mall, wounding 10 people.

10 injured in Indiana shootingsupdated: Sun Jul 18 2010 14:01:00

Hundreds of police officers patrolled the streets of downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, early Sunday after three shootings within blocks of each other left 10 people injured.

SI.com: Tony Pauline: Pro-day workouts last chance to shine before draftupdated: Thu Mar 04 2010 16:56:00

For the next month, the attention of the draft world will be on college campuses across the nation as general managers, coaches and scouts attend pro days. (For a full schedule, click here.) Many of the players working out had disappointing performances at the combine in Indianapolis and must make the most of their pro-day opportunity. Here are a dozen such prospects.

CNNMoney: The new 'good' job: 12 bucks an hourupdated: Mon Jun 15 2009 10:28:00

Massive investment in renewable energy could ultimately create 4 million manufacturing jobs. But for the workers in the bottom rung of this movement, the shift to green jobs could very well mean a pay cut of nearly 60%, a trend spreading across the entire manufacturing sector.

CNNMoney: Detroit layoffs threaten housing-market recoveryupdated: Tue Jun 02 2009 14:47:00

Just what the devastated Detroit housing market didn't need: more plant closings, more layoffs.

CNNMoney: Homes: Most affordable in 2 decadesupdated: Tue May 19 2009 07:39:00

U.S. home prices are their most affordable in 18 years, according to a report released Monday.

CNNMoney: Most affordable city in the nationupdated: Mon Mar 16 2009 07:13:00

Crashing home prices have led to the most affordable housing market in at least five years, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index released Thursday.

SI.com: Tony Pauline: Which prospects helped, hurt themselves the mostupdated: Wed Feb 25 2009 14:06:00

The NFL's annual pilgrimage to Indianapolis for the scouting combine is complete for 2009. Scouts, coaches and general managers will now crisscross the map to attend pro-day workouts at schools across the nation. The impressions from this year's combine have left their mark as a number players moved up or down draft boards based on their performance. Here's a look at who helped himself and hurt himself most at every position.

SI.com: Risers/Sliders: D-Line and LBsupdated: Mon Feb 23 2009 19:09:00

A fast group of defensive linemen were center stage at the NFL combine on Monday and were followed by a faster group of linebacker prospects. Scouts had to be pleased as a number of potential top-flight pass rushers and defensive linemen really brought their A-games to Indianapolis. Here's the breakdown.

SI.com: Tony Pauline: OL Risers and Sliders at combineupdated: Sun Feb 22 2009 23:11:00

INDIANAPOLIS -- The offensive linemen and tight ends took the field at Lucas Oil Stadium to be timed in the 40 and to go through a battery of position drills. There were a number of players who stood out and improved their draft stock.

Mayor: US workers left behindupdated: Sat Feb 07 2009 14:40:00

Mayor of Lansing, Michigan, reacts strongly to new job loss numbers and what government needs to do to help.

Bitter cold to linger across U.S. through weekendupdated: Thu Jan 15 2009 07:30:00

Frigid air gripped cities from the Canadian border to Florida on Wednesday, with some cities posting record lows.

Time.com: Slow Economy Causing Patients to Be Laxupdated: Wed Oct 22 2008 15:00:00

The ailing economy is leading many Americans to skip doctor visits, skimp on their medicine, and put off mammograms, Pap smears and other tests

SI.com: Bruce Martin: The decline of the Brickyard and more racing notesupdated: Mon Jul 21 2008 13:16:00

INDIANAPOLIS -- When NASCAR arrived at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Inaugural Brickyard 400 on Aug. 6, 1994, it was an event of epic proportions.

Time.com: Floods in Midwest; Steambath in Eastupdated: Mon Jun 09 2008 14:30:00

Military crews joined a desperate sandbagging operation Monday as Indiana streams flooded to record levels, while the East Coast turned into a steam bath with soaring temperatures

Time.com: Rains Drench Indiana, Threaten Damsupdated: Sat Jun 07 2008 21:00:00

Storms dumped as much as 10 inches of rain on soggy central Indiana on Saturday, threatening dams

Time.com: Indiana Black Voters Feeling Ignored updated: Tue Apr 29 2008 19:00:00

The state's African-American constituency remains strongly in Obama's camp. But is the candidate taking them for granted?

Bank hold-up in Indianapolisupdated: Tue Apr 22 2008 22:24:00

Indianapolis police on Tuesday investigated a bank robbery and shooting.

FSB: Should this bra business flee the suburbs?updated: Tue Apr 22 2008 13:57:00

Dear FSB: I have grown my business - I sell lingerie and fit bras - for three years, from a corner shop to a larger retail space. Bras are the most important part of my business. The problem is that my store is in a suburb outside Indianapolis and foot traffic is slow. Should I relocate to the city?

SI.com: Tony Pauline: Long shows he's top offensive linemanupdated: Mon Feb 25 2008 19:05:00

INDIANAPOLIS -- The offensive linemen were the first to take to the field at the RCA Dome on Saturday morning and most of the top prospects chose to workout. There were a number of outstanding performances turned in from early first round selections as well as middle round choices.

SI.com: Bruce Martin: IRL, Champ Car reach merger agreementupdated: Fri Feb 22 2008 17:07:00

On a cold and snowy day in Indianapolis, the long, bitter and divisive IndyCar "Cold War" has come to an end, ironically with the stroke of a pen in Chicago and not the "World Capital of Auto Racing" in Indianapolis.

SI.com: Twenty players to watch at the all-important combineupdated: Tue Feb 19 2008 12:18:00

More than 325 of the top prospects available in April's NFL draft descend upon Indianapolis this week for the annual combine. The coaching staffs, scouting departments and medical staffs from the league's 32 teams will join them. Over the course of six days teams will test the players physically, mentally and medically. Here's a look at the players who have a lot hanging in the balance.

SI.com: Peter King: Long eager to prove himself on NFL stage updated: Mon Feb 18 2008 17:47:00

RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- I've got opinions about Spygate, the best receiver you never appreciated enough and the ridiculously challenging schedule of Myron Cope's favorite team. All in due time. First, I take you to the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel here, a few long spirals from Giants Stadium, to meet a man you're going to get to know very well over the next few years.

Mothers and babies shot deadupdated: Wed Jan 16 2008 10:56:00

Investigators are looking for clues in a quadruple murder in Indiana. WISH's Gene Rodriguez reports.

5 shot, 1 killed at New Year's partyupdated: Tue Jan 01 2008 11:40:00

Five people were shot, one fatally, at a New Year's celebration in Indianapolis, Indiana, early Tuesday, police said.

CNNMoney: Soft home prices boost affordabilityupdated: Tue Aug 21 2007 06:37:00

Midwest cities dominated the top of the most affordable, housing markets list, according to the latest survey from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: Is the ATP's gambling episode as bad as it sounds?updated: Tue Aug 07 2007 22:35:00

Open the Mailbag boasting about how clean tennis is, and look at what you get: "As the NBA grapples with a betting scandal, tennis must now confront a potential gambling scam of its own. Officials on Friday were investigating suspicious betting patterns on a match involving top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, who retired with an injury against a low-ranked opponent at an ATP tournament in Poland." -- Jim Bartle, Huaraz, Peru

SI.com: Tim Layden: Track's biggest stars will always be hounded by doubtupdated: Wed Jun 20 2007 22:50:00

It is a fact of life in modern track and field that major events are defined as much by the athletes who are absent as by those who are present. This is the unfortunate reality that attends a sport where euphoria is attended by suspicion and fans are advised to embrace a primal and terrific game with great caution, lest they be burned for loving too much.

SI.com: Site for sore eyesupdated: Thu Mar 01 2007 14:07:00

There continues to be much talk about All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas, the first time the game was held in a neutral site, if anything about our Gomorrah can be called neutral.

SI.com: The long and winding roadupdated: Tue Feb 06 2007 10:30:00

My serious playoff action on the road began with a lonely trip to Indianapolis and ended in the rain in Miami. Why was the Indy trip lonely? Because usually the Flaming Redhead makes these journeys with me, at least to the Championship round, but there were one-thousand-one-hundred-and-forty-eight reasons why she didn't make this one. That's right, $1,148 was what Continental Airlines wanted, round trip from Newark, when you don't book at least a week in advance.

SI.com: Revenge can waitupdated: Sat Jan 13 2007 22:06:00

BALTIMORE -- In one of the biggest games of his pressurized nine-year NFL career, Peyton Manning played with the cool detachment of the greatest Colt of them all, Johnny Unitas, on Saturday. It wasn't anywhere near the best game of his life, but under the circumstances -- a playoff game in the city that now lives to hate the Colts, against a Baltimore defense that was both the most feared and top-rated in the NFL this season -- it was one of the most rewarding.

CNNMoney: Indianapolis: Most affordable U.S. housing marketupdated: Mon Nov 20 2006 13:35:00

Indianapolis led all U.S. cities in housing affordability during the third quarter, according to a survey released Monday by Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

CNNMoney: Gasoline prices keep fallingupdated: Mon Sep 25 2006 05:53:00

Gas prices tumbled 24 cents during the past two weeks to an average of $2.42 a gallon of self-serve regular, a national survey said Sunday, posting the third straight two-week decline.

CNNMoney: Most affordable housing marketsupdated: Tue Aug 22 2006 14:49:00

When it comes to affordable housing, no region can top the Midwest: Nine of the top ten of the nation's most affordable housing markets are there, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index.

Police thwarted in search for suspect in family's slayingupdated: Fri Jun 02 2006 07:05:00

Indianapolis police came up empty Friday night after surrounding a house where they suspected the primary suspect in the slayings of seven people was holed up, a police spokesman said.

Police: 7 slain inside Indianapolis homeupdated: Fri Jun 02 2006 01:45:00

Indianapolis police were investigating a multiple homicide in a residential neighborhood near the Indiana Women's Prison late Thursday, a police spokesman said.

Business 2.0: Cash for Carcassesupdated: Thu Jun 01 2006 00:01:00

Dissolving dead animals sounds creepy, but for one company it may be a profitable reality. WR[2], a private firm in Indianapolis, has patented a process called alkaline hydrolysis to turn carcasses...

Fortune: Buying by the Bottleupdated: Mon Jan 30 2006 13:44:00

Up the stairs and past the velvet rope at the Vapour Lounge not too long ago, Michael Jordan was just one of the many smartly dressed folks clinking glasses with friends on the suede couches and chairs. Three stories below, through the open atrium, a deejay spun records next to the club's dance floor and 50-foot arched ice bar. But upstairs you couldn't even think about ordering a shot. The cheapest drink on the menu was a $125 bottle of Absolut. Bottles of Dom Perignon were $300.

Manning brothers team up for Katrina reliefupdated: Sun Sep 04 2005 13:25:00

The name Manning is legendary in the city of New Orleans for two generations of football greats. Now those hometown heroes are doing what they can to help their friends, family and thousands of their longtime fans recover from Hurricane Katrina.

Fortune: The Numberupdated: Mon Sep 16 2002 00:01:00

$67 Million Cash raised by Windrose Medical

Money Magazine: TAKE THIS TEST WILL YOU COME OUT AHEAD IF YOU RELOCATE?updated: Mon Jul 01 1996 00:01:00

According to conventional wisdom, you shouldn't leave your current job for a new one unless it offers at least a 15% salary increase. But when the job requires that you move to another city, you ne...

Money Magazine: Package-tour deals HOW TO BEAT THE HIGH COST OF VACATIONSupdated: Tue Mar 01 1994 00:01:00

If you are tired of pricey tours or wearying journeys to a major hub airport, think about joining one of the country's four best regional travel clubs. An initiation fee and $72 to $95 in yearly du...

Fortune: GETTING JUNKIES TO CLEAN UP And inducing teenage mothers, high school dropouts, and drunken drivers to change their behavior. Itupdated: Mon May 06 1991 00:01:00

CHANGING human behavior is like reshaping concrete. The material is stubborn. Over the past couple of decades government agencies as well as corporations and private foundations have spent billions...

Fortune: DOES IT PAY TO BUY A HOME NOW?updated: Mon Jan 28 1991 00:01:00

Mention to friends that you're thinking of buying a house, and odds are they'll tell you the only home you'll need is the nut house. Residential real estate is dead, they'll say. Prices are falling...

Money Magazine: PERK UP PROFITS WITH UTILITIES YIELDING 7%updated: Sat Sep 01 1990 00:01:00

Electric utilities have suffered from investor brownout all year, because of fears that interest rates might rise -- as they did after Iraq forced up oil prices. Since January, the Dow Jones utilit...

Fortune: REAL ESTATE: THE MIDWEST STARTS TO SHINE AGAIN After a decade of low growth, property values are finally on the updated: Wed Nov 02 1988 00:01:00

FEW INVESTMENTS promise as many creature comforts as real estate. Good properties provide the snug inflation protection of a tangible asset like gold while generating comfortable income like a high...

Fortune: THE OLYMPIANS OF BUSINESSupdated: Mon Sep 26 1988 00:01:00

THERE'S NOTHING more quickly forgotten than a sports hero,'' said Billy Kidd, who in 1964 became the first American male Alpine skier to win an Olympic medal. Not so for the top executives on these...

Money Magazine: A BETTER GOLD COIN updated: Fri Apr 01 1988 00:01:00

The Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle gold coin shown in your January Collectibles was an MS-60 (Mint State 60) and, as you said, mirrors the market activity of bullion. The article didn't say, however, t...

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