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Indiana House Democrats won't recoup any of the more than $233,000 in fines levied against them over their legislative walkouts in 2011 and 2012, the Supreme Court ruled today.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Chrysler Group did an about-face Tuesday and said it will recall 2.7 million Jeeps, as the government had requested.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Former Indiana forward Christian Watford, forever famous among Hoosier fans for The Shot and The Block, continued on his job search this afternoon at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Going pro early is not confined to basketball and baseball.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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The Indiana Fever announced today that guard Katie Douglas will be sidelined for several additional weeks because of a bulging disc in her lower back. Additional testing revealed the need for therapy and rest, according to a club news release.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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It would make things so much easier for everyone if Edward Snowden were working for China.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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The wife of Donald Trump says she's been personally embarrassed and her new skincare business stands to lose millions of dollars from the rift between Stephen Hilbert and John Menard.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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A young law student from Indianapolis is in southern Turkey aiding refugees from his native Syria and using his keyboards and voice to help keep his adopted country out of a catastrophic regional war.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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The indictment guarantees suspect Samuel Sallee will stay in the Brown County Jail where he has been held on an unrelated charge.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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If there's one thing public policy researchers fear, it's that they'll share a finding with the potential to oversimplify a complex, wide-ranging issue.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Federal regulators are investigating the deaths of two patients who received injections of a longer-lasting version of Eli Lilly's antipsychotic Zyprexa.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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The rain falling on Kuntz Stadium June 9 sent several hundred fans flocking to find shelter, but the game never slowed.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Indianapolis firefighters have gathered to sort through tons of rubble three days after a massive warehouse fire on the Near Westside.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Last week, Edward Snowden, a National Security Agency contractor, attempted to make a political point by leaking several documents that have seriously harmed America's ability to identify and respond to terrorist threats.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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I love optimism, and it came flooding into my inbox last weekend after my column pondered the question: Is Indianapolis getting better or worse as a place to live.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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A large job fair that hopes to connect veterans and employers will be held Thursday in Indianapolis.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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University of Kentucky basketball recruit Dominique Hawkins trudged off the Freedom Hall floor late Friday night after his Kentucky All-Stars had fallen to the Indiana All-Stars 114-60.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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After University of Kentucky freshman point guard Dominique Hawkins spilled the beans this weekend to Courier-Journal columnist Adam Himmelsbach about the new 'Wildcat Code,' coach John Calipari took to Twitter to explain - sort of.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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A former Democratic county chairman in northern Indiana has been sentenced to a year in prison for his role in a scheme to forge signatures onto petitions placing Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the state's 2008 presidential primary ballot.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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An Indianapolis father, police said, was arrested after he drunkenly rode his bicycle against traffic - while carrying his 3-year-old daughter in his arm.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Today the Indianapolis Public School Board will be presented with an initial group of candidates for superintendent.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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TMZ reports the pop star was involved in an alleged hit-and-run late Monday. PLUS: Radio hosts fired for ALS jokes; Lake Michigan beaches closed due to 'substance'; Nigella Lawson; new Jimmy Hoffa tip
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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A shooting late Monday night on the city's Near Northside left a 28-year-old man in critical condition.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Police say an 89-year-old woman with severe dementia drowned in a pond after leaving her assisted-living apartment unnoticed.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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This is an occasional series highlighting some of the area's unsolved crimes. Longtime Star reporter Diana Penner recounts details of the crime, the victim and where the case stands with hopes of generating new information.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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A 48-year-old Indianapolis woman was found dead after a hit-and-run crash late Monday night on the city's Near Northside.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Global stock markets traded fitfully Tuesday as investors watched for signs of a possible change in U.S. stimulus efforts by the Federal Reserve.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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A group of Indiana teachers is asking School Superintendent Glenda Ritz to support national Common Core education standards.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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A man whose 50 guns were seized when police found him watching a Bloomington bar where an Indiana University student was partying the night she went missing is asking a court to make police return his weapons.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Indiana's Sam Travis hit maybe the hardest ball of the College World Series so far. Too bad for the Hoosiers it wasn't about six or seven feet higher.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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The air mass is still moist and there's little wind, but clouds overnight kept fog from becoming a factor again Tuesday morning.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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The numbers seem too otherworldly to be true. But, yes, George McGinnis did score 53 points and grab 31 rebounds in the Indiana-Kentucky All-Star game at Freedom Hall in 1969.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Question: I made my first trip up to Milwaukee this past weekend with my wife and dad for Father's Day. Wow! What an awesome event. The atmosphere was amazing, people were friendly and the racing was great.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Indiana coach Tracy Smith credited Mississippi State reliever Chad Girodo for a strong performance. He also thinks the Hoosiers made him look like perhaps the most legendary lefty in baseball history.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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In conjunction with the 75th year of the IndyStar Indiana All-Stars, we are counting down the top 75 boys Indiana All-Stars through the years. Selections are made based on the entirety of a career, not solely on high school.
From: Indianapolis Star | Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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BOSTON - Tuukka Rask shut out the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night and got enough help from the Bruins' offense to do it without another exhausting overtime.
From: Indianapolis Star | Monday, June 17, 2013
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The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles has issued an order of remand on a judge's ruling that the Indiana Youth Group, an organization that advocates for gay and lesbian youth, can start selling its specialty license plate again, The Indianapolis Star...
From: Indianapolis Star | Monday, June 17, 2013
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General Motors is recalling nearly 200,000 midsize SUVs because the master power door and window module in the driver's door can short out and catch fire.
From: Indianapolis Star | Monday, June 17, 2013
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A City-County Council committee today moved to restart discussions about a stalled tax-increment financing district that could help attract a grocery and other businesses to the redeveloping Avondale Meadows area.
From: Indianapolis Star | Monday, June 17, 2013
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A shootout between an Indiana trooper and a man robbing a southwestern Indiana gun shop has left the suspect dead and the trooper with non-life threatening injuries.
From: Indianapolis Star | Monday, June 17, 2013
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It was supposed to be the country's fastest university-owned supercomputer.
From: Indianapolis Star | Monday, June 17, 2013
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Gary Varvel is a cartoonist of all seasons, including summer. In this gallery, while the corn may be high as an elephant's eye, the living isn't always easy.
From: Indianapolis Star | Monday, June 17, 2013
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Authorities are close to charging someone in the murders of four people in Bartholomew County, and the suspected shooter is already in a 'safe environment,' the county coroner told The Indianapolis Star on today.
From: Indianapolis Star | Monday, June 17, 2013
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Five Marion County judges sitting on a panel that will decide a City-County Council redistricting dispute asked a handful of questions this afternoon during a hearing lasting more than an hour.
From: Indianapolis Star | Monday, June 17, 2013
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The two headlines -- one Sunday, one Monday -- said it all. Or so many people think.
From: Indianapolis Star | Monday, June 17, 2013
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Rotnei Clarke has seen the mock selections and read the evaluations. He knows the dimensions, too. At a pre-draft tournament in Portsmouth, Va., he was measured at 5-11, or an inch shorter than he was on the Butler basketball roster.
From: Indianapolis Star | Monday, June 17, 2013
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Here's your pregame, in-game and postgame hub for information about Indiana's College World Series game at 8 p.m. against Mississippi State.
From: Indianapolis Star | Monday, June 17, 2013
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When another Indianapolis manufacturing company closed up and moved overseas a few years ago, L & E Engineering President Greg Sandberg found a golden growth opportunity.
From: Indianapolis Star | Monday, June 17, 2013
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Authorities are investigating whether a massive industrial fire on the Indianapolis Westside was started by children who lit a nearby Dumpster.
From: Indianapolis Star | Monday, June 17, 2013
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Hardware chain owner John Menard Jr. has been sued by Tomisue Hilbert, the wife of Carmel businessman Stephen Hilbert, who charges that Menard is trying to 'crush' the Hilberts because she resisted his repeated requests to have sex with him.
From: Indianapolis Star | Monday, June 17, 2013
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