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Farmers to get advice on coping with crop losses
August 5, 2012
Associated PressIndiana farmers worried about what to do with their withered corn crops will gather in Vigo County this week to discuss crop
insurance, cattle feeding options, and other topics related to the drought. Purdue University agricultural experts say some
crops already are beyond saving.
More$14M legal tab touches off new skirmish in Duke case
August 4, 2012
Chris O'MalleyCitizens Action Coalition, Sierra Club, Save the Valley and Valley Watch are hoping questions over legal fees the utility
agreed to pay attorneys for industrial customers scuttle a deal over cost overruns at the $3.3 billion Edwardsport coal gasification
plant.
MoreDuke Energy earnings creep up on higher rates
August 2, 2012
Associated PressDuke Energy Corp.’s earnings rose 2 percent in the second quarter on higher electric rates, but newly acquired subsidiary
Progress Energy saw earnings plummet as a result of planned nuclear plant outages.
MoreN.C. regulators hire law firm to probe Duke Energy
August 1, 2012
Associated PressNorth Carolina utilities regulators said Wednesday they have hired a former federal prosecutor with experience digging into
corporate affairs to reveal whether regulators were misled ahead of a takeover that created America's largest electric
company.
MoreJudge won't dismiss charge against ex-utility boss
July 31, 2012
Associated PressA judge has refused to dismiss an official misconduct charge against Indiana's former top utility regulator, David Lott
Hardy.
MoreSmall farmers struggle as drought kills vegetables
July 31, 2012
Associated PressSmall fruit and vegetable farmers throughout the Midwest are struggling with unusual heat and a once-in-decades drought. Some
have lost crops, and sales at farmers markets are down.
MoreGroups ask for ethanol law break as corn hits record
July 30, 2012
Bloomberg NewsLivestock and poultry producers formally asked the Obama administration Monday to suspend the nation’s renewable fuels
standard because it is causing “severe economic harm” as corn prices surged to a record.
MoreLegal drama over Duke Energy merger lingers
July 30, 2012
Associated PressThe investigations into whether regulators and consumers were misled in the run-up to the merger of North Carolina's two
Fortune 500 energy companies could continue quietly for months after a deadline arrives next week.
MoreWater utility exploring drastic options to satisfy long-term demand
July 28, 2012
Chris O'MalleyCitizens Water engineers are considering various methods, both short-term and long-term, to meet increasing demand on the
water supply of Indiana’s largest metro area, which might need 50 million gallons more water per day as early as five
years from now.
MoreIPL agrees to buy solar power from Sunrise Energy Ventures
July 28, 2012
The Minnesota-based firm plans to generate the power at three, 10-megawatt sites in IPL's service territory.
MoreTurf painting spreads as drought ravages lawns
July 27, 2012
Associated PressWith two-thirds of the nation covered by a drought that stretches from coast to coast, residents and businesses in normally
well-watered areas are catching on to the lawn-painting practice employed for years in the West and Southwest to give luster
to faded turf.
MoreEnvironmental groups lose in bid to stop I-69
July 25, 2012
Associated PressA federal judge has ruled against opponents of the $3 billion Interstate 69 extension between Indianapolis and Evansville
who claimed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated federal law.
MoreIndiana farmers unload livestock as drought continues
July 23, 2012
Associated PressThe ongoing drought is taking its toll on Indiana livestock farmers as they liquidate their inventories.
MoreIU researchers question economics of diesel hybrids
July 21, 2012
Fuel savings and environmental benefits might not be worth the higher cost of such vehicles.
MoreUSDA: Rain likely too late for most of Indiana's corn
July 19, 2012
Associated PressA top federal farm official who spent two days touring drought-stricken Indiana farms said Thursday that most of the state's
corn crop is in such bad shape that this week's rainfall likely won't boost yields.
MoreEx-Progress CEO says Duke tried to nix merger amid tensions
July 19, 2012
Bloomberg NewsBill Johnson, the man who was CEO of Duke Energy Corp. for eight hours after its $17.8 billion takeover of Progress Energy
Inc., began testifying Thursday to the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
MoreRegulators to quiz CEO ousted in utility takeover
July 18, 2012
Associated PressNorth Carolina regulators expect testimony Thursday from the CEO ousted by Duke Energy Corp. within hours of becoming the
top executive of the country's largest electric company.
MoreDuke Energy seeks delay in CEO-switch testimony
July 17, 2012
Associated PressDuke Energy Corp. asked state regulators Tuesday for a weekslong postponement of testimony by two top directors, including
local businessman Michael Browning, about the surprise CEO switch at the top of America's largest electric company.
MoreBrowning ordered to testify over Duke Energy CEO's ouster
July 17, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis real estate developer and Duke Energy Corp. director Michael Browning has been ordered to appear Friday before
the North Carolina Utilities Commission, which is investigating the unexpected ouster of the utility’s new CEO just
hours after the company merged with Progress Energy Inc.
MoreUSDA official to visit Indiana farms amid drought
July 16, 2012
Associated PressFarm and Foreign Agricultural Services Undersecretary Michael Scuse will travel to Indiana on Wednesday and Thursday to tour
drought-stricken farm fields in Allen and White counties in northern Indiana and Johnson County south of Indianapolis.
MoreIndianapolis nears record for driest 45-day period
July 16, 2012
Associated PressIf the forecast for no rain on Monday holds up, the 45-day rainfall total would match a stretch in August and September 1908
that's the city's driest since the weather service started keeping records in the 1870s.
MoreSome Indianapolis fountains shut off amid drought
July 13, 2012
Associated PressA watering ban sparked by Indiana's prolonged drought has prompted operators of several fountains in downtown Indianapolis
to take steps to conserve water.
MoreFire, water worries grow worse amid Indiana drought
July 11, 2012
Associated PressIndianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is banning lawn watering in the city beginning Friday, and all smoking has been banned during
a county fair in central Indiana because of the conditions caused by this summer's drought.
MoreCity parks foundation chooses new president
July 10, 2012
Dan HumanThe Indianapolis Parks Foundation has selected Tanya Husain as its new president, the group announced Monday. Husain will
replace retiring parks foundation president Cindy Porteous.
MoreUSDA reports corn in 18 states hurt by drought
July 10, 2012
Associated PressCorn and soybean prices surged Monday after the latest government report showed a widespread drought in the middle of the
country is hurting this year's crop. Indiana and Illinois have been particularly hard hit.
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In my opinion the estridge companies are crooks. They filed bankruptcy on their 'track housing' side of the business two weeks before they closed on one of my clients' homes. When my client first interviewed Estridge as a builder 6 months before, they specifically ASKED about the solvency of their business, knowing that some builders were struggling. Estridge truly misrepresented their financial situation at that time. I suppose I am more unhappy with the whole system than I am with the builder because what the heck==you can file bankruptcy on 'track homes' but still keep building and make money off of 'custom built' homes??? How ridiculous! They are all homes. How can a company be allowed to bilk thousands of dollars from their subcontractors but still be allowed to build houses?? they should have been made to pay back all their unpaid contractors before being allowed to profit from building any more houses! This alone makes them and the system crooks in my eyes. I would never build an estridge home and I would not recommend for my clients either. If they were truly 'bankrupt' how could they afford to keep building homes anyway??? The whole system needs fixed.
I live a couple blocks east of the Angie's campus and my house is assessed for ~$160,000. If I could get that amount, let alone $384,000 (a 140% bonus), I'd sell in a minute. Either Angie's stockholders just got fleeced, or Angie's is getting about a 58% discount on their property taxes, if these properties are actually worth what they paid Mr. Oesterle for them. Which do you think is the case?
Perhaps the IMA board is really to blame! They agreed to hire Charles. They can't seemingly find donors among themselves, or bring in new blood that will support the museums operating budget with an expanded museum and money to provide curators with something to do (ie buy art). The headlines of disarray at the museum and mass firings are hurting the reputation of the museum for some time to come. If people on the board had misgivings, perhaps they shpuld have more forcefully opposed efforts that they have seemingly been unable to fund, like expansion and the costs it has created!
See, I told u Indyman and Dipsicle....this 8 days is overkill. It's barely worth a weekend....great job Tony George! Your dream has been fulfilled....he fans want the I r l back. Thats how good it was.....and that sucked.
I have been in training for a short time now but right off I can see that safety and quality are the number one issues, my experience as of late has been a positive one, the employees along with Jeff the plant manager and the operation supervisor as well as the engineers are a highly motivated group of people, what an asset for the area to have and for company's in need of a quality metal products.