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NFL will weigh incentives to make late-season games competitive

January 3, 2010
Associated Press
Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league was sensitive to criticism of the Indianapolis Colts' decision to use backups a week ago in a game they lost, ending their bid for a perfect season.
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Kruse sues customers to satisfy its debt

January 3, 2010
Associated Press
The Auburn-based auto auction has filed lawsuits in DeKalb County seeking more than $2 million and plans to file up to 15 more lawsuits in the next several weeks.
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Some of city's most successful money managers are father-son teams

January 2, 2010
Peter Schnitzler
All parents hope to teach their kids the value of money. Few end up successfully investing hundreds of millions of dollars together. But for a handful of top local teams, wealth management is a family affair.
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Steak n Shake slashes restaurant spending as CEO hoards cash

January 2, 2010
Cory Schouten
From 1999 to 2008, Steak n Shake Co. spent an average of $55 million a year to add dozens of restaurants and buy equipment for existing ones. In 2009, the locally based chain spent just $5.8 million.
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Renewable power focus of utility reform in 2010 LegislatureRestricted Content

January 2, 2010
Chris O'Malley
The Hoosier Environmental Council and Citizens Action Coalition see an expansion of the state’s “net metering” policy as achievable during the short legislative session that starts Jan. 5.
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Health care software firm RealMed regains momentum

January 2, 2010
Peter Schnitzler
RealMed enjoys a nearly 99-percent renewal rate among its current customers and attracted 4,000 new doctors in 2009. Employment at the company is rising after a steady decline.
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Fairgrounds' digital billboard is exception to county banRestricted Content

January 2, 2010
Cory Schouten
Clear Channel Outdoor is building Marion County’s first full-size digital billboard along Fall Creek Parkway on the grounds of the Indiana State Fair. The first message might as well be: Take that, Indianapolis!
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Indiana pushes firms toward electric vehicles, but has few of its ownRestricted Content

January 2, 2010
Chris O'Malley
State government hasn’t put much money toward becoming a leader among states integrating hybrids into their massive vehicle fleets.
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School foundations step up to pay for programs as funding dries upRestricted Content

January 2, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlin
The Washington Township Schools Foundation on the north side is among those that wants to raise money for buildings and other high-cost needs.
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Grass-roots groups prepare to fill gaps in health care reform

January 2, 2010
J.K. Wall
Legislation set to come out of Washington will not change the most fundamental problems of the health care system, leaving it up to states, cities and companies to figure out what to do about it.
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Indiana lawmakers looking for cheap ways to impress

January 1, 2010
Associated Press
In an election year with a big reward—the potential to redraw political maps for the next decade—lawmakers are looking to impress voters.
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Real estate lawsuit pits Situs vs. Situs

December 31, 2009
Peter Schnitzler
Texas real estate consultancy sues local brokerage over rights to name they both share.
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Skillman grows with Reeves acquisition

December 31, 2009
Chris O'Malley
Ray Skillman's purchase of Reeves Buick Pontiac means more shuffling of area dealerships.
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Ruth Lilly remembered for 'selfless' giving

December 31, 2009
Andrea Muirragui Davis
Lilly, 94, who died Wednesday, gave away hundreds of millions of dollars of her fortune during her lifetime.
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Indiana nears 1M mark in swine-flu vaccinations

December 31, 2009
Associated Press
So far this year, 35 people have died in Indiana from swine flu.
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Eli Lilly and Co. heiress Ruth Lilly dies at 94

December 31, 2009
Associated Press
Over the course of her life, the last surviving great-grandchild of pharmaceutical magnate Eli Lilly gave away much of her inheritance.
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Irsay calls decision a 'close call,' but 'courageous'

December 30, 2009
Anthony Schoettle
Indianapolis Colts team owner says he doesn't expect fan backlash over pulling starters in loss to last long.
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St. Francis sues OrthoIndy over new surgery center

December 30, 2009
Peter Schnitzler
Legal complaint alleges new $20 million facility in Greenwood breaches partnership deal struck in 2001.
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Would-be buyer: Durham double-dipped on Duesenberg deal

December 30, 2009
Andrea Muirragui Davis
Tim Durham struck a deal to sell a vintage Duesenberg for $1 million before auctioning off the same vehicle for $2.9 million, according to the small-town Michigan mayor who said he agreed to buy it.
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Upgrade money for former coke plant goes to community projects

December 30, 2009
Staff Report
Citizens Energy Group is redirecting to community groups more than $413,000 that it was to spend on environmental upgrade projects at its former coke oven facility in Indianapolis, which closed in 2007.
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Assessor predicts 2010 property tax bills will be on time

December 30, 2009
Peter Schnitzler
Indianapolis property tax bills, paid in two installments due in May and November, should be sent without delay for the first year since 2006.
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Mark Patrick hired by WNDE to replace JMV

December 29, 2009
Anthony Schoettle
Mark Patrick has been hired to replace JMV as the afternoon drive-time host on sports-talk station WNDE-AM 1260, heating up the battle with cross-town rival WFNI-AM 1070.
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Radio station WNTR-FM launches interactive format

December 29, 2009
Anthony Schoettle
WNTR-FM 107.9 has scrapped "The Track" format and tries new approach with an emphasis on listener requests.
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PNC battling to keep NatCity's private banking business

December 29, 2009
Scott Olson
PNC Financial is still digesting its $5.6 billion acquisition of National City Corp., but a quiet fight almost certainly is under way over its lucrative private banking clients.
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Stifel, Rokita reach settlement in auction-rate securities case

December 28, 2009
Peter Schnitzler
Agreement accelerates Stifel's repayment of $54 million in auction-rate securities sold to 142 Hoosier investors.
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  1. The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.

  2. I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!

  3. Coming from her background,she should be used to those kinds of advances! Menard probably figured it was ok to tuck a buck!

  4. I'm still waiting for the list of available, high quality apartments in the Village.

  5. This criminal masquerading as a lawyer obviously has serious issues. He’s been proven by his own testimony to be a pathological liar and probably has a personality disorder as he seems to be constructing a reality around himself. He places no value on truth, honesty or loyalty as evidenced by what he has done to his clients and his own family. And by the demands and lies he has made in court, it is evident he feels entitled to do and say whatever suits his purpose and everyone else is expected to nod obediently and believe him because he is, after all, Bill Super Lawyer; or BS lawyer for short. This millionaire wanna-be no longer owns anything of value; he squandered it and put everything he had into foreclosure. He has no money, house, car, boat or vacation home left to show for what he earned or what he stole. He’s just another loser without morals who will be doing time. I’m certain all of his courtroom shenanigans are antagonizing his poor victims. As Lamar said, his behavior and claims in court have been outrageous. The judge needs to be more than concerned; he needs to be judicial and end this nonsense.

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