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Wishard squeezes in more patients

Occupancy at Wishard Hospital was 98 percent before the recession and is still that high, and more people have been coming as inpatients and as mental health patients, forcing the hospital to come up with creative ways to handle the load.

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Manufacturers to help pay for TV, computer recycling

The Indiana Recycling Coalition scored big in the just-concluded session of the Indiana General Assembly with the passage
of House Bill 1589, which requires that electronics manufacturers help pay for recycling of their old televisions and computer
monitors.

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Velodrome plans in limbo

While the Marian College cycling team has been off this month hunting national championships in Colorado, a plan by school officials to manage the Major Taylor Velodrome has not yet won support from Indy Parks.

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EDITORIAL: Is what we see what we’ll get?-WEB ONLY

Indianapolis still looks like a city with momentum, despite the dismal economy. But appearances can be deceiving. A quick tour reveals what would seem to be progress. One wouldn’t expect to see construction cranes swinging over downtown, not with bank credit frozen and the commercial real estate sector bracing for a wave of foreclosures later […]

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Overnight storms rage through the Hoosier state-WEB ONLY

Severe weather swept through central Indiana last night, causing downed power lines, flooding and accidents. Thousands of homes and businesses were without power this morning, with Marion County hit hardest. Multiple weather-related collisions disrupted the morning commute and some vehicles were swept away as drivers tried to cross flooded roads.

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Speedway reopens for Indy 500 practice-WEB ONLY

Severe weather should be out of the Indianapolis area in time for today’s action at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Indy 500 practice was slated to rev at noon. Admission is $5 and children 5 and under get in free.

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Cook blasts slow commercialization process-WEB ONLY

Scott [email protected] Taking science from the laboratory to the commercial market takes too much time and is littered with potential pitfalls along the way. That’s the message Bill Cook, one of the state’s most successful businessmen, delivered this morning at the fourth and final event of the 2008-09 Indiana Life Science Collaboration Conference Series at […]

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