After this post, there will be a self-imposed moratorium on Danica Patrick-related news on The Score. Even I can see we’ve gotten a little carried away. But Sports Illustrated’s response to the Danica tattoo flap that surfaced two weeks ago…
Firefighters found two bodies last night inside a burning house on the near-east side. Crews were called to a two-story home at 17 N. Oxford St., just east of Rural Street, about 8:30 p.m. Officers describe the victims as a black man and a white woman. The home appeared to have been abandoned and the […]
Indy Racing League driver Danica Patrick has done an about face. Just a few days after telling everyone how happy she is in the IRL, she now says she’d consider jumping to Formula One. Patrick has been targeted as one…
It’s difficult to say what is driving Marvin Harrison in his negotiations—or non-negotiations—with the Indianapolis Colts. Greed? Pride? Ego-centrism? Maybe all the above. Maybe none of the above. Harrison certainly isn’t saying. Even…
Republican state lawmakers were never keen on House Democrats’ idea to take $500 million from a trust fund and spend the cash on local road projects. But the GOP-controlled Senate made the message clear yesterday as it approved a proposal to protect the fund by putting it into the Indiana constitution. Sen. Mike Delph (R-Carmel) […]
Shoring up the state’s jobless-fund shortfall likely will cost employers and employees more.
Local tourism supporters are prominently featuring the Indianapolis International Airport’s makeover in a branding campaign rolled out earlier this month.
Much of downtown has been erased and rebuilt over the last 38 years, but quietly and with almost no notice, Cento’s Shoes has remained one of the few constants.
Christel House Academy, a K-8 charter school, launched a campaign this year to raise money for a $5 million high school, with classes starting in the 2010-2011 school year.
Dan Krajnovich thinks UnitedHealthcare’s new and improved swipe cards will help his company add more doctors to its network of providers, boosting its competitiveness in the marketplace.
For a terrific example of an adaptation that works, go no further than the Indiana Repertory Theatre and see…
The best theatrical adaptations of literature don’t require that you first read the original. They aren’t “Cliff’s Notes.” They don’t tease. They exist independent of their sources. And they don’t make you feel like you are in a classroom rather than a theater. For a terrific example of an adaptation that works, go no further […]
When Stacie Floyd enrolled her daughter Kyli in kindergarten at Christel House Academy, she hoped Kyli would be able to earn a high school diploma there. Now, six years later, Floyd will get her wish. The academy, a K-8 charter school, launched a campaign this year to raise money for a $5 million high school, […]
The best theatrical adaptations of literature don’t require that you first read the original. They aren’t “Cliff’s Notes.” They don’t tease. They exist independent of their sources. And they don’t make you feel like you are in a classroom rather than a theater. For a terrific example of an adaptation that works, go no further […]
First the good news about Indiana’s insolvent Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund: As part of its $787 billion stimulus, the federal government has just agreed to stop charging interest on its loans to pay benefits to the jobless. President Obama’s package allows Indiana to continue zero-percent borrowing for unemployment insurance through 2010, a provision that will […]
The number of laid-off workers receiving unemployment benefits has jumped to an all-time high near 5 million while new jobless claims remain well above 600,000. Both figures were worse than expected and new projections from the Federal Reserve show unemployment rising for the rest of this year. The Labor Department reported today that the number […]
Seeking to tackle “a crisis unlike any we’ve ever known,” President Barack Obama unveiled an ambitious $75 billion plan today to keep as many as 9 million Americans from losing their homes to foreclosure. Another key component would specifically help those said to be “under water” – with dwellings whose market value have sunk below […]
A mobile-phone service launched last spring by Carmel-based company ChaCha Search Inc., the human-assisted Internet search engine, has scored a large corporate advertiser. Kansas City, Mo.-based H&R Block Inc. has launched a mobile advertising campaign using ChaCha’s mobile-phone service as the outlet. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. H&R Block is running the campaign […]
A mobile-phone service launched last spring by Carmel-based company ChaCha Search Inc., the human-assisted Internet search engine, has scored a large corporate advertiser. Kansas City, Mo.-based H&R Block Inc. has launched a mobile advertising campaign using ChaCha’s mobile-phone service as the outlet. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. H&R Block is running the campaign […]
Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a New York probe into how the health insurer reimbursed customers for out-of-network services. WellPoint also agreed to stop using the Ingenix database of reimbursement rates that New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has called “defective and manipulated.” “WellPoint acknowledges the conflicts of interest in […]
