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Man says Republic denied him interview because of tattoos

A state commission found a Florida man can proceed with a civil rights complaint against the Indianapolis-based airline after it allegedly refused to consider him for a flight attendant’s job because of the tattoos on his forearms.

Panel supports scrapping Indiana school grades

A Republican-controlled state Senate committee agreed Wednesday with the new Democratic state schools superintendent that Indiana's A-F grading scale for individual schools should be scrapped.

Architects, planners brainstorm Indianapolis transit terminal design

Here’s what we don’t know: what it will look like, what amenities users can expect, and how it will link to rapid-transit lines still in the planning stages. At the moment, the 1.9-acre parcel is a city-owned parking lot, situated on the south side of Washington Street between Delaware and Alabama streets. But architecture, urban planning and mass transit fans imagine it as an empty canvas, with the potential to showcase a signature structure that triggers more development nearby.

Miami accused of lack of control by NCAA, ESPN reports

One day after the NCAA fired its head of enforcement for allegedly botching an investigation into the University of Miami, the Indianapolis-based organization is accusing the school of failing to control its athletic department, ESPN reported.

Water-line break snarls traffic

A broken water line flooded portions of Lafayette Road early Wednesday morning, limiting traffic on the busy street for hours. Indianapolis police blocked the road between 34th and 38th streets about 2:30 a.m. after the breakage flooded much of the road  and caused the pavement to buckle. One northbound lane was still closed late Wednesday morning, but utility workers hoped to have it open by afternoon.

 

Prosecutors await driver blood results

Indianapolis prosecutors have asked a laboratory to fast-track toxicology tests on a motorist involved in a weekend ambulance crash that killed two medics. The request means test results on 21-year-old Jade Hammer should arrive in less than two weeks instead of the usual six. Those results will reveal Hammer's blood-alcohol content and help prosecutors decide if they will charge her in the crash. A public memorial took place Wednesday morning for the victims, Cody Medley, 22, and Tim McCormick, 24.
 

Robbers fail in plot to take ATM

Would-be robbers drove a pickup truck through the front of a Marathon gas station early Wednesday in Indianapolis in an unsuccessful attempt to steal an ATM. Surveillance video shows the truck backing through the glass front doors of the station at 30th Street and College Avenue about 3:30 a.m. Two men strapped a tow rope to an ATM inside the store and drove off, but the rope broke, leaving the cash machine behind. Police found the truck about a block away a short time later, but are still looking for the suspects.

Cummins lowers previously reported earnings

Columbus-based diesel engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. lowered its previously reported quarterly profit by $12 million, or 3.1 percent, after discovering legal fees that the company initially missed.

Office Depot agrees to buy OfficeMax for about $1.2B

The move would combine the No. 2 and No. 3 office supply retailers and lead to consolidation in an industry that analysts say is over-stored. Office Depot has eight stores in the Indianapolis area and OfficeMax has five.

Bill that would shift Indiana voucher oversight advances

Indiana's new Democratic state schools superintendent would no longer oversee the private school voucher program that she has opposed under a proposal approved Tuesday by a Republican-controlled legislative committee.

Bill to ban Indiana teacher union deductions advances

Republicans sparked protests from teachers and union officials Tuesday by pushing legislation through a House committee that would bar Indiana schools from automatically deducting union dues from teacher paychecks, an issue that critics thought was off the table this year.

High court seems to favor Monsanto in patent case

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to side with Monsanto Co. in its claim that an Indiana farmer violated the company's patents on soybean seeds that are resistant to its weed-killer.

One injured in apartment fire

A person was critically injured in an apartment fire on the city’s west side late Monday. The blaze broke out about 10 p.m. in the 3000 block of Watergate Road, near 34th Street and Moller Road. Investigators say the fire started as a result of unattended cooking. Nine residents in neighboring apartments escaped without injury. The victim suffered severe smoke inhalation.