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State drug fraud cases on the rise, study says

Federal and state prosecutors have collected more than $30 billion from drug companies for alleged fraud and illegal marketing over the last 20 years, according to a new report by consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.

Lawmakers seek stage-safety rules that small events can handle

Indiana lawmakers pondering new rules governing the type of temporary outdoor stage rigging involved in the 2011 State Fair stage collapse say they want to make sure the state doesn't overwhelm smaller events like county fairs with regulations.

Anderson to cut cops, firefighters

Anderson Mayor Kevin Smith has submitted a budget plan that would cut seven police officers and 23 firefighters in order to erase a $1.5 million deficit. Smith said the city lost revenue due to property-tax caps and has had to pay more for road repairs because the county cut a wheel tax. The city, he said, has avoided the cuts for several years while trimming other areas of the budget.

 

Two get 150 years in double murder

Two men convicted of murder in a double-slaying in Anderson have been sentenced to 150 years in prison. Na-Son Smith, 20, and Jacob Fuller, 17, were sentenced Wednesday in separate hearings to the maximum penalty allowed under Indiana law in the case. Smith was 18 and Fuller was 15 at the time of the November 2010 killings of 25-year-old Stephen Streeter and his 24-year-old girlfriend Keya Prince. The couple were shot during a robbery in Prince's Anderson home.
 

Man dies in west-side crash

A man was killed about 4:15 a.m. Thursday when his pickup truck crashed head-on into a semi at West Rockville Road and Gasoline Alley on the west side of Indianapolis. The semi driver, who was uninjured, told police the pickup was in his lane and he couldn’t avoid the collision.
 

Kennedys sell interests in running store chain

Bob and Melina Kennedy have sold their assets in BlueMile, a chain of running and fitness stores they founded 12 years ago as The Running Co. Co-founders Ashley and Andrea Johnson are now sole owners.

Unemployment aid applications hit 2-month low

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits plunged to its lowest level in nine weeks. Other economic figures released Thursday were mainly disappointing.

Women’s retailer plans $37M expansion, 242 jobs

New York-based Ascena Retail Group, whose female clothing brands include Justice, Lane Bryant, Maurices and Dressbarn, plans to transform its 794,000-square-foot warehouse in Greencastle into an e-commerce distribution hub.

Tea party hero Mourdock changes tune to woo moderates

Suddenly gone is the strident rhetoric in which Mourdock proclaimed that bipartisanship meant Democrats coming over to Republicans' thinking and that winning meant he would "inflict my opinion on someone else."

Daycare operators indicted for possible fraud

A husband and wife who operated numerous daycare centers in the Indianapolis area have been indicted for allegedly scheming to defraud the government of possibly millions of dollars.

Sentencing date set for convicted financier Durham

A federal judge has set a November sentencing for Indiana financier Tim Durham and two business associates convicted of swindling thousands of investors out of more than $200 million.

Panel delays vote on outsourcing Indiana lottery

A decision on hiring a vendor or leaving lottery operations as they are had been scheduled for Wednesday, but the vote was moved to Oct. 3 instead, to give officials more time to digest two proposals.