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Unleash Indy 500 cars
Great [July 9 Styring column] on the Speedway. I hope those in control of that magnificent and historic venue take those thoughts to mind. He who builds the fastest car wins. Let them build the fastest car.
Kennedy misunderstands Sharia law
Sheila Suess Kennedy’s July 16 op-ed “This time, Sharia law misunderstood” contains numerous misconceptions and errors about the legislation she purports to address, American Laws for American Courts (ALAC). Space permits me to address only three.
Kennedy wrong on Sharia
Sheila Kennedy [July 16] discusses the Islam of her imagination, the Islam of every progressive’s dreams, Islam without several of its crucial features and articles of belief—holy war, martyrdom and the treatment of non-believers.
‘Pocket guide’ was spin
Rather than a pocket guide to the Supreme Court ruling (it did accomplish that, sort of) [Rusthoven, July 9], this is a pocket guide to the laboriously crafted Republican response to the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act.
KENNEDY: A civics literacy center is born
If you’ve been following my columns and blog posts, you are probably tired of my frequent rants about what Americans don’t know about our own constitutional system.
NFP of NOTE: Trusted Mentors
Trusted Mentors uses the power of mentoring to help adults establish stable lives by reducing the chaos brought about by poverty, homelessness, underemployment and the effects of incarceration.
BENNER: Penn State punishment won’t get to root of our problem
As I surveyed the reaction to the NCAA’s decision to crush the football program at Penn State University, one thought kept coming to me in two entirely different ways: What if it had been my son?
SKARBECK: Summertime is right time to seek investing wisdom
The term “dog days” also has found a spot in investors’ lexicon, sometimes describing lackluster stock market behavior during the summer.
HICKS: Short-term fixes unlikely to ease downturn
Almost all the economic forecasts that appear monthly or quarterly have been revised downward, some for the third time. And the smallest tidbit of good news dominates the news cycles without moving financial markets
BASILE: Glad to say goodbye to Kaliningrad
Two Russian policemen approached me and asked to see my “papers.” After a cursory look, they escorted me into a small cinder block “interrogation” room, which could barely contain the three of us and my backpack.
Fresh renderings: $23M Millikan on Mass Ave
Check out brand-new renderings of a $23 million residential and retail development planned for the land surrounding the Barton Tower apartments along Massachusetts Avenue between Michigan and East streets.
Corvette named as Brickyard pace car
Chevrolet will use a new Corvette as this year's pace car for the Brickyard 400. The Corvette ZO6 will be driven by Hollywood director Ron Howard. Camaros will be used as pace cars for this weekend's other races in Indianapolis, including the Grand Am Rolex Series Race and the NASCAR Nationwide Series Race.
I-69 to get new exit numbers
Indiana transportation officials held a public hearing Thursday morning to discuss upcoming changes to the exit numbers on Interstate 69. Every exit on I-69 from Indianapolis to the Michigan border will have 200 added to it. For example, Exit 5 in Fishers will become Exit 205. The new exit signs will start going up in early August. The numbers must be changed to comply with federal regulations, officials said.
Firefighter injured in blaze
An Indianapolis firefighter was taken to a hospital early Thursday morning with second-degree steam burns to his legs after battling a house fire in the 1100 block of North Keystone Avenue. The blaze broke out just after 3 a.m. and took about 15 minutes to extinguish. The house, which had been vacant for about four months, suffered $30,000 in damage.
Elkhart factory to close by 2013, costing 210 jobs
Auto-parts maker Gunite Corp. plans to move its manufacturing operations to Rockford, Ill., phasing out Elkhart workers beginning in late September.
IU followers could learn from Penn State players
Penn State football players have quickly grasped a fundamental truth that will help put the school on the road to recovery. It took many IU followers years to figure it out. Some still haven't got it.
Cook Medical shelves Midwest expansion plans
Cook Medical Inc. had been planning to open five new manufacturing plants over the next five years in small communities around the Midwest, including Indiana, but has shelved those plans because of the hit it will take from a new U.S. tax on medical devices.
Roche’s diagnostics sales increase 5 percent in first half
Roche Holding AG racked up nearly $1.4 billion from North American sales of its diagnostic products, the Swiss drug and device firm reported Thursday.