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North of South gets a new name: CityWay

The $156 million mixed-use development at Delaware and South streets in Indianapolis has a new name designed to reference both the project’s downtown locale and the urban “way of life” it will offer.

Wife of Pacers owner testifies against nanny

The wife of Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon testified Tuesday that she knew nothing about violence in the past of a nanny who worked for her and said she would not have hired her if she had known.

Stocks slump as concerns about economy grow

The Dow Jones industrial average sank 265 points on Tuesday and all three major stock indexes fell more than 2 percent as investors reacted to more signs of weakness in the U.S. economy and poor earnings from several big companies.

Obama signs debt bill after final Senate vote

The Senate emphatically passed emergency legislation Tuesday to avoid a first-ever government default, rushing the legislation to President Barack Obama for his signature just hours before the deadline.

City hosting Beep Baseball World Series

The National Beep Baseball Association is playing its 36th annual World Series this week at the Mary and John Geisse Soccer Complex in Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis. The 17 participating teams from the United States and Taiwan are made up of blind and visually impaired players. Beep baseball uses a ball that makes a beeping noise so it can be heard by players. To keep the game fair, every player wears a blindfold. The championship game will be played Aug. 6.
 

Hostage taker dies in police standoff

After an hour-long standoff, police shot and killed a man who was holding a hostage at gunpoint Monday afternoon in Bloomington. Robert North, 50, died shortly after he was shot in the neck. North held a woman in a headlock with a gun pointed at her head and walked her along Rogers Street. He continued to keep her at gunpoint near the pumps at a Sunoco gas station and refused to obey orders to put his gun down. The hostage was not injured.
 

Man gets 46 years in confinement case

A Madison County judge on Monday sentenced a man to 46 years in prison for exploiting a woman who was locked in a room by three people who lived off her Social Security checks. Louis Amalfitano, 21, was sentenced on the eight felony counts that a jury convicted him of in June. Prosecutors say Amalfitano, his father and girlfriend kept then-65-year-old Anna Turner of Anderson confined for months, beating her and forcing her to sleep on a urine-soaked mattress while they cashed her checks.
 

NFL-Versus deal would be huge score for IndyCar

The NFL is in talks with Versus to bring a package of early season Thursday night games to the cable station, possibly as early as 2012. That move would seriously legitimize Versus’ attempts to rival ESPN.