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Pentagon issues 90-day stop-work order on GE-Rolls engine
The U.S. Defense Department on Thursday directed General Electric Co. and Rolls-Royce Group Plc to halt work on a second engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter until there is more explicit direction in the fiscal 2012 budget.
New convention chief impressed with Indianapolis’ vision
An executive headhunter had been dogging Leonard Hoops for years about various career opportunities around the country. He always dismissed the leads—until recently, when he was told about the CEO vacancy at the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association.
Man shot 5 times on west side
Police are searching for the person responsible for shooting a man five times on the west side of Indianapolis early Thursday morning. The victim was found about 12:30 a.m. on Carvin Court. Police said the man was shot on Eagledale Drive and drove himself several miles before calling police. He was taken to Wishard Hospital in unknown condition.
Divers rescue man from reservoir
Fishers Fire Department divers rescued a man who drove his van into Geist Reservoir about 3:30 a.m. Thursday. The man was found sitting in waist-deep water in his white Chevy van about 50 feet into a 75-foot-wide waterway. Residents alerted authorities after they heard honking and yelling. He was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
Indiana incomes rose in 2010 despite jobless rate
A new federal report shows that Indiana residents' personal income grew last year at one of the fastest rates in the nation.
Lawrence North student arrested after carjacking
A 17-year-old Lawrence North High School sophomore was arrested Thursday, accused of a carjacking. Police say a woman called 911 around 6:30 a.m. and reported a young man had stolen her car in the 7100 block of Kingswood Court. Officers located the car about 15 minutes later at Lawrence North. Officers took the 17-year-old into custody. Police say no weapon was used in the carjacking. The victim, who was in his 40s or 50s, wasn’t injured. Police say alcohol or a medical condition may have been a factor in the incident.
City names new golf manager for Eagle Creek
Golf club’s former operator defaulted on loan agreement, forcing city officials to make $222,724 in payments and search for another contractor to manage it.
Circle Centre finally lands major fourth-floor tenant
Circle Centre mall is on the verge of landing a major new tenant for its struggling fourth floor.
UPDATE: City lures new convention chief
The Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association has hired Leonard Hoops, executive vice president for the San Francisco Travel Association, to replace Don Welsh as its new president and CEO.
Luna Music closes Mass Ave. store
Closure leaves locally owned independent record shop with one location, in Meridian Kessler, as the industry struggles to compete with digital downloading.
Smoking bill needs exemptions to survive Senate
Health advocates will have to live with wide exemptions in a proposed statewide smoking ban because a stricter, more comprehensive ban wouldn't be able to pass the conservative Senate, the head of a Senate committee said.
Indiana House leaders meet over Democratic boycott
The leader of the boycotting Indiana House Democrats returned to the Statehouse on Wednesday for what he called a "very positive" meeting with Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma.
SMITH: Ban counterfeits to preserve critically important institution
Across all time and all cultures, wise leaders and wise societies have recognized that marriage is good, and wise societies have protected and nurtured it.
KENNEDY: About those intended and unintended consequences …
Even if one believes that same-sex marriages are a “problem,” enacting House Joint Resolution 6 will change nothing.
KENNEDY: Seattle is benefiting from comprehensive youth program
Question: What is one big idea from another city that you’d like to implement here? Answer: As a young man, my father left the shores of Greece for the hope and opportunity of America. Once here, he worked to realize the American dream: start a family, work hard and save enough money to start his […]
GIBSON: A bus system like Charlotte’s would offer many benefits
Charlotte, N.C., operates approximately 325 buses with 74 routes on a budget of $110 million while IndyGo has an annual budget of $55 million with only 150 buses and 29 routes.
CARSON: Houston’s mass transit system is helping solve problems
Houston’s comprehensive mass transit plan, which incorporates neighborhood economic development and community control of infrastructure, got its start 20 years ago amid cries that it couldn’t happen.
Entrepreneurship fallacies
You’re starting a business to set your own hours? You’re deluded, a blogger warns.
BALLARD: Atlanta impresses with redeveloped steel mill location
Atlanta turned the contaminated site of a former steel mill into an urban jewel called Atlantic Station.