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Lilly drug wins U.K. backing as cancer therapy

Eli Lilly and Co.’s Alimta has received the preliminary backing of a United Kingdom agency as a maintenance treatment for
patients with the most common form of lung cancer.

Retired Junior Achievement exec files defamation suit

Former Junior Achievement CEO Jeff Miller says Mayor Greg Ballard was about to hire him as a senior policy adviser, but comments
by Central Indiana Community Foundation President Brian Payne and current CEO Jennifer Burk ruined the offer.

Purdue engineering degree to be offered at four sites

Starting next fall, Purdue will start offering the degree in Anderson, Kokomo, Richmond and South Bend. The school says the
new effort is intended to give students an opportunity to earn a Purdue degree while staying close to home.

Impact Racing accused of counterfeiting safety labels

A group that sets standards for motorsports equipment intends to yank its approval of gear produced by Impact Racing, the
Brownsburg company owned by industry pioneer Bill Simpson, amid allegations of counterfeiting.

General Growth’s bankruptcy plan makes room for Simon

The provision would give General Growth time to explore a takeover bid from Simon Property Group Inc., whose $10 billion offer
was turned down by its rival in February. Simon is preparing a new bid, according to a person with knowledge of that plan.

Hill-Rom to cut 160 more jobs

The Batesville-based medical equipment supplier said it expects the cuts to save the company about $16 million a year.

Hometown Final Four rally draws crowd for Butler

Fans decked out in blue crowded Monument Circle and spilled onto Meridian Street in downtown Indianapolis, cheering on the
hometown Butler Bulldogs as they prepare for their first NCAA Final Four. Check out our photo gallery here.

Police concerned about attacks on cats

Bloomington police are looking for the person who set fire to a cat that now is recuperating with burns on 75 percent of its
body. The male cat, named Tree Climber, was brought into the Town and Country Veterinary Clinic on Sunday. It was the second
recent notable attack on a feline in the area; another was brought into the clinic after being shot with an arrow. Police
are investigating, fearing that the attacker or attackers will grow bolder and begin targeting humans.

Rides at indoor entertainment center shut down

All four rides at Lafayette Square Mall's Xscape party center have been shut down in the wake of an injury suffered by
5-year-old Denzel Jennings over the weekend. The Indiana State Fire Marshall says that permits related to the rides had expired.
Investigators discovered the violations while examining the facility after Jennings fell out of the teacup ride and hit his
head. He remains in critical condition.

National Guard addresses Humvee theft

Officials with the Indiana National Guard are pondering how a man stole a military Humvee from the Tyndall Armory in downtown
Indianapolis on Tuesday. Police say that 45-year-old Rusty Sparks of Beech Grove drove off in the Humvee around 5:20 p.m.
Indiana State Trooper Luke Berrier spotted the vehicle on I-65 in Boone County and gave chase. The Humvee eventually mired
near State Road 47 and County Road 500 East, and Sparks was arrested. A Guard spokesperson says the vehicle starts with a
button and is secured with a cable locking the steering wheel in place. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.

State names second virtual charter school

Rural Community Academy, in Sullivan, south of Terre Haute, can enroll as many as 280 students in the 2010-11 academic year. Those students would do most of their work from home, accessing lectures and school materials via the Internet.

Also this week

Tim Hardy stars in the one-man show “Galileo,” April 2-4 at the IndyFringe Theatre. Details here.

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra presents a program of Rachmaninoff featuring violinist Leila Josefowicz, April 8-10 at
Hilbert Circle Theatre. Details here.

 
National Gallery of Art director Earl Powell III speaks with IMA CEO Maxwell Anderson in a Director’s Conversation,
April 1 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Details here.

Marian University hosts The Tournees Festival, featuring free screenings of films from France, April 6-11 in the Mother Theresa
Hackelmeier Memorial Library Auditorium. Details here.

 

“Tara Donovan: Untitled”

April 4-Aug. 1
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Remember that sculpture that your bored self once created in grade school out of pencils and glue and whatever else was lying
around? Well, imagine that same impulse filtered through the sensibility of a winner of a MacArthur Foundation “genius”
grant.
That’s what we’ll be privy to when this exhibit featuring large-scale sculptures and drawings by Tara Donovan
opens at the IMA. For a sample of what she’s done with pencils, click here. For more details on her IMA show, click here.
 

“Classic Soul”

April 2-11
Athenaeum Theatre
Try to follow me on this: The American Cabaret Theatre, which used to produce musical revues at the Athenaeum Theatre, is
now producing more traditional cabaret shows at the Columbia Club. The former head of the American Cabaret Theatre, Bob Harbin,
now has his own production company, Bobdirex, which is now presenting its first musical revue … at the Athenaeum.

Got that?
Well, the background doesn’t really matter. What’s important is that the show celebrates the music of Stevie
Wonder, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin and more. And that its cast includes Karlton D. Turner, Joyce Licorish
and other accomplished performers. More details here.