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Overtures Gov. Mitch Daniels has extended to the General Assembly should be sufficient to end squabbling over the budget. Legislators ought to take the offer, pass a budget, and leave the Statehouse before they throw any more sand in the gears. Public schools would get a 2-percent increase in funding and higher education would receive […]
Binkley’s Drug Store occupied the corner of Kessler and College from 1928 to the early 1970s. Its namesake now occupying the same spot, Binkley’s Kitchen & Bar (5902 N. College Ave., 722-8888), seems equally built to last-a friendly neighborhood joint that glances back without wallowing in nostalgia and stays progressive without being trendy. Twice before […]
The congressional committee opened its hearings with this question: Who killed the American auto industry? A long line of people waited to answer. “I did,” said the consumer who continued to buy from the Big Three, “by accepting an inferior product out of loyalty to the flag, by assuming that poor quality was the best […]
The mayor of Westfield says the city’s rapid growth and small staff are to blame for a series of accounting problems raised in a State Board of Accounts audit of the Hamilton County community. Among the problems: The town collected various service fees not authorized by local ordinances; paid $1,184 in late fees and finance […]
Could the Virginia Avenue corridor eventually challenge Mass Ave as the hip place to live downtown? A local architecture firm hopes to make a strong case with an artsthemed development on the site of a former mail-sorting facility in Fletcher Place. The $9 million project called Fletcher Place Arts would include 56 mostly one-bedroom apartments, […]
Last fall’s Wall Street meltdown, which erased half the value of some 401(k) retirement plans, has whipped up some of the fiercest crosswinds the plans have faced in their three decades of existence. Blowing from one direction, cash-strapped employers are trying to cut back on retirement plan contributions. Others are looking to shut down their […]
The familiar face of a local Hispanic television newscast is back on the air, less than six months after the parent of WISH-TV Channel 8 pulled the plug on him. But perhaps even more impressive than the speedy return is the array of loyal advertisers, including one of the city’s largest public companies, that stuck […]
Have some theater time on an upcoming business trip to New York? Here are three shows from the current season Broadway season. “Hair,” the self-proclaimed “American Tribal Love-Rock Musical,” is back on Broadway some 40 years after its take-theater-by-storm original production. And I’m very pleased to report that the musical groundbreaker’s latest incarnation isn’t a […]
Most of us wouldn’t drop what we’re doing to show our friends a form letter that included our names in the salutation. A personalized video, on the other hand, might make an impression. That’s what Butler University found out in a recent fund-raising experiment. The Indianapolis liberal arts college e-mailed a video to 20,000 potential […]
We have seen our fair share of teams come and go from the Indianapolis landscape. Once upon a time, there were the Indiana Loves of World Team Tennis, the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association (for whom a 17-year-old Wayne Gretzky scored his first professional goal), the Indiana Firebirds of the Arena Football League, […]
Twenty years ago, a Connecticut company developed some new surgical tools. The tools helped doctors operate more effectively, helped patients heal more quickly and saved lives. One tool was the surgical staple, used to close wounds and incisions instead of using hand-sewn stitches. The staple is now, well, the staple in many kinds of surgery. […]
The Vogue has just announced discounted ticket prices for a batch of upcoming shows. The catch is that tickets must be purchased between June 8 at 10 a.m. and June 10 at 10 p.m.
Here’s the lineup:
June 11 PJ HARVEY…
Thereâ??s nothing like a menacing bouncer to keep the peace at some nightclubs. Now, though, cities weary of
bouncers causing more havoc than calm â?? think beatings and assaults â?? are forcing them to get licenses.
San Diego…
The news that the Indiana Fever is seeking a corporate sponsor to put its logos on players’ jerseys might give fans the idea that the WNBA franchise is drowning in debt.
Not true,…
Goodyear officials left the Indianapolis Motor Speedway smiling Wednesday despite the rain which doused their last day of tire testing this week for the upcoming Brickyard 400 NASCAR race.
Throughout the test, several cars…
An Indiana money manager plans to plead guilty to crashing an airplane near a Florida Panhandle neighborhood in a botched attempt to fake his own death and escape financial problems and a crumbling marriage, according to court documents filed yesterday. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson set a re-arraignment and guilty plea hearing today for Marcus […]
House Democrats walked out of a state budget hearing today after complaining that the Republican governor injected politics into the process – and they said they don’t plan to attend other hearings scheduled before a special legislative session starts next week. Democrats on a special joint budget committee complained that Gov. Mitch Daniels was trying […]
