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Designer drugs-WEB ONLY
Prescribe the wrong dose and some drugs won’t work. Or the patient is as good as dead. Consider the rat-poison-turned-blood-thinner warfarin, also known as Coumadin. Too much and a patient can bleed to death, too little and he can throw a clot and have a stroke. Given the considerable consequences of improper dosing for patients-and […]
SPORTS: Detroit reminds us not to squander what we have-WEB ONLY
On the morning of April 2, I spent three hours outside a crowded committee hearing room in the Statehouse, watching and listening to testimony regarding the funding problems of the Capital Improvement Board. Much of the supporting testimony regarded the importance of sustaining and growing Indy’s vibrant downtown. When the hearing was over, I drove […]
A&E: IMA introducing potentially towering Babble-WEB ONLY
This week, an online visit with a new Indianapolis Museum of Art, plus a local take on “Forbidden Broadway.” Impressive in its ambition, slick in its design, and savvy in its possible side effects, the new Indianapolis Museum of Artbirthed Web site, www.artbabble.com, should be on the Favorites list of anyone interested in visual art-anyone who […]
A&E: IMA introducing potentially towering Babble-WEB ONLY
This week, an online visit with a new Indianapolis Museum of Art, plus a local take on “Forbidden Broadway.” Impressive in its ambition, slick in its design, and savvy in its possible side effects, the new Indianapolis Museum of Artbirthed Web site, www.artbabble.com, should be on the Favorites list of anyone interested in visual art-anyone who […]
Chain ousts, sues ad firm-WEB ONLY
Less than three months after hiring a new advertising agency, Steak n Shake has jettisoned and is now suing the Georgia-based firm. The hasty firing of The Varnson Group and subsequent lawsuit has industry analysts wondering if the tumult will become a distraction in the effort to turn the restaurant chain around. “It’s really difficult […]
NOTIONS: Hopeful news about the nukes aimed at your head-WEB ONLY
We interrupt this program for a special news bulletin. For the next two minutes, you must not agonize, à la my friend Dik, as your 401(k) becomes a 104(k). You must set aside all “move-that-bus” mania. You even must abandon your angst over the next finalist axed from “Idol.” Instead, because President Barack Obama and […]
Marriott key to CIB rescue-WEB ONLY
The pressure on Indianapolis’ new downtown JW Marriott convention hotel to perform-despite the recession-is about to increase exponentially. The Marion County Capital Improvement Board’s bailout depends on it. CIB, which manages the city’s professional sports stadiums and its convention center, needs to close a $47.4 million annual budget deficit. On April 2, the Indiana Senate’s […]
Revamped Omnicity goes public-WEB ONLY
A private investor in a Carmel-based wireless broadband provider has quietly taken the company public and has lofty plans to expand nationwide. Dick Beltzhoover, now president and CEO of Omnicity Corp. following a change of management, was fed up with losing money over the last several years, including a combined loss for fiscal 2007 and […]
Rough time for golf-WEB ONLY
A warm March gave Indiana golf course operators something to smile about as many of them saw business increase tenfold over the same month last year. But that didn’t quell their economic fears. Local course operators are still as nervous as a long-ball driver facing a stout crosswind. “I don’t think anybody knows exactly what […]
Connersville feeling brunt of auto slump-WEB ONLY
Taking a sledge hammer to a car might seem like an illogical way to protest a tax hike on tobacco. But it sure feels good, especially to people who are stuck inside the economic pressure cooker that is Connersville. So on April 1, the day a 158-percent increase in the federal cigarette tax took effect, […]
Sarah Palin: A Colts fan?
Former U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is apparently an Indianapolis Colts fan. At least it appears that way in the latest edition of Esquire magazine. In a story primarily about her husband,…
09/10 ISO schedule announced
I previously gave a sneak peek at some of the Pops concerts on the way from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (including appearances by Maureen McGovern and Marvin Hamlisch as well as a Florence Henderson/Shirley Jones TV mamas double bill).
Today, though,…
CIB considers employee furloughs to save cash-WEB ONLY
For more on the role a new downtown hotel will play in CIB’s rescue plan, see Peter Schnitzler’s story in this weekend’s IBJ. The Indianapolis Capital Improvement Board’s finance committee yesterday afternoon recommended slashing an additional $1.1 million from the organization’s budget in an ongoing quest to eliminate an expected $47 million shortfall. The CIB’s […]
Kenley likely to drop alcohol hike from CIB plan-WEB ONLY
A top state senator said yesterday he would likely drop his proposal to double Indiana’s alcohol tax statewide to help fund the agency that runs the major Indianapolis sports stadiums and the Indiana Convention Center. Senate Appropriations Chairman Luke Kenley (R-Noblesville) told The Associated Press that he was probably going to amend his proposal next […]
More progress on blighted block
Another rundown building at the northwest corner of Washington and Pennsylvania streets is getting some attention after years of neglect. Workers are putting…
Indiana Senate Republican budget bill advances-WEB ONLY
An Indiana Senate Republican plan that would use federal stimulus money to increase funding for schools, colleges and universities has advanced to the full Senate.The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the two-year, $28.1 billion spending plan with a 10-2 vote today.The plan would rely on about $2 billion in stimulus money to increase funding for schools […]
Bird’s wins, not pay stack up
The Cleveland Cavaliers are two games away from equaling the 1985-86 Boston Celtics’ best-ever NBA home record. The Cavs are 38-1 playing on the banks of Lake Erie. They only have San Antonio…