Paul Menard stretches fuel to take first win at the Brickyard

It was so much like a dream and so far from reality that the winner of Sunday's Brickyard 400 looked more shell shocked that exuberant in Victory Lane.  Could this really be happening?  After 166 races without a Sprint Cup win, race number 167 was pure magic for...

100th Anniversary INDY 500: A 95th Race For The Ages

100th Anniversary INDY 500: A 95th Race For The Ages One could tell through the driver introductions that this first race of the 100th year that the race track, located near the postal stop of Speedway, Indiana,...

Creating a Spectacle: Hot Wheels invades the Indy 500

Making a spectacle of oneself is something mothers worldwide have frowned upon for centuries. I’m certain everyone - from Gandhi to Hitler to Mohammed to Elton John – had a loved one at some point in time...

Indy 500: Bump Day Gets Extended To Off-Track On Monday

Indy 500: Bump Day Gets Extended To Off-Track On Monday In a perfect world, drivers drive to get a position on the 33 car grid for America’s biggest, and most prestigious, motorsports race held each year at...

ABA's 35th Anniversary of its Last Game 5/13/76 Nets vs. Nuggets

The ABA (American Basketball Association) played its last game in league history on May 13, 1976 at Nassau Veteran Coliseum in Long Island, NY the when the New York Nets led by Julius "Dr. J" Erving...

Indianapolis Firefighter Battle 10 Fire outbreaks overnight

10 different fire outbreaks with at least least six ruled arson kept Indianapolis fire fighters busy from midnight to 6:12am Tuesday morning. "The first five fires broke out between midnight and 1 a.m. Tuesday on the near east and near south sides. They include vacant homes...

The City of Denver Proclaims NBHHCM 2K11 to Honor the NBA at 65

The City of Denver home to the Denver Nuggets became the first of the four former ABA (American Basketball Association) franchise team cities of the NBA/ABA merger of 1976 to proclaim this upcoming June as NBHHCM...

Indiana Parents sent 4-Years old out shopping at 1:30am

Indianapolis Police said that a 4-years boy is safe, though for a time there were severe questions about that when officers found him wondering around Marsh' s parking lot at 1:30 am in front of the apartment where his parents live. Officers believed the parent sent him out...

Government shutdown averted as House votes $4B cuts

"The House passed emergency short-term legislation Tuesday to cut federal spending by $4 billion and avert a government shutdown. Senate Democrats agreed to follow suit, handing Republicans an early victory in their drive to rein in government. The bill that...

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels leads attack on unions

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels leads attack on collective bargainingIt makes no sense that the political party claiming to be for the middle class, what remains of it, would attack a large portion of the remaining...

Indiana Education Bill Standoff Continues

Indiana Budget Bill Goes Farther than Wisconsins': State Dem Walkout Indiana's state Democrats are continuing their walkout on the Republican-backed budget bill vote. Similar to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's...

Would spending cuts hurt the economy?

"The big spending cuts proposed by House Republicans could weigh on economic growth and jobs, but forecasts vary widely.Economist Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics said Sunday that if all $61 billion in proposed cuts for the rest of this year were enacted, the economy's growth...

The tax you should be paying. You are not paying.

"What do your 2010 online holiday shopping purchases have to do with the budget gaps many states are struggling to fill right now? In the eyes of some state and federal legislators, the sales tax that is not being collected by many online merchants is revenue that could help...

Iowa Gov. : 2012 caucuses will move if Florida refuses to budge

"As Florida Republicans threaten to disrupt the presidential nominating calendar by holding their 2012 primary date in January instead of later in the year, Iowa's Republican governor is vowing to protect the traditional first-in-the-nation status of his state's...

Government Shutdown: Washington gets ready

"Washington has started getting ready for a possible government shutdown.Behind the scenes, federal agencies are working on their plans for shutting down operations and deciding how many workers they need to...

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