The nation is observing the birthday of Civil Rights hero Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
King was born on January 15th, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. He would have turned 77 on Sunday.
Several area schools, businesses and government buildings will be closed in observance of the holiday.
The idea of a 25 cent a pack tax increase has been enough to light up controversy in Indianapolis, but not enough to get anti-smoking activists in Washington all that excited.
Paul Billings is with the American Lung Association. "The highest tax in the nation is Rhode Island with $2.46. Indiana with this increase would be a little over 80 cents, a long way to go to get among the best in the nation."
Indeed, the American Lung Association issued a report card this week that flunks Indiana in the war on smoking almost across the board.
Glamour-free might be the best way to describe the bowels of the RCA Dome during a sporting event as security personnel, custodial workers and long concrete walkways are its lifeblood.
This is where Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay could be found following Sunday’s loss to Pittsburgh in an AFC divisional playoff game. His face colorless and without expression, Irsay stared blankly at the floor as he walked briskly toward the Indy locker room.
Five minutes later, team president Bill Polian emerged, duplicating Irsay’s path, pace and sullen appearance.
The Toll Road for lease?
Not yet.
Clearly, though, nothing is sacred.
Gov. Mitch Daniels is thinking about signing over the Indiana Toll Road to private care and the companies under consideration come from all over the world.
So, before some corporation slaps its logo on the road signs, I decided it was time for one more (OK, my only ever) Indiana Toll Road road trip.
Oh, yeah.
Some 60 times in the past few years, Indianapolis drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. has looked to companies in biotech havens like San Francisco to develop promising discoveries that don't fit its business strategy.
Indianapolis simply did not have the high-risk venture capital needed to fund the start-up companies that could take these ideas to market.
Until now, that is.
The Pittsburgh Steelers gave the Colts every opportunity to steal their playoff game Sunday.
In the zany, final moments of a true thriller, Indy couldn't figure out how to take it.
So the Steelers survived a goal-line fumble by Jerome Bettis and one of the most mysterious replay reversals in NFL history to shatter the Colts' dream season with a 21-18 win. Pittsburgh (13-5) became the first sixth seed to make a conference championship game and will journey to Denver next Sunday for a shot at the Super Bowl.
They will do so breathlessly.
This victory should have been so much easier. The Steelers dominated the Colts (14-3) until a fourth quarter with almost unimaginable twists and turns that ended when Mike Vanderjagt missed his first field goal at home, wide right from 46 yards. Vanderjagt then slammed his helmet to the turf, obviously forgetting how fortunate he was to have the chance.
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