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 |  |  Tonight: Clear skies and mild. Low 70. Wednesday: Hot and more humid, storms late. High 93.
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|  Tuesday, August 28, 2007
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| Note to readers
Due to technical difficulties, IBJ could not deliver Daily on a timely basis today. IBJ apologizes for the inconvenience.
Bloomington firm to hire 400-plus workers
Bloom Marketing Group, a Bloomington-based call center, plans to add 400 to 500 workers to its staff of 120 by the end of the year, according to the Herald-Times of Bloomington. The startup, which was spun off from the Bloomington advertising firm Finelight Strategic Marketing Communications, is ramping up in anticipation of the November-to-March open enrollment period for Medicare. Bloom advises citizens ages 65 and above on using licensed health insurers. It also enrolls individuals in insurance programs.
WellPoint rolls out health program nationally
After testing a new kind of wellness program at Eli Lilly and Co., WellPoint Inc. is offering the broad program to all national employers served by its Anthem subsidiary. WellPoint touts its Healthy Lifestyles program as a help to employers trying to get their workers to make healthy behavior changes in five key areas: tobacco use, weight control, stress control, nutrition and diet, and exercise. The program includes various incentives and rewards to motivate employees to participate. 
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|  | Blog: Offers pour in for First Indiana Plaza
A sluggish real estate market hasn't deterred investment groups interested in owning the struggling 31-story First Indiana Plaza office building downtown. Read more in Property Lines, IBJ's real estate blog.
Evansville officials approve flights to Indianapolis
The Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority yesterday approved commuter flights to Indianapolis through the Massachusetts carrier service Cape Air. When the flights start, possibly in October, they will be the first flights between the cities in two years. Tickets for the flights on the nine-passenger Cessna 420s are likely to be $85 to $125, according to the Evansville Courier & Press. South Bend officials last week approved using Cape Air for flights to Indianapolis.
Indiana relaxes rules for BP soot emissions
BP won't have to cut emissions of soot at its Whiting oil refinery because the Indiana Department of Environmental Management has granted the petroleum giant an exemption from federal regulations, according to the Chicago Tribune. The rules would have required the refinery to halve the amount of microscopic pollution the refinery emits. It's the second dispute to swirl around the site in a month. BP late this summer abandoned plans to release more ammonia and suspended solids into Lake Michigan. The additional discharge, approved by Indiana regulators, was a byproduct of BP's plan to increase its refining of Canadian oil.
Time-zone comments could be forged
Comments submitted to the federal agency considering whether to move six southwestern Indiana counties back to the Eastern Time Zone include two letters against the move that contained hundreds of apparently forged names. The letters to the U.S. Department of Transportation, purporting to be from residents of the town of Ireland and parishioners of St. Raphael Catholic Church in Dubois, have typewritten names but no signatures.
Housing prices fall 3.2 percent, stalling recovery
U.S. home prices fell 3.2 percent in the second quarter, the steepest rate of decline since Standard & Poor's began its nationwide housing index in 1987, the group said today. MacroMarkets LLC Chief Economist Robert Shiller said the declining residential real estate market "shows no signs of slowing down."
From IBJ staff and Associated Press-Compiled by Norm Heikens | | | |
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Two injured in northeast side shootings
Two Domino's Pizza workers were shot multiple times this morning at 21st Street and Mitthoeffer Road on the far eastside. Officers say two male suspects approached the manager and an employee as they were locking up for the night. Investigators are trying to determine whether the shootings began as an attempted robbery. Fox 59 will have the latest at 10 p.m.
Argument sparks shooting, standoff
Metro Police say a street argument last night in the 3500 block of North Audubon Road on the eastside led to a near-fatal shooting and a standoff. Kyle Kendall, 21, was shot in the head and foot. Witness accounts led police to a green Ford Taurus at 40th Street and Guilford Avenue. Two men inside the car were arrested. A third passenger, Justin Gray, 21, sought refuge in a nearby house. SWAT units handled the ensuing standoff, and Gray surrendered peacefully around 2 a.m.
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| One injured in northside drive-by shooting
Metro police are investigating a shooting this morning at 29th Street and Highland Place on the north side. The victim was shot in the hand while sitting in the passenger seat of a car. The driver rushed the man to Wishard Hospital. Police have no information on a suspect.
"Speed Zone" gets green light
The Speedway Town Council unanimously approved the "Speed Zone" redevelopment project near Indianapolis Motor Speedway yesterday. Town leaders plan to add more commercial and retail space, along with several condos. Some local business owners fear the changes will hurt their bottom line, and people who live in nearby mobile homes may be forced to move.
Lucrative Lincoln
Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky all are fighting for a share of the bicentennial limelight that will come with the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
Bank's timing paid off
Banking observers speculate that First Indiana Corp. rushed to cut a deal to be bought before it would have to report second-quarter results.
Big Ten battles for TV sports bonanza
Athletic departments at Indiana and Purdue universities could lose if the new Big Ten Network and some of the country's largest cable companies don't reach an agreement.
Who's greedier, the Big 10 or the cable companies
that don't want to carry the conference's new sports network?
The new Big 10 Network hasn't been picked up by local cable systems, meaning fans might miss games and university athletic directors could be out millions of dollars. Who's to blame, the conference or cable TV companies?
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Does your office/department ever do any team-building social activities? 
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