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TV stations prepare to unleash Super Bowl blitz

Local TV news operations have built temporary studios downtown, budgeted thousands for overtime, assigned special Super Bowl beats to field reporters, and will broadcast hours of extra news coverage between now and Feb. 6, the day after Super Bowl XLVI.

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Indiana county leaders worried over 911 funding

County officials across Indiana scrambling to find money to pay for 911 emergency services say they aren't confident of getting help from state legislators, who might be leery of boosting cellphone fees during an election year.

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USA Track & Field athletes want more freedom to lure sponsors

USA Track & Field hopes a more coherent TV schedule and a bigger presence at live events will generate interest in the sport that lasts beyond the summer Olympics. Yet USATF is at odds with some athletes who say they could line up more of their own sponsors, if it weren’t for the governing body’s rules.

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Fieldhouse gets Bankers Life name

It will be difficult to rebrand the arena where the Indiana Pacers play, but team officials praised sponsor CNO Financial for sticking with the $20 million naming-rights deal despite tough times.

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NFL’s new TV deals are big score for Colts

The NFL’s new broadcast agreements with CBS, Fox and NBC will make the league by far the richest in terms of professional sports broadcast pacts. The Colts will get close to $218.8 million a year from the deals starting in 2014.

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Star fights to protect identity of online commenter

Attorneys for The Indianapolis Star will argue before an appeals court that the identity of an online poster is protected by the state's newspaper shield law, the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment and the Indiana Constitution.

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