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An Indianapolis private investment firm has raised one of the largest-ever funds in the state.

They said the youngster would never be able to even tie his own A shoelaces but his mum refused to accept their word Born with Asperger's syndrome, Jacob Barnett was written off by experts who insisted he would grow up locked in a world of his own.

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Indianapolis Opera's truncated 2012/2013 season featured only three productions - one of which was actually an IU Opera presentation.

Here are today's top 10 stories for Friday, May 17, 2013: 1. Hello, Indy 500 Pole Day weekend! Gates open at 10 a.m. for Fast Friday;$10 admission, 12 and younger free.

Film and television star Michael Pena, who has a leading role in the upcoming 3D animated motion picture event "Turbo," will serve as the honorary starter of the 97th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 26.

Another tricky day for you, if you are trying to time the thunder Friday. The best chance of storms appears to again be Indianapolis southward, meaning Lafayette and Muncie may stay quieter than Bloomington and Terre Haute.

One man died today after a hit-and-run crash at Brookville Road and Arlington Avenue on the city's Southeastside, and two others are in custody, police said, after trying to flee the scene on foot.

Police arrested a man Thursday night whom they believe shot another man earlier this week on the city's Eastside.

The Indianapolis City Market now offers two outdoor areas on Whistler Plaza where customers can enjoy craft beer from the Tomlinson Tap Room.

Two police officers caught a man in the act of allegedly raping an unconscious woman in an alley outside a Downtown hotel shortly after midnight today, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department report.

A Kroger employee has been arrested after police said he was caught on tape stuffing thousands of dollars in cash up his sleeve.

Fast Friday is considered one of the most exciting days leading up to the Indianapolis 500, signaling the start of a big weekend, as well.

One person was killed in a crash at Arlington Ave. and Brookville Road early Friday morning.

In a press conference Thursday, the law offices of Bymaster Bankruptcy announced the filing of a civil action against Erich Gephart, the City of Indianapolis, and the Marion County Sheriff Department seeking damages for the wrongful death of Adam McCarthy.

A jury on Thursday convicted a Wahiawa man of second-degree murder after authorities say he went on a shooting rampage through Honolulu in 2011, killing a mother of 10 and wounding two other people as he opened fire... A jury on Thursday convicted a Wahiawa man of second-degree murder and other charges in a 2011 shooting rampage through Honolulu ... (more)

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The Indianapolis operations of a Canadian paper company and a Teamsters-affiliated local union violated Indiana's right-to-work law, according to allegations of six men who want out of the union.

Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam told a gathering of trucking company executives in Indianapolis Thursday he had no knowledge of a scheme to withhold fuel rebates.

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