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  1. For the love of basketball
    Special section allows local coaches to sound off about their connection to the game

    For the love of basketball

    As the leaves turn colors in Indiana, sports fans, bound by a will that can neither be traced nor defined, migrate into gymnasiums. An orange leather ball and two iron rims 84 feet apart are among the attractions.

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  2. Priority Fitness first to introduce HydroMassage to region
    Personal training center celebrates five years in business with new offerings

    Priority Fitness first to introduce HydroMassage to region

    Husband-and-wife team Jim and Karen Schutters are taking their fitness business in Munster to a new level with the addition of a HydroMassage bed.

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  3. Old school rap comes to Merrillville
    'Hip Hop Legends' MC Lyte, Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh and DJ Kool to take the stage tonight

    Old school rap comes to Merrillville

    MC Lyte and Slick Rick are scheduled to perform tonight at "Hip Hop Legends" at Merrillville's Star Plaza Theatre, sharing the stage with Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh and DJ Kool.

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  4. Eisenhower 'top dog' in spelling
    C.P. team leads 12 NWI elementary schools in bowl

    Eisenhower 'top dog' in spelling

    CROWN POINT | Elementary students from 12 Northwest Indiana schools, clad in a rainbow of T-shirts, spelled their way through such words as "rhinoceros," "millennium" and "pendulum."

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Lawmakers should stay above reproach, ban gifts from lobbyists
Each year, special-interest lobbyists gift-wrap tens of thousands of dollars in sporting tickets, meals and trips for state and region lawmakers. The Times and 22 other Indiana newspapers collaborated recently on the Access to Power investigative series, bringing to light this practice that critics contend allows lobbyists to buy favorable votes from legislators. Many of the gift-accepting legislators retort that such gifts buy no real influence.

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US survey shows southern counties most obese
The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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