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gt. Jerry Goodin of the Indiana State Police holds a photo of Vincent D. Windell, Jr. on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, whom they says is wanted for the shooting of two police officers in Jeffersonville, Ind. Goodin said the two Jeffersonville officers were responding to a report of "suspicious activity" at the Motel 6 off Interstate 65 about 6:35 p.m. when they were ambushed.(MICHAEL CLEVENGER)
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ROLEX WATCHES Joseph’s Jewelry & Loan used to get one or two a month. Now it’s one or two a week.
DEALS GALORE: DVDs fill a cart at Pawn Mart II on West 16th Street. In the parking lot is a $50,000 Yukon Denali. Price: $25,000.(FRANK ESPICH)
Denise Renee Jacobs was suspended from her Carmel Middle School job more than a week.
Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan reacts to a call during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Indiana in Bloomington, Ind., Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. Wisconsin won 68-51. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (Darron Cummings for The Star)
Indiana guard Matt Roth reacts on the bench after suffering an eye injury during the Hoosiers' 68-51 loss to Wisconsin on Feb. 19, 2009. Darron Cummings for The Star.
Indiana guard Verdell Jones III, right, drives to the basket against Wisconsin forward Marcus Landry during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Bloomington, Ind., Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. Wisconsin won 68-51. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (Darron Cummings for The Star)
Indiana forward Malik Story walks off the court after Indiana lost 68-51 to Wisconsin in an NCAA college basketball game in Bloomington, Ind., Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (Darron Cummings for The Star)
Wisconsin forward Keaton Nankivil, left, drives to the basket against Indiana forward Tom Pritchard during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Bloomington, Ind., Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (Darron Cummings for The Star)
IU's Malik Story gets in the face of Wisconsin's Joe Krabbenhoft during the Badgers' 68-51 win on Feb. 19, 2009. Darron Cummings for The Star.
Wisconsin guard Trevon Hughes,  middle, loses control of the basketball as he drives to the basket against Indiana forward Tom Pritchard, left, and guard Matt Roth during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Bloomington, Ind., Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (Darron Cummings for The Star)
Wisconsin guard Jordan Taylor, front, goes up for a shot against Indiana forward Kyle Taber during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Bloomington, Ind., Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (Darron Cummings for The Star)
Indiana guard Verdell Jones III, left, is defended by Wisconsin guard Trevon Hughes during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Bloomington, Ind., Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (Darron Cummings for The Star)
Wisconsin's Joe Krabbenhoft, left, and Indiana's Devan Dumes vie for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Bloomington, Ind., Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (Darron Cummings for The Star)
Christopher Moore, 4, blows into a trombone in the "instrument petting zoo" at the Tootsie Pops concert at North Central High School on Saturday, February 14, 2009. Students in the North Central High School orchestras performed two concerts Saturday morning, at 9:30 and 11. In between concerts, children were offered the opportunity to play a variety of orchestra instruments supplied by Paige's Music. (Charlie Nye / The Star).  (Charlie Nye for The Star)
#23 Kyle Killworth of Carmel brings the ball up the floor during the exhibition. During halftime at the Pacers game Tuesday night, Feb 18, 2009 was a demonstration of wheelchair basketball featuring the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana. (Sam Riche / The Indianapolis Star) (Sam Riche for The Star)
A Candian Groose takes flight from the water Sunday morning at Eagle Creek Park Reservoir. (Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star) (Matt Kryger for The Star)
Special Olympian Randy Hurt,16, shares a laugh with his friends from the Indiana Ice after he and other Indiana Special Olympians returned home from Boise Idaho Sunday afternoon at the Indianapolis International Airport. (Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star) (Matt Kryger for The Star)
Magic Don Miller,left, points out the Generals Start on the US Army hat worn by Sherman Potts, a hat like the one worn by President Dwight Eisenhower, during Miller's  "Presidents Show" Monday morning at the Cool Creek Nature Center in Carmel. (Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star) (Matt Kryger for The Star)
Westlane Middle School seventh grade X-English students Christian Rangel, left, and Seth Isaacs, both 12, look at laminated front pages of newspapers from the day after the General Election as they tape them to book cases in the media center for a newspaper project in teacher Brian Hayes' class on Monday, February 16, 2009. Students collected about 100 papers from around the country, as well as about 35 international papers, to compare. On Monday, the students taped the laminated section fronts to book cases and set out special sections produced by various newspapers for a display. (Charlie Nye / The Star).  (Charlie Nye for The Star)
Carmel High School Principal John Williams jumps into the with members of the girls swim team who had just won  its 23rd consecutive girls state swimming championship, a new national record, at the 2009 ISHAA Girls Swimming & Diving Championship at the IUPUI Natatorium Saturday February 14. (Joe Vitti / Indianapolis Star)
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Petey, a nine-week-old pit bull mix puppy, watches Marji Soward fill out an adoption form as her son Logan Soward, 11, holds him inside the visiting room at the Humane Society for Hamilton County in Noblesville on Thursday, February 12, 2009. Petey came from a dog who was surrendered by a family and fortunately Marji Soward, 37 of Atlanta, Indiana, ended up adopting the puppy. Pet owners surrendering animals due to the economy is on the rise as many people can't handle the cost of sick animals, losing a home or just paying for an extra mouth to feed. (Matt Detrich / The Star) (Matt Detrich for The Star)
Warm breath in frigid temperature comes from two playful horses, blanketed from the cold, as they enjoy the first rays of sunlight shining on them at Grandview Staples on W. 64th Street, Indianapolis, on Thursday, February 19, 2009. Wednesday's temperatures in the mid-50s plummeted over the past 12 hours, throwing Central Indiana into a stretch of extremely cold weather. (Charlie Nye/ The Star).
Camilla Tapia-Malson plays her Nintendo DS while standing in front of her school banner as she and her mom showed up to support their charter school Indianapolis Lighthouse Charter School during the first ever Charter School Community Fair held at the Indianapolis Arts Garden on Monday, February 16, 2009. (Matt Detrich / The Star) (Matt Detrich for The Star)
Sisters Anna McKeown, 2, and Allie  McKeown, 4, Indianapolis, drum away on a kettledrum in the "instrument petting zoo" at the Tootsie Pops concert at North Central High School on Saturday, February 14, 2009. Students in the North Central High School orchestras performed two concerts Saturday morning, at 9:30 and 11, and in between concerts, children were offered the opportunity to play a variety of orchestra instruments supplied by Paige's Music. (Charlie Nye / The Star).  (Charlie Nye for The Star)
Traffic passes southbound on State Highway 135 as Eckard Peters is dressed as Uncle Sam (fitting for an angle on Presidents Day) as he goes through a variety of gyrations.  He is trying to entice customers to stop in at Liberty Tax Service, 3100 Meridian Parke in Greenwood.  Tax preparer  Jim Hillman says he has had potential customers say that they came in after seeing Eckard. Photo taken 2/16/09.  (Gary Moore/The Indianapolis Star)

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Lawrence Township Bus number 12 rests against a tree in a small ravine along Fall Creek Road just west of Sargent Road, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. According to IMPD there were 15 students on the bus at the time of the accident and they were transported to Community North Hospital. (Jeri Reichanadter/The Indianapolis Star) (Jeri Reichanadter for The Star)
Susan Semenick, is a retired teacher from Zionsville who (three years ago) started watercoloring. We photographed her within her Stutz studio, where one of her favorite works is a portrait of her mother, Belle Jones, that hangs high overlooking Susan,s studio. Semenick will have an opening of her watercolors on Feb. 27. The title of the show is Contentment in Watercolor... She specializes in portraits and images relating to her teaching career - as life sciences teacher in middle school. (Photo/Frank Espich)  (Frank Espich for The Star)
John Sumner keeps a sharp eye out for rare birds along with and other bird enthusiasts as they look out over the Eagle Creek Reservoir looking at the birds Sunday morning at Eagle Creek Parks Nature Center. (Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star) (Matt Kryger for The Star)
Christopher Moore, 4, blows into a trombone in the "instrument petting zoo" at the Tootsie Pops concert at North Central High School on Saturday, February 14, 2009. Students in the North Central High School orchestras performed two concerts Saturday morning, at 9:30 and 11. In between concerts, children were offered the opportunity to play a variety of orchestra instruments supplied by Paige's Music. (Charlie Nye / The Star).  (Charlie Nye for The Star)
Former Attucks basketball player Oscar Robertson's jersey is retired and he is honored at halftime of the Attucks vs. Washington High School basketball game at Conseco Fieldhouse during the Yesterday's Legends Today's Heroes High School Basketball Event in Indianapolis, Thursday, February 19, 2009.  (Heather Charles/The Star) (Heather Charles for The Star)
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George McGinnis (left), a member of Washington High School's 1969 state champions, and Willie Merriweather, a member of Attucks High School's 1955 state champs, share a moment in the Locker Room Restaurant.
Former Washington and Attucks basketball players catch up in the Locker Room Restaurant at Conseco Fieldhouse before the Attucks vs. Washington High School basketball game in Indianapolis, Thursday, February 19, 2009. The men came to Conseco to attend Yesterday's Legends Today's Heroes High School Basketball Event. (Heather Charles/The Star) (Heather Charles for The Star)
Billy Keller and Bill Hampton (right) catch up in the Locker Room Restaurant George McGinnis (back ,left) is interviewed in the background.
Billy Keller (left) and Bill Hampton catch up in the Locker Room Restaurant at Conseco Fieldhouse before the Attucks vs. Washington High School basketball game in Indianapolis, Thursday, February 19, 2009. The men came to Conseco to attend Yesterday's Legends Today's Heroes High School Basketball Event. (Heather Charles/The Star) (Heather Charles for The Star)
George McGinnis, Willie Merriweather and Oscar Robertson.
Billy Keller (left), a 1965 graduate, and George McGinnis, a '69 grad, led their Washington High School teams to state championships as seniors and were named Mr. Basketball.
Billy Keller (left) and Bill Hampton, a member of the 1955 Attucks state champs, share a few laughs.
Billy Keller (left), George McGinnis (center) and Bill Hampton talk in the Locker Room Restaurant.
Former Attucks basketball player Hallie Bryant's jersey is retired during halftime ceremonies.
Washington High's Yuri Leath (left) looks for an open man as he's guarded by Attucks' Sam Jones.
The Washington High School basketball team gets pumped up before the game against Attucks.
Attucks players (left) huddle before the start of the game as Washington players take the floor.
Oscar Robertson is interviewed by the media in the Locker Room Restaurant at Conseco Fieldhouse before the Attucks vs. Washington high school basketball game. Robertson led Attucks to state championships in 1955 and 1956 and was named Mr. Basketball in 1956.
An Attucks player passes the ball to teammate Malachi Campbell (right) during the game against Washington.
Attucks coach Greg Orr gives instructions to Brandon Dixon.
Former Attucks basketball player Oscar Robertson (left) and Bailey Robertson watch the game.
Former Washington basketball player Billy Keller's jersey is retired as he is honored at halftime.
Former Attucks basketball players pose for a photo after being honored at halftime of the Attucks vs. Washington High School basketball game.
Washington High girls basketball standout Cheryl Cook is honored at halftime of the Attucks vs. Washington game.
Former Attucks basketball star Oscar Robertson's jersey is retired at halftime.
Members of the 1955 Attucks "Flying Tigers"  are honored at halftime.
Cheryl Cook gets a hug from George McGinnis after being honored.
Former Washington and Attucks high school basketball players catch up in the Locker Room Restaurant at Conseco Fieldhouse. They gathered before the Attucks-Washington game Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, to attend Yesterday's Legends Today's Heroes High School Basketball Event.
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