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IndianapolisPost.com Monday 6th February 2012 Issue 062/10
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Katy Perry gives special shout-out to Tim Tebow at Super Bowl weekend
Katy Perry, who performed her first U.S. concert since splitting from Russell Brand in Indianapolis on Saturday night, dedicated a song to Tim Tebow at the pre-Super Bowl Concert.

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Super Bowl crowds tempting to terrorists, say security officialsSuper Bowl crowds tempting to terrorists, say security officials
Security officials say the crowds expected in Indianapolis for the NFL's Super Bowl championship game are tempting targets for terrorists.

An operation in place to protect the Super Bowl 46 site...
IMPD investigates west side shooting
INDIANAPOLIS - IMPD is investigating a fatal shooting on the west side Sunday night. Police found a 20-year-old man shot inside a home in the 1600 block of Livingston shortly before 11 p.m. He was...
Manning family celebrates Eli's win
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy while celebrating his team's 21-17 win over the New England Patriots in the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game, Sunday,...
Notebook: As usual, a Manning wins with late drive in Indy
INDIANAPOLIS - It was a sight that was so familiar for Colts fans. A quarterback named Manning got the ball, trailing in the fourth quarter, and he coolly and systematically led his team to...
Archie Manning: Special to see son Eli win in Indy
INDIANAPOLIS - Archie Manning got to see his son Eli win his second Super Bowl championship, this time in the city where Peyton made his career. Eli Manning was chosen MVP of the New York...
Indianapolis sets precedent with Super Bowl plans
INDIANAPOLIS - The head of the Super Bowl Host Committee is pleased to see that future host cities may be following the model set by Indianapolis. Eyewitness News spoke with Allison Melangton...
Police Investigate West Side Homicide
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis Metro Police investigated a homicide on the city's west side late Sunday.Just before 11 p.m., officers were dispatched to North Livingston Avenue near West 16th...
Giants take advantage of Patriots' gamble for TD
Yes, it was, thanks to a gamble by the desperate New England Patriots, who were leading 17-15 at the time. They let the New York Giants running back go 6 yards untouched for a 21-17 lead with 57...
Person fatally shot on city's west side
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A person has been shot and killed on the city's west side, police confirm. Officers were called to the area near 16th Street and Livingston Avenue shortly after 10:30 p.m....
Convicted Indiana official: Verdict a 'travesty'
Calling the jury verdict, "a travesty," Indiana's former top elections official vows to appeal the decision that found him guilty of multiple counts of voter fraud, which has resulted...
Person fatally shot on Indianapolis west side
A person has been fatally shot on the city's west side. It happened around 10:45 p.m. in the 1600 block North Livingston Avenue near West 16th Street. That's just east of the Indianapolis...
Fans thrilled by Super Bowl XLVI
INDIANAPOLIS - Super Bowl fans shouted, posed for pictures and traded high fives as they headed into Lucas Oil Stadium. For them, there was no better place to be Sunday than Indianapolis. Michael...
Patriots can't win biggest game for Kraft
INDIANAPOLIS - A season that began with heartbreak for New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft ended with another loss. The Patriots made no secret of wanting to win Sunday night's game...
Giants Top Pats In Close Finish
INDIANAPOLIS -- Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom Brady and the Patriots again, coming back with a last-minute touchdown to beat New England 21-17 Sunday night for New York's fourth Super...
M.I.A. Flips Bird During Super Bowl Halftime
INDIANAPOLIS -- For all the pomp and excess of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show, it is likely to be a single extended middle finger by guest singer M.I.A. that is most remembered.The gesture,...
Man arrested in woman's fatal stabbing
ANDERSON, Ind. (WISH) - An Anderson man confessed to fatally stabbing a woman in her Anderson home Saturday, police said, after turning himself in to police hours later. Anderson police received...
Game security tight, not difficult
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Thousands of fans went through long lines and security to get in to Lucas Oil Stadium. Security was tight, but how difficult was it for fans getting in to see the...
Several downtown streets to reopen beginning Monday
Downtown drivers can expect fewer road restrictions starting Monday morning.Monument Circle, as well as all the spokes, will be open for the morning rush.Some closures will remain in place through...
Deputy arrested for public intoxication downtown
INDIANAPOLIS - A Marion County Sheriff's Department deputy was arrested late Friday in downtown Indianapolis. The sheriff's department and state police confirmed Deputy Ryan Radez was...
Madonna headlines Super Bowl halftime show
INDIANAPOLIS - Madonna positioned herself as the queen of a new generation of pop stars at the Super Bowl halftime show - complete with throne - but didn't have complete control of Sunday...
Police brace for post-Super Bowl crowd downtown
INDIANAPOLIS - While foot traffic on Georgia Street is as light as it has been all week, police downtown are bracing for a postgame surge in the Super Bowl Village. State Police are patrolling...
51 arrests, 25 injuries in downtown Indianapolis during Super Bowl events
INDIANAPOLIS - Metro Police say 51 people were arrested in downtown Indianapolis during Super Bowl festivities Saturday night. The majority of the arrests were for fighting or alcohol-related...
Young Indy Singers Shine On National Stage
INDIANAPOLIS -- While the city was in the Super Bowl spotlight Sunday night, so was a group of young Indianapolis singers.Forty-five members of the Indianapolis Children's Choir performed the...
Police Report Mostly Calm Super Bowl Revelers
INDIANAPOLIS -- Even with hundreds of thousands of people descending on Indianapolis, the lead up to the Super Bowl has been relatively quiet for law enforcement.Indianapolis police have had more...
Forrest Lucas throws open estate for Super Bowl party
Super Bowl XLVI from the suite inside the stadium that bears their company name. Back home in Carmel, though, they gave up to 500 friends and employees the run of the Barn on their 116th Street...
Fans impressed with Indianapolis Super Bowl
Super Bowl 46 begins to fade, it is time to reflect on how the Circle City fared as a Super Bowl host. Some, like Elwood, from New York, said he was surprised by how much Indy had to...
More than 1 million visit Super Bowl Village
Super Bowl Host Committee announced Sunday that the Super Bowl Village passed the 1 million person mark.Nearly 175,000 people spent time in the heart of downtown Indianapolis over the past 10 days....
Family searches for Indianapolis man
An Indianapolis family is asking the public for their help locating their father. Johnny Melvin is described as 5'10" tall. He has salt and pepper, curly hair and hazle eyes. Melvin was...
Locals say investment in Super Bowl well worth it
Super Bowl -ready."January and February are typically slow months for us, and I think everyone in general, and our sales have skyrocketed. It's good. It's definitely worth it,"...
NFL: Indianapolis sheds Naptown image with Super Bowl party
Manning tells Giants winning Super Bowl "is business" An NFL season that began under a dark cloud was heading towards a brilliant finish as the Super Bowl party raged under sunny skies ...
Indianapolis sheds Naptown image with Super party
INDIANAPOLIS - An NFL season that began under a dark cloud was heading towards a brilliant finish as the Super Bowl party raged under sunny skies on Sunday with the New England Patriot and New York...
Twitter winner glad to be at Super Bowl
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Ebonee Smith used to tease her husband about his phone alerting him to tweets by Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay in the middle of the night. On Sunday afternoon, the teasing...
Indy Children's Choir joins Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson sings the national anthem with the Indianapolis Children's Choir before the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots, Sunday,...
Giants lead Patriots 9-0 after Q1
New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz (80) catches a touchdown pass during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in...
Fans hold flash mobs ahead of Super Bowl
Super Bowl and several impromptu flash mobs broke out around Central Indiana Sunday.The two largest were at the Indianapolis International Airport and the Super Bowl Village...
Gronkowski, Ochocinco, Bradshaw Super Bowl actives
INDIANAPOLIS - Super Bowl XLVI is underway at Lucas Oil Stadium. Following Kelly Clarkson's performance of the national anthem, backed by the Indianapolis Children's Choir, the New...
Super Bowl Village hits 1 million mark
INDIANAPOLIS - The Super Bowl Village has had a million visitors so far, sources tell Eyewitness News. The village opened Jan. 27 and has been a huge attraction since then, with free concerts,...
Nick Cannon In Indy, 'Feeling Good' After Health Scare
INDIANAPOLIS -- What do you do after recovering from a serious illness? If you're Nick Cannon, you celebrate by attending the Super Bowl.The entertainer was hospitalized last month after...
Top 25: No. 20 Indiana 78, Purdue 61
Indiana guard Jordan Hulls (1) saves a loose ball as Purdue guard Terone Johnson (0) and Purdue guard/forward D.J. Byrd (21) defend during an NCAA college basketball game in West Lafayette, Ind., on...
Lenny Kravitz has personal ties to NFL legends
Kravitz said Sunday that Joe Namath used to live across the street from him when he was growing up and the Hall of Famer used to play catch with him. He got a chance to meet up with Namath recently...
Fans find fun even without game tickets
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - With less than two hours to go before the kickoff inside Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis' Super Bowl Village was brimming with people. Some villagegoers without tickets to...
Tracking med. sales not helping police
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A new computerized tracking system that has stopped sales of thousands of boxes of cold medicines used to make methamphetamine has not been much help to investigators so far,...
Bauer tactics unite, divide Democrats
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Football fans in Indianapolis for the Super Bowl who found themselves inexplicably pondering labor law and political brinksmanship have a Democratic state lawmaker representing...
Pre-Super Bowl party to benefit children of Indiana service members
Super Bowl party Saturday night. IndyCar series team Panther Racing hosted the Touchdown for Heroes Championship Party at its headquarters.The party featured live music, silent auctions, racing...
Marion County deputy arrested at Super Bowl event
Super Bowl event.According to officials, Indiana State Police arrested Ryan Radez Friday night. He is accused of public intoxication and disorderly conduct. No other details are...