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...desperately need a lift, and for Coach K, frightened or not, to lead the way. "Mike is one of those guys who, as a person and as a coach, transcends some definition of some level of the game, "says Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle." This is a new beginning, and we all expect great things...
Batesville is counting on that. Founded in 1884, Batesville Casket Co.--named for its hometown in Indiana--adopted Toyota's vaunted manufacturing techniques in the 1990s to improve quality, speed delivery and reduce costs. Today the unit of $1.3 billion Hillenbrand Industries (which also makes medical equipment) says it completes one casket every 53 seconds and delivers it usually within 48 hours. Batesville offers 600 casket designs in 150 color combinations and 30 shapes. Although it owns 45% of the market, even the casket leader can no longer take that position for granted. Time was, funeral directors flocked to Indiana...
...candidates. Warner recently donated $10,000 to the PAC of Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat and prominent member of the Congressional Black Caucus who is unopposed this year, but could help Warner win crucial black support in 2008. Taking a slightly different approach to building up support and endorsements, Indiana's Evan Bayh is hiring two dozen staffers to work on other congressional and state legislature campaigns in Iowa...
...chip throwers and piemakers from across the Hawkeye State. This year's fair, which begins next week, is attracting a crowd of competitors from farther afield: possible White House contenders hunting for votes ahead--way ahead--of the Iowa presidential caucuses in January 2008. Democratic Senators Evan Bayh of Indiana and Joe Biden of Delaware and the Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich are all expected to swoop in to smile, shake hands and maybe taste the fair's famed fried Twinkies. Also planning to visit Iowa in August: 2004 Democratic running mates John Kerry of Massachusetts and John Edwards...
...Soros and Nancy Pelosi. The Democrats seem to be responding to the tactic. It's difficult to find the word "Democrat" on the web site of Brad Ellsworth, the Democrat running against Hostettler in the Evansville district. And Ellsworth's campaign manager, Jay Howser, calls his candidate "a Southern Indiana Democrat," to distinguish him from the rest of the party. "Democrats need to show their local roots," says Pete Brodnitz, a Democratic pollster who is working on Kilroy's race...