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BALLARD ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH CHEST PAIN: At approximately 1:30 p.m. yesterday Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard was admitted to Community East Hospital with chest pains and shortness of breath. Doctors ran an EKG and the Mayor underwent a stress test, the results of both tests were normal. The Mayor was released from the hospital at 4:30 p.m. yesterday and will continue to wear a heart monitor for further observation. He will keep his normal schedule (Howey Politics Indiana).
DEMS SEE NARROW MARGINS; SWEEP: November’s elections may come down to “narrow margins” as one state official predicts, but Democrats rallying Saturday said they’re in it to win it — top to bottom (Terre Haute Tribune-Star). “The way we’re going to win Indiana for Obama is to get every Democrat working together,” said Terre Haute City Council President Todd Nation (D-4th) at a Jill Long Thompson for Governor Open House on Saturday afternoon..jpg)
“I didn’t want the Democrat party message to get diluted by having more than one location,” he explained, noting that the building at 509 Wabash Ave. is serving as a central location for all Democrat candidates this fall, all fighting for what Nation called a “clean sweep.” Thompson’s representatives handed out literature and information to about 16 Vigo County residents while sharing BBQ ribs and homemade potato salad. State Sen. Tim Skinner (D-Terre Haute), described the Democrat Party as a “family,” noting they might be dysfunctional and fight amongst themselves, but in the end “we stand shoulder to shoulder.” Skinner predicted “a race by narrow margins,” but told the group of supporters that 2008 is definitely “our election to lose.” In his sixth year as a state legislator, Skinner was open about working with the incumbent Gov. Mitch Daniels. “Actually, you don’t work with Mitch Daniels,” he said. “He tells you what to do and expects you to be dumb enough to believe him.” In launching her campaign for the state’s top seat, Thompson has solicited advice from a number of state officials, including Skinner. An act, he said, which differs greatly from the current administration. “Mitch Daniels doesn’t care or ask what anyone thinks,” he said.
OIL FALLS TO $113: Oil prices fell Tuesday in Asia to a 3-month low as a stronger dollar and weakening crude demand from China weighed on investor sentiment (Associated Press). Light, sweet crude for September delivery fell $1.45 to $113 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by late afternoon in Singapore. The contract lost 75 cents overnight to settle at $114.45, the lowest close for a floor session since May 1.
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DANIELS TO ANNOUNCE NESTLE EXPANSION: Gov. Daniels will join executives from global food and beverage giant Nestle for an economic development announcement at 9 a.m. today (Howey Politics Indiana).
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