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clipped from www.chicagotribune.com Weather forecast pleases marathon officials Last Oct. 7, the high temperature and humidity cut short the 26.2-mile race for the first time in its history. With Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics looming large in the background, city officials had to defend themselves after runners reported insufficient water. To add to the problems, an ambulance crew got lost on the way to the hospital while transporting a runner who later died of a heart condition. This Sunday’s forecast calls for dreary, overcast skies, delighting Chicago Marathon officials and runners who hope that last year’s heat-related problems will not be repeated. This year, organizers of the 31st Chicago Marathon are promising more water, more Gatorade and a new color-coded communication system designed to alert runners. This year, organizers of the 31st Chicago Marathon are promising more water, more Gatorade and a new color-coded communication system designed to alert runners.

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clipped from www.theindychannel.com With the economy in the tank, the cuff team is pitching in to help in any way possible. Send comments to cuff@theindychannel.com.

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Today: Mostly cloudy, with a slight chance of an afternoon shower. High 75.

Tonight: Periods of showers and some thunder. Low 59.

Wednesday: Showers and storms likely in the morning–a chance in the
afternoon. High 69.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low 55.

Thursday: Partly sunny. High 74.

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Today: Mostly cloudy, with a slight chance of an afternoon shower. High 75.

Tonight: Periods of showers and some thunder. Low 59.

Wednesday: Showers and storms likely in the morning–a chance in the
afternoon. High 69.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low 55.

Thursday: Partly sunny. High 74.

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Today: Mostly cloudy, with a slight chance of an afternoon shower. High 75.

Tonight: Periods of showers and some thunder. Low 59.

Wednesday: Showers and storms likely in the morning–a chance in the
afternoon. High 69.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low 55.

Thursday: Partly sunny. High 74.

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Today: Mostly cloudy, with a slight chance of an afternoon shower. High 75.

Tonight: Periods of showers and some thunder. Low 58.

Wednesday: Showers and storms likely in the morning–a chance in the
afternoon. High 69.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low 53.

Thursday: Partly sunny. High 74.

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This is a picture of my friend Don Foss, who worked at WRTV and was an expert videographer and editor who normally worked with our Promotion and Sales Departments. We lost Don to cancer late last week, and said goodbye to him at a service earlier today.

I’ve discovered that going to several funerals over a relatively short period of time doesn’t make going to them any easier. Like most of you reading this, my losses have been more private, but Don’s story has been public with occasional coverage on the station’s newscasts and on the indychannel. So Tom Davis and I decided to devote OFF THE CUFF to him today. Don was part of the show’s extended family, contributing his skill with his camera, with his acting, and most memorably in designing the animated close that finishes every episode. So watch the show here, and say a prayer for his wife Susan, and their two kids. It’s not the first time Don’s parents have lost one of their children, and I can tell you that takes Faith to deal with.  Please include them also. And enjoy the clip…Don would.

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WRTV General Manager Don Lundy is a long time indychannel blogger (he’s no OFF THE CUFF, but he has a reputation to protect) and he has an interesting discussion about the WISH TV versus Brighthouse Cable controversy. If you want the other side of the coin, go to the Brighthouse web site.

clipped from rtv6blogs.com

Bright House Not Looking So Bright

As I write this, the battle between LIN Television and Bright House Networks continues into its second day. The parent company of WISH-TV (Channel 8), WNDY-TV (Channel 23), WIIH-TV (Channel 17) and the LWS Cable Channel is at odds with the company that provides cable television service to around 135,000 customers in Indianapolis’ center city and outlying northern suburbs.

Neither side could agree to terms moving forward on carriage of the television stations and cable channel, so all of them are no longer being provided to Bright House’s customers, of which I am one. No CBS. That means no CSI…no David Letterman…no Katie Couric. (OK, two out of three ain’t bad.)

I know my biases are showing, big time. But, I’m a strong believer that anyone who takes a product and resells it should compensate the rights holder, in this case, LIN-TV. It would be akin to someone renting a DVD at Blockbuster and charging people to watch it in a theater. That’s illegal.

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Today: Mostly sunny. High 78.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 54.

Tuesday: Increasing cloudiness. High 79.

Tuesday Night: Chance of showers and storms. Low 58.

Wednesday: Showers and storms likely. High 69.

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Today: Partly to mostly sunny. High 77.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 53.

Tuesday: Increasing cloudiness. High 79.

Tuesday Night: Chance of showers and storms. Low 58.

Wednesday: Showers and storms likely. High 69.

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Today: Partly to mostly sunny. High 77.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 53.

Tuesday: Increasing cloudiness. High 79.

Tuesday Night: Chance of showers and storms. Low 58.

Wednesday: Showers and storms likely. High 69.

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Today: Partly cloudy. High 76.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 52.

Tuesday: Increasing cloudiness. High 78.

Tuesday Night: Chance of showers and storms. Low 58.

Wednesday: Showers and storms likely. High 69.

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clipped from www.drudgereport.com Judge: Sharon Stone Overreacted To Son’s Foot Odor…

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WISH-TV, our broadcast brother up Meridian Street, is owned by a company called LIN TV. That company is haggling with cable company Time Warner, which operates in the WISH coverage area. Because of that, for the moment, you can’t see WISH TV on TW’s cable properties. (BTW: Good time to sample “GOOD MORNING INDIANA” Monday at 5am. on WRTV Channel 6…sorry Randy and Julie!) Anyway, Channel 8 has provided this helpful video for the kids on something called “rabbit ears.” My favorite line from the reporter comes about a minute in: “IF you wanna watch OTHER channels on cable…” C’mon, at least let us leave during “The Doctors!”

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If I ran the Indianapolis Marathon dressed like this, would people talk?

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