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The k4wiLis Star "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, BLJL QVUPPHHKPIIIXK SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2013 there is liberty" II COR. 3:17 STATE EDITION Today's weather It's a busy weekend flRSFHtlVPlHMHIl vn Get tne aPP low: 56 high: 76 for festivals, concerts ImtSSIPrXl TJ HfjUXUfl for your mobile phone Look for our mild streak rcl Find festivals, concerts and Bm wBHflflflflflflfflmrlrillPPill fl to to find our to continue. more on tap this weekend KSsSSPffllffpfflW LkjB iPhone app, or search Google Play for Details, B8 atlndyStar.com. mjjjyyyjjim "Indy Star" to get our Android app. OBAMA DEFENDS SECRET SURVEILLANCE BY NSA 'H' mi m9h0 bl President: Program targets terrorists, not US citizens said that "nobody is listening to your telephone calls" or "reading the emails" of U.S.

citizens. People can "complain about Big Brother" and the potential of a "program run amok," Obama said, "but when you actually look at the details, then I think we've struck the right balance." See OBAMA, Page A12 By David Jackson USA Today President Barack Obama defended National Security Agency surveillance programs Friday, saying they are designed to promote public safety and protect civil liberties. "They help us prevent terrorist attacks," Obama said, and are valuable despite what he called "modest encroachments on privacy." Commenting after delivering a health care speech in San Jose, Obama denounced the "hype" surrounding recent news reports on the surveillance and Today's Poll on lndyStar.com: How do you feel about NSA screening online and phone communications? President Barack Obama defended secret government surveillance programs Friday, saying Congress repeatedly authorized collection of phone and Internet data, ap In 1958, the plan for the Ruins at Holliday Park was to showcase REDOING THE RUINS three giant statues, "The Thr ar Races of Man," sculpted by I Bitters, matt detrich the star Holliday Park's onetime folly is getting a second chance By Will Higgins will.higginsindystar.com Tt is one of Indianapolis' weirder chapters. Or one of the most -A- inspired ones, depending where you stand regarding cocksure, beret-wearing artists up against "the mediocrity of men in elected positions." In the 1960s, the city's Parks Department, taking direction from impossible-to-contain artist Elmer Taflinger, began building in Holliday Park an enormous thing. It was an art installation the size of a house on Meridian Street, with Greek columns and fountains and statuary and cornices and pedestals all mortared together to resemble ancient, fall of-Rome-style ruins.

See RUINS, Page A2 Defunct GM plant to be demolished cf- Marion Co. White River New York St. Ohio St. IN TODAY'S STAR CITIZENS WANTS STEAM CUSTOMERS TO PAY MORE The utility said the additional revenue is needed as it switches a plant from coal to natural gas. Rate hikes will vary but will be as high as 23 percent.

A15 IN THIS CLASSROOM, LEARNING COMES TO LIFE Ann Mennonno of the Center for Inquiry, known for her innovative teaching methods, was chosen Friday as Indianapolis Public Schools' Teacher of the Year. B1 Indianapolis Nashiflj, Zoo 0Sf.m dustrial buildings might be the hurdle toward taking the "For Sale" sign off the 102-acre site, the property owner announced Friday that it will demolish them. After consulting with commercial real estate experts, the owner's redevelopment manager told The Indianapolis Star on Friday it was clear Owner say razing will clear way to develop near-Downtown site By Chris Sikich chris.sikichindystar.com General Motors' former stamping plant has sat idle with no serious offers even though it sits on prime real es tate fronting the White River across from Downtown. No buyers have come forward to open a new industrial business at the plant, which closed two years ago. Likewise, no one has bought into an alternative proposal to build a mix of condos, shops and offices suggested by planners affiliated with the Urban Land Institute.

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