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SPORTS, D1 THE BUZZ PAGE, B5 FREE THEATER Teens can see shows at no charge. EJECTED! Carlisle, Armstrong tossed from game. 95 102 The Indianapolis Star A GANNETT NEWSPAPER INDYSTAR.COM CITY FINAL 50 CENTS i SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2007 3iJLJSL Cousins 4 area high schoolers win scholarships for persevering in the face of obstacles AGAINST THE ODDS get 2 years in concrete scheme PRISON TERM NEARLY TWICE THAT OF PLEA-BARGAINING RINGLEADERS By Kevin Corcoran kevin.corcoran(3indysr.ar.com Two men convicted in November of involvement in an Indianapolis-area concrete price-fixing conspiracy will spend nearly twice as long in prison as ringleaders who cooperated and pleaded guilty. Chief U.S. District Judge Larry J.

McKinney on Friday sentenced Chris A. and Ricky J. Beaver, managers at Noblesville-based Beaver Materials to 27 months in prison for violating antitrust law and lying to the FBI. The prison terms will be followed by two years of supervised release. Both men were ordered to pay $5,000 fines.

The conspiracy's ringleaders, who testified against the Beaver cousins in November, were sentenced to See Concrete, Page All WHAT'S AHEAD Chief U.S. District Judge Larry J. McKinney will sentence Noblesville-based MA-RI-AL doing business as Beaver Materials on Thursday for the company's role in a conspiracy to fix ready-mix concrete prices from July 2000 to May 2004. The company faces a multimillion-dollar fine. The sentencing will conclude the Justice Department's nearly three-year inquiry into the conspiracy.

HEATHER CHARLES The Star ONCE HOMELESS: Brooke Moreland hugged her mother, Shona, after being awarded a $15,000 scholarship from the Downtown Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis on Friday. With the scholarship, the Broad Ripple High School senior said, her dream of going to college is now a possibility. MAKER OF BLOOD THINNER ISSUES ALERT Months after three infants died at Methodist Hospital from an overdose of heparin, its manufacturer is warning health-care workers to read labels carefully. Bl INVESTIGATION TO TAKE 3 TO 5 WEEKS By Rob Schneider rob.schneider(3indysr.ar.com In a hushed banquet room filled with nearly 400 people, Brooke Moreland heard her name read aloud Friday, and her life changed once again. If the night her mother told her she had no choice but to take Brooke and her two brothers to a homeless shelter was a turning point, then so was Friday when the Downtown Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis awarded the teenager a $15,000 scholarship.

With the scholarship, the Broad Ripple High School senior said, her dream of going to college is now a possibility. She wants to become a dentist and work in domestic violence shelters to fix the Brooke's mother struggled to make ends meet after her husband left the family. They were free of the domestic troubles that tormented them, but they lost their home and moved in with relatives. Starting sometime in 2005, they were homeless off and on, living in a van for a while and then a hotel until they finally moved to a homeless shelter. Before becoming homeless, Brooke had volunteered her time giving out coats and Thanksgiving dinners to people in need.

Suddenly, she found herself on the receiving end of such charity. Her mother, Shona Moreland, said she did everything she could to avoid going to See High schoolers, Page A10 teeth of battered women. Brooke, 17, was one of four scholarship winners at the 32nd Annual Kiwanis Abe Lincoln Scholarship Awards program, which recognizes area high school seniors who have overcome significant obstacles in their lives. A total of $37,500 was given to the winners, while 21 others received Certificates of Valor. All of their stories were gripping.

One teen overcame muscular dystrophy and now looks forward to college. Another cared for her ill mother while ranking first in her class and playing three sports. And still another teen overcame family problems to succeed in school while working long hours to earn some money. Officials are awaiting tests that could tell whether Anna Nicole Smith died of a drug overdose. Meanwhile, a third man, Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, says he may be the father of Smith's baby.

A4 CITY TO SPEND ON GLENDALE After the developer requested a subsidy of $10 million, the city of Indianapolis agreed to spend up to $6.5 million to revamp the mall. CI LILLY DOG DRUG GETS OK FROM FDA A beef-flavored chewable pill called Reconcile will help canines with separation anxiety. CI Read the stories of 21 teens who received Certificate of Valor honors from the Downtown Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis. A10 MORE WINNERS INSIDE Downloading movies: Cool, but clunky Getting films off the Web may be the future, but costs and hassles keep it a devotee-only club Online options: See a list of movie-download services. A10 sey, director of corporate communications for Netflix, his company thinks "it will be a DVD world for the next five to seven to 10 years." Seth Hancock was driving past a local video rental store with his girlfriend when he turned on the "cranky old man" voice he sometimes uses to crack her up.

"Take a look at that now, honey," he croaked, "because it'll be a thing of the past!" Hancock is exactly the sort of young, tech-savvy consumer whom companies are trying to See Movies, Page All plasma TV can be difficult, require expensive add-ons and still not look as good as a DVD. Or it just can't be done. Experts say mainstream customers will switch to downloading only when those issues are addressed. But companies are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into what is the teensiest of market slices because they're casting their eyes to the future a time when the Web, not DVDs, will be the primary delivery system for movies on home video. Netflix plans to invest $40 million this year to expand its video streaming service.

But according to Steve Swa- By Christopher Lloyd christopher.lloydindystar.com So you just shelled out for a big-screen television to watch Peyton Co. deliver a soggy beat-down to the Chicago Bears. And you've heard the buzz about new ways you can download movies off the Web. A match made in digital heaven, right? Not yet. On Tuesday, Wal-Mart jumped into the download business.

Then Wednesday, Amazon announced a partnership to simplify ordering for Ti-Vo customers. Netflix, Apple and Microsoft also have recently gotten into the game. But challenges abound. There are long download times. Selection of movies can be skimpy.

And transferring that downloaded movie from the computer to your beautiful new 52-inch ROB GOEBEL The Star WHO'S WATCHING NOW: Movie downloads today are mainly in the realm of technology aficionados such as Seth Hancock, who watches movies on his computer, iPod and LCD television. I S0.50 IN DYSTAR.COMMULTIM EDI A Check online for photo galleries, video and audio reports. INDEX Copyright 2007 The Star AC A TU ry today, but now VVCMinCK is on the way. Low 2 High 21 Full forecast, B8 Public notices Scoreboard D9 Star Classifieds Television E9 Business Cl-4 Faith Buzz Page B5 Home Cars.com Gl-12 Movies E6-7 Comics E5, 8 Obituaries B5-7 ifiNrS Mil A MUj IlTJ MONDAY AT 11 PM ON 24-HOUR NEWS 8.