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Questions about Indiana stage collapse linger

Tom Coyne, Tom LoBianco The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 7:50am

INDIANAPOLIS — As the Indiana State Fair reopened after a deadly collapse of a concert stage, questions lingered about the structure's safety, why fans weren't evacuated as a storm moved in and whether anything could have been done to prevent the tragedy.

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(The Associated Press) Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o pauses during NCAA college football practice in South Bend, Ind.

Highly touted LB Te'o begins Irish career

Tom Coyne The Assoicated Press

Last updated Monday, August 24, 2009 - 9:44pm

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- About the only things that stood out about freshman linebacker Manti Te'o as practice for the season got under way were the No. 5 jersey and visor he had on.
The visors worn by some of the Fighting Irish were a first for the team and all the other linebackers on the two-deep chart wore numbers in the 40s. Te'o was the only one in single digits, sharing the same number as tailback Armando Allen. With Te'o starting camp at 6-foot-2 and 244 pounds, there was no trouble distinguishing between the two.
"He's a big guy," quarterback Jimmy Clausen said.

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