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A double decker interstate bus crashed in Johnson County on Tuesday morning injuring passengers and tying up traffic on a major interstate. Injured bus passengers were taken to area hospitals after the Megabus bus they were riding overturned on Interstate-65 in Greenwood. That bus was on its way from Georgia to Chicago with a stop here in Indianapolis, when it attempted to avoid a crash scene and flipped around 4:30 a.m. Of all the passengers taken to area hospitals with cuts and bruises, one person was taken from the scene in critical condition after being extricated. Her hand had been stuck under the bus. The northbound lanes of I-65 were closed most of the morning with traffic impacted in the southbound lanes. The highway has reopened. Stay up to date on this story by clicking HERE.

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is thanking the City-County Council for making an investment in the city’s future. The council passed the city’s $1 Billion 2015 budget on Monday. It includes funding for the 80 police officers hired this year, as well as 50 new officers and 20 firefighters next year. The budget now goes to Mayor Ballard’s desk for approval.

Mayor Ballard is not as thrilled regarding the line item for early childhood education in that budget. His early childhood plan is still in limbo after the City-County Council’s budget approval. The council approved $1.7 Million for the plan, but Ballard wanted $5 Million a year in order to obtain a $2 Million grant from the Lilly Foundation. The mayor is still seeking more private funding to move his plan forward.

TODAY:   The Indianapolis Bar Association is offering free legal advice. The “Ask A Lawyer” program is open Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 13 library branches around Marion County.  You may also call in questions at 317-269-2000. Common topics are divorce, child custody, child support, landlord-tenant issues, bankruptcy, personal injury and employment law.

Ebola is on the lips of health pros here in Indiana. Health experts at Indiana University are clearing up myths about the Ebola virus.  At a forum Monday, speakers relayed that the risk to Americans right now is low and there are much more rational things to be worried about.  They say you are more likely to die from the flu than you are Ebola. According to the panelists, the spread of Ebola can be stopped by maintaining a general level of public health, such as getting vaccinated and washing your hands when you’re sick.

The director of the CDC is vowing to rethink Ebola infection control, calling even a single infection unacceptable. Dr. Thomas Frieden made the comment after a nurse became infected while caring for dying Ebola patient Thomas Duncan in a Dallas hospital. Frieden says the nurse is in clinically stable condition.

Police in Ferguson, Missouri arrested dozens of people as protests of the deadly police shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown continued.  Police arrested at least 50 protesters in the St. Louis suburb during civil disobedience demonstrations Monday. Many were ministers and activists who traveled to Ferguson from parts of the country, including author/activist Dr. Cornel West.

In sports: Former heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks is hospitalized in Las Vegas. TMZ Sports cites sources as saying the 61-year-old had surgery for abdominal problems over the weekend, which led to complications. Spinks’ wife issued a statement saying, “It’s going to be a long road ahead, but he’s strong and he’s starting to recover.”  Spinks is best remembered for beating then champion Muhammad Ali in February 1978 in just his eighth professional bout.

Indianapolis Weather:  Rain with a few thunderstorms in the morning, then variable clouds

during the afternoon with still a chance of showers. Today’s High: 67 degrees.

I’m Kim Wells.

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