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  • Judy Nicewinter (center) comforts Dianne Semento during a memorial service at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, for those killed in a weekend stage collapse. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

    Ind. fair honors five killed in stage collapse

    Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels told hundreds of people who gathered Monday for a service to remember five people killed when a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair that the tragedy has broken the hearts of the state's residents.


  • Stage collapse kills 4 ahead of Sugarland concert

    A stage collapsed during a powerful storm at the Indiana State Fair on Saturday, sending steel scaffolding into the terrified crowd below and killing at least four people among fans awaiting a performance by the country band Sugarland.


  • Strong storm collapses Indiana stage, killing 4

    A stage collapsed during a powerful storm at the Indiana State Fair on Saturday, sending steel scaffolding into the terrified crowd and killing at least four people awaiting a performance by the country band Sugarland.


  • Stage collapse at Indiana State Fair kills 5

    Indiana State Police say a fifth person has died after a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair.


  • Indiana officials identify stage collapse victims

    Authorities in Indiana have identified the five people who were killed when a blast of wind toppled a stage and its rigging before a Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair.


  • Ind. fair checked weather before stage collapse

    A timeline released by Indiana State Police shows Indiana State Fair staff contacted the National Weather Service multiple times before a strong wind blew over a stage and its rigging, killing five people at a Sugarland concert and injuring dozens of others.


  • Strong wind topples stage at Ind. fair, killing 5

    The wind gust that toppled a stage at the Indiana State Fair Saturday night, killing five and injuring dozens of fans waiting for the country band Sugarland to perform, was a "fluke" that no one could have anticipated, the governor and others said Sunday.


  • Ind. governor: Wind gust that felled stage a 'fluke'

    The wind gust that toppled a stage at the Indiana State Fair Saturday night, killing five and injuring dozens of fans waiting for the country band Sugarland to perform, was a "fluke" that no one could have anticipated, the governor and others said Sunday.


  • Ill. doctor among first to respond at Ind. fair

    A suburban Chicago doctor who was attending the Indiana State Fair concert where a stage fell into the audience says some people died immediately.


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