With most Salmonella outbreaks, I read the stories carefully to see what foods I need to be cautious about. Here's one I can completely ignore, though:
INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) - Indiana State Department of Health officials are acting on a advisory from the Food and Drug Administration regarding a Salmonella outbreak involving alfalfa sprouts.
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Mitch Daniels talks to the New York Times about what a smaller government might look like:
State Rep. Tom Saunders is re-introducing a bill that would prohibit employees of city, county and town government from serving as elected officials within their local government.
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Drew Stith of Wabash doesn't like the 5 Hour Energy drink, even though he works for Living Essentials, the company that makes it. His problem is that he said so on Facebook and even "liked" a page called "5 Hour Energy Sucks." He is just stunned that his company would think that's a big deal:
Stith said he made a post on the page about a month ago and then, last week, he got called into the main office.
A relative of Billy Ray Adams pleads for sympathy:
"Billy Ray made one stupid mistake, and it cost him his life."
Erick Erickson, the editor of Red State, likes Mike Pence for the GOP presidential nomination:
Granted, Gary's murder rate has always been high, but police detective James Bond lets hyperbole get the better of him:
"People of Gary should ask themselves why the communities around them don't have this level of criminal activity," Bond said. "Urban genocide will continue until those who are brave enough actually stand up and do the right thing," he said.
What is this, 1968 again?
The parents of a former Greensburg Junior High basketball player are asking a federal court to declare the team's haircut policy unconstitutional.
The Indianapolis Star gets on the gun-control bandwagon, or at least waves encouragingly at it, in editorializing about Don's Guns, identified as the No. 3 spot in the nation for sales of guns later used in crimes:
It's extremely difficult to catch stores abetting straw purchases in any case, an expert told The Star. And the argument would be less relevant if Indiana restricted quantities sold at one time.
In mid-December, the state Department of Education released graduation rates, and area school districts celebrated the success of their students. Fort Wayne Community Schools saw an increase in its graduation rate for the third consecutive year
