Hoosier lore

If two counties are reported having trouble with medical bills for prisoners, there are likely others we haven't heard from yet, so consider this a possible trend. Allen County Sheriff Ken Fries is requesting $229,000 extra because, among other expenses, six inmates with serious problems have received more than $99,000 in care since March. St.

WSBT-TV in South Bend did a story on this billboard with an embarrassing typo that was up for four days. The sign has been taken down and is "under repair," but thanks to Lee MacMillan's Facebook page, it will live on in cyberspace.

The Colts team that showed up for the game against Houston looked like it couldn't beat anybody. The team that showed up last night against the Giants looked like nobody could beat it. How long into the season will it be before we figure out which team is the real one? Going to be interesting.

I agree with this post that the ballyhooed "meeting of the Mannings" was really compelling TV, and also that:

I think there have probably been times when, numbed with fatigue, I have said something like, "Man, I'd kill for a cup of good coffee right now." But I really didn't mean it -- honest:

A Kentucky man accused of strangling his wife is poised to claim excessive caffeine from sodas, energy drinks and diet pills left him so mentally unstable he couldn't have knowingly killed her, his lawyer has notified a court.

My sterling record of political predictions continues. It was barely more than a month ago when I speculated that Gov. Mitch Daniels would look at the two men and one woman who were finalists for the Indiana Supreme Court vacancy and choose the woman. If all three were equally qualified, I said, there "would be no particular reason not to" and it would remove Indiana from the very short list (along with Idaho) of states with no woman on its highest court.

Clearly, this story is too good to pass up, but I'm not quite sure whether to be serious or take the frivolous route:

A girl accused of exposing her breasts on an Indianapolis street cannot argue that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution gives her the freedom to do it, the state's appeals court ruled today.

About a dozen people in Indianapolis whipped out knives and started stabbing at each other, and five of them were injured:

The incident was apparently spurred by a parking dispute, police said.

"There's been a disturbance here on this street, by this house, for the last two nights prior to tonight, apparently over a parking dispute," said Indianapolis police Sgt. Paul Thompson. "We believe that is also the motive for tonight's disturbance."

OK, you cwazy wabbits. Slow down a little before you blow a gasket:

Sex in the Circle City is the best in the country, at least according to a Men's Health survey.

In a list of American cities "where guys have the best sex lives," Indianapolis came out on top as the most sexually satisfied city.

The survey blended several stand-alone factors, such as number of sex toys purchased, STD rate, condom sales and birth rate, and weights those to come up with the list.

South Bend police have been conducting raids of drinking parties and arresting underage drinkers and taking them to jail, which has many in the Notre Dame community wondering if police are being unfair:

The discussions have been productive, but questions remain about whether police are being tougher on students than in the past and taking them to jail rather than giving them written citations.

Oops:

The main library in downtown Indianapolis is going to be closed on Thursdays in a budget-cutting move less than three years a renovation and expansion that cost more than $100 million was finished.