Indiana may soon stand alone:
BOISE -- Two women are among the final four candidates to take the seat on the Idaho Supreme Court left vacant by the August retirement of Linda Copple-Trout, who was the first woman on the state's highest court when she was appointed by former Gov. Cecil Andrus in 1992.
State Sen. Tom Wyss was quoted recently giving an honest assessment of why Indiana requires seat belts but not motorcycle helmets: Car drivers don't organize, but any legislator who proposes helmet laws will suddenly find scores of motorcycle riders circling his block in protest. Wonder what the senator thinks of this:
Oops:
A St. Paul man on his way to anger management class demonstrated just how badly he needed to attend the class.
Justin Boudin is charged with fifth degree assault for using his anger management class papers to hit a man.
It was just before rush hour on August 29, that police say the 27-year-old Boudin was at a St. Paul bus stop when he began arguing with waiting passengers.
He was particularly upset with a 59-year-old woman and yelled at her, saying, "Why don't you show me some respect?"
My brother, who lives in Texas, is fond of saying, "Never bring a knife to a gun fight." If he lived in Canada, perhaps he would add, "and don't bring a gun argument to a knife fight":
What typical problem of behavior-modifying education efforts does this campaign typify?
Indiana is among eight states running public service announcements offering personal testimonials about how methamphetamines affect the lives of the users and their families.
The federally funded media blitz targets mainly young adults.
City Clerk Sandy Kennedy told the Fort Wayne City Council on Tuesday she plans to introduce a proposal to reduce the amount of time people have to pay parking tickets before they double.
Councilman Tom Didier wants the public's help in finding out who spray-painted graffiti on the side of the Science Central building. But that's only one small part of the problem:
Fort Wayne Police, who focus on this problem, say in the last 18 months, the city has seen a 400% increase in graffiti.
The anti-graffiti network, an agency that paints over and removes graffiti across the city, says this year staff is on pace to clean up 6,000 sites marred by graffiti.
Perhaps this is what Allen County Karen Richards was afraid of when she decided to reach a plea agreement with Simon Rios that gave him a life sentence instead of the death penalty:
CINCINNATI - A death row inmate convicted of setting a fire that killed five children must be released or retried because his constitutional rights were violated when his confession was used at trial, a federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday.
The Crime Library Web site has a long story on the suspicious deaths of two Centerville (Wayne County) teenagers days apart in their own homes. After the first girl died on Saturday, Sept. 1, police said nothing. Only after her sister died five days later did police list the first death as a homicide and the second as suspicious. Local authorities still aren't talking much, and the mainstream media outlets seem to be taking to their cue from that.
This is either an anarchic nightmare or a libertarian's dream, depending on where you draw the line:
A town council in Germany has decided the best way of improving road safety is to remove all traffic lights and stop signs downtown.
From September 12, all traffic controls will disappear from the centre of the western town of Bohmte to try to reduce accidents and make life easier for pedestrians.
