Oh, dear. Indiana is becoming famous again:
An Amish man accused of sexting a minor with graphic photos was arrested after arriving in a horse-drawn buggy for what he thought was a sexual encounter with the 12-year-old girl, WRTV reports.
Oh, dear. Indiana is becoming famous again:
An Amish man accused of sexting a minor with graphic photos was arrested after arriving in a horse-drawn buggy for what he thought was a sexual encounter with the 12-year-old girl, WRTV reports.
The nation's largest newspaper publisher is laying off another 700 employees to cope with an unrelenting advertising slump.
Gannett, the owner of USA Today and more than 80 other daily U.S. newspapers, hoped to complete the cuts Tuesday. The layoffs are occurring at most Gannett newspapers but not at USA Today.
Will the last person to leave the profession please turn out the lights?
This does not compute:
South Bend is now an All-America City. The award is presented by the National Civic League to 10 cities each year that demonstrates innovation and describes successful efforts to address local challenges.
This comes only months after South Bend was labeled a dying city by Newsweek Magazine. So how can a city be so good and so bad at the same time?
Barack Obama's approval rating among self-identified liberal Democrats consistently hovers in the 90-percent range, but those numbers conceal reservations that bode poorly for his 2012 reelection campaign's ability to raise small-dollar donations and marshal the type of grassroots army that helped carry him to victory in 2008.
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This will open up a whole new world of possibilities, won't it?
A quarter-century after the creation of “.com,” the agency that assigns Internet addresses is loosening its rules and allowing suffixes named after brands, hobbies, political causes and just about anything else.
Happy Summer Solstice! It's the one day a year when there is the most sunlight. Days get shorter starting tomorrow, so enjoy the outdo
I guess this is like one of those red letter editions of the Bible designed to let us know quickly and certainly what Jesus actually said:
I don't have much sympathy for Secretary of State Charlie White's excuse for his voting-irregularity problem -- that his complicated personal life made him "practically homeless" for a year and thus confused about where he should vote. That's in the same league as "the dog ate my homework" and "I never would have misbehaved if I'd been sober," not something the state's chief election officer should be saying.
I'd love to believe this, but I have my doubts:
Libertarianism has been touted as the wave of America's political future for many years, generally with more enthusiasm than evidence. But there are some tangible signs that Americans' attitudes are in fact moving in that direction.
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Liberal Washington Post columnist (but I repeat myself) E.J. Dionne Jr. picks on Indiana -- and all the states that followed our example by instituting voter ID laws:
Shocking, simply shocking:
A Muncie man was arrested Sunday for driving a scooter intoxicated on Interstate 69.
Tobey E. Gaddis was spotted Sunday morning heading southbound on a scooter on I-69, when an Indiana State Police trooper pulled him over. Scooters and mo-peds are not allowed on the U.S. interstate systems.
This is the oddest business-expansion story I've seen in a while:
BOONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana company that cooks hard-boiled eggs for restaurants, hospitals, universities and food manufacturers says its proposed $4 million expansion would allow it to become the world's top hard-boiled egg producer, turning out more than 1 million of the eggs a day.
The South Bend Tribune has one of those dreary stories not just defending and apologizing for those graffiti vandals who claim to be pursuing something noble but actually arguing for their nobility:
Despite the fact that, technically, he is defacing public property, he does not seem concerned about getting caught. His brushstrokes are quick but calm, and, when finished, he steps back to wipe his hands and admire his work.
An Indianapolis Star editorial correctly pinpoints a flaw in state law, but glosses over an even bigger problem:
Indiana's law, which allows authorities to seize money, cars and other property from arrested persons whether or not they wind up convicted or even charged, invites the abridgement of civil liberties because the assets fund the drug war.
It's an interesting question -- how big can you get and still successfully relate to the little guy?
INDIANAPOLIS — The day before he launched his campaign for governor, Rep. Mike Pence discussed what he said will be a strong grass-roots campaign.
What he wouldn't talk about were estimates he might raise close to $25 million in his bid to hold the governor's office for Republicans next year.
All right, everybody out of the pool except the straight, healthy people!
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- An employee at a public swimming pool in eastern Kentucky was suspended for a week without pay after telling two disabled gay men to leave, city of Hazard officials said Saturday.
If you're ugly, just get counseling, OK?
An exclusive online meeting place billed as a dating website for "beautiful men and women" was causing new outrage Monday after dumping 30,000 members deemed too ugly.
For the "Robbing Peter to pay Paul does not butter Leo's bread" file:
Federal officials said Thursday that Indiana will be rewarded for having fewer errors in its food stamp program a year after the state was fined for making too many mistakes, including underpaying some food stamp recipients and overpaying others.
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Want to feel really, really old, baby boomer music lovers? Check out this gallery of rocks stars then and now. Keith Richards may have aged the worst, although all the Rolling Stones look like they were buried then dug up. On the female side, Patti Smith and Grace Slick take the "Oh, God, my eyes!" prize. David Bowie and Joan Jett still look pretty good. Does anything look sadder than 60-something rocksters still dressing the same way they did 40 years ago?
Has sanity visited the U.S. Senate?
Senate Republicans joined Democrats on Thursday in an overwhelming vote to end an important tax break for the ethanol industry, the first of many niche tax breaks GOP lawmakers are looking to close.
