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Begging rights

You probably know that some panhandling can get pretty aggressive, and maybe you've even experienced some of it. This seems a little over the top, though, doesn't it?

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Police are looking for a suspect in a shooting in the parking lot of Lafayette Square Mall.

According to police, the victim was sitting in his car when he was approached by another man asking for money. When the man refused the other man shot him once in the abdomen.

Branch basics

I suspect some of my neighbors are among the 1,100 signers of this petition. I can't agree with them:

Some Waynedale residents are making sure that their voices are heard before a decision is made to close their post office on Old Trail Road.

The branch is on a list of 413 offices to be closed. Waynedale resident Billie Rykard collected nearly 1100 signatures from people who oppose the closings.

Couponers clipped

Please, please, please, use these coupons to save money at our store, but just come here and shop real soon, OK? Oh, wait. Everybody's using the coupons, and we're losing money. Put that coupon back in your pocket and get the heck out of here!

Sears has joined a growing list of companies forced to pull online coupon offers early due to a surge in popularity.

 

If you got it, flaunt it

Today's candidate for crime of the century. Note the last line:

INDIANAPOLIS -- The arrest of an 85-year-old on a charge of public indecency has prompted police to take a closer look at the issue of prostitution along an eastside corridor.

 

Pack your bags

Sometimes, you have to really pay attention to figure out what's going on. First, we see that The Rapture is upon us, and the beginning of the 7-year tribulation period will be any day now. The astronomical signs prove this 100 percent!! Next, we notice that a UFO has been sighted above Fort Wayne:

TAFN

A judge in Indy who heard juvenile cases can now really relate to the youngsters:

Teens are warned every day not to text anything inappropriate, and definitely not while behind the wheel or in the classroom.

But it's a message that escaped a Marion County Juvenile Magistrate.  She was fired for texting violations while hearing cases.

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So long, been good to know ya

Bobicide

Bob Dylan has been murdered, and it was a conspiracy:

Bloomington relived Bob Dylan's classics with a traveling group of Indiana musicians called Hoosier Dylan on Saturday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

Folksinger-Americana artist Tim Grimm organized the group after he was inspired by Bob Dylan and his caravan of musicians who traveled the northeast and performed in theaters together in the late 1970s.

For Pete's sake

A Hoosier lawmaker does us proud by getting on a Top 15 list!

U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Merrillville, has been named one of the 15 most corrupt members of Congress by an ethics watchdog group.

It's the first time Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington lists Visclosky in its annual report.

Three strikes

That sex offender registry isn't a cure-all, is it?

 Bloomington man is behind bars Tuesday night for the third time for the exact same crime.

"Sick, sick...sick, very." said neighbor Billie Hundley.

Police arrested 29-year-old Todd Rimstidt early Monday morning on the city's south side. A tipster told police Rimstidt had allegedly been engaging in sexual activity with two 13-year-old boys.

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