Yeah, well, we'll see:
The Indianapolis Colts head the linesmakers' lists but they are on offer at odds of 8/1 (bet $10 to make $80 profit), when the pre-season favorite is usually around the 5/1 mark or lower. Odds of 8/1 suggest that the Colts have a 11 per cent chance of lifting the Vince Lombardi trophy next February.
I applaud removing criminals from the street and all that, but perhaps police acted hastily here:
Officers discovered nearly 600 marijuana plants, 450 pounds of dried marijuana and 30 raccoon hides on Sunday at a home in rural Pulaski County.
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In addition to the marijuana, officers found freezers in the residence with more than 30 untanned raccoon hides and carcasses.
The increase in e-book sales continues, but don't write the obit for the dead-tree version quite yet:
Amazon says its Kindle e-book sales are three times larger than they were last year, and it sells 43 percent more Kindle e-books than hardcover books on average. It's pretty clear that people are adopting Kindle Books, and e-books in general, at a faster rate than any other book format.
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A fascinating essay that begins with coyotes on the prowl and explores along the way the nature of statism and statists:
Those nefarious villains of the NCAA may be -- gasp! -- running an illegal lottery in Indiana:
MISSION CITY, KANSAS -- An NCAA ticket dispersal plan involving a lottery may violate laws in some states against gambling. A lawsuit alleging exactly that is headed for an Indiana court after a federal appeals court ruled the case had enough merit to garner a hearing.
Sometimes, when I see the word "compromise" thrown around, I'm not exactly clear on what is meant. This is one of those cases:
Proponents of banning smoking in Indianapolis bars are trying to revive a City-County Council debate over the issue by showing city leaders that voters support the cause.
This doesn't seem right:
Charges will not be filed against a University of Notre Dame hockey player suspected of supplying alcohol to underage students at a weekend party, according to a release sent out from the St. Joseph County prosecutor's office.
I've had problems with GOP Senate candidate Dan Coats' tenure in Washington as a lobbyist and have mentioned the issue in a couple of editorials and on the blog.
The trouble with Gary:
Much like the people of Mudville were let down by their beloved Casey, the residents of Gary have suffered the same fate at the hands of their mayors over the last four decades.
In the 1888 poem "Casey at the Bat," the famed slugger made the final out, whiffing as he swung for the fences with two men on and his team trailing by two runs.
Here's one of those "Yeah, it's a good idea, but . . ." stories:
VALPARAISO, Ind. — A local college professor, with the assistance of two of his former students, has come up with a unique way to help you find your lost cat.
Americans have voted for limited government, but they've never actually gotten it, and a growing number of people have figured out why:
Anybody think this will work?
Anxious to lift an outright ban on comments, The Attleboro (Mass.) Sun-Chronicle has begun requiring two things of online readers who want to leave their thoughts on stories: 99 cents and their real names.
The newspaper should expect much criticism from various quarters, but it's a fascinating experiment and a bold response to the endless trolling, vitriol and drivel that is enabled by anonymity in online forums.
How many more near tragedies do our musical greats have to endure before we take their safety seriously? We all remember how Mozart almost self-immolated while setting his violin on fire for a performance at Salzburg, an audience pleaser later stolen without credit by the shameless Jimi Hendrix.
The News-Sentinel's Sarah Jensen has a nice story in today's paper about the last day for Fort Wayne Community School custodians. In writing about how some of the custodians will work for Sodexo, the company to which custodial services were outsourced, she captures the special relationship between janitors and their schools:
Indiana hits the big time. Indianapolis is toying with a traffic-relief measure being used already in several large cities - paid express lanes to move things along:
There would be no toll booths, with payments made through prepaid, electronic scanners. Federal money would pay for most of the project.
The cost to drivers would vary depending on how congested the free lanes were at the time, but the average cost would be about $1 each way. Reaction from drivers is mixed.
The best government money can buy:
Companies, organizations and even government groups spent more than $25.6 million lobbying Indiana's lawmakers in this year's legislative session.
And that number, said Indiana Lobby Registration Commission director Sarah Nagy, likely will grow as late and amended lobbying reports dribble in.
INDIANAPOLIS - A national expert says Indiana lawmakers face big logistical and financial challenges in implementing the federal health care overhaul.
If the president's panel on the deficits and debt say the country can't survive the VAT or some other new revenue scheme, just call them liars:
So, where would you rather be a prisoner? Guantanamo?
Now, most of the detainees, upwards of 80%, live in groups. In return for good behavior, the detainees get more privileges.
They are even Skyping now, according to Lt. Col. Andrew McManus, who is the deputy commander at GTMO's joint detention group.
