Hoosier lore

Oh, thank God, I thought they might have all been snapped up by now:

Tickets are now available for the final gubernatorial debate, to be held Oct. 14 at the Indiana University Auditorium.

History should be the most exciting subject students encounter. It tells the story of how we became who we are. How could that be boring? Easily, apparently:

INDIANAPOLIS - The state Board of Education says it recently discovered what students yawning through social studies class may already know -- their textbooks are boring.

Blogs work their way into the classroom:

Braden Hickok likes to read the new blog at Yorktown Middle School -- Yorktown Reads -- to find out what is on the minds of his classmates.

"It's kind of cool to see what other people think about things," he said, "especially the quiet people who don't talk much. And it's helped me keep an open mind about books we are reading in class, like Stargirl."

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly (74-25) approved the $700 billion bailout rescue heroic self-sacrifice effort. Our two senators were on guess which side:

Hoosier cashiers are warned to beware of quick-change artists:

A couple of quick change scammers recently made off with around $200 in less than a half-hour in two Linton stores.

[. . .]

According to Jerrell, this (leaving the money on top of the drawer) was a common practice in years past and it was started for reasons like this.

A naked sex offender broke into an Indianapolis man's home and entered the bedroom of the man's teenage daughter. Hearing his daughter's screams, the man struggled with the sex offender, got him in a choke hold and strangled him to death. Naturally, this creates the perfect opportunity to call up the usual suspects and get them to engage in the usual debate about self-defense and guns:

Here we are, in the vanguard:

The Louisville Courier-Journal's Lesley Stedman Weidenbener has some useful advice for political-debate watchers: Don't believe everything you hear:

It was near the beginning of last Tuesday's gubernatorial debate when Gov. Mitch Daniels started defending the cigarette tax increase he pushed through the General Assembly.

"Every penny went straight to insure uninsured Hoosiers in desperate need of health care and protection," he said.

Well, teachers, welcome to the damn club:

MUNCIE -- Like many Americans, teachers are running on a less than an optimal amount of sleep.

That lack of sleep could affect classroom teaching, according to a preliminary study by a Ball State University professor.

[. . .]

The Hoosier congressional delegation voted 6-3 against the number-picked-out-of-a-hat bailout: