Give her some credit -- at least she didn't let the 3-year-old drive:
Lafayette woman faces up to six years and six months in prison for being under the influence when she let her 5-year-old son drive her around.
Holly L. Schnobrich, 25, pleaded guilty Monday in Tippecanoe Circuit Court to two counts of neglect of a dependent, a Class D felony, and one count of public intoxication, a Class B misdemeanor.
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I haven't been in a lot of coffeehouses, so I'll have to take take Dave Beckham's word for it they're hotbets of liberal radicalism. Even if it is true, it's certainly because of the kind of people who go to coffeehouses, not because a bunch of sneaky progressives came up with brilliant business plans. So I don't think Beckham's solution is going to fuffill any great unmet need in Crown Point:
Speaking of the Olympics, Indiana was home for a while to the first African American ever to win an Olympic gold medal.
How to know your economy is really, really in trouble:
Shopping malls are in for a tough year as a sour economy closes a record number of stores, possibly bringing dramatic changes to some Indianapolis retail centers.
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Many traditional malls have had to reinvent themselves, but it's not just older, enclosed centers that are suffering from the recent rash of store closings. Open-air lifestyle center Clay Terrace in Carmel also has been hit.
Mitch Daniels and Jill Long Thompson seem pleased with, or at least accepting of, the three debates that have been scheduled. Andy Horning is downright ecstatic:
On the roundtable part of ABC's "This Week" yesterday, three of the four panelists named Evan Bayh when asked to name a vice presidential cdandidate for Barack Obama. Not everyone is thrilled at such as prospect:
Anyone else. Being the governor of Indiana, a do-nothing senator from Indiana and the father of adorable twins does not qualify Bayh to be vice president.
The fact that we're the only state that still does a certain thing does not make that thing the wrong thing to do. But we should at least be open to the possibility that the other 49 states have it right:
When they say "Not in my back yard" in Plainfield, they really do mean not in my back yard:
Residents of one of Plainfield's oldest neighborhoods want better streets and other improvements from the town, but they're not so hot on a proposed park.
They say the proposed park carved from open space in several backyards of the Duffy-Gibbs neighborhood would end the isolation they have enjoyed.
A panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated the requirement that Hoosiers who want to buy wine by phone or over the Internet have to first make face-to-face contact with the winery, and isn't it wonderful we're saving the childfren?
Three dates have been set for the gubernatorial debates:
The debates, which will be televised live, will be Sept. 16 at the Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville; Sept. 23 at the Jasper Arts Center in Jasper; and Oct. 14 at the Indiana University Auditorium in Bloomington.
