An unexpected tourism opportunity for Indiana:
Firework displays from the largest Guy Fawkes Night spectacle to the smallest back-garden show are under threat from European legislation.
A directive already approved by MEPs and EU ministers will force Britain and other member nations to tear up their own safety standards and adopt new regulations by 2010.
"The Vagina Monologues" continues to cause problems despite having been around for so long. The Unite States Bishops Committee on Doctrine moved a seminar from Notre Dame in protest of performances of the play on campus:
Why was Mark Souder so mad?
Not everyone picked sides. Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) was ticked at everyone. He condemned the sport's owners and players.
"The wall of silence coming out of baseball is disgusting," he said, adding it couldn't be trusted to do its own testing.
Criminal geniuses of the week:
MUNCIE
Yet another high school publication takes on, um, sex, so yet another high school principal considers implementing a policy of prior approval:
"Electron" editor-in-chief Ricci Warwick said an article on the subject of sex wasn't meant to increase circulation but to educate students on STDs and contraception, and to dispel some myths around school.
Kelvin Sampson is in big trouble and, if there's any justice, so is Indiana University:
Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson and his staff violated telephone recruiting restrictions imposed because of his previous violations at Oklahoma, then lied about it to the school and NCAA investigators, according to an NCAA report released Wednesday.
Harsh words for those who hype bad weather:
David Phillips, senior climatologist for Environment Canada, calls the nonstop coverage "storm porn," and said it inflates public anxieties about weather events.
Did anybody really expect him to just quietly fade away?
Resigned, not retired. Resigned, not retired.
As many as 56,000 Hoosiers may lose their drivers' licenses because they don't match the information in a Social Security database, and the American Civil Liberties Union is suing to keep it from happening:
"What the BMV is doing is taking legally an entitlement from thousands of people," the ACLU's Ken Falk said. "You're entitled to have a driver's license and the state can't come and take it away from you."
How to get out of prison after serving only a third of your time:
An Indiana teen convicted in a deadly DUI was released from prison Monday. Paige Grable served her time, but not as much as the victim's family -- or prosecutors -- expected. WAVE 3's David McArthur explains.
Grable was sentenced to 30 months but is out after nine months.
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