Is that your big baton, or are you just glad to see me?
A Miami International Airport federal security screener has been arrested for allegedly using an expandable police baton to beat up a co-worker.
The source of their conflict, police say: daily ribbing about the size of the screener's genitalia.
Today's checklist: 1) Put five pounds of pot in car, 2) Make sure car has no observable defects, 3) Be careful to observe all traffic laws and do nothing to arouse suspicion. Whoops!
Indiana State Police stopped a driver Monday night for a headlight violation and found five pounds of marijuana in the vehicle.
At 10:10 pm Monday night, Trooper Jay Anspach stopped a vehicle at the corner of Hillegas Road and Jefferson Boulevard.
Sylvia Smith had an interesting column in Sunday's JG about how many kids are unfit for military service, and I found myself agreeing with much of it.
As a veteran nearing the age when getting medical care will likely be a regular activity, I'm very interested in the back and forth between 3rd District congressional candidates Bob Thomas and Mark Souder over VA hospitals. As Thomas tells it, Souder didn't care all that much about the local hospital until a veterans' group put pressure on him. The way Souder sees it, Thomas wants to close all the hospitals and callously put veterans in a "Medicaid-like system."
Today's doubletalk award:
President Obama said today he doesn't have a "litmus test" for the next Supreme Court nominee, but he supports abortion rights and his choice must "take into account individual rights, and that includes women's rights."
I believe Obama doesn't have a litmus test on abortion rights about as much as I believe the county commissioners weren't aiming at abortion with their registration-of-outside-doctors proposal.
Gerald Foday, executive director of the Metropolitan Human Relations Commission, has announced a settlement of the investigation into Ricker Oil Co.'s unfortunate "No Burmese people allowed" sign at a southside laundry:
We can't seem to get people interested in condos downtown. In Indianapolis, meanwhile:
A sprawling Mass Ave. condo with a vibrant skyline view has sold for $1.7 million, the highest price paid for a Downtown condo so far this year.
The one-level, 4,064-square-foot unit at 333 Massachusetts Ave. is one of only 10 condos in Central Indiana that have sold for more than $1 million in the past five years, but demand for higher-priced homes has increased from last year.
What's wrong with this paragraph in The Journal Gazette's rather unremarkable lukewarm editorial endorsement of Dan Coats in the U.S. Senate GOP primary?
The question voters in the May 4 Republican primary should ask is not which candidate among the rather unremarkable field is the most conservative but which would be the best senator and has the best chance of winning in November.
Hey, kids, never say we didn't give you anything:
For more than an hour Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Mitch Daniels fielded questions from about 40 people
"The Daily Show" had a parody piece on open carry, with a guest appearance by our own Paul Helmke, now with the Brady anti-gun organization. A lot of gun-rights people seem upset with the bit, but it made me laugh, and the Brady group doesn't come off looking that good, either.
Paul: "Anyone who's carrying a Colt .45 on their hip constantly in public is not a normal human being" and, "People who carry guns around in public are living in some fantasy world."
