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Lawyering up

Go ahead, drive like an idiot. Then, just hire a lawyer:

Whether you live in South Bend, Crown Point, Indianapolis, Valparaiso, or another Indiana town or city, you may have racked up a few traffic tickets. You may not think that traffic tickets warrant engaging the services of a criminal defense lawyer, but if you\'re faced with the potential suspension of your driver\'s license, you might want to think again.

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Fair

These don't seem like very good marks:

A statewide poll released today found most people surveyed think the Indiana General Assembly is doing at least a fair job.

A total of 65 percent of those surveyed in a WISH (Channel 8) poll rated legislator's performance as fair, good or excellent. 

Time bandits

Oh, no. What will we argue about now?

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — After a maddening two years in which Indiana residents saw the official time shift this way and that, it looks like the pendulum is finally about to stop swinging.

An active council

If you ever get disgusted with city officials here, just imagine how much worse it could be:

Walking it off

Get 'em while they're young, and you'll have 'em for life:

This is the third in a three-part series analyzing why Northwest Indiana league bowling is still thriving while the rest of the country watches its numbers drop. This week focuses on the influx of high school bowlers in recent years.

It's always been the foundation of bowling, at least in the last 20 years or so.

Mitch and Jill

Indianapolis architect Jim Schellinger must feel like an idiot. He got in early for the race against Gov. Mitch Daniels, spent a lot of time and raised a lot of money, and he's dead last in the hearts of Democrats:

No evidence required

Pain

Asking patients to rate their pain is not that helpful:

It may be a painful truth, but a new study suggests that attempting to measure pain on a scale of 0 to 10 may not help doctors effectively treat the suffering.

Powerball poverty

Another economic hard-luck story as a struggling family tries to get by:

Last week Ohioan David Coterel, 65, came forward to collect the $300 million he'd won in a Powerball lottery jackpot in Indiana. So why are Coterel and his co-winners - son, David Jr., and daughter, Lynn Hiles - walking away with only $145.9 million, before taxes? Because they had to choose either cash or yearly annuity for their winnings at the time of the ticket purchase - and they chose the full cash option.

A toehold on reality

We must honor the wall of separation between church and state. We cannot tolerate the pollution of public spaces with religious expression. Of course, that's if you're a Christian, not, um, a Muslim:

Three times a day during their shifts at the Indianapolis International Airport, more than 100 Muslim cab drivers wash their feet.

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