At least one Hoosier might get something out of Muncie's silly decision to let a reality show infiltrate its police department:
OZZY OSBOURNE's son JACK has been named in a lawsuit filed by an angry Indiana housewife who was the victim of a botched police raid during the filming of flop reality TV show Armed + Famous.
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We all knew this was coming, didn't we?
The Indiana State Fair is removing all trans fat-laden cooking oils from its deep fryers in what is believed to be the first policy of its kind for any fair in the country.
Elephant ears taste better cooked in sunflower and canola oils? Uh huh.
Good to see Indiana freshmen congressmen are getting in on the vote buying earmarks:
We, the two-headed snake, has died. I bring it up only because of the local angle:
Sonnenschein said he bought We from a snake breeder in Indiana for $15,000 when the reptile was just a few weeks old.
I can just imagine that breeder seeing he had a two-headed snake and going, "Hoo boy, big payday!" Lots of two-headed snakes still in Indiana, by the way, but I wouldn't give you a quarter for one of them.
The Indiana Chamber has released its legislative analysis (pdf file) of the last session of the General Assembly, and the news isn't very good from its perspective:
While some positive legislation was painstakingly guided to success, too many pro-economy, pro-jobs bills derailed due to frequent partisan politics, shortsightedness and too many anti-business legislators.
Well, we saw this coming, didn't we?
For 2009, Clarian is going all out, in a way that some lawyers might construe as trampling on people's right to privacy. If HIPPA makes health care confidential, how can Clarian get in its workers' faces? And I'm sure they are not the only ones...
They're REQUIRING employees be screened for blood sugar, blood pressure, LDL cholesterol and BMI (body mass index).
Gee, do ya think?
Infants most at risk among children injured by elevator incidents, Indiana University study finds
Doesn't the whole idea of having a "trendiest teen" of the year sound a little 1950-ish? Maybe that's why an Indiana girl won it:
There was a gruesome murder in rural Indiana back in April. Two teenagers are alleged to have savagely beaten a man to death, even having the audacity to e-mail a photo of the deed to someone. The crime has been largely ignored by the major media, according to the posts that have been racing through the blogosphere, even though it should have gotten major attention as a Matthew Shepard-like crime.
Little darlings who have to go off to college will now be able to live just like they did in their bedrooms and Mom and Dad's:
