Here's an interesting experiment in cross-training:
In one Indiana town, cops are being trained to fight fires and firefighters will be arresting and cuffing bad guys.
Tonight, the first class of cross-trained responders in Whitestown will raise their right hands, according to WISHTV.com.
This is a strange case:
An Indiana woman whose 16-year-old son committed suicide in July is accused of driving him to take his own life because he lived in constant fear her drug addiction would lead her to a fatal overdose, court documents state.
Funny, this not only does not make me feel satisfied, it takes me right to Rolling Stones territory:
Indianapolis wears a sly smile on its face this morning.
Do you notice Indy residents seem a little happier and maybe a little more flirtatious?
Charlie White, say hello to Wendy Rosen:
Wendy Rosen, the Democratic challenger to Republican Rep. Andy Harris in the 1st Congressional District, withdrew from the race Monday amid allegations that she voted in elections in both Maryland and Florida in 2006 and 2008.
INDIANAPOLIS — An environmental group and Indiana's newspaper association criticized a state agency's plans to stop publishing newspaper notices on public hearings about proposed air quality policy changes, saying the shift will inevitably leave some residents in the dark about policies that could impact their health.
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I'm not real happy with my alma mater about this:
MUNCIE -- If necessary, Ball State University will exercise its eminent domain power to seize a building housing a copy center/printing business on which it plans to build a $25-million hotel, conference center, restaurants and dormitory for hospitality and food management students.
Well, this was a real time waster:
The Patriot Guard Riders and the Indiana chapter of the Greenways Foundation are two non-profits that are not normally associated with each other. Yet, both groups testified Wednesday in favor of keeping their non-profit license plates.
Sigh. The Indianapolis Star used to have such a nice little editorial page, reliably and clearly conservative. Today, that page is -- well, I don't know what it is; kinda all over the map, the way a good Gannett "on the other hand" editorial page should be, I guess. A recent editorial joined the knee-jerk "we can't quite make the connection between gun control and gun violence, but let's control guns anyway" crowd:
Well, I guess Mr. Peabody's coal train ain't a gonna haul Vincennes away:
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Peabody Energy Corp., one of the world's biggest private-sector coal companies, said Wednesday that it has ended production and will permanently close one of its mines in Indiana, citing continued soft market conditions.
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I thought Richard Mourdock was different. I believed his promise of an unfliching commitment to conservative principles. Insofar as this indicates a deviation from that promise, it is very disappointing.
