| June 29, 2009 | - Amish former factory workers in Indiana said that life has improved since they were laid off. “We were all going way too fast,” said Freeman Miller, who started making wooden caskets for pets after he was fired from his manufacturing job.
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WSJ
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USA Today
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| February 27, 2009 | - Ten people in Bloomingdale, Indiana, watched as a 58-year-old Wal-Mart employee, described by management as “fun to be around,” set himself alight in a parking lot near the store where he worked. People threw their coats on the man, but he tossed the coats away; before succumbing to burns he told police, “I just couldn't take it anymore.” The man's son said that his father had enjoyed living in the suburbs. “This had nothing to do with the economy,” said the son. “We were getting ready to redo the front lawn.”
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CLTV
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| May 8, 2008 | - Senator Barack Obama crushed Senator Hillary Clinton in the North Carolina
Democratic primary, lost by a small margin in Indiana, and then took the lead in pledged superdelegates. Clinton pointed out that she still enjoys support from hard workers and white people. “A woman is like a teabag,” she said, quoting Eleanor Roosevelt. “You never know how strong she is until she's in hot water.”
| Source 1:
New Yorker via MSNBC
Source 2:
USA Today
Source 3:
ABC
Source 4:
The Los Angeles Times
Source 5:
The Washington Post
Source 6:
The Hill
Source 7:
Chicago Tribune
Source 8:
The New York Times
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| April 30, 2008 | - In western Indiana, the president of the Sheet Metal Workers' Union attributed his support for Hillary Clinton to her “testicular fortitude” in facing problems like NAFTA.
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CBS
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| April 23, 2008 | - Tony Zirkle, a candidate for Congress in Indiana who previously proposed segregating races into different states, spoke before a neo-Nazi group at an event to commemorate the birth of Adolf Hitler. “I'll speak before any group that invites me,” said Zirkle. “I've spoken on an African-American radio station in Atlanta.”
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Northwest Indiana and Illinois Times
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| January 17, 2007 | - The bodies of four homeless men were found stuffed in manholes in Indiana.
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AP via CNN
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| October 10, 2006 | - Two Indianapolis morticians ran into a burning building to save three corpses.
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Metro.co.uk
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| August 2, 2006 | - At least 25,000 chickens died in Indiana from the heat.
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CNN
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| May 5, 2006 | - In Valparaiso, Indiana, a deaf man got into a fight with a man with two prosthetic legs; police later arrested the deaf man via a note.
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Breitbart.com
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| January 30, 2006 | - In Gary, Indiana, an Iraq war veteran killed a 79-year-old man when the man refused to give him money for crack.
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IndyStar.com
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| December 2, 2005 | - An Indiana man was found guilty of murder for shooting a 15-year-old boy who threw eggs at him.
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Local6.com
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| November 7, 2005 | - A tornado killed at least 22 people in Indiana.
| Source:
The New York Times
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| October 4, 2005 | - An Indiana lawmaker proposed a bill that would require women who want to be artificially inseminated to prove both that they are married to someone of the opposite sex and that they have participated in faith-based activities.
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365Gay.com
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| July 22, 2005 | - A bipolar Indiana woman beat her two young sons to death with a dumbbell so that the boys could go to heaven.
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MSNBC
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| June 29, 2005 | - A kangaroo was loose in Indiana.
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ABC13
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| June 27, 2005 | - In Muncie, Indiana, a paraplegic man was on his way to Mount Zion Baptist Church when his motorized wheelchair became stuck on some train tracks. He was thrown ten yards and killed by a thirty-eight-car freight train.
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IndyStar
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| May 26, 2005 | - In Indianapolis, the parents of a nine-year-old boy were appealing a judge's ruling that prohibits them from raising their child as a Wiccan.
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Indystar.com
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| May 22, 2005 | - In Indiana a three-year-old boy crawled inside a toy vending machine at a Wal-Mart and had to be freed by firemen. He did not receive a toy.
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BBC News
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| May 16, 2005 | - A professor of biology at Indiana University claimed that the female orgasm was only for fun.
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AZCentral.com
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| April 7, 2005 | - In Indiana, someone threw a pie in William Kristol's face. Someone else threw a pie at David Horowitz. Prior to the pie throwings, Pat Buchanan was doused with salad dressing.
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Palladium-Item
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| March 30, 2005 | -
Turkeys attacked elementary school students in Indiana.
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IndyStar.com
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| March 18, 2005 | -
Satan's face appeared on a turtle's shell in Indiana.
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Boston.com
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| January 15, 2004 | - People in Indiana were still eating deep-fried cow brain sandwiches. The brains puff up nicely when cooked.
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Associated Press
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