The Christmas lights on Monument Circle are burning bright again.

Evan Bayh said Sunday he would make reducing carbon dioxide emissions and increasing American energy independence his top priorities if he were elected president. All five Republicans and all four Democrats voted for the resolution. The overall rate of teenage Indiana women and girls having babies has risen slightly after an eight-year decline, a report released Tuesday shows. Marie at Hoosier Democrats is enthusiastic but of course.

The Indiana Supreme Court cut 17 years off the sentence of a woman convicted of giving a 2-year-old boy a fatal dose of methadone. Aid office at 269 927-8112 or 1800 252-1562 ext. Hate crimes send a chilling message beyond victims and laws are needed to ensure that authorities do not write them off as mere pranks, an Anti-Defamation League spokesman said.