| Reserve earns Boilers' trust
Lauren Mioton is steady. Lauren Mioton has a calming presence. Lauren Mioton provides leadership. It's hard to get through a conversation about the backup point guard on the Purdue women's basketball team without those attributes coming up. As the Boilermakers host Indiana tonight at Mackey Arena, Mioton's play is one reason for optimism during the second half of the season. When starting point guard FahKara Malone has found her way to the bench, Mioton has stepped in. The 5-foot-9 junior has committed just two turnovers in her last 84 minutes, a span of eight games. "She calms everyone down and runs the plays," junior Natasha Bogdanova said. "Sometimes, we just start running around -- that's how we do it -- but she's that person to stop us and tell us where we need to go." What you won't hear about Mioton is she's flashy, makes spectacular plays and overwhelms opponents with her speed.
WHAT A NANNY STATE WE'RE IN
Or when the kids were banned from playing conkers if they werent wearing safety goggles?
And what about Guy Fawkes night? It was only a small gathering on the village green but every family turned up and who could forget the faces of the children in the light of the bonfire? Been going for years; never so much as a burnt finger.
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Flooded I-5 could open one lane tonight
The FBI is weighing federal charges against college student Jocelyn Kirsch and her boyfriend, University of Pennsylvania graduate Edward Anderton. "We're investigating with the intention of charging them federally," FBI spokeswoman Jerri Williams said late today, hours after Kirsch's parents bailed her out of jail on a long list of state charges. Anderton remained in custody this afternoon. His parents, who live in Everett, Wash., were expected to post bail and bring him there. Philadelphia police believe the young jetsetters financed their $3,000-a-month condo and luxury trips to Paris, London, Hawaii and the Caribbean with other people's money. Specifically, police allege they stole the identity of neighbors in their upscale building -- and at least twice broke into their victims' units.
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