Bryan Strawser

As is appropriate, the Indiana State Police made the arrest in a case making national news today, as reported in today’s Indianapolis Star:

A man wanted in the slaying of a Pennsylvania couple and the possible abduction of their 14-year-old daughter fled from Indiana state troopers at speeds in excess of 90 mph, running other cars off a two-lane highway before he crashed and was captured today, police said.

It’s Race Day for the Indianapolis 500 - the traditional Sunday before Memorial Day date.

I’m cheering for these guys:

Bush: 62%

Yeah baby!

The Boston Globe is reporting that Evan Bayh has won re-election in his Senate seat in Indiana:

Democrat Evan Bayh, a leading voice in moderate “New Democrat” circles, swept to a second term in the Senate for Indiana.

The Indianapolis Star reports that Bayh won re-election 62% to 36% with 24% of the precincts reporting.

YEAH!

I was unaware, until today, that the Navy had named a Destroyer for General David Shoup, the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps, and a man from my hometown.

General Shoup won the Congressional Medal of Honor at Tarawa during World War II, where his combat report read:

Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning.

General Shoup died in 1983 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetary.

The USS Shoup (DDG 86) is based in Everett, Washington.