Here’s a roundup of 10 or so links to catch you up this morning — and to catch me up, too, because my free time to read anything but research has decreased to about nil!
- Report: An NFL investigation found that 11 of the Patriots’ 12 allotted game footballs during their 45-7 win vs. the Colts were under-inflated by 2 pounds of air. (ESPN) | “Pats fans: give up the fantasy. Your brilliant head coach is also a cheat.” (Bob Kravitz)
- In Tuesday’s State of the Union Address, President Obama unveiled a host of new plans for the last two years of his presidency, even as he faces for the first time a House and Senate united under Republican control. (USA Today) | IMPD Chief Rick Hite was among those in the gallery. (Amp Harris) | Live blog of the speech and GOP rebuttal (NPR) | The SOTU 2015: Tweet reax (The Daily Dish)
So we’re just ignoring that POTUS didn’t even *mention* what he’s doing to prevent the human/animal hybrids that Bush warned us about. #SOTU
— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) January 21, 2015
- As expected, Monserrate Shirley pleaded guilty to two felony arson conspiracy counts in the Richmond Hill gas explosion and agreed to testify against her co-defendants. (IndyStar)
- Indy’s hotly anticipated Giordano’s pizzaria will open Feb. 3 on the Far Northside. (IndyStar)
- Congrats to my former IndyStar colleagues on reaching 100,000 followers on Twitter! (Allison Carter)
- New police radars can “see” inside homes. (USA Today)
- Did you know? Justin Knapp, the Wikipedia editor with the most contributions, is from Indianapolis. (Wikipedia via /r/indianapolis)
- It bothers IUPUI’s Razi Nalim to see others invoke his religion of Islam as they kill. “Why,” asks the mechanical engineering professor, “do Muslims around the world have to defend our faith because of the actions of an individual on a particular day?” (IndyStar)
- Would you do this? An 86-year-old Florida widow pays $164,000 per year to live on a cruise ship. (USA Today)
- Hearing all sorts of good buzz about Larry Wilmore’s new series “The Nightly Show” on Comedy Central — I need to check it out! (Hulu)
Bonus: Because we talked about it in my Foundations of Digital Production class …
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