Darius Rucker Bets on Education with the New Mexico Lottery

Impressive, yes, but so is the potential for this program to benefit even more recipients. So to widen their outreach, Lottery administrators looked to the Country Music community. Specifically, they came to Darius Rucker with a proposition. Would he be interested in being the face and name on a new $5 Scratcher, with a second-chance drawing for two grand prizes that include an autographed guitar, air travel, five-day deluxe hotel accommodations, $750 in cash and two four-day tickets to this year�s CMA Music Festival in Nashville, with a Rucker meet-and-greet? �We wanted to reach a different audience,� explained Tom Romero, CEO, New Mexico Lottery. �Here in New Mexico, Country Music is very popular. Once we saw that Darius was at the center of what�s hot in Country entertainment, we felt his star power and his music would be a really good fit for us because it would draw more attention to all our games and help us raise more money for our state college scholarship program.� Nathan Gregory, head of Strategic Marketing and New Business at McGhee Entertainment, which represents Rucker, brought the parties together, having worked on previous projects with the Lottery. The singer recorded voiceovers for television and radio spots, posed for photos that would appear on the Scratchers and devoted Feb. 10, the day the Scratcher released, to doing interviews for print media throughout New Mexico. For Rucker-branded Scratchers that didn�t win instant cash or a new ticket, the ticket could be replayed for the CMA Music Festival �second chance drawing.� �We�ve had a tremendous amount of entries,� noted Romero in April. �It�s been in our Top 5 best-selling Scratchers for weeks. And we still have a month to go!� (In May two winners were drawn from 13,600 entries: Deborah Howden of Los Ranchos and Christopher Williams of Las Cruces.

Indiana Supreme Court Rules Cops Can Enter Your House For Any ...

The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that the people of Indiana have no right to resist unlawful entry from law enforcement into their homes.

In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing the official response for the court stated if a police officer wants to enter a home for any or even for no reason, a homeowner or any other person can not do anything to resist or block the officers entry into a private home .

“We believe… a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth amendment jurisprudence,” David said. “We also find resistance unnecessarily escalates the level of violence and therefore the risk of injuries to all parties without preventing the arrest.”

David says that a person arrested following a unlawful entry by police can still be released on bail and will be given ample opportunities to protest the illegal entry through the court system.  In other words, get arrested, go to jail, hopefully get bail set, hopefully be able to afford bail, hire a lawyer, take more time off from work and hopefully win your case.

Justice Robert Rucker and Justice Brent Dickerson, dissented from the ruling saying the court’s decision goes against the Fourth Amendment of the US constitution.

Rucker wrote,  “In my view the majority sweeps with far to broad a brush by essentially telling Indiana citizens that government agents may now enter their homes illegally — that is, without the necessity of a warrant, consent or exigent circumstances,” Rucker said. “I disagree.”

More:

http://www.webnewsjax.com/indiana-supreme-court-ruling-police-can-enter-private-homes-with-out-exception/

http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=208273.