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Axl Rose (Photo: File photo) Pressed onto the record this week about the surge in calls across the nation to take down statues of Confederate leaders, Vice President Mike Pence played it sufficiently vague in the name of more is better. Pence, saying he was uneasy about any effort to “erase parts of our history just in the name of some contemporary political cause,” made his case Tuesday morning on “Fox & Friends” that “we ought to have been building more monuments.” The rationale, via Indiana’s former governor: “We ought to be celebrating the men and women who've helped our nation move toward a more perfect union and tell the whole story of America.” Given the context, with Jefferson Davis and Gen. Robert E. Lee as the baseline of a nation moving toward a more perfect union, Pence offers some awfully broad parameters here. THROWBACK: The day Axl Rose came to town BANGERT: Monument to Confederates remains in Lafayette's Greenbush Cemetery BANGERT: If only there was a way...

Purdue University freshman Brandon Wolter waits at a bus stop outside Blackbird Farms Apartments on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. Wolter is one of 240 students who were placed in Blackbird apartments due to overflow in on- campus residential halls . (Photo: Meghan Holden/Journal & Courier) WEST LAFAYETTE , Ind. — Brandon Wolter 's living situation is unlike that of most Purdue University freshmen who choose to live in residential housing. Rather than sleeping in a cramped dorm room, Wolter shares a spacious two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment with three other freshmen.  The residence comes with amenities one would expect in a luxury apartment, such as a balcony, a full kitchen with a dishwasher, a washer and dryer, and free parking. There's also a pool and fitness center across the street. The catch? He lives about two miles outside campus and is a 10- minute bus ride  away from the thousands of other freshmen living in the dorms. "The worst part is planning ahead,...

A balcony, terrace, or yard to call your own is a precious commodity in New York City, and getting access to one can mean al fresco dinners , barbecues and sunset parties are in your future. Here are five properties to see this weekend with the oh-so-coveted feature of private outdoor space . 546 Lafayette Ave., #2, Bedford-Stuyvesant. This three-bedroom, two-bath is in a newly constructed building with a shared roof deck , and the apartment also features its own "full-width balcony." Asking price: $999,000. Open house: Sunday, Aug. 20, 2-4 p.m. 2373 Broadway, #1232, Upper West Side . This one-bedroom, one-bath apartment on a high floor is in a luxury condop building that features a saltwater swimming pool , a roof deck and a 24-hour concierge and doorman. Asking price: $995,000. Open house: Sunday, Aug. 20, 1:30-3 p.m. 315 Gates Ave., #1F, Bedford-Stuyvesant. This large duplex features two bedrooms and one-and-a-half baths in addition to a sizable outdoor patio , stainless...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Editor’s note: This is the fourth of five maps detailing census clusters in the city that have the worst concentrations of crime from 2014 through 2016, based on an analysis by the Albuquerque Innovation Team . Here are some details from the San Mateo zone . The San Mateo area features a mix of industrial, commercial and residential zones, but with a large concentration of multi-family housing – including several very large apartment complexes . Though this cluster of census zones covers less than 1 percent of Albuquerque’s land mass and contains just 1.2 percent of its population – 6,419 residents – it is an area with a heavy concentration of both violent and property crimes . The San Mateo area – a somewhat triangular zone roughly from Interstate 25 south as far as Candelaria, and San Mateo west to Carlisle and Lafayette – was the scene of 6.8 percent of all the city’s murders during the two-year period. And 6.6 percent of all home invasions were reported th...