I am assuming the story here was taken from a newspaper article and not written by the poster. If that is the case, I would like to educate everyone on the legalities and common courtesy of posting other's work. I am a freelance writer and prior to a few years ago did not know these rules myself.

It is ok to post part or the full article (depending on a website's rules) on a website. Most sites are ok with posting part of an article without permission. They ask that you post the title of the article, who wrote it and where it came from (ex: the Indianapolis Star). Then they ask that you place a link to the full article to the origional web story. Most websites/ message boards would rather you do that anyway to not take up so much space on the board. This does two things to help the origional owner: 1. gives proper credit to whoever wrote it. 2. allows the origional website to count it as a hit. Every hit helps the website sell advertising. Assume all content on websites are copyrighted.

By doing this, you help keep the writers and reports that write the stories you read employed and allow them to keep writing stories you are interrested in.

Thanks for posting the article. By doing so you helped me get information on a story I am interrested in.

Blake