ANN ARBOR, MI – Lakhvir Sohal, a rising senior at the University of Michigan, knows what he’s going to do to celebrate graduation – throw a pair of shoes onto some power lines near his rented house.

An e-mail sent out to the third district police listserv has touched off quite a debate pitting neighbor against neighbor, resident against cop! Everyone wants to prove their street cred. The subject: ...

Look up! Is it a bird? Is it a chain? No, wait—it's a pair of shoes on a power line. But what do shoes on power lines mean? In other words, unlike colored balls on power lines and the occasional ...