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YouTube launches presidential campaign live stream

NEW YORK - YouTube has launched a dedicated presidential campaign channel that will feature live streaming video from the two parties' conventions and upcoming nationally televised debates as well as video content generated by a range of news and information partners.




Pressure on US congressman grows after rape remark

A Republican Senate candidate under fire for saying women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of "legitimate rape" resisted pressure to drop out of the race ahead of a significant deadline Tuesday. Republicans feared the turmoil could damage their hopes for winning control of the U.S. Senate.




Mars rover Curiosity prepares for test drive

LOS ANGELES - Scientists on Tuesday prepared to send Curiosity on its first test drive over the billion-year-old rocks of Mars and said a busted wind sensor won't jeopardize its mission of determining whether life could exist there.


Coming soon

Three dramatic plays exploring the emotions behind human interactions and relationships will open the Department of Theatre and Dance's 2012-2013 season.


VIDEO: Welcome back

Welcome back, Ball State. Here are just a few changes we're making at the Daily News over the coming semester. 


"Top Gun" director's death investigated as suicide

Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood hits as "Top Gun," "Days of Thunder" and "Beverly Hills Cop II," died Sunday after jumping from a towering suspension bridge spanning Los Angeles harbor and leaving behind several notes to loved ones, authorities said.