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On a mission

Flying halfway across the world for a mission trip is the way three Ball State students spent their summer vacation, sharing their faith with university students in Uruguay as well as East Asia.



New welfare restrictions target booze, tattoos

BOSTON - Taking aim at what they call an abuse of the taxpayers' money, a growing number of states are blocking welfare recipients from spending their benefits on booze, cigarettes, lottery tickets, casino gambling, tattoos and strippers.


Ind. police cracking down on discarded cigarettes

INDIANAPOLIS- Indiana State Police Superintendent Paul Whitesell is reminding troopers to enforce laws barring motorists from flicking cigarettes onto roadsides amid a drought parching the state.



Honda plans production boost at SE indiana factory

GREENSBURG, Ind.- Honda Manufacturing of Indiana LLC said Wednesday that it plans to increase its capacity by 50,000 vehicles annually at its plant and add production of the Civic Hybrid early next year, creating about 300 new jobs.



Help wanted

In early May, Ball State students packed up and left for home, taking many potential volunteers away from Muncie organizations such as Cornerstone Center for the Arts, Second Harvest Food Bank and the Animal Rescue Fund. 


Warrants: Slain Marine's wife targeted by sex ring

SAN DIEGO - A woman charged with murdering a Marine's wife said she strangled the victim to keep her from another Marine who ran a kinky sex ring, according to search warrants unsealed Wednesday.


U.N. security council delays vote on Syria

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council delayed a vote on a new Syria resolution until Thursday in a last-minute effort to get key Western nations and Russia to agree on measures to end the dramatically escalating violence.



Closing the Loop

For Kevin Kenyon, associate vice president for Facilities Planning and Management at Ball State University, sustainability is still a relatively new term for what the university has been attempting to do for years – finding ways to save money and stay green.


Elimination of Ind. Toll Road exit still in play

LAKE STATION, Ind.- The private operator of the Indiana Toll Road continues to study the possible elimination of westbound Exit 21 and still plans to make a decision by this fall, according to ITR Concession Co. spokeswoman Amber Kettring.


NFL: Brees signs 5-year, $100 million extension

METAIRIE, La. - Drew Brees took some time out of his Sunday to sign autographs on items ranging from a black jersey handed to him by a fan to a $100 million contract handed to him by the New Orleans Saints.