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Air Jam 2012 forms will be accepted Friday

For student organizations that want to participate in Air Jam, forms will be accepted Friday beginning at 9 a.m. at the Alumni Association's office at the Alumni Center.



NYC bans big sugary drinks at eateries, theaters

NEW YORK - New York City's Board of Health opened up a new, experimental front in the war on obesity Thursday, passing a rule banning sales of big sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, concession stands and other eateries.




Delivery times rise for iPhone 5

NEW YORK - Delivery times climbed quickly as Apple Inc. started taking orders for the iPhone 5 on Friday, suggesting strong demand.


PHOTO GALLERY: Doubt

Check out the photo gallery for Strother Theatre's new production Doubt: A Parrable. 


Ball State alumnus Letterman among Kennedy Center honorees

WASHINGTON - Years after playing a Washington newspaper reporter, Dustin Hoffman is returning to the nation's capital to share an honor with David Letterman - who appears surprised at how culturally important his Top 10 lists have been.



Apple: iPhone 5 in stores Sept. 21

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple says the new iPhone 5 will be in stores in the U.S. and several other countries on Sept. 21.


Ind. farm linked to salmonella

OWENSVILLE, Ind. - A southwestern Indiana farm linked to a cantaloupe salmonella outbreak that killed two people has pulled its watermelons from market after the foodborne illness was found on one of those fruits.


Hoffman, Letterman among Kennedy Center honorees

WASHINGTON - Years after playing a Washington newspaper reporter, Dustin Hoffman is returning to the nation's capital to share an honor with David Letterman - who appears surprised at how culturally important his Top 10 lists have been.


US ambassador killed in consulate attack in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya - The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad.