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OLYMPICS: IOC opens official investigation after ticket scandal discovery

LONDON - International Olympic officials have opened a high-level investigation into allegations that authorized representatives in more than 50 countries - including a national Olympic committee - were involved in selling London Olympics tickets on the black market for profit.



Radiohead drum technician killed in stage collapse

TORONTO - Investigators combed through the wreckage of a Toronto stage Sunday to determine what caused the structure to come crashing down ahead of a Radiohead concert, killing the band's drum technician and injuring three other crew members. -á


At the games

As the beginning of the 2012 London Summer Olympics quickly approaches, Ball State students and professors are preparing for the big trip and the publicity it may bring to various departments on campus. -á


Ball State students compete in Miss Indiana pageant

As the Miss Indiana Scholarship Pageant began Saturday at the Zionsville Performing Arts Center, four Ball State students and an alumna were among those competing for the crown and the title of Miss Indiana.



Rodney King, whose beating led to LA riots, dies

LOS ANGELES - His beating stunned the nation, left Los Angeles smoldering and helped reshape race relations and police tactics. And in a quavering voice on national television, Rodney King pleaded for peace while the city burned.


Romney starts ad wave; GOP PAC gets more cash

WASHINGTON - A deep-pocketed casino mogul is pouring a $10 million infusion of cash into a group backing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's cause just as the Romney campaign makes its largest ad buy since becoming the all-but-certain GOP challenger to President Barack Obama.


Verizon to phase out most existing phone plans

NEW YORK - Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest cellphone company, is phasing out nearly all of its existing phone plans and replacing them with pricing schemes that encourage customers to connect their non-phone devices, like tablets and PCs, to the Verizon network.