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VIDEO: Michelle Rosado, a 9/11 survivor

Michelle Rosado was inside Tower 2 of the World Trade Center on September 11. After surviving the attacks, she is now sharing her story and her message of hope.



Sugarland named in notice of stage collapse suit

INDIANAPOLIS — The band that was preparing to perform at the Indiana State Fair before a fatal stage collapse has been named as a defendant in a potential lawsuit in a notice sent to the state attorney general.


UPB continues to plan upcoming programs

The University Programming Board does exactly what its name says - they plan the large-scale events and programs on the university campus.



FBI makes arrest in NY for airline bomb threat

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Federal authorities say a woman who wanted to keep her mother and brother from flying to New York on a date near the Sept. 11 anniversary called an Arizona airport and falsely claimed a bomb was on board their flight.


FOOTBALL: Ball State 'humbled' by loss to South Florida

TAMPA – Three members of the Ball State football team were brought to a back hallway in Raymond James Stadium on Saturday night to meet with a small contingent of reporters. They came one at a time, answered questions for a few minutes each and left. All managed to work some form of the word humbled into their remarks. As in, it was humbling to lose to No. 20 South Florida 37-7 one week after starting the season by upsetting Indiana.



Authors Guild sues universities over online books

Authors and authors' groups in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom sued the University of Michigan and four other universities Monday, seeking to stop the creation of online libraries made up of as many as 7 million copyright-protected books they say were scanned without authorization.



Romney, Perry trade debate jabs on Social Security

TAMPA, Fla. — Under attack from rival Mitt Romney, Texas Gov. Rick Perry softened his rhetoric, if not his position, on Social Security in a campaign debate Monday night, declining to repeat earlier statements questioning the program's constitutionality and likening it to a "Ponzi scheme."


UPD investigates shots fired at suspect

The University Police Department is investigating a case where shots were fired at a suspect following a car chase on Tillotson Avenue on Sept. 2.