NEWS

Effort outfits Super Bowl volunteers with scarves

INDIANAPOLIS — A nationwide army of knitters, crocheters and weavers has created more than 13,000 blue-and-white scarves to help keep Super Bowl volunteers warm and highly visible when the big game comes to this cold-weather city.



NEWS

Through the lens

Crafting portraits of Muncie through the lens of his video camera, Albert Rettew's love for documentaries has taken him beyond classroom walls and into the lives of local artists.






NEWS

Study abroad cuts programs

Students received an email last week that stated one study abroad program will be cancelled indefinitely while another will be postponed temporarily.



NEWS

US state has enough votes to legalize gay marriage

OLYMPIA, Washington — Washington's state Legislature has enough votes to legalize gay marriage after Democratic Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen said Monday she will support the measure, becoming the 25th vote needed to pass the bill out of the Senate.


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Indiana House Democrats end 3rd right-to-work boycott

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana House Democrats returned to work Monday after their third boycott this year over right-to-work legislation, but swiftly moved to strike down the measure and put an end to what one lawmaker called "collateral


NEWS

OUR VIEW: Keeping our standards

In the race against the clock — and against other news sites, bloggers and the all the other people who publish to Twitter and Facebook — we're always trying to be the first to break a story.


NEWS

Purdue University president to chair Smithsonian

WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian Institution is having a change in leadership as Purdue University President France Cordova becomes chairwoman of the governing board for the world's largest museum and researc




NEWS

Friendship has inescapable bonds

While working on a documentary, two Ball State students were voluntarily handcuffed together for 10 consecutive days as they traveled from Muncie, Ind., to Ottawa, Ontario.


NEWS

Paterno's death met with grief in State College

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Stunned by the rapid advance of his lung cancer and still reeling from the child-sex scandal that rocked the campus, Penn State students, professors and alumni mourned Joe Paterno on Sunday and expressed hope that he would be remembered more for the good he did than for his downfall.


NEWS

Rep. Giffords to resign from Congress this week

WASHINGTON — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona announced Sunday she intends to resign from Congress this week to concentrate on recovering from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt a little more than a year ago that shook the country.




SPORTS

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Late comeback by Cards falls short

With 1:45 remaining on the clock in Ball State's game against Akron, junior guard Shanee' Jackson dished the ball to freshman forward Neschelle Williams, who shot it off the backboard and into the hoop, trimming Ball State's deficit to four.


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