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By The Associated Press / May 27, 2015Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Police say an Indiana woman stabbed another woman in the eye with a fork in a dispute over the last rib at a barbecue. The Star Press (http://tspne.ws/1KzvfuJ ) reports a 45-year-old woman was arrested Sunday night on a preliminary charge of criminal recklessness. An affidavit says the woman was attending a barbecue in Muncie when she raised the ire of the host's daughter by "taking the last rib from the kitchen." The affidavit says the woman told police that the daughter accused her of "taking all the food," so she stabbed her in the eye. Police say the woman maintains she acted in self-defense and that the homeowner's daughter was brandishing a knife. The woman was in the Delaware County jail on $5,000 bond as of Tuesday.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — General Motors says it will spend $1.2 billion on new facilities and technology for at the Indiana factory where it builds Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pick-up trucks.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Extra! Extra! Juan Pablo Montoya still had to pay $2 to read all about it. On a gray and blustery Monday morning, the Colombian spent more than two hours on the Yard of Bricks taking the customary Indianapolis 500 winner photos.
INDIANAPOLIS — David Letterman has a new No. 1 on his personal Top Ten list of reasons he loves the Indianapolis 500. The freshly retired Letterman was all grins early Sunday as his IndyCar team paid tribute to the former "Late Show" host by putting a gap-toothed, smiling caricature of his face and #thanksdave on driver Oriol Servia's yellow car for the big race. "With everything that's happened, it's the highlight of my career," Letterman said.
Margaritas to-go sound great, but could they really be sold in the Village? Co-owners of Cleo's Bourbon Bar, Ryan Clements and Chris Ellison, are planning to merge with Sir Nachos owner Emanuel Escamilla and open Three Amigos next month. The three entrepreneurs hope to sell mobile versions of their staple drink in sealed Ball jars. Brandon Thomas, Indiana excise police public information officer, said many establishments sell carry out margaritas.
#ThanksDave trends internationally ahead of Letterman's final episode. [View the story "#ThanksDave trends internationally ahead of Letterman's final episode" on Storify]
An ordinance calling for the city of Anderson to join a commission that would handle planning for a proposed $450 million reservoir has won initial approval from the central Indiana city's council.
There’s the front door with neon beer signs hanging on each side. Up above are oversized light bulb letters spelling out “Cleo’s” and “bourbon.” The Sir Nacho’s sign on the side door is plastered with a cartoon sombrero and mustache.
The first time Daniel Messel, the man accused of murdering an Indiana University student, was in prison, he received a Ball State degree through the university’s former prison program. Although Messel may be headed back to prison, research shows that receiving an education while in prison reduces the likelihood of an individual returning to lock up. Messel received an associate’s degree in general arts from Ball State while serving an eight-year sentence after pleading guilty to a charge of battery with a deadly weapon. Ball State used to offer instruction to prisoners at the Pendleton Correctional Facility, near Muncie.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nine months after police in riot gear dispelled racially charged protests, President Barack Obama is prohibiting the federal government from providing some military-style equipment to local departments and putting stricter controls on other weapons and gear distributed to law enforcement. The surprise announcement comes after the White House suggested last year that Obama would maintain programs that provide the type of military-style equipment used to respond to demonstrators last summer in Ferguson, Missouri, because of their broader contribution to public safety.
More than 190 people have been arrested and a restaurant has been closed after a shootout between rival motorcycle gangs left nine bikers dead. Waco police on Monday announced the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission closed Twin Peaks for a week amid safety concerns. Police say the deadly gunfire broke out Sunday following a dispute in a bathroom that moved into the parking lot.
Ball State students created a smart phone app that allows users to create their own tours of Indiana state parks.
BOSTON (AP) — A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death Friday for the Boston Marathon bombing, sweeping aside pleas that he was just a "kid" who fell under the influence of his fanatical older brother. Tsarnaev, 21, stood with his hands folded upon learning his fate, decided after 14 hours of deliberations over three days in the nation's most closely watched terrorism trial since the Oklahoma City bombing case two decades ago. The decision sets the stage for what could be the nation's first execution of a terrorist in the post-9/11 era, though the case is likely to go through years of appeals.
Delaware County Sheriff Mike Scroggins died at 52, just a few days after surgery. The sheriff’s office confirmed he died in Ohio after receiving major surgery to his shoulder.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president on Thursday condemned the Taliban attack on a Kabulguesthouse the previous night that killed 14 people, including nine foreigners, and said the brutal slayings will not undermine his government's efforts to achieve peace and stability. Wednesday's attack was the most audacious assault by the insurgents in the Afghan capital since the start of their spring offensive.
NEW YORK (AP) — You don't think of David Letterman as a stop-and-smell-the-flowers type, but here he is, at a major turning point yet savoring his chocolate milkshake. Perched on a stool in a fast-food restaurant beside the Ed Sullivan Theater, where he has hosted "Late Show" for two decades but will do so only a bit longer, Dave unwinds from that day's taping while, more than once, he comments on his shake's deliciousness. He also thinks today's show was excellent, a surprising appraisal from this famously self-critical star.
The addition of new majors to Ball State will bring the university on trend with the economic state of the world, according to chairperson of modern languages and classics Guohe Zheng.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal investigators are attempting to determine why an Amtrak train jumped the tracks in a wreck that killed at least six people and injured dozens.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A new earthquake killed dozens of people Tuesday and spread more fear and misery in Nepal, which is still struggling to recover from a devastating quake nearly three weeks ago that left more than 8,000 dead. A U.S.
