Campaign ads heat up state, national election
October 9, 2012With the Nov. 6 election quickly approaching, ads are heating up the race.
With the Nov. 6 election quickly approaching, ads are heating up the race.
MIDDLETOWN, Ind. - Police say investigators believe a man fatally shot his ex-wife and another man at her rural central Indiana home and later killed himself.
MOBILE, Ala. - A nude University of South Alabama freshman had taken LSD and assaulted others before he chased the campus police officer who fatally shot him, authorities said Tuesday, though the student wasn't armed and didn't touch the officer.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Jerry Sandusky was sentenced Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison - effectively a life sentence - in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall.
INDIANAPOLIS - Early voting is off to a strong start in Indiana's two largest cities as voters begin casting ballots in person to help decide this year's presidential, U.S. Senate and governor's races.
WESTMINSTER, Colo. - Authorities scoured a suburban Denver neighborhood for clues Tuesday and urged people to be on the lookout for a 10-year-old girl who disappeared four days earlier on her way to school.
ORLANDO, Fla. - The first of more than a dozen defendants charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major entered a plea of no contest Tuesday to third-degree felony hazing.
Students gathered behind the Honors House in the 48 degree weather as football players, Athletic Director Bill Scholl and Ball State President Jo Ann Gora kicked off the first Homecoming Village, reminding everyone that it is the students who make Homecoming Week special.
After taking the reins from Catalyst in March, the Student Government Association executive slate Alliance is slowly making progress toward its overall platform points, which include improving the university's Multicultural Center, reaching out to the student body and fixing the way that SGA operates.
INDIANAPOLIS - Federal health officials say Indiana now has 12 cases of fungal meningitis linked to a tainted back pain medication.
ROSWELL, N.M. - Blame it on the wind. Again. For the second straight day, extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner aborted his planned death-defying 23-mile free fall because of the weather, postponing his quest to become the world's first supersonic skydiver until at least Thursday.
Students gathered behind the Honors House in the 48 degree weather as football players, Athletic Director Bill Scholl and Ball State President Jo Ann Gora kicked off the first Homecoming Village, reminding everyone that it is the students who make Homecoming Week special.
HARRISBURG, Pa. - So much for Mitt Romney's plans to compete for Democratic-trending Michigan or Pennsylvania. And what about President Barack Obama's early hopes of fighting it out for Republican-tilting Arizona, Georgia or Texas? Forget them.
LEXINGTON, Va. - Mitt Romney declared on Monday the U.S. must join other nations in helping arm Syrian rebels to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, casting President Barack Obama's efforts as weak and part of a broader lack of leadership in the Middle East and around the globe.
Shares of Eli Lilly and Co. topped $50 for the first time in more than four years Monday after the drugmaker released more details behind late-stage studies of its potential Alzheimer's disease treatment.
Voter registration in Indiana ends Tuesday for the general election on Nov. 6.
INDIANAPOLIS - A state health official says Indiana now has eight cases of fungal meningitis linked to a tainted back pain medication, up from Saturday's five reported cases.
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is canceling a fifth week of concerts as contract negotiations with the musicians union remain deadlocked.
Some of the dining halls are participating in the Homecoming festivities this year with a special dinner and a free giveaway for students who attend.
With the Pride of Mid-America playing the school song, students run toward the entrance of the Homecoming Village with their flags and cameras - the final step in Monday's Tour of the McKinley Strip Picture Hunt.
