Ball State smartphone usage reaches record high
By Evan Barnum-Steggerda / June 6, 2013The number of Ball State students who reported using a smartphone increased by 46 percent, and is expected to continue to rise along with tablet usage.
The number of Ball State students who reported using a smartphone increased by 46 percent, and is expected to continue to rise along with tablet usage.
A building that was being torn down in Philadelphia collapsed with a thunderous boom Wednesday, raining bricks on a neighboring thrift store.
Grandma Betty’s Ice Cream Shop, which has been closed for nearly a month, will reopen by June 15 in a new location in the Village.
Indiana’s average gas price soared Wednesday to nearly $4.16 a gallon, putting the state some 50 cents above the national average.
An Florida widow who bought her ticket after another customer let her get ahead in line came forward to claim the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in history: $590 million.
Ball State officials went over reasons for the proposed 2 percent tuition increase a day before the university’s Board of Trustees is set to vote on its approval.
The two-day course will take place on Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be broken into two parts each day.
Robert Bales’ will avoid the death penalty for the nighttime slayings in two villages, many of them women and children who were asleep in their villages.
The identities of potential jurors in the trial of the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing an unarmed teenager will be kept confidential.
An officer who used a stun gun on a developmentally disabled woman during a confrontation acted appropriately, a northern Indiana police chief said.
The soldier is charged under federal espionage and computer fraud laws, but the most serious offense the military has accused him of is aiding the enemy.
Three veteran storm chasers died doing what they loved: roaming the Great Plains in search of dangerous storms like the one in Oklahoma that ended their final pursuit.
Protesters have unleashed resentment against the prime minister, who many Turks see as an uncompromising figure with undue influence in every part of life.
The 6-foot-tall, 7-year-old llama outran the authorities in Tallahassee for a while, even leaping over a 4-foot fence to avoid capture.
A South Bend man fatally stabbed his 6-year-old daughter and wounded his wife Sunday before police officers forced their way into his apartment and shot him to death.
The number of veteran students at Ball State has quadrupled to 413 in the last five years, including 100 students who are children of veterans.
A new law, which will take effect July 1, creates the crime of intimidation for using Internet social media sites to post threats.
The private owners argue that the law violates the First and Fifth Amendments, by limiting their freedom of association and effectively taking their property
Experts warn this innovation could soon turn contentious- because of safety concerns and the potential for the technology to alter economies that rely on manufacturing.
The bill would allow authorities to withhold from the public photographs, videos, and other records depicting the physical condition of any victim of the shootings.
