LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment Wednesday for arming and supporting murderous rebels in Sierra Leone in return for "blood diamonds," a landmark sentence activists hope will send a clear message to despots around the world that they will be held to account for sponsoring atrocities.
-á INDIANAPOLIS - A gunman opened fire at an Indianapolis apartment complex Wednesday, fatally shooting a woman and critically wounding three other people before turning the gun on himself as officers confronted him, police said.
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment Wednesday for arming and supporting murderous rebels in Sierra Leone in return for "blood diamonds," a landmark sentence activists hope will send a clear message to despots around the world that they will be held to account for sponsoring atrocities.
CHICAGO - Two major civil rights groups filed lawsuits Wednesday in hopes of legalizing same-sex marriage in Illinois.
OSLO, Norway - Norwegian police said Wednesday they are confident that confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik acted on his own in terror attacks last year that killed 77 people and that they found no evidence he belonged to a Europe-wide anti-Muslim network. -á
WASHINGTON - As many as 900 colleges are pushing students into using payment cards that carry hefty costs, sometimes even to get to their financial aid money, according to a report released Wednesday by a public interest group. -á
WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a win in the Texas primary, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who came up short four years ago and had to fight hard this year as voters flirted with a carousel of GOP rivals.
CHICAGO - Two major civil rights groups filed lawsuits Wednesday in hopes of legalizing same-sex marriage in Illinois.
OSLO, Norway - Norwegian police said Wednesday they are confident that confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik acted on his own in terror attacks last year that killed 77 people and that they found no evidence he belonged to a Europe-wide anti-Muslim network. -á
With Ball State students constantly connected to each other and the world via social media sites, it's no wonder that university departments are taking notice and wanting to create their own Facebook and Twitter accounts. -á
CHICAGO - Two major civil rights groups filed lawsuits Wednesday in hopes of legalizing same-sex marriage in Illinois.
ROME - Earthquakes in Italy, like the twin temblors that claimed 24 lives this month in northern Italy, trigger a sense of terror and dread but also d+â-¬j+â-á vu.
MIAMI - It is being called one of this city's goriest crimes: A naked man was on top of another nude man along a busy highway, biting into the man's face, tearing it to pieces. A police officer arrived to help, but the mauler growled at him and continued to chew away, stopping only when he was shot to death.
MIAMI - It is being called one of this city's goriest crimes: A naked man was on top of another nude man along a busy highway, biting into the man's face, tearing it to pieces. A police officer arrived to help, but the mauler growled at him and continued to chew away, stopping only when he was shot to death.
CAIRO - After a lifetime of being told who will rule them, Egyptians dove enthusiastically into the uncertainty of the Arab world's first competitive presidential race Wednesday, wrestling with a polarizing choice between secularists rooted in Hosni Mubarak's old autocracy and Islamists hoping to infuse the state with religion.
Every now and then, students are offered the chance for free hugs, goody bags or coupons. The Scramble Light plays host to many free things, but not cardinal cupcakes & coneys.
Students and the university alike are benefiting from cheaper online and summer courses, saving students an average of 18 percent on summer classes. -á
WASHINGTON - Regulators are examining whether Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that shepherded Facebook through its highly publicized stock offering last week, selectively informed clients of an analyst's negative report about the company before the stock started trading.
