NEW YORK (AP) and - A magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook eastern Japan off the quake-ravaged coast on Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, prompting Japan to issue a tsunami alert. ...

Gov. Mitch Daniels said students at Ball State are learning to be the leaders of tomorrow. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) and - CIA Director Leon Panetta says U.S. intelligence indicates that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is on his way out. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) and - President Barack Obama called for an orderly and genuine transition to democracy in Egypt on Thursday amid reports that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was about to step down. ...

CAIRO (AP) and - The vast Cairo square at the epicenter of more than two weeks of protests was electric and on edge Thursday night, waiting for President Hosni Mubarak's expected televised address with euphoria. ...

Ball State officials say they won't make the decision to cancel classes until 6 a.m. Wednesday. Tony Proudfoot, vice president of Marketing and Communication, said if classes are canceled, students will be notified through an emergency text message...

AP () and - and - Newspaper says Ind. Rep. Mike Pence will not seek Republican nomination for president in 2012 ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii and - The morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Yeoman 2nd Class Durrell Conner was wrapping Christmas presents aboard the USS California when he heard a commotion. Peering through a porthole of the battleship, the 23...

LONDON and - Police say WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has surrendered to British police as part of a Swedish sex-crimes investigation, the latest blow to the secret-spilling website that faces legal, financial and security...

Dr. Ben E. Hancock Jr., Ball State University vice president for university advancement, has been named president of Methodist University in North Carolina. ...

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden plan to visit Kokomo, Ind., next Tuesday. ...

Ball State issued a Public Safety Notice around 12:50 a.m. Thursday to students warning of an assault near the Architecture Building. ...

Democrats retained their Senate majority Tuesday, losing five seats but winning key races in West Virginia and California. Republicans scored big gains, taking Senate seats from Democrats in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arkansas, North Dakota and Indiana. ...

WASHINGTON and - Republicans marched steadily toward a House majority on Tuesday, ousting Democratic freshman and veterans in battleground districts in the East, South and Midwest. ...

BLOOMINGTON and - Republican Todd Young has defeated five-term Democratic Rep. Baron Hill in southern Indiana's 9th district, dealing Democrats a second loss in congressional seats they held in the state. ...

WASHINGTON and - Resurgent Republicans piled up gains in pursuit of a House majority Tuesday night and added seats in the Senate, too, in midterm elections shadowed by recession and fueled by a rebellion of tea party conservatives. ...

Yemeni police arrested a woman on suspicion of mailing a pair of bombs powerful enough to take down airplanes, officials said. ...

Comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert entertained a huge throng Saturday at a sanity rally poking fun at the nation's ill-tempered politics, fear-mongers and doomsayers. ...

Downtown Muncie is losing a business and ndash; temporarily. ...

Congressman Mike Pence came to speak at a Republican rally for fellow Republican Doug Eckerty. ...