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BUNKER HILL, Ind. -- Christopher Flauding was considered retarded. Now, 27 years after he killed a Merrillville woman, he's about to go free, a bachelor's degree in anthropology to his name. Flauding was 17 when he attacked Celia Villareal with a butcher knife as she walked into her far-Northwestern Indiana home. Now 44, Flauding disputes labels such as "borderline mentally retarded" and "a limited mind" that were attached to him -- and may have saved him from the death penalty. Defense attorneys used the 17-year-old Merrillville High School junior's mental state as part of its case to keep Flauding off...

In a world where the average citizen’s Second Amendment rights are constantly being undermined, we need all the help we can get. For the time being, we’re safe — at least in Indiana. Well, as long as you leave your firearm in your car at work or the government declares a state of emergency that leaves law enforcement and military resources stretched thin. On Feb. 22, the Indiana Senate voted 41-9 to pass House Bill 1065, also known as the Indiana Emergency Powers Bill. The bill prevents law enforcement and military personnel from confiscating legally owned firearms and ammunition from...

Muncie - Police say it started with a fire alarm at a Ball State University Dorm early Friday, and it led to the arrests of two football players. The students, 19-year-old cornerback Eulas Taylor and 18-year-old redshirt freshman linebacker Brandon Houston, are jailed on burglary charges. The pair is accused of stealing three laptop computers from two student rooms. Assistant Chief Bob Fey of the Ball State Police Department described the events of Friday morning. "One individual had thrown a package down to another individual and took off. They tried to make contact with him and he left the area....

Ruth Malhotra’s involvement in the College Republicans attracted attention from Georgia Tech where she is an International Relations and Public Policy major, when the CRs held a protest of The Vagina Monologues. The students had a sign with quotes from the Eve Ensler play [being shown on campus], and were ordered to white-out some of the quotes by university officials. When the CRs attempted to hold a diversity bake sale to call attention to Georgia Tech’s affirmative action policies they were shut down by campus police. Malhotra offered these recollections while speaking on a panel with other dissident students at...

The director of the "Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution" course at Ball State University is a music professor who teaches the saxophone. Politically correct indoctrination curriculum such as that is spreading across campuses faster than rumors of free beer at a frat party. Students for Academic Freedom is an organization with 135 chapters that challenges universities to provide education without political agendas. It seeks an immediate inquiry to ascertain whether the Ball State program is appropriately fulfilling its educational mission. Course instructors try to recruit students to accept their leftist agenda. It includes teaching empathy for the 9/11 terrorists. And...

The family of Michael McKinney has hired a Michigan lawyer, one of the nation's winningest in multimillion-dollar lawsuits, to file a $100 million federal civil rights lawsuit against Ball State University and University Police officer Robert Duplain. Geoffrey Fieger, of Southfield, Mich., will announce the lawsuit at a press conference this morning at a downtown law firm in Muncie. The suit will be filed in Indianapolis immediately after.

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah basketball coach Rick Majerus was hospitalized with heart problems and will resign after the season, the school announced Wednesday. Majerus, 55, felt chest pains Tuesday night and contacted a cardiologist in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he went for treatment. "He's stepping down, definitely, at the end of the season," Utah spokesman Mike Lageschulte told The Associated Press. "If he's doing better and can come back he will, but right now he definitely won't coach beyond this year." Assistant coach Kerry Rupp will take over coaching duties in the interim for Utah (15-5), which lost its...

Students from Ball State University will be kicking off a Support Rally for our Troops on March 1st @ 11:am at the Delaware County Government Center ( 100 W. Main ) Please come out and join us if you can. More details to come......