A love of animals, one incredible idea and 18 dogs were all the inspiration that five local children needed to start their own charity. Last spring, five Indianapolis children started Kids for K-9s to raise money to buy bulletproof vests for the Indianapolis Police Department's K-9 unit. "I brought up (the idea) from the book 'Chicken Soup for the Soul,' " said Jenny Schaefer, 11. "I just thought

Only a couple of decades ago, daily shots were the only way to control diabetes. Now kids and adults are favoring the insulin pump over traditional injections. While the pumps have been around since the early '60s, they are more popular now because they are smaller -- about the size of a beeper -- and have digital controls. The pump has changed the lives of thousands of kids with juvenile -- or Ty

Free music! Download songs from virtually any artist at no charge! Sounds like a dream come true for budget-minded music lovers, but a nightmare for musicians trying to earn a living. Less than two years ago, consumers actually had to go to a music store and pay for music by their favorite artists. The other option was to tape songs off the radio or a borrowed CD onto a cassette, often with low-qu

Creating viruses, copying music off the Internet and plagiarizing school papers are some of the ethical issues being debated in the complex world of the Internet. But no one is sure where to draw the line when it comes to these situations, or what to do with the offenders. Y-Press interviewed Richard and Matthew McGowan, brothers who have investigated computer ethics. Richard McGowan is a part-tim