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Summer program helps students make LEAP to college successFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - Last summer, Shelby Smith wasn't sure she was college material. To attend Indiana State University, she had to participate in the LEAP summer br...
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Courthouse security plan to add cameras with sweeping viewsFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - GREENSBURG, Ind. (AP) - Security cameras at a southeastern Indiana county's courthouse will rotate 180 degrees and allow officials to monitor every part of the building ...
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Government uses terrorism laws to investigate seed theftsFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Lawyers for two employees of a Chinese biotechnology company accused of stealing patented seed corn from companies in the United States are fight...
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US Bank to pay $18M to customers of collapsed Iowa brokerageFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - U.S. Bank will pay $18 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its lax oversight enabled the founder of one of the nation's largest brokerages t...
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More snow falls on Michigan; At least 5 killed in crashesFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - DETROIT (AP) - Another round of snow has hit Michigan's Lower Peninsula, with crashes claiming at least five lives. Three-point-four inches of snow fell in Saginaw Count...
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Elevated arsenic levels found in NW Indiana townFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - TOWN OF PINES, Ind. (AP) - Seven yards in the tiny Lake Michigan community of Town of Pines are contaminated with elevated levels of arsenic but do not pose an immediate...
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Audit of tiny Iowa town finds thousands in improper spendingFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An investigation by the state auditor of the tiny eastern Iowa city of Vining has identified more than $30,000 in improper spending over a six-ye...
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Records show Purdue spent $150K fighting release of reportFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Documents released by Purdue University show it spent more than $150,000 fighting to keep secret a report on the forced retirement of Indiana-Pur...
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Authorities: Man, woman dead in apparent murder-suicideFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a 69-year-old man apparently killed his 78-year-old girlfriend at her suburban Detroit home before fatally shooting himself...
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Correction: Des Moines Police Chief storyFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - In a story Feb. 4 about Des Moines hiring a new police chief, The Associated Press misspelled his name. His name is Dana Wingert, not Dana Wanger...