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Low tax collections leave Munster schools facing staff cutsJan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) - A sharp drop-off in tax collections has been "catastrophic" for a northwestern Indiana school district already battling an $8 million deficit and wi...
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Sioux City woman sews quilts for veteransJan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - Fran Prewitt sews in service, each quilt quickly pieced together in a patriotic patchwork for veterans. Her pastime has taken over two rooms in h...
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Councilman proposes naming Indianapolis street for VonnegutJan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis could have a street named for one of its most famous residents under a proposal being crafted by a city councilman. Councilman John Bart...
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Veterinarians monitor pig virus that killed millions in 2014Jan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - MANNING, Iowa (AP) - Veterinarians are working hard to monitor a virus that killed millions of baby pigs in the United States last year. Iowa veterinarian Michelle Sprag...
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Biography offers glimpse of former Cummins leader MillerJan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) - A new book about J. Irwin Miller's life by Hartsville author Charlie Rentschler is in bookstores, touted as the first and only Miller biography eve...
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11-year-old raises $5,000 for Battle Creek zoo exhibitJan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) - A zoo in Battle Creek is moving closer to having a lion exhibit, thanks to the fundraising of an 11-year-old girl. Yasmin Pirbhai of Kalamazoo...
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Pence's $51M prison expansion proposal met by skepticismJan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Gov. Mike Pence's proposal for expanding two state prisons is drawing skepticism from some legislative leaders as it comes just months after Indiana'...
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Valparaiso woman doesn't let brain surgeries get her downJan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - Stephanie Howard drove her loved ones crazy. While they were worried about her upcoming surgery to remove a softball-sized tumor near her brain, ...
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How Gov. Snyder's 2014 State of the State initiatives faredJan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Republican Gov. Rick Snyder will launch his second-term agenda with a State of the State speech Tuesday outlining priorities such as an expanded fo...
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Football coach quits, accused of sending porn to kidsJan 16, 2015 10:00 pm - BEAL CITY, Mich. (AP) - A high school football coach in mid-Michigan who led his teams to five state championship games resigned after officials accused him of sending p...