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Obese preschoolers may slim down with Head Start, study saysJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - Head Start programs have been shown to help poor children do better in school, but they may also help them fight obesity, a study suggests. During a year ...
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Police: 50 packets of cocaine seized from Indianapolis barJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Police have arrested two Indianapolis men for possession of cocaine at a northeast side bar. Officers say they were investigating a tip Saturday when...
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Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapersJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - Telegraph Herald. Jan. 11, 2015. Tax idea more cop-out than Iowa solution When the 2015 session of the Iowa Legislature is gaveled in on Monday, lawmakers no doubt will ...
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Iowa family taking more than 20 laptops to ZambiaJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - ANKENY, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa family is traveling to Zambia to build a computer lab for students there who don't have access to technology. KCCI-TV (http://bit.ly/1tYWvGY ...
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Vincennes University offering course credit to state policeJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - VINCENNES, Ind. (AP) - Vincennes University is giving class credits to some Indiana state troopers to make it easier for them to earn college degrees. The southwestern I...
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Lawmakers gavel in for 2015 legislative sessionJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa lawmakers who convened Monday for the 2015 legislative session agree the state has little money for new programs. Legislators in the Republi...
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Injured Snyder cancels trip to economic forum in SwitzerlandJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder's torn Achilles tendon has forced him to cancel a trip to Switzerland next week for an economic forum. Snyder spokesman Jarrod Age...
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15,000-bell quest takes Birmingham artist around globeJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (AP) - Julie Dawson hears life in all its clanging, chiming, gonging, bonging charm. That's because she has spent decades tracking and finding bells al...
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Explosion destroys rental home on west side of IndianapolisJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Wayne Township Fire Department is investigating a house explosion on the west side of Indianapolis. Firefighters arrived early Monday morning to ...
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Work expected to resume at damaged Iowa plant in a few daysJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa (AP) - Production is expected to resume in a few days at a northwest Iowa fertilizer plant that was damaged by a fire and subsequent explosion. The ...