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Police officer dragged by car while pursuing suspectsNov 29, 2013 4:27 pm - One man has been charged with attempted murder after a Romeoville police officer was dragged by a car as Thanksgiving shoplifting suspects fled. Authorities Friday iden...
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12-year-old dies in underage joy ride crashNov 29, 2013 3:14 pm - Authorities in the South suburbs say a 12-year-old boy was killed when an underage driver with a car full of children slammed the vehicle into a tree. Olympia Fields pol...
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Nuclear waste burial debate produces odd alliancesNov 28, 2013 5:11 am - $PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Associated Press$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ KINCARDINE, Ontario — Ordinarily, a proposal to bury radioactive waste in a scenic area that relies on tourism would in...
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Nuclear waste burial debate produces odd alliancesNov 26, 2013 5:58 am - KINCARDINE, Ontario — Ordinarily, a proposal to bury radioactive waste in a scenic area that relies on tourism would inspire “not in my backyard” protests from local res...
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Northwest Indiana air show to return in 2014 at new siteNov 22, 2013 6:05 am - HAMMOND, Ind. — Organizers of an air show traditionally held in Gary but canceled this year because of concerns over the federal budget will return next year in a differ...
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Some soaked stores at Fort Wayne mall still closedNov 22, 2013 6:04 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — About 30 stores remain closed in a major Fort Wayne shopping mall three weeks after a water main break dampened floors and soaked carpets in much of t...
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Falling tree kills 22-year-old man at Notre DameNov 22, 2013 6:04 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Authorities say blunt-force trauma to the chest killed a 22-year-old worker who was struck by a falling tree while clearing land on the University of ...
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2 Lafayette-area schools hit by storm set for moveNov 22, 2013 6:04 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Work is continuing in a Lafayette-area school district to resume classes on Monday for students at two schools badly damaged in last weekend’s severe s...
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Man convicted in Evansville restaurant stabbingNov 22, 2013 6:04 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Jurors have convicted a man of fatally stabbing his pregnant wife at an Evansville fast-food restaurant. The Vanderburgh County jury found 41-year-old...
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Ex-Crestwood officials avoid prisonNov 21, 2013 6:10 pm - A federal judge has blamed an uncharged ex-mayor as she declined to imprison two former water officials for lying about mixing tainted well water into Crestwood’s drinki...