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Indiana State Police step up efforts as Thanksgiving nearsNov 08, 2013 5:45 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana State Police are stepping up enforcement efforts in an attempt to make roads safer during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period. State police sa...
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Illinois EPA seeking court action on refinery fireNov 01, 2013 7:09 pm - Citgo says a fire at its refinery in Lemont did not cause any environmental damage. In a news release issued Friday, Citgo also says there is “no current risk of endange...
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Markham man gets 6 years in prison for briberyNov 01, 2013 5:24 pm - A 48-year-old South suburban man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to trying to get someone to pay him to lie in court. Cook County prosecu...
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Chicago families sue over soot from petcoke pilesOct 31, 2013 7:00 pm - In an Oct. 31 story about a lawsuit demanding that six companies contain dust from piles of a black oil byproduct, The Associated Press erroneously reported which compan...
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Indiana GE plant job cuts trimmed slightlyOct 31, 2013 9:57 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Negotiations between GE and union officials have slightly reduced the number of job cuts being made at the company’s southern Indiana refrigerator fa...
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Part of Lemont refinery to restart after fireOct 29, 2013 5:03 pm - Citgo says part of a crude oil unit at the Lemont refinery will restart at the end of next week after a fire forced it to shut down. Last week’s fire affected the Lemont...
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Gary airport enters talks with Washington firmOct 25, 2013 5:53 pm - GARY, Ind. — Officials at the Gary-Chicago International Airport have announced they have entered into exclusive talks with a Washington-based company to run the facilit...
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Congressmen say bill would speed waterways projectsOct 25, 2013 8:35 am - EAST ALTON — A pair of Congressmen from central and southwestern Illinois say a U.S. House bill they helped pass would speed up urgent repairs on locks, dams and levees ...
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Chicago man dies after stopping to assist at Mich. crash sceneOct 25, 2013 8:21 am - SAUGATUCK TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Officials say a Chicago man who stopped to assist at the scene of a western Michigan crash was hit and killed along with a motorist from Wisc...
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Sixth-grader has worn Packers jersey for nearly three yearsOct 25, 2013 8:21 am - GREEN BAY, Wis. — A sixth-grader in western Wisconsin proudly wears a green and gold jersey in support of his favorite team — the Green Bay Packers. And, it’s a shirt he...