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Chicago officer pleads guilty in fatal DUI crashSep 07, 2012 11:19 am - A former Chicago police detective has pleaded guilty to aggravated driving under the influence in a crash that killed two men when the officer slammed his car into a sta...
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2 in custody after shots fired at Normal schoolSep 07, 2012 11:13 am - NORMAL — Authorities in central Illinois say police have taken two people into custody at Normal Community High School after gun shots were fired into a ceiling inside t...
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Trial on schedule for Wis. John Doe defendantSep 07, 2012 11:13 am - MILWAUKEE — A former associate to Gov. Scott Walker will face a jury trial next month on charges that he embezzled about $42,000 from veterans’ groups. Kevin D. Kavanaug...
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Downstate judge rules in favor of GOP in paper clip flapSep 07, 2012 11:13 am - MURPHYSBORO — A southern Illinois judge has ruled in favor of three Republican candidates booted off the November ballot for using paper clips instead of staples on thei...
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Not easy to divide Sikh temple-shooting donationsSep 07, 2012 10:58 am - OAK CREEK, Wis. — Officials at the Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee are treading carefully as they figure out how to distribute hundreds of thousands of dollars in dona...
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Company says it has money for Ind. recycling plantSep 07, 2012 8:56 am - HUNTINGTON, Ind. — A company says it has lined up the money it needs to build a $350 million waste-recycling plant in northeastern Indiana. Fort Wayne-based Nature’s Fue...
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Pathologist: Antidepressant found in murder victimSep 06, 2012 7:19 pm - A forensic pathologist testified the antidepressant drug Nortriptyline was found at toxic levels in the wife of the Oswego man accused of killing her and their three chi...
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Plainfield police withdraw school gun safe requestSep 06, 2012 4:15 pm - School officials in Plainfield say police have withdrawn a request to install gun safes in four of the district’s schools. Plainfield Police Chief John Konopek had initi...
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Illinois treasurer has $1.6B in unclaimed propertySep 06, 2012 11:23 am - The Illinois State Treasurer’s Office says it has another $100 million in unclaimed property, which brings the current total to $1.6 billion. Treasurer Dan Rutherford is...
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IU unveils plan to expand online educationSep 06, 2012 11:23 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University is investing $8 million to help develop and deliver online courses at its campuses statewide and extend the university’s global re...