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2 South Bend officers sickened by meth fumesSep 06, 2012 8:52 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Two South Bend police officers were taken to a hospital after authorities say they breathed fumes from methamphetamine that was cooking inside a backp...
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Fort Wayne food bank using revamped facilitySep 06, 2012 8:46 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A Fort Wayne food bank is starting to use its renovated facility that now has three times the usable space. The Community Harvest Food Bank held tours...
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Judge vacates part of $90M asbestos judgmentSep 06, 2012 8:46 am - Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — A central Illinois judge’s decision has reduced the jury award in a 2011 asbestos case from almost $90 million to $8.4 million. The ...
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N. Indiana park creates 1.25-mile prairie maze walkSep 06, 2012 8:46 am - NORTH LIBERTY, Ind. — A northern Indiana park is taking a page from the operators of popular fall corn mazes by offering visitors a chance to get lost in a prairie maze ...
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Shooting on Chicago expressway leaves driver deadSep 06, 2012 8:46 am - Investigators in Chicago are looking for a gunman who fatally shot another motorist on a Chicago expressway. Illinois State Police say a 25-year-old man was driving an S...
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British company drops bid to run Indiana’s lotterySep 06, 2012 8:46 am - INDIANAPOLIS — A British company has dropped out of the bidding to become the first private manager of Indiana’s lottery, saying the state’s process encourages bidders t...
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Scam targets Illinois businessesSep 06, 2012 8:00 am - State officials are warning Illinois businesses of a scam that attempts to collect a bogus fee. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says a firm called Corporate Rec...
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Jury can see autopsy pictures of Vaughn childrenSep 05, 2012 7:02 pm - A forensic pathologist testified the children of an Oswego man accused of killing his family were shot with a gun fired between 1-1/2 and two feet away. Much of the test...
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Chicago cost-cutter picked to watch transitSep 05, 2012 6:30 pm - Editor's note: The salary reported below has been corrected from what was first reported. A former city of Chicago executive with a track record of trimming fat wil...
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Suicide suspected in Illinois hospital shootingSep 05, 2012 2:00 pm - SYCAMORE — A male patient and his female live-in companion died in what police say was a double suicide or murder-suicide at Kindred Hospital in the northern Illinois co...