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Ind. man faces life term for girl’s dismembermentJun 18, 2012 7:12 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A Fort Wayne man faces being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for bludgeoning a 9-year-old girl to death before dismember...
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Law ensures police, others can do roadside charityJun 16, 2012 9:00 am - CHICAGO — Now, no one in Illinois can stop firefighters or police officers from collecting charitable donations on roads — even if they wanted to. Under a new Illinois l...
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Escaped pigs close Interstate 69 near Fort WayneJun 15, 2012 8:35 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A section of Interstate 69 near Fort Wayne was closed for a time after police say at least three pigs fell from a hauler onto the highway. Police...
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Tax preparer pleads guilty to fraudJun 14, 2012 1:16 pm - A South suburban tax preparer has pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud worth $2.8 million. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that 48-year-old Michael Singleton of Homewoo...
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Attorney for murder victim must testify in Peterson caseJun 14, 2012 1:15 pm - A judge said Thursday he would order a divorce lawyer to testify about conversations he had with Drew Peterson’s ex-wife before her 2004 drowning death — a ruling that d...
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Ind. factory retools for new wheelchair car modelJun 14, 2012 7:00 am - MISHAWAKA, Ind. — The northern Indiana factory that once made Hummer SUVs is going to be retooled to start producing a luxury version of a wheelchair-accessible car. The...
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Northlake couple arrested after children found blindfolded, bound outside WalmartJun 13, 2012 7:41 pm - Two adults from West suburban Northlake are in custody in Lawrence, Kan., after police reported finding children bound and blindfolded in a Walmart parking lot where a f...
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5 indicted in Tinley Park restaurant attackJun 12, 2012 4:31 pm - A Cook County grand jury has indicted five Indiana men on charges that they attacked a group of diners with metal batons and hammers at a South suburban restaurant last ...
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NW Ind. district laying off nearly 100 teachersJun 12, 2012 9:08 am - HAMMOND, Ind. — A northwestern Indiana school district has told nearly 100 teachers that they might be laid off as yet another of the state’s large districts faces big s...
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Indianapolis police officer badly hurt in crashJun 11, 2012 8:03 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Police in Indianapolis say an officer suffered serious injuries when a suspected hit-and-run driver pulled his car into the path of the officer’s cruiser....