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WWII pilot’s remains returning to southern Ill.Apr 26, 2012 8:03 am - Associated Press EFFINGHAM, Ill. — The remains of a World War II pilot killed in a midair collision during training over England finally are headed home to southern Illi...
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Chicago set to roll out new garbage pickup systemApr 26, 2012 8:03 am - The city of Chicago is set to roll out a new — and, Mayor Rahm Emanuel hopes, cheaper — way to pick up garbage. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that five wards on the cit...
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Chicago zoo helps vaccinate dogs in TanzaniaApr 26, 2012 8:03 am - Officials with a Chicago zoo say they’ve vaccinated a million dogs in Tanzania as part of a project to eliminate rabies and save endangered carnivores in the Serengeti N...
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2 accused in East St. Louis shooting deathApr 26, 2012 8:03 am - BELLEVILLE — A man and teenager are jailed on $2 million bond apiece on charges related to the shooting death of a 19-year-old man in East St. Louis. St. Clair County pr...
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La Crosse police chief ends 47-year careerApr 26, 2012 8:03 am - LA CROSSE, Wis. — The police chief of La Crosse will walk away from 47 years in law enforcement on Friday. Chief Edward Kondracki has led the La Crosse police force for...
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Shooting event’s stray gunfire hits N. Ind. homesApr 26, 2012 8:03 am - GALVESTON, Ind. — Federal investigators have been contacted about stray gunfire from a northern Indiana shooting event that police say narrowly missed a woman and young ...
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Seismometers removed from Wisconsin’s boom townApr 26, 2012 8:03 am - CLINTONVILLE, Wis. — The four seismometers installed around Clintonville to help investigate the booms and rumblings have been removed because it’s been quiet there. Res...
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Coach charged with stealing from youth baseball teamApr 25, 2012 8:00 pm - A South Elgin man who is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a northwest Indiana youth baseball team has been charged, according to police. Jeffrey Halter, 40,...
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ACLU files suit for 3 girls expelled over Facebook postsApr 25, 2012 4:13 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Three eighth-graders from northwest Indiana who say they were expelled after joking on Facebook about which of their classmates they would like to kill as...
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Teacher says Catholic school fired her over in vitroApr 25, 2012 3:58 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana teacher who says she was fired from a Roman Catholic school for using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant is suing in a case that cou...