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Michigan lottery winner charged with welfare fraudApr 17, 2012 1:02 pm - LINCOLN PARK, Mich. — A Michigan lottery winner was charged with fraud Tuesday for collecting food stamps and public health insurance despite pocketing a $735,000 jackpo...
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Illinois girl is pony-riding championApr 17, 2012 9:46 am - Ella Oelfke, a tiny 7-year-old first-grader, weighs 53 pounds. The pony she rides weighs 800 pounds. She is in complete control. Ella last year became a national champio...
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Downstate cop accused of DUI, fleeing wrecksApr 17, 2012 9:46 am - An Alton police officer is accused of fleeing two accidents authorities say he drunkenly caused just minutes apart. The (Alton) Telegraph reports that 39-year-old Christ...
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Indiana cemetery dating to 1800s hit by vandalsApr 17, 2012 9:45 am - COLUMBUS, Ind. — Dozens of gravestones and monuments have been overturned or broken at a Central Indiana cemetery dating to the 1800s in what police say is despicable ac...
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Boston Marathon finishers from IllinoisApr 17, 2012 9:45 am - Boston Marathon finishers from Illinois How runners from Illinois finished in Monday’s Boston Marathon. 67, James Akita, Elmhurst, 2:38:27. 101, Andy Derks, Aurora, 2:...
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UW universities get overseas recruitment helpApr 17, 2012 9:45 am - EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is among a growing number of campuses turning to foreign agencies to recruit new students. UW-Stout is also lo...
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Man surrenders after NE Ind. police standoffApr 16, 2012 7:00 am - HUNTINGTON, Ind. — Police in northeastern Indiana say a man surrendered to officers after a standoff that lasted more than an hour. Huntington's police chief says office...
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Driver hurt in northern Indiana cow-car crashApr 13, 2012 7:57 am - WAKARUSA, Ind. — Police say a car ran into a cow that had wandered onto a rural road in northern Indiana during the middle of the night, with the animal landing on the w...
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Apparent intruder fatally shot in Fort WayneApr 13, 2012 7:48 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Police in Fort Wayne say an apartment resident fatally shot a man who the resident told officers had kicked in the door to the home. City police spoke...
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Ind. Tuskegee Airman to get stolen medal replacedApr 13, 2012 7:44 am - GARY, Ind. — Officials are working to replace a Congressional Gold Medal stolen from a 93-year-old northwestern Indiana man who was among the Tuskegee Airmen unit of bla...