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Indiana election chief’s voter fraud trial nears endFeb 02, 2012 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Closing arguments are under way at the voter fraud trial of Indiana’s elections chief in a case that could oust him from office. Special prosecutor Dan Si...
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Wisconsin’s Walker to speak at Florida eventFeb 01, 2012 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker is scheduled to speak next week at a Florida event hosted by the conservative James Madison Institute. The institute says Walker plans ...
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Ind. man accused of attacking mental health patientFeb 01, 2012 11:00 pm - RICHMOND, Ind. — An eastern Indiana man faces sexual battery charges for allegedly fondling a patient while visiting his mother at a mental health facility. The Palladiu...
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Full Amtrak service resumes after Mich. accidentFeb 01, 2012 11:00 pm - LEONI TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Amtrak says full passenger service has been restored between Detroit and Chicago, one day after one of its trains slammed into a truck that was s...
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Trial set for father accused in family’s deathsFeb 01, 2012 11:00 pm - The Will County state’s attorney’s office says a judge has set an August trial date for an Oswego man accused of shooting to death his wife and three children. Spokesman...
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Chicago cabbies will get hearing on fare increaseFeb 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Chicago cabbies will get a city hearing on their proposal to raise fares by 22 percent even though they didn’t collect the required number of signatures on their petitio...
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Tritium release at Byron reactor estimatedFeb 01, 2012 11:00 pm - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says it has made a preliminary calculation of how much radioactive tritium was released in steam used to cool the reactor during a...
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Congressmen wants historic park status for PullmanFeb 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. says he wants Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood to get national historic park status. The Chicago Democrat says he will introduce a bill in Co...
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Joliet bishop assails Obama administration over birth controlFeb 01, 2012 11:00 pm - The Roman Catholic bishop of Joliet is criticizing the Obama administration over its requirement that religious-based health care, educational and charity institutions e...
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10 `one-pot’ meth labs found along Indiana trailFeb 01, 2012 11:00 pm - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Northeastern Indiana police are investigating the discovery of 10 so-called “one-pot” methamphetamine labs along a Fort Wayne walking trail. A man bik...