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Indiana trying to see through a smoke banJan 28, 2012 7:11 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Haggling over whether to allow exemptions for bars and more smoking areas at casinos as part of a statewide smoking ban in Indiana has pushed back debate ...
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Birth-control ruling rattles Ind. Catholic schoolsJan 27, 2012 10:00 pm - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A federal order requiring religious-based employers such as Catholic colleges to provide birth control coverage to female employees starting next year...
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Ill. attorney general offers data privacy guideJan 27, 2012 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois businesses are getting some advice on how to protect customers' personal information and prevent identity theft. The Illinois attorney gener...
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U of Ill. supercomputer installation to startJan 27, 2012 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The first pieces of the long-planned Blue Waters supercomputer are expected to be installed this weekend at the University of Illinois. Trish Barker is...
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St. Louis hosts 1st big parade on Iraq War’s endJan 26, 2012 11:00 pm - ST. LOUIS — Since the Iraq War ended there has been little fanfare for the veterans returning home. No ticker-tape parades. No massive, flag-waving public celebrations. ...
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Ind. House opens debate on right-to-work voteJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s House of Representatives is debating the divisive right-to-work measure before possibly clearing the final hurdle. House Democrats ended an off-...
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Documentary about life in Ind. prison wins awardJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — A television documentary series filmed inside an Indiana prison has won an award for outstanding journalism from the American Correctional Association. Th...
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Online predator sentenced to 20 yearsJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - JOLIET — A Florida man who traveled to Illinois to have sex with a young girl he befriended online has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison. Will County State’s At...
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2 NE Ind. jail inmates charged in guard’s assaultJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Two inmates at a northeastern Indiana jail are facing battery charges in an October attack that left a guard with a concussion and bruises. Nineteen-y...
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Bus driver accused of having sex with studentJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A South Bend school bus driver accused of having sex with a high school student has been charged with two counts of child seduction. Thirty-two-year-o...