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NW Ind. slaughterhouse back in business after fireJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - COLFAX, Ind.-- The owners and employees of a northwest Indiana slaughterhouse are surprised to be back in business a year after a devastating fire. On Dec. 27, 2010, the...
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Indiana DOT plans 28 intersections for roundaboutsJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Transportation is planning to install roundabouts at 28 more intersections across the state. INDOT already has installed one in ...
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Ind. airports hope Super Bowl brings more businessJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Some of Indiana’s regional airports are putting out their welcome mats in hopes of picking up some extra business next month when Indianapolis hosts ...
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Older workers show their expertise on the job huntJan 08, 2012 5:52 am - MISHAWAKA, Ind. — Mike Bellovich put together the right mix of education and work experience that enabled him to climb all the way into an executive position as vice pre...
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CPS reports increase in homeless studentsJan 07, 2012 11:00 pm - Officials with Chicago Public Schools say the number of homeless students has increased compared with last year. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that there were more than...
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1 killed, 9 injured in Chicago high-rise fireJan 07, 2012 11:00 pm - An early morning fire in a high-rise on Chicago’s North Side killed a woman who was in an elevator as the flames tore through parts of the apartment building, authoritie...
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NIU police chief’s daughter faces drug chargesJan 07, 2012 11:00 pm - Associated Press SYCAMORE — Authorities say the daughter of Northern Illinois University’s police chief has been charged with drug possession. The (DeKalb) Daily Chronic...
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Arrest made in Sheboygan Walmart shootingJan 07, 2012 11:00 pm - SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Police say a 21-year-old Sheboygan man has been arrested in an overnight shooting outside a Walmart store in Sheboygan that left one man dead and anoth...
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Group: Great Lakes drownings rise to 87 in 2011Jan 07, 2012 11:00 pm - MUSKEGON, Mich. — Eight-seven people drowned in the Great Lakes in 2011, up from 74 the previous year, a safety group says. Bob Pratt, chief executive of the Great Lakes...
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Chicago’s Jackson Park Hospital nurses join unionJan 06, 2012 11:00 pm - The nation’s largest nurses union has gained a bigger footprint in the Chicago area with a vote by nurses at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center to join National Nu...