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Ind. appeals court upholds man's 60-year sentenceDec 18, 2011 10:00 pm - PRINCETON, Ind. — The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld a southern Indiana man's 60-year prison sentence for beating his girlfriend to death with a crowbar. The Pr...
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3 collect cash from Indiana for quitting smokingDec 15, 2011 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Three ex-smokers from Elkhart, Indianapolis and Markelville have collected a total of $5,000 in cash prizes from the state of Indiana for kicking the habi...
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Oak Lawn man gets 17 years in wife’s deathDec 15, 2011 11:00 pm - A 24-year-old Oak Lawn man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty in his wife’s February 2010 shooting death. Joseph Jesk pleaded guilty Wednesda...
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Marian University gets $1M grant for ecology labDec 15, 2011 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Marian University in Indianapolis says it’s received a $1 million grant to endow a fund for the college’s environmental science laboratory. The gift from ...
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Gov. Daniels lays out plan for final sessionDec 15, 2011 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mitch Daniels is plotting his final legislative course as governor. Daniels was set to lay out his plans in a Friday afternoon speech in Indianapolis...
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Ind. man faces more charges in police hostage caseDec 15, 2011 11:00 pm - MARTINSVILLE, Ind. — An Indiana man accused of pinning four police officers in a house with gunfire faces four more charges of attempted murder in that case. The Reporte...
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Enviros happy with proposal for Ind. oil refineryDec 15, 2011 11:00 pm - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — Environmentalists say they’re happy that a proposed permit change would require oil giant BP PLC to assess whether new technologies might help the c...
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Frank Lloyd Wright house sells at auctionDec 14, 2011 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD — The only Frank Lloyd Wright house designed to be handicapped accessible has sold at an Illinois auction for $578,500. The Rockford Register Star reported tha...
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Shooting, manhunt shake Indiana townDec 14, 2011 11:00 pm - WATERLOO, Ind. — The knock on the door in the middle of a rainy night seemed innocent enough: a request for help from a man and woman who said their car had wound up in ...
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NW Ind. doctors gets 5 years for painkiller schemeDec 14, 2011 11:00 pm - HAMMOND, Ind. — A northwestern Indiana physician has been sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges that he oversaw a scheme that put mo...