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University buys Fort Wayne’s Scottish Rite CenterNov 10, 2011 11:00 pm - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The University of Saint Francis is buying the 1920s-era Scottish Rite Center in downtown Fort Wayne, with plans to start a new media entrepreneurship ...
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New sentence for wrongfully convicted Wis. manNov 10, 2011 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — A Madison man who spent six years in prison for a sexual assault he didn’t commit is heading back to prison. Forest Shomberg was convicted of being a fel...
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Firm takes control of 2 Northwest Indiana casinosNov 10, 2011 11:00 pm - A Minnesota investment firm has taken over two northwestern Indiana casinos as the casino company continues going through bankruptcy reorganization. The Indiana Gaming C...
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Debris cleared from Ind. Fair stage collapse siteNov 10, 2011 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — The wreckage from the Indiana State Fair stage collapse has been cleared away from the fairgrounds on the north side of Indianapolis. WIBC-FM reports says...
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S. Ind. jail inmate’s death ruled of natural causeNov 10, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON, Ind. — Authorities say a southern Indiana jail inmate died this week of natural causes. State police say 55-year-old Dean Stevens of Bicknell told Daviess Co...
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Former Wisconsin priest is released from prisonNov 10, 2011 11:00 pm - APPLETON, Wis. — A former priest convicted of four counts of sexually assaulting children has been released from prison. The Post-Crescent reports 84-year-old John Patri...
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City of Milwaukee makes goal to reduce baby deathsNov 09, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — The city of Milwaukee has started a new advertising campaign to try to reduce the number of infant deaths. Mayor Tom Barrett and Commissioner of Health Bevan...
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Man who killed student gets 120-year sentenceNov 09, 2011 11:00 pm - A man convicted of being an accomplice in the 2007 murder of a University of Chicago doctoral student from Senegal has been sentenced to 120 years in prison. Demetrius W...
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More than 1,000 apply for Generac jobsNov 09, 2011 11:00 pm - WAUKESHA, Wis. — More than a thousand people showed up at a Waukesha generator manufacturer, hoping to land one of several hundred jobs it plans to fill in the next few ...
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NW Ind. district reclaims laptops from studentsNov 09, 2011 11:00 pm - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — A northwestern Indiana school district is taking back more than 2,000 laptop computers that it gave to middle and high school students after dozens ...