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Ex-funeral home director dies days before trialOct 29, 2011 12:00 am - CROWN POINT — A former funeral home director who was accused of abandoning bodies has died just days before his criminal trial was scheduled to begin. The Cook County, I...
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Small changes could help UW-Madison save $8.5MOct 29, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — A new report says the University of Wisconsin-Madison can save up to $8.5 million just by making small changes. The university hired the Huron Consulting...
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Tainted witness poses challenge for Cellini juryOct 29, 2011 12:00 am - The star witness at the shakedown trial of a clout-heavy Illinois multimillionaire could hardly be more unsavory: By his own admission, Stuart Levine is a longtime drug ...
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Kokomo doctor faces meth possession chargeOct 29, 2011 12:00 am - KOKOMO, Ind. — A Kokomo physician has been arrested after police say a nurse found methamphetamine in his possession while he was a patient at an Indianapolis hospital. ...
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Victims of Indiana van crash to be buried in EcuadorOct 29, 2011 12:00 am - Seven members of an extended family who died in a crash on the Indiana Toll Road will be buried in their home country, a spokesman for the Ecuadorian Consulate in Chicag...
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Diver finds, documents 3 Lake Michigan shipwrecksOct 28, 2011 11:00 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A Benzie County diver claims to have found and documented three shipwrecks in Lake Michigan. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports Saturday that ...
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Ind. agency won’t take over Wabash River bridgeOct 28, 2011 12:00 am - NEW HARMONY, Ind. — The Indiana Department of Transportation says it won’t take over maintenance of an aging toll bridge over the Wabash River linking Indiana and Illino...
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Teens arrested after shots fired at N. Ind. mallOct 28, 2011 12:00 am - MISHAWAKA, Ind. — Police evacuated several homes near a northern Indiana shopping mall after shots were fired in the parking lot. Police say officers were called to Univ...
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Feds award Indy $70K to protect migratory birdsOct 28, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — A federal agency has awarded Indianapolis $70,000 to protect the habitat of birds that use the city as a stopping-off place during their annual migrations...
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Indy hosts counterterrorism exerciseOct 28, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — College students, emergency officials and others planned to take part in a simulated reaction to a terrorist attack in downtown Indianapolis. The exercise...