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Study explains why people use heroinOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - For nearly a decade, newspapers headlines, police departments, drug treatment facilities and coroners offices have reported a dramatic increase in suburban heroin use. ...
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Family gets $36 million settlement after train derailmentOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - The family of a Rockford woman who died and whose pregnant daughter lost her baby in a 2009 train derailment will receive a $36.2 million settlement from Canadian Nation...
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Downstate man apparently killed wife, then selfOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE — Investigators believe a man bludgeoned and stabbed his wife of 14 years to death before taking his own life in their southwestern Illinois home. Madison C...
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March deadline set to fix closed Ohio River bridgeOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — The contractor hired to repair the closed Ohio River bridge linking southern Indiana and Louisville faces a March 2 deadline to complete the work and has ...
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Thief uses crane in heist at N. Indiana car lotOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - LAPORTE, Ind. — A thief literally lifted a Jeep Wrangler from a northern Indiana car lot by using a crane to make the heist. A surveillance camera at LaPorte Chrysler ca...
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Minocqua man to be sentenced in wife's killingOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - RHINELANDER, Wis. — An Oneida County man convicted of killing his wife last year is due to be sentenced. Forty-one-year-old William Schmidt of Minocqua pleaded guilty in...
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S. Ind. casino expanding to fend off competitionOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. — A southeastern Indiana casino is banking on a new $49 million convention center and hotel complex to help it compete with a casino being built in ne...
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Wisconsin residents get chance to speak out on MedicaidOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — Opponents of the plan by Gov. Scott Walker’s administration to cut more than half a billion dollars from Medicaid will get a chance to speak out at a pub...
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Study predicts less severe Great Lakes water lossOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Climate change probably won’t reduce Great Lakes water levels as much as experts have predicted and might even cause them to rise slightly, federa...
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Lafayette officer slashed, driver in chase shotOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Police in Lafayette say a man slashed an officer’s face before being shot in the upper body by another officer following a chase. City police Capt. Bru...