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Army Corps turns down power on Asian carp barrierOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Power is being reduced on an electric barrier network designed to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes because it might be interfering with oper...
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Kansas town bows to Notre Dame on mascotOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - CHAPMAN, Kan. — After a tornado tore through the tiny central Kansas community of Chapman three years ago, destroying more than 50 homes and four school buildings, one o...
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Wisconsin fighter jet crash attributed to engine failureOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — U.S. Air Force investigators have attributed last summer’s jet fighter crash in central Wisconsin to engine failure. The Air Combat Command Accident Inv...
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Stage collapse reports may not come until AprilOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — A pair of high-level investigations into the fatal Indiana State Fair stage collapse may not be released in time to help prepare for next year’s fair. Ind...
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Indiana doctor faces prescription abuse chargesOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - GREENCASTLE, Ind. — A central Indiana physician faces charges that he excessively prescribed narcotics and had sexual relations with some of his patients. Ray D. Howell ...
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Great Lakes shipping remains crucial to economy, study showsOct 18, 2011 12:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Cargo shipping in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River navigation system supports 227,000 jobs and pumps billions into the U.S. and Canadian eco...
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Work begins on moving collapsed Ind. fair stageOct 18, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Workers have begun preparing to move the wreckage of a stage that collapsed and killed seven people at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. State Fair Commissio...
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Pal of DCFS ex-director accused of misconductOct 18, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD— Government inspectors said Monday that the recently departed head of Illinois' child-welfare agency ignored warning signs while his “friend and mentor” comm...
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Ex-SIU student to be tried in alleged threat caseOct 18, 2011 12:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE — More than four years after he was charged, an aspiring rapper is set to go on trial in southwestern Illinois on charges that accuse him of threatening a V...
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Star Cellini trial witness back on standOct 18, 2011 12:00 am - The star witness at an Illinois powerbroker's shakedown trial is taking the stand for a fifth day. An attorney for millionaire William Cellini will keep trying to tear d...