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Second Indiana man admits to deadly deliveryman robberyOct 14, 2011 12:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A second man has pleaded guilty to robbery charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a pizza deliveryman in Fort Wayne. The guilty plea made by...
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Union fighting warrant in stage collapse probeOct 14, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — A stagehands union is fighting an attempt by an agency investigating the deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse to seize records of its members. State s...
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Springfield boat club to allow female membersOct 14, 2011 12:00 am - Associated Press SPRINGFIELD — A month after the city council voted to make it a civil rights violation, members of the Springfield Motor Boat Club have voted to allow f...
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Workers at Chicago Ford plant reject contractOct 14, 2011 12:00 am - Workers at a Chicago Ford plant have overwhelmingly rejected a tentative four-year contract agreement, union officials said Thursday. Seventy-seven percent of the more t...
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Illinois fugitive ‘corn’ered by police, farmerOct 14, 2011 12:00 am - KANKAKEE) — The Kankakee corn crop looked like a field of dreams for a fugitive: Right up until the police realized there was a farmer with a combine ready to do some ha...
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High school coach charged in attack on teenOct 13, 2011 12:00 am - A football coach at Chicago’s Fenger High School has been charged with misdemeanor simple assault in connection with allegations two of the school’s coaches were involve...
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FBI: Man robbed Chicago bank 4 times in 2 monthsOct 13, 2011 12:00 am - The FBI is searching for a man who’s allegedly robbed the same Chicago bank four times in the last two months. The most recent robbery was Wednesday afternoon, when the ...
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Illinois to try Wash. man for cold-case rape, murderOct 13, 2011 12:00 am - SYCAMORE — DeKalb Coiunty prosecutors say they’ll try a Washington man for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the 1960s before they try him for the 1957 killing o...
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Chicago Bears appeal Cook County tax billOct 13, 2011 12:00 am - The Chicago Bears say they don’t owe Cook County as much as $5.5 million in back taxes. The football team filed an appeal Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court challengin...
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Wisconsin governor plans financial literacy summit at LambeauOct 13, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker’s administration is holding a summit on financial literacy Friday at Lambeau Field. More than 180 educators and financial experts are e...