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Chicago beefing up billboard inspectionsOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - The city of Chicago is on the lookout for illegal billboards. In a news release, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office says that reforming the billboard inspection process and im...
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Siting rules for wind farms in WI still stuckOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — Hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in potential economic development are in limbo as Wisconsin officials continue to argue over new siting rules fo...
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Family: Ind. teen home 3 months after Mich. crashOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The family of a high school basketball star from Fort Wayne says he has returned home more than three months after being badly hurt in a Michigan plan...
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Notre Dame switching from sheepskin diplomasOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind — The value of a University of Notre Dame diploma is going down. Not the value of the school's education, just the value of the diploma. The South Bend T...
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Columbus murder suspect nabbed before flightOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ind. — A Columbus man charged with murder in the southern Indiana city has been arrested in Miami before boarding a flight to Panama. Bartholomew County Prosec...
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History teachers conference to start at EIUOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - CHARLESTON— History teachers from around the state are planning to meet at Eastern Illinois University this week for a conference. The 2011 History Teachers Conference ...
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Man injured in bear attack near SuperiorOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - SUPERIOR, Wis. — Police say a man has been hospitalized after being mauled by a bear in the southern edge of Superior. The Duluth News Tribune reports Superior police of...
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Feds won’t resolve S. Ind. I-69 section disputeOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A federal agency is saying it won’t settle the dispute between state and local officials over a hotly debated section of the Interstate 69 extension ...
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Ind. city selling police cars once parked at banksOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - GREENWOOD, Ind. — A central Indiana city is planning to sell some old police cars that it had been parking outside banks in hope of discouraging would-be robbers. Greenw...
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President of South Korea to visit ChicagoOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (myuhng-bahk) is coming to Chicago. On Thursday, the South Korean leader will be in Washington to address a joint meeting of Congres...