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Winds cut power to 16,000 NIPSCO customersSep 30, 2011 12:00 am - NIPSCO crews blamed the outages on a “transmission problem” caused by the high winds. A high wind warning remained in effect for northwestern Indiana until Friday aftern...
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Ind. seeks to revoke living center's licenseSep 30, 2011 12:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind.— Indiana health officials are seeking to revoke the license of a South Bend assisted living center accused of endangering its residents by failing to me...
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Death raises questions after hospital closureSep 29, 2011 12:00 am - A patient who predicted he wouldn’t survive a move from a now-closed Illinois charity hospital has died three weeks after his transfer to a nursing home, family and frie...
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Northbrook man accused in ‘erectile pumps’ schemeSep 29, 2011 12:00 am - PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Northbrook man plans to plead guilty in Rhode Island to charges he shipped unwanted “erectile pumps” to diabetes patients as part of a Medicare frau...
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Simon to speak at southern Ill. economic summitSep 29, 2011 12:00 am - EFFINGHAM — Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon will talk about her support for President Barack Obama’s American Jobs Act at an economic summit in southern Illinois. Simon will speak...
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Ind. fines aluminum foundry for safety violationsSep 29, 2011 12:00 am - YORKTOWN, Ind. State officials have fined a central Indiana foundry more than $10,000 for allegedly violating the state’s health and safety regulations. The Star Press o...
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Ind. city council buys iPads, will go paperlessSep 29, 2011 12:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. City council members in Indiana’s second-largest city are getting iPads in a move officials hope will replace the reams of paper the council reviews eac...
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24 more claims filed in Indiana stage collapseSep 29, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s attorney general says 24 more tort claims have been filed alerting the state of possible lawsuits in the wake of last month’s deadly State Fair ...
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Prosecutor argues for media subpoenas in 1957 murder caseSep 29, 2011 12:00 am - A prosecutor has argued in favor of subpoenas for reporters to turn over notes from jailhouse interviews with a suspect in the 1957 murder of a Sycamore girl. Judge Rob...
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ARDC seeks to suspend Blagojevich's law licenseSep 29, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois agency that disciplines attorneys has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to suspend ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's law license. The Chicago Sun...