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Wis. Supreme Court to discuss recusal proposalsSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to discuss proposed new rules about when to recuse themselves from cases. The discussion Wednesday afternoon is ...
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Vehicle hits Maywood home, kills sleeping teenSep 27, 2011 12:00 am - Authorities are investigating the death of a 14-year-old girl killed when a car driven by a man who had been shot crashed into the Maywood home where she’d been sleeping...
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Northern Indiana man pleads guilty in go-kart shootingSep 27, 2011 12:00 am - GARRETT, Ind. — A northern Indiana man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder in a shooting over a go-kart that left the shooting victim a quadriplegic. The Star of Aubu...
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U.S. Rep.: Budget cuts undermine Dunes land purchasesSep 27, 2011 12:00 am - PORTAGE, Ind. — Federal budget cuts are undermining the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore’s decades-long efforts to acquire private land within the park’s boundaries, U.S...
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3 former Porter County, Ind., workers allege discriminationSep 27, 2011 12:00 am - VALPARAISO, Ind. — Three former Porter County employees have filed federal complaints alleging that they were unlawfully driven out of their longtime jobs. The Times of ...
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Lawyer: Ind. coroner was told he could take moneySep 27, 2011 12:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. — An attorney for indicted Lake County Coroner Thomas Philpot says his client took $24,700 he is charged with stealing only after a lawyer told him it was ...
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Chinese firm gives Purdue $10 million grantSep 26, 2011 11:00 pm - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University and China's second-largest aluminum company have forged a partnership under which the company will give Purdue $10 million over ...
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Ex-Gov. Ryan’s older brother diesSep 26, 2011 12:00 am - Imprisoned former Gov. George Ryan’s older brother has died. The Daily Journal of Kankakee reports 83-year-old Thomas J. Ryan died Saturday at Kankakee hospital. Ryan wa...
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Indiana girl shot by sister, 11, out of hospitalSep 26, 2011 12:00 am - LOGANSPORT, Ind. — A 14-year-old northern Indiana girl who was shot by her younger sister is out of the hospital. Detective Tom Heflin of the Cass County Sheriff’s Depar...
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Woman sues over death of partner at Indiana fairSep 26, 2011 12:00 am - A Chicago woman has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in Indiana seeking damages for the death of her same-sex partner in a stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair. Alisha...