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Report: NASA made proper pick for retired shuttlesAug 25, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — NASA acted properly when it picked new homes for the retired space shuttles, the space agency’s watchdog said Thursday. The shuttles were awarded in April t...
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Indictments coming in Terre Haute officer’s slayingAug 25, 2011 12:00 am - TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Federal prosecutors are preparing to announce six indictments in connection with the fatal shooting of a Terre Haute police officer. U.S. Attorney Jo...
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W. Ind. school district keeping buses off I-70Aug 25, 2011 12:00 am - TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A western Indiana school district isn’t allowing its buses to travel on Interstate 70 because of safety concerns with several construction projects o...
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Announcement set on possible Ind. schools takeoverAug 25, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s state schools superintendent is set to announce whether he’ll support the first state takeover of troubled public schools. Five high schools an...
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Indiana college trades 'Star-Spangled Banner' for 'America the Beautiful'Aug 24, 2011 12:00 am - Goshen doesn't like images of war, military
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Man accused in 1957 killing formally indictedAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - Court documents show a man charged in the 1957 kidnapping and murder of a 7-year-old Sycamore girl has been formally indicted. The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle reports that...
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A new way to save Great Lakes from invasive species?Aug 23, 2011 12:00 am - DULUTH, Minn. — Researchers have conducted a large-scale test of a new system to kill invasive species hiding in the ballast water of Great Lakes freighters and expect t...
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Other states keep trying to poach Illinois jobsAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN — Even as Gov. Pat Quinn hailed the start of a construction project Tuesday that will create 1,200 short-term jobs, Indiana and South Dakota kept up a push by ...
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Judge: State fair stage wreckage must be preservedAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - LAPORTE, Ind. — An Indiana judge ordered the state on Tuesday to preserve the wreckage from a stage collapse at the State Fair that killed seven people, after an attorne...
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For college freshmen, LBJ is LeBron JamesAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - MILWAUKEE — Mention Amazon to the incoming class of college freshmen and they are more likely to think of shopping than the South American river. PC doesn't stand for po...