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Weak demand, economy slow Indy redevelopment planJul 22, 2011 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Big plans to redevelop eyesores near downtown Indianapolis have been slow to get off the ground because of a weak market and sluggish economy, but city le...
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2 samples of Asian carp DNA found near Lake MichganJul 22, 2011 12:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Two more samples taken from a waterway near Lake Michigan contained genetic material from invasive Asian carp, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sa...
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Indiana boy, 4, accidentally shot to deathJul 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Authorities in suburban Chicago are investigating the death of a 4-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself at a liquor store. A spokesman for the Cook County medical ...
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Waukegan man’s body recovered from lakeJul 20, 2011 12:00 am - KESHENA, Wis. — Authorities in northeastern Wisconsin have recovered the body of a Waukegan man who presumably drowned earlier this week. Menominee County deputies ident...
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Suburban teen found in trunk was shotJul 20, 2011 12:00 am - CLIFTON FORGE, Va. — Police say a South suburban teen found dead in the trunk of a North Carolina man’s car was an 18-year-old friend who was reported missing with him. ...
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Suspect in 1957 slaying OKs return to IllinoisJul 19, 2011 11:00 pm - SEATTLE — A former police officer accused in the 1957 slaying of a Sycamore girl agreed Wednesday to return to Illinois to face a murder charge. Jack Daniel McCullough, ...
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Prisoner demands land to start own countryJul 19, 2011 12:00 am - An Illinois prisoner in Dixon has filed a lawsuit with an eye-popping demand: He wants his own country. In an 18-page filing Tuesday with U.S. District Court in Chicago,...
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Over 65 and not worried about heat? You should beJul 19, 2011 12:00 am - This week’s heat wave may be uncomfortable, but you’re healthy, active and feel just fine. So what if you’re over 65? Think again. Feeling good doesn’t mean you’re safe....
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Missing Chicago man’s body identifiedJul 19, 2011 12:00 am - Kankakee County authorities have identified a body found in a field two years ago as that of a former Chicago resident who disappeared in 2008. A test matched the DNA fr...
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Arbitrator: Quinn must give pay raises to workersJul 18, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn violated the union contract with nearly 30,000 state workers by refusing to give them a pay raise July 1, an arbitrator ruled Tuesd...