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Indiana University asking donors to replace treesJun 13, 2011 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University is asking for donations toward replacing about 300 trees that were destroyed by storms that hit the Bloomington campus last month....
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20-year-old gets prison in Kenosha killingJun 13, 2011 11:00 pm - KENOSHA, Wis. — A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for a drug-related killing in Kenosha. Prosecutor Robert Zapf says Teddy Bieker and two other men ...
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Some 600 Indiana highway trucks switching to propaneJun 13, 2011 11:00 pm - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Work has started on converting more than 600 Indiana highway department trucks and cargo vans so that they run on propane. Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman sai...
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State police reject bias claimJun 13, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Police on Tuesday denied any racial bias in deciding when to ask permission to search cars during traffic stops and defended the searche...
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Indiana approves 10 new specialty license platesJun 13, 2011 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana motorists will have the opportunity next year to purchase specialty license plates benefiting the charity of NASCAR driver Tony Stewart and soccer...
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Indiana welfare changes headed to old-system areaJun 13, 2011 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's automation of welfare intake will reach a milestone next week when it expands for the first time into areas still operating only with paper-inte...
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Jury in Blagojevich retrial ends talks for the dayJun 12, 2011 11:00 pm - As they pore over the accusations against impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, jurors at his corruption retrial won't find an actual charge of trying to hock an appo...
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Quinn signs education overhaul legislationJun 12, 2011 11:00 pm - It will be harder for Illinois teachers to strike and easier for districts to fire them under a new education law signed Monday that also clears the way for Chicago to l...
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Renowned Northwestern journalism prof to retireJun 12, 2011 11:00 pm - A renowned Northwestern University journalism professor whose students helped free wrongfully convicted prison inmates but whose methods have been under scrutiny will re...
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Ill. lawmakers may shrink gambling expansionJun 10, 2011 11:00 pm - CHICAGO — Illinois lawmakers are looking at ways to shrink a recently approved gambling expansion bill in order to avoid a veto from Gov. Pat Quinn. The measure sent to ...