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Notre Dame trustee resigns following criticismJun 08, 2011 11:00 pm - SOUTH BEND — A woman elected to the University of Notre Dame board of trustees six weeks ago has resigned after being criticized about donations she gave to groups such ...
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Lightning strike diverts flight to RockfordJun 08, 2011 12:00 am - A Chicago-bound United Airlines flight carrying 50 passengers from Madison, Wis., has been struck by lightning and diverted to Rockford. Express Jet Airlines spokesman J...
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SPOTLIGHT: Winery draws visitors off beaten pathJun 07, 2011 11:00 pm - MARSHALL, Ill. — The Castle Finn Vineyard & Winery is located several miles from the nearest state highway amidst the farmland and rolling fields of southern Edgar Count...
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Search for Indiana student reminiscent of 2000 caseJun 07, 2011 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Eleven years after an Indiana University student disappeared while on a bike ride, the scene in this college town is eerily similar, with parents and...
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Milwaukee court official charged with tax fraudJun 07, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee County court commissioner has been charged with two counts of income-tax fraud. Online court records say 47-year-old Geneva E. McKinley was charg...
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Test results pending in possible Milwaukee heat deathJun 07, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee County medical examiner's office says an autopsy has been completed on the nursing-home resident who died after staff left him outside for hour...
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Third trial under way in girl's deathJun 07, 2011 11:00 pm - PEORIA — The third trial is under way in Peoria for a man who's accused of shaking his former girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter to death. The (Peoria) Journal Star report...
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Illinois landfill, haulers cited for EPA violationsJun 07, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois EPA says it has cited several companies and the Village of Elkville for allegedly failing to properly track wastewater collected from a landfi...
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Justice Dept. denies claim in Illinois inmate’s deathJun 07, 2011 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN — The U.S. Department of Justice has denied a wrongful death and personal injury claim filed by the family of a New Mexico man who died in a federal prison in ...
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ACLU seeks probe of state police searchesJun 07, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal complaint against the Illinois State Police on Tuesday over a pattern of handling searches differently d...