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Daily Herald staff members win Lisagor awardsMay 06, 2011 1:00 am - A series of stories on the pension crisis in Illinois was one of nine Daily Herald projects singled out for honors Friday by the Chicago Headline Club. In the Investigat...
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Police: Man kept alligator to impress womenMay 06, 2011 1:00 am - A South suburban Chicago man thought he had the perfect chick magnet in his pet alligator. However, authorities saw only a dangerous animal. A charge of possession of a ...
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Metra talks to TSA about al-Qaida threatsMay 06, 2011 12:00 am - Newly uncovered documents show al-Qaida planned to derail an American train on the upcoming 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. In the wake of that news, Metra officia...
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NW Ind. power plant set for closure next yearMay 05, 2011 11:00 pm - HAMMOND, Ind. — The owner of a northwestern Indiana electric generating plant plans to shut it down at the end of 2012 after more than 55 years of operation. Officials ...
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Rockford couple donates $15 million to Valparaiso U.May 04, 2011 11:00 pm - VALPARAISO, Ind. — A couple from Rockford, Ill., is donating $15 million to Valparaiso University to pay for improvements on the school's landmark chapel. Valparaiso Un...
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Purdue, Argonne to reveal waste treatment findingsMay 04, 2011 11:00 pm - HAMMOND, Ind. — Scientists with Purdue University Calumet and the Argonne National Laboratory are ready to announce their findings on ways to cut the flow of industrial...
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Boy's body believed found buried in NW Ind.May 04, 2011 11:00 pm - GARY, Ind. — Investigators found a body they believe is that of a missing 12-year-old boy buried at a mobile home park in northwestern Indiana. Police pulled the body f...
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S. Indiana casino reopens after flooding closureMay 04, 2011 11:00 pm - ELIZABETH, Ind. — A southern Indiana casino is back open after being closed for much of the past two weeks because of flooding along the Ohio River. The Horseshoe South...
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Corps breaks levee as water rising elsewhereMay 02, 2011 11:00 pm - WYATT, Mo. — After a few short explosions and flashes of orange light, the Mississippi River began pouring through a wide hole in a giant earthen levee intentionally blo...
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Travelers: It’s too early to fear reprisalsMay 02, 2011 2:00 am - Less than 24 hours after the White House announced Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. troops, travelers packed O’Hare International Airport hoping their flights wou...