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Judge names overseer of housing for mentally illOct 27, 2010 11:00 pm - CHICAGO — A federal judge appointed an Indiana University administrator to oversee a sweeping transition in housing choices for mentally ill people in Illinois, after fi...
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Ind. parents told drop disabled kids at sheltersOct 26, 2010 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's budget crunch has become so severe that some state workers have suggested leaving severely disabled people at homeless shelters if they can't be...
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Ind. unemployment offices to have armed guardsOct 26, 2010 11:00 pm - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A state agency has decided to have armed security guards on hand at 36 unemployment offices around Indiana. Department of Workforce Development spokes...
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Cohen misses deadline in governor's raceOct 20, 2010 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Independent candidate for governor Scott Lee Cohen has missed a deadline set by Illinois' campaign laws. All candidates running in the Nov. 2 election are...
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Examiner: Officers' killer shouldn't be freedOct 20, 2010 11:00 pm - A hearing examiner is recommending that a 70-year-old man who was convicted in the 1967 killings of two Northlake police officers shouldn't be freed on parole. Ronald De...
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Hot-button issues at center of governor debateOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - The terse yet civil governor's debate Wednesday saw hot-button societal issues abortion, gay rights and the death penalty take center stage. State Sen. Bill Brady, a B...
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Son charged with fatally beating 94-year-old momOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - CROWN POINT, Ind. — A man has been charged with murder in the beating death of his 94-year-old mother in her northwestern Indiana home, just outside the Gary city limits...
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Some oppose former NW Ind. surgeon's plea dealOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - HAMMOND, Ind. — Some patients of a former Indiana surgeon who has agreed to plead guilty to federal health care fraud charges say he deserves a harsher sentence than fou...
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Judge focuses on carp DNA in lawsuit over locksOct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - The reliability of DNA testing suggesting Asian carp may already be in waterways near Lake Michigan was the focus of final arguments Monday in a lawsuit seeking the clos...
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Dog bites candidate during Muncie campaigningOct 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Dog bites candidate during Muncie campaigning