Articles filed under Indiana
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U.S. Rep.: Budget cuts undermine Dunes land purchasesSep 27, 2011 12:00 am - PORTAGE, Ind. — Federal budget cuts are undermining the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore’s decades-long efforts to acquire private land within the park’s boundaries, U.S...
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3 former Porter County, Ind., workers allege discriminationSep 27, 2011 12:00 am - VALPARAISO, Ind. — Three former Porter County employees have filed federal complaints alleging that they were unlawfully driven out of their longtime jobs. The Times of ...
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Lawyer: Ind. coroner was told he could take moneySep 27, 2011 12:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. — An attorney for indicted Lake County Coroner Thomas Philpot says his client took $24,700 he is charged with stealing only after a lawyer told him it was ...
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Chinese firm gives Purdue $10 million grantSep 26, 2011 11:00 pm - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University and China's second-largest aluminum company have forged a partnership under which the company will give Purdue $10 million over ...
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Indiana girl shot by sister, 11, out of hospitalSep 26, 2011 12:00 am - LOGANSPORT, Ind. — A 14-year-old northern Indiana girl who was shot by her younger sister is out of the hospital. Detective Tom Heflin of the Cass County Sheriff’s Depar...
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Woman sues over death of partner at Indiana fairSep 26, 2011 12:00 am - A Chicago woman has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in Indiana seeking damages for the death of her same-sex partner in a stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair. Alisha...
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Fair collapse suit challenges Ind.’s $5M tort capSep 26, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana law that caps the state’s liability for damages at $5 million for a single event violates the U.S. and state constitutions and should be thrown...
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Police: Some of the 5 killed in SE Ind. were shotSep 25, 2011 11:00 pm - LAUREL, Ind. — Some of the five people found dead at two homes in rural southeast Indiana had been shot, and autopsies to confirm the cause of death are planned for Mond...
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Ind. removes 1, adds 2 to endangered species listSep 25, 2011 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Two rare amphibians could soon be added to the protective umbrella of Indiana's endangered species list. The Indiana Natural Resources Commission voted la...
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Ind. state police probe officer shooting in GoshenSep 25, 2011 11:00 pm - GOSHEN, Ind. — State police are investigating the death of a man shot by police after he fled from a traffic stop in northern Indiana. State police say an Elkhart County...