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Over half of Indiana schools met feds' academic expectationsJan 03, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Over half of Indiana schools met or exceeded federal academic expectations based on their 2018-19 performance, state education officials said. Data r...
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Senator tries again to ban Indiana vouchers over gay firingsJan 03, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A proposal aimed at banning private schools that discriminate against gay employees and students from receiving Indiana voucher program money is bein...
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2020 brings higher labor costs for small businessesJan 03, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Small business owners have plenty of changes to deal with as 2020 begins - higher labor costs for many companies, and some owners will discover that they...
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Chicago-area zoo euthanizes Zenda, a struggling male lionJan 03, 2020 6:00 am - BROOKFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A 14-year-old male African lion has been euthanized at a suburban Chicago zoo. Brookfield Zoo said Zenda was struggling to stand and walk. A necr...
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Mayor wants Gary Schools to demolish abandoned buildingsJan 03, 2020 6:00 am - GARY, Ind. (AP) - The new mayor of Gary wants the city's school corporation to demolish 10 shuttered schools amid growing concerns that they have become havens for crime...
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No charges against ex-senator over Indiana lobbying contractJan 03, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Prosecutors have decided a former Indiana state senator won't face criminal charges over possible violations of state lobbying laws involving his wor...
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Report says AJ's death 'emblematic' of DCFS failuresJan 03, 2020 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services' watchdog called 5-year-old AJ Freund's murder in April "emblematic of DCFS's failure to look beyond the current ...
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Hobart man gets 65 years for female co-worker's slayingJan 02, 2020 6:00 am - VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - A northwestern Indiana judge sentenced a man to the maximum 65 years in prison Thursday for fatally stabbing a female bartender at the tavern whe...
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Motorist dies after exchanging gunfire with Chicago PoliceJan 02, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A man who got out of his car after a traffic stop and exchanged gunfire with Chicago Police officers is believed to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot ...
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2 toddlers dead in Chicago after stabbing, high-rise plungeJan 02, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two toddlers died early Thursday in Chicago after a woman believed to be their mother stabbed a 70-year-old man, left one of the children in a bathtub and...