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ISTEP results show slight decline from last year
INDIANAPOLIS -- Statewide student testing results showed a slight decline from last year in most grades, but the state schools chief said Thursday the difference was not statistically significant.
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Lawsuit alleges diocese was warned of abuse by priest
A lawsuit contends a Roman Catholic priest sexually abused an 11-year-old northwest Indiana boy more than 10 years after the Diocese of Gary had been warned about his inappropriate behavior.
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Planned Parenthood suspends staffer shown on video
A Planned Parenthood nurse has been suspended after an anti-abortion group released a video showing her telling a patient who claimed to be 13 to lie about becoming pregnant by a 31-year-old man.
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Supreme Court Takes Up Lawsuit Over School Funding
Backers of a lawsuit that claims the state is violating its constitution by failing to provide enough money for all school children to have a fair chance to learn asked the Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday to ...
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Pauley joins Ind. Journalism Hall of Fame
Former NBC 'Today' host Jane Pauley and Craig Klugman, editor of The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, are among five people who will be inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame in April.
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Rokita Says Deceptive Letter Isn't From His Office
Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita says he's working with federal authorities to determine who is responsible for letters that cite a fictitious state law and ask businesses for a $125 fee.
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Region ponders luring advanced manufacturing
Portage -- Northwest Indiana business and community leaders gathered Wednesday to find ways to develop and attract high tech advanced manufacturing businesses.
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Southern Indiana crime wrap: Brothers held without bail, one...
Brothers held without bail, one reportedly confesses One of the brothers charged in last week's murder confessed to the crime during an interview with police detectives and immigration investigators, according ...
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New house for $150? Raffle could make it happen
HEADLINES Three die in early morning crash Officers say the driver appeared to be intoxicated at the scene.
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More than 150,000 Hoosiers watched gov. debates
The state's first coordinated gubernatorial debate series drew an audience of more than 150,000 and was made possible by nearly $130,000 in donations, organizers said Tuesday.
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Cancer-stricken surgeon dies in crash
A coroner says a prominent Anderson surgeon died while driving himself to a hospital for cancer treatment.
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Daniels supports infrastructure bailout
Indiana is in better financial shape than its neighbors, but Gov. Mitch Daniels supports a federal stimulus package aimed at helping states build roads, bridges and other public works projects.
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Guilty Plea Leaves Widow Upset ...
Mon, Dec 01, 2008. 05:43 PM In a plea agreement a Dresden man pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors; vehicular homicide and failure to drive in marked lanes, in connection to the death Steve Mullin of Zanesville.
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Some natural gas customers get break on bills
Winter heating bills will be higher this year, but not as high as once feared, utility officials say.
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Indiana BMV to sponsor food drive
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles will again sponsor a holiday food drive in coordination with food banks across the state.
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Lawmakers Split Over Property Tax Amendment
Republican leaders in the Statehouse want to approve a proposed constitutional amendment limiting property tax bills, but Democrats and local government officials want to wait to see the impact of the caps ...
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Indiana unlikely to tackle same-sex marriage ban in 2009
Though the number of states adopting bans on same-sex marriage grows, the odds appear slim that Indiana lawmakers will give serious consideration to such a constitutional amendment next year.
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Indiana poverty rate soars as manufacturing jobs cut
A new report from a housing and homeless advocacy group shows poverty increasing at an alarming rate in Indiana while earnings for middle-income families continue to slip.
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Daniels plans to scale back inauguration
INDIANAPOLIS - The state Republican chairman says Gov. Mitch Daniels will have a scaled-down second inauguration in January partly because the economic downturn is hurting so many Hoosiers.
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Deputy's death blamed on a distracted driver'
The final report on the death of a sheriff's deputy fatally injured last month while directing traffic blames the accident on a "distracted driver." The report, released Thursday, found that a 16-year-old girl ...
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