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Region magistrate not selected as semifinalist for Indiana Supreme Court vacancy

INDIANAPOLIS | Lake County Magistrate Michael Pagano will not be the next justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.

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Indiana to get waiver for No child Left Behind

Local superintendents were pleased to hear Thursday that Indiana was one of 10 states receiving a federal waiver from certain requirements within the No Child Left Behind education law.

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Marion Mayor Seybold will run for Burton seat

Marion mayor and former Olympic skater Wayne Seybold is running for the seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Dan Burton.

Updated: 8:03 pm

Advocates want no weakening of Ind. smoking ban

Anti-smoking advocates aren't happy about an 18-month exemption for bars that's included in a bill for a statewide smoking ban, and said Thursday they are aiming to prevent the proposal from being watered down any more as it moves through the Indiana Legislature.

Updated: 8:03 pm

Notre Dame tuition to increase by 3.8 percent

The University of Notre Dame is raising tuition 3.8 percent for undergraduates for 2012-13.

Updated: 8:03 pm

13K Indiana foreclosure victims to get $2K checks

Underwater Indiana homeowners will receive about $43 million in refinanced loans while other borrowers will get $30 million worth of loan-term modifications and other relief as part of a $25 billion nationwide settlement with the country's biggest mortgage lenders, Indiana Attorney Genera…

Updated: 8:03 pm

Wind turbine maker bringing jobs to southern Ind.

A manufacturer of small, "micro-wind" turbines has moved into a warehouse that had been unoccupied since one of southern Indiana's largest employers moved out more than a decade ago.

Updated: 8:03 pm

Missing woman investigators find human remains

Police investigating the disappearance of a Noblesville woman say they have found human remains near Marion but don't know yet whose they are.

Updated: 8:03 pm

13,000 Indiana foreclosure victims to get $2,000 checks

INDIANAPOLIS | Underwater Indiana homeowners will receive about $43 million in refinanced loans while other borrowers will get $30 million worth of loan-term modifications and other relief as part of a $25 billion nationwide settlement with the country's biggest mortgage lenders, Indiana …

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Schools chief: No Child waiver helps Ind. students

State School Superintendent Tony Bennett says Indiana will take advantage of a federal waiver on provisions of the No Child Left Behind act to create better education for students.

Updated: 8:03 pm

Illinois News

Chicago clerk buying bond for sticker designer

Chicago's city clerk says she will buy a $1,000 bond for the boy whose winning design for the 2012-13 vehicle registration sticker was scrapped because some may believe it depicts gang signs.

Updated: 8:03 pm

Report: Illinois kids caught in 'budget crossfire'

Illinois children are caught in a "budget crossfire," hit hard by state budget cuts and a recession that left one in five of them living in poverty and 33,000 students homeless in 2010, a children's advocacy organization said in a report released Thursday.

Updated: 8:03 pm

Police announce arrests in gang and drug cases

Driving past a street corner adorned with three spray-painted tributes to young men shot and killed on the streets, Chicago police officers jumped out of their cars and pulled a suspected drug dealer from an apartment.

Updated: 8:03 pm

Gov buys lottery ticket for $310M jackpot

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says if he wins the $310 million Powerball jackpot this weekend, he'll still keep his job.

Updated: 8:03 pm

Quinn: Caterpillar decision about port access

Gov. Pat Quinn said Thursday that he believes Caterpillar Inc.'s decision to bypass Illinois as it looks to build a new plant and relocate some of its Japanese operations was based almost entirely on Illinois' lack of ocean access and had little to do with the state's business climate.

Updated: 8:03 pm

Emanuel wants gun registration throughout Illinois

Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed statewide legislation Thursday to require handgun owners to register their weapons, calling it a common sense measure that would protect the rights of responsible gun owners while keeping illegal firearms off the streets.

Updated: 8:03 pm

Madigan: Illinois to get $1B in mortgage settlement

CHICAGO | Illinois is expected to receive about $1 billion in a multi-state settlement with the nation's five largest mortgage lenders, Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Thursday.

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Settlement in 2003 Chicago protest lawsuit

The city of Chicago has hammered out a $6.2 million settlement over a class-action lawsuit that accuses police of unlawfully arresting more than 700 people during a 2003 Iraq war demonstration, attorneys announced Thursday.

Updated: 8:03 pm

Women charged with leaving 3-year-old on Ill. bus

Two women accused of accidentally leaving a 3-year-old boy on a school bus in central Illinois have been indicted by a grand jury and fired from their jobs with the local school district.

Updated: 8:03 pm

Official: Upcoming summits didn't force settlement

A spokesman says the city of Chicago didn't rush to settle a class-action lawsuit over police arrests during a 2003 Iraq war demonstration because it felt pressure to resolve the matter before upcoming G-8 and NATO summits.

Updated: 8:03 pm

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