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Expect lengthy delays, congestion at Grape/Edison area in Mishawaka
The City of Mishawaka is asking everyone to avoid the area because traffic in all directions will be restricted. Starting Wednesday morning, the intersection will be under re-construction and motorists should expect at least a 20-minute delay in any direction of travel. "I come through this intersection twice a day," said driver Julie Logue. "People going to and from work,
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NATO Summit will disrupt South Shore service
CHICAGO - Representatives from 28 countries will be in Chicago this weekend for the NATO Summit. The meeting is bringing heightened security to the windy city and that includes changes to South Shore train service. President Obama chose his hometown of Chicago to host this year's meeting. While it's a big honor for the city, it's becoming a logistical nightmare
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IPS superintendent speaks out about bullied student
About 200 people gathered at Veteran's Memorial Plaza Tuesday night to show their support for Dynasty Young and all bullied students. “The administrators at that school need to know that, 'okay (they) made a mistake,' we need to protect our children,” said the 17 year-old at the center of the controversy. Dynasty was expelled from Arsenal Tech for bringing a
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11-year-old Illinois girl dies after jumping into pond
An 11-year-old girl died after jumping from a footbridge into a pond behind her Bolingbrook school during what witnesses said was a game with friends. Divers pulled Jordan Oliver from the pond at Indian Chase Meadows Park about 45 minutes after she sank beneath the surface, according to Bolingbrook Police Lt. Mike Rompa. Paramedics administered CPR while taking her to
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'Butcher of Bosnia' taunts survivors as genocide trial starts
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic made a throat-slitting gesture to a woman who lost her son, husband and brothers in the Srebenica massacre at the start of his trial on Wednesday for some of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War Two. Mladic, now 70, flashed a defiant thumbs-up as he entered the courtroom -
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Zimmerman had broken nose, black eyes, head lacerations, ABC News reports
George Zimmerman had a broken nose, two black eyes and lacerations on the back of his head the day after his fatal confrontation with 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, ABC-TV news reported Tuesday night. ABC said it had obtained a medical report that documents Zimmerman's injuries. In the report, a doctor wrote that Zimmerman became nauseated when he thought about the violence