Originally Posted Tuesday, September 18, 2012

It must feel like spring break for these kiddos.. Chicago Public School students have missed more than 1 week of classes because of the teacher strikes. Reuters says the strike has focused attention on a national debate over how to improve failing schools, causing the nation's largest school district to close.

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• NATIONAL: ...
• Monday was a big day for Wall Street protestors.. they clogged several intersections in the New York ...
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• It must feel like spring break for these kiddos.. Chicago Public School students have missed more th ...
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• Pro-lifers in Missouri have something to celebrate..The Missouri legislature overrode a veto on a bi ...
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• The city of Kokomo is mourning the loss of an Indiana Marine... The Pentagon says 27 year old, Serge ...
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• They're doing the best they can to help veterans find a job.. The National "Hiring Our Heroes" job f ...
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• The Indianapolis City-County Council has approved a proposal requiring public disclosure of large pa ...
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• Indianapolis Public Schools is no longer the largest school corporation in the state. An enrollment ...
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• Children with severe mental illnesses will now be able to get a state-funded service without their p ...
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• NORTHERN INDIANA/SOUTHWEST MI, (MICHIANA) ...
• Drivers beware - your commute on the Indiana Toll Road may take a few minutes longer today. The east ...
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• Another car drove through a building..this time in a South Bend Dollar Tree store.. Officials say th ...
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• The Environmental Protection Agency is taking responsibility for Friday‘s chemical leak at an abando ...
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• Michigan's governor, is gathering his bags and heading to China. Rick Snyder will leave today to a w ...
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• If you love flowers, then you'll want to be downtown Elkhart..City officials are setting 7,000 gigan ...
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• NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA: ...
• Indianapolis has a new public safety director.. Mayor Greg Ballard chose Troy Riggs on Monday for th ...
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• Kokomo's Howard County Public Library has a new director.. Faith Brautigam, will be the library's fi ...
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• The Pirates wiped the Cubs 3-nothing, the Sox defeated the Tigers 5 -4, and in the NBA, the Minnesot ...
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• WEATHER: ...
• South Bend / Elkhart / Goshen: ...
• Today ... A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 60. Wednesday ... Sunny, with a h ...
• Kokomo / Walton / Cass: ...
• Today ... A 20 percent chance of showers early in the morning.. Cloudy, then gradually becoming most ...
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