Originally Posted Thursday, November 29, 2012

SOUTH BEND-- The St. Joseph County Republican Party has a new member. Jamie O’Brien won Wednesday night's special election. He was sworn in after being voted in by Republican Precinct Committeemen. O'Brien will finish the remaining two years of DeVon's term.

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• THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2012 ...
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• NATIONAL ...
• WASHINGTON— Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney will spend his lunch time with President Obama ...
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• FAITH ...
• TEXAS-- Christian motivational speaker Zig Ziglar passed away in a Texas hospital Wednesday morning. ...
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• NORTH CAROLINA-- They replaced the word "Christmas" with "holidays." School officials at Western Pie ...
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• STATE/REGIONAL ...
• INDIANAPOLIS-- It was an emotional return for Hoosier families.. 70 Indiana National Guard soldiers ...
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• INDIANA-- If you‘re interested in keeping your homestead deduction on your property taxes, you have ...
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• INDIANAPOLIS--- An insurance software provider is laying off 23 employees from its Indianapolis loca ...
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• VINCENNES-- A Vincennes University student is under investigation for emailing bomb threats to the s ...
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• NORTHERN INDIANA/SOUTHWEST MI, (MICHIANA) ...
• ELKHART-- Tomorrow will be the last day of work for more than 200 Gunite employees. Gunite Corporati ...
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• VALPARAISO-- A former Valparaiso Police Department employee is suing her former employer for age dis ...
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• ST. JOSEPH-– A power outage in South Bend left about 10,000 people in the dark on Wednesday. Indiana ...
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• SOUTH BEND-- The St. Joseph County Republican Party has a new member. Jamie O’Brien won Wednesday ni ...
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• MISHAWAKA-– Mishawaka firefighters say the September chemical spill and fire at the Baycote site in ...
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• MISHAWAKA-- Salvation Army officials in South Bend say someone dropped a gold coin valued at 18-hund ...
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• NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA ...
• KOKOMO— Close to 50 temporary workers are loosing their jobs Friday. General Motors Components Holdi ...
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• PERU— A fire broke out Tuesday evening in an airplane hangar that was currently undergoing renovatio ...
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• WALTON — Walton city officials are looking at demolishing the Sixth street building that caught on f ...
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• PERU— A Miami County man owes prosecutors nearly $50,000 dollars in upaid child support. Miami offic ...
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• INDIANAPOLIS-- A campaign to encourage kids to eat fruits and vegetables was launched at Arlington W ...
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• SPORTS ...
• SOUTH BEND-- The National College Football Awards Association is recognizing Notre Dame's former coa ...
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• INDIANAPOLIS-- The Indianapolis Colts sit at 7-4 and hit the road to face the Detroit Lions Sunday. ...
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• WEATHER ...
• South Bend / Elkhart / Goshen: ...
• Today ... Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Friday ... Partly sunny, near 49. And Saturday ... a go ...
• Kokomo / Walton / Cass: ...
• Today ... Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Friday ... Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. And Satur ...
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• ELECTION RESULTS ...
• PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ...
• An Ohio victory allowed President Obama to get re-elected. Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Winsconsin we ...
• U.S SENATOR: ...
• VICTORY: DEMOCRAT JOE DONNELLY ...
• The battle for U-S Senate is over in Indiana. Democratic Joe Donnelly won about 49% of votes over Re ...
• INDIANA GOVERNOR: ...
• VICTORY: REPUBLICAN MIKE PENCE ...
• Taking the governor's seat is Republican Mike Pence. He defeated Democrat John Gregg and Libertarian ...
• ATTORNEY GENERAL: ...
• VICTORY: REPUBLICAN GREG ZOELLER ...
• Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller will be back in office next year for his second term. Zoeller ...
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• SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION: ...
• VICTORY: DEMOCRAT GLENDA RITZ ...
• Tony Bennett is no longer the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Democrat Glenda Ritz pulled out ...
• U.S REPRESENTATIVE- CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 2: ...
• VICTORY: REPUBLICAN JACKIE WALORSKI ...
• Jackie Walorski claimed Joe Donnelly's seat in Indiana's second district. Walorski gained 49% of the ...
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• CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1: ...
• VICTORY: DEMOCRAT PETE VISCLOSKY ...
• Representing Indiana's 1st congressional district is Democrat Pete Visclosky. The Democrat defeated ...
• CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 3: ...
• VICTORY: REPUBLICAN MARLIN STUTZMAN ...
• Republican Marlin Stutzman will return to congress. Stutzman easily defeated his opponent- Democrat ...
• CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 4: ...
• VICTORY: REPUBLICAN TODD ROKITA ...
• Todd Rokita is also returning to congress. The Republican incumbent defeated Democrat Tara Nelson an ...
• CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 5: ...
• VICTORY: REPUBLICAN SUSAN BROOKS ...
• Representing Indiana's 5th district is Republican Susan Brooks. She had 58% of the votes while Democ ...
• MICHIGAN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6: ...
• VICTORY: REPUBLICAN FRED UPTON ...
• Republican Fred Upton is going for a 14th term in congress. The republican representing Michigan's 6 ...
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• Republicans held on to their House majority, leaving Democrats pretty short of the gain of 25 seats ...
• Same-sex marriage is set to become legal in Maine, Minnesota and Maryland. Washington also voted on ...
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