Originally Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS-- Federal prosecutors have charged three people with stealing hundreds of cars through a car title scheme. The scam involved paperwork so that so called "mechanic‘s liens" would be issued against at least 272 cars in the Indianapolis area, allowing the drivers of those cars to stop making payments to the banks and finance companies.

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• NEW YORK-- The third biggest U.S bank, Citigroup, is cutting more than 11 thousand jobs worldwide. T ...
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• NEWARK-- New Jersey's Mayor has accepted a Twitter challenge to live on a food stamp budget for a we ...
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• GRANGER--Authorities in Granger are investigating two instances of graffiti of a nazi and swastika s ...
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• INDIANAPOLIS-- Today‘s State School Board meeting could feature a showdown between the state school ...
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• INDIANAPOLIS-- Federal prosecutors have charged three people with stealing hundreds of cars through ...
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• INDIANAPOLIS-- An Indiana State Senator is being honored for his work with the state's Lifeline Law. ...
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• INDIANA-- Indiana mayors are still suspicious that they‘re not receiving all the local tax revenue t ...
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• INDIANA-- The Flu season is off to an early start this year.. The Centers for Disease Control and Pr ...
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• INDIANA-- No more waiting in long lines to renew your drivers license. The Indiana Bureau of Motor V ...
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• NORTHERN INDIANA/SOUTHWEST MI, (MICHIANA) ...
• PORTAGE-- Construction is underway on the Safety Training Institute in northwest Indiana. The buildi ...
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• ST. JOSEPH-- It's official. The St. Joseph County Council voted in favor to realign Douglas Road. No ...
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• WARSAW-- 60 new jobs are rolling in to Warsaw. Micro Machine Company is a medical device manufacturi ...
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• AUBURN-- In DeKalb county, 43 workers will loose their jobs. Alcoa is closing its Dekalb plant in Ma ...
• Alcoa is closing its DeKalb County plant. The company will lay off 43 workers and stop production in ...
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• ELKHART-- Watch out for a new scam that's making its way around Michiana computers. It's an email th ...
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• NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA ...
• COLUMBUS-- Come July, and smoking will no longer be allowed in any businesses within Columbus City l ...
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• LOGANSPORT-- A 52-year-old Logansport man will appear in court today after he was accused of startin ...
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• CASS COUNTY-- Cass County commissioners agreed Monday to allow snowmobiles in designated areas at Fr ...
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• INDIANAPOLIS-- Hundreds of first responders from across the nation are in Indianapolis this week. Th ...
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• SPORTS ...
• INDIANAPOLIS-- The annual International Motorsports Industry show gets underway today in Indianapoli ...
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• Today ... Sunny, with a high near 40 degrees. Thursday ... Partly sunny, near 45. And Friday ... we ...
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• Today ... Sunny, with a high near 42. Thursday ... Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Friday ... Rai ...
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