An electric car maker plans to open a factory in a northern Indiana plant that once made parts for recreational vehicles. State and local officials planned to join executives from Think North America for an official announcement Tuesday. The plant in Elkhart will be Think North America’s first in the …
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JOLIET, Ill. – From nearly the moment the lead investigator stepped into the suburban Chicago area home where former policeman Drew Peterson’s third wife was found dead in a bathtub, he treated her death as a tragic accident. Illinois State Police Sgt. Patrick Collins testified Thursday and Friday he collected …
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Royal Caribbean cruise line defended its decision to proceed with docking its ships at a private vacation resort 85 miles from destroyed Haiti capital Port-au-Prince. Ahead of unloading its Monday haul of sun-kissed vacationers on private beach Labadee, Royal Caribbean pointed to the fact that ships were dropping off aid …
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Afghan troops backed by NATO helicopter gunships repelled an attack Friday by Taliban fighters armed with machine guns and suicide vests in the heart of a major city in southern Afghanistan, witnesses and officials said. Six militants were killed and six government forces wounded during the assault …
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I was sitting around over vacation, kind of moping; pondering the former greatness of America and wondering what the heck happened to our country. How did we allow it to get to this point? It’s so far beyond left and right, Republican and Democrat. Then I suddenly remembered something that …
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Kim Kardashian became the butt of criticism over a picture she posted on Twitter of herself holding a cat. Apparently the oversized peach on stilts grabbed the cat by the scruff of its neck and this raised concern that she might be hurting the pet. Here’s the deeply offensive picture. …
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Golden-Globe nominated actress Andie MacDowell doesn’t look 51 years old, but she is very mindful of her age since her mother died of a heart attack at the age of 53. Now the L’Oreal spokeswoman is promoting women’s heart health so that more women will be educated, and less likely …
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When Haiti’s economy and political system imploded in 1992, thousands of Haitians decided their country was no longer habitable and boarded small boats for the perilous journey to the United States, often to Florida. The situation in Haiti is far worse now, after Tuesday’s devastating earthquake created an unimaginable crisis …
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That was a long deal Wednesday night, was it not? But I have to say the president delivered the speech very well. He seemed relaxed and in charge. Now because I am a simple man, I’m going to break the State of the Union down in a very basic way. …
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You know what I hate most in the world right now? If you said griffins, you’d be close. It’s actually the use of slow motion in films and television. With the exception of showing whether a catch was in or out of bounds, the gimmick is only used to glorify …
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