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Researchers ask: Are caged chickens miserable?
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Are cramped chickens crazy chickens?
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Local shoppers find layaway convenient
MISHAWAKA ― Retailers and shoppers are getting excited about layaway as they head into the Christmas shopping season.
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Improvements to the Cove on the drawing board.
SOUTH BEND – The city is proposing commercial and residential development on Western Avenue to make Coveleski Stadium more accessible to downtown.
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Elkhart’s Heartland RV starts hiring push
Heartland Recreational Vehicles announced early Tuesday morning a hiring push to employ more than 400 workers by March.
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Champion Homes files bankruptcy
Champion Homes announced Sunday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, hoping to restructure through a court-supervised sale of its U.S. operations.
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Indiana, Michigan among states in $3 million Vonage settlement
NEW YORK (AP) — Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. has agreed to pay $3 million to 32 states to settle an investigation into some of its business practices.
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Wayne math student launches solar heating business
DETROIT (AP) — A Wayne State University mathematics grad student says he's well on his way to establishing a solar water heating business with help from an innovation promotion program at the Detroit school.
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Government: Medicare paid $47 billion in suspect claims
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient's condition, wasting taxpayer dollars at a rate nearly three times the previous year.
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Wal-Mart offers vendors a way to faster payment
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, is offering its clothing vendors a faster way to get paid that could change how struggling retailers and vendors do business together.
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Ex-St. Joseph County commissioner opens vodka distillery
MISHAWAKA - Vodka is funny stuff. Purity is the catch word, and vodka is pretty much supposed to be pure alcohol (diluted with water), with the final product being, according to the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Trade and Taxation Bureau, “without distinctive character, aroma, or taste.”
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Report: Playboy in talks to be sold
CHICAGO (AP) — Shares of Playboy Enterprises Inc. soared Thursday on a report that the men's magazine publisher is in talks to sell its business to Iconix Brand Group Inc.
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Unemployed workers try new approach to provide "hope for the jobless"
NAPPANEE — A new "informal" study by Elkhart County Coroner John White shows an alarming trend developing across Northern Indiana. Of the 24 suicides recorded this year, at least a quarter have been directly connected to job loss or economic hardship. Now, one group of unemployed workers is fighting back, hoping to do their part to turn the tide.
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Keystone RV buys Fleetwood facility
GOSHEN— Keystone RV Co. said Wednesday it has purchased the former Fleetwood Travel Trailers of Oregon facility in Pendleton, Ore. The property consists of two manufacturing plants with approximately 203,000 square feet under roof on more than 21 acres.
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Plymouth business leaders asking people to shop local this holiday season
PLYMOUTH ― Business leaders in Plymouth are asking people to shop local for the holidays.
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Michigan ballot drive would drop insurance rates 20 percent
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan voters could decide whether to reduce automobile, home and business insurance premiums by 20 percent if a proposal qualifies for the 2010 statewide ballot.
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Anti-crime program working for some Elkhart apartments
ELKHART ― More apartment complexes in Elkhart are teaming up with police to fight crime. They are becoming members of Elkhart's "Crime-Free Multi-Housing Program."
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Big apple crop produces some challenges
It has been a big year for apple farmers in Michigan. The weather helped produce 27 million bushels this season ― more than twice what grew last year.
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Framed for child porn — by a PC virus
Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
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Dairy industry pushes chocolate milk in America's schools
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The creators of the "Got Milk?" campaign are getting ready to make a big push to keep chocolate milk on kids' minds and on school lunch menus, a plan that has some educators and obesity activists none too pleased.
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Monday's Osceola public utilities forum changes location
The location has changed for Town of Osceola's public forum on water and sewer utilities at 7 p.m. Monday (Nov. 9).
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