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Obama says IRS commissioner has resigned amid scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party...Tags: U.S. Congress, Media Industry, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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Suspected scrap metal thief could spend rest of life behind bars
CASSOPOLIS, Mich. – Cass County’s prosecutor says a band of scrap metal thieves was no match for an off-duty police officer. And now, the leader of the band will pay a heavy metal price – up to life in prison. A Circuit Court jury...
Tags: Justice System, Prisons, Theft, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice
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COLD CASE FILES: The kidnapping and murder of 10-year-old Linda Weldy
Linda Weldy's family thinks a serial killer is to blame for her murder -- but police are skeptical. Linda was 10-years-old when she was abducted from her bus stop in 1987. Her body was found three weeks later. Her killer is still out there. Tragedy...
Tags: Punishment, Murder, Kidnapping
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Local man charged with sex trafficking
South Bend TribuneBefore she died, Rachael Savannah Woods lay in the cargo area of an SUV, wrapped in a brown sheet. Her eyes were swollen and she wa covered in blood. Her head was knotted with bruises. She begged for water. Federal court documents allege that the 20-...Tags: Chicago Hotels, Sex Crimes, Murder, Prostitution, FBI
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UPDATE: 1 killed, drunk driver arrested in semi crash on I-94
Police have released more information about a deadly crash Thursday morning involving two semis in LaPorte County. They say a drunk driver was responsible. The full news release is below: LaPorte County-Indiana State Police responded to three...
Tags: Olympia Fields, Services and Shopping, Harvey, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Authorities finish roundup of all the Cash Out Boyz
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- A South Bend police officer investigating robberies was scouring social media sites for connections among suspects back in 2011. A name new to law enforcement at the time emerged from her research: the Cash Out Boyz. Almost simultaneously,...Tags: Criminal Laws, Murder, Theft, FBI, Justice System
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Police dog restitution bill approved by lawmakers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers have approved a bill that would force anyone convicted of killing or disabling a police dog to pay for replacing the animal. Locally you may remember Ricky, who died along with his partner Cpl. James Szuba...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice
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Goshen police arrest 5 teens in gang-related shooting
WSBT-TVGOSHEN – 5 teenagers are behind bars for a drive-by shooting this past weekend in Goshen, a shooting police say was gang-related. Around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, officers were called to the corner of School and Middlebury Streets after four people were...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Gang Activity, Murder, Shootings, Prosecution
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Indy man mistakenly ID'd as criminal, suspended
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis man who was suspended from his job as a school caregiver after being mistakenly identified as a criminal says it took him a week to convince state officials that's not the case. After Indiana Department of Child...Tags: Personal Data Collection, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Interior Policy
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Abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell murder case sparks political firestorm
(CBS News) The gruesome trial of an abortion provider resumes in Philadelphia Monday. The doctor, Kermit Gosnell, is charged with killing a female patient and seven babies. Gosnell's name may not be familiar, and that makes some abortion opponents...
Tags: Abortion, Prescription Drugs, CBS Corp., Media Industry, Hospitals and Clinics
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Ex-soldier struggles with PTSD behind bars
DECATUR, Ind. (AP) — The tattoo on the inside of Justin York's left arm is hard to discern. Glancing at it one way, you can see the word "Life." If you look at it another way, it reads "Death." If you look at it without knowing how to read it,...Tags: Trials, U.S. Army, Shootings, Misdemeanors, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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UPDATE: Michigan City man sentenced in underage blackmail case
and Charles Wilson with the Associated PressWe're learning more about the accusations against a Michigan City man convicted and sentenced for blackmailing an underage New York girl into sending him sexually explicit images. Investigators say she wasn't his only victim. Brian Newman, 46, has...Tags: Punishment, Apple iPad, Prisons, Skype, Blackmail and Extortion
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