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Kan. woman pleads in baby's hair dryer death
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman who left a hair dryer running to warm her infant daughter on a freezing night has pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in the baby's death. Brigit Hippen, of Hutchinson, had been scheduled to go on...Tags: Punishment, Hyperthermia, Manufacturing and Engineering, Punishment, Electrical Appliance
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Hyundai Elantra wins car of year
DETROIT (AP) — The Hyundai Elantra has won the North American Car of the Year award. The award was announced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which holds media previews this week and opens to the public on Jan. 14. The...Tags: Ford, Automotive Equipment, North American International Auto Show, SUVs and Crossovers, Hyundai
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Colorado company wants to recreate Studebaker vehicles
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – In 1966, the Studebaker Company shut down production of the Lark and closed its factory doors. Now, 46 years later, a start-up automaker in Colorado wants to get the Studebaker name and style back on the road and wants its first...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Economy, Business and Finance, Manufacturing and Engineering, Companies and Corporations, Companies and Corporations
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Indiana House Dems end long right-to-work fight
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In the end, they just didn't have the votes.
For two legislative sessions, Indiana Democrats fought the divisive labor measure known as right-to-work. They offered amendments aimed at changing the bill. They sought to put the...Tags: Democratic Party, Mitch Daniels, Crime, Law and Justice, Voting, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Could Studebakers be made once again in South Bend?
WSBT-TV ReporterA Colorado businessman says South Bend has moved up on his list of possible factory sites now that the right-to-work bill has passed. This is an update to a story we brought you last week about the new Studebaker Motor company, a start-up automaker in...Tags: Automotive Equipment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Economy, Business and Finance, Manufacturing and Engineering, Companies and Corporations
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Building a better system: Kem Krest continues to evolve
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterKem Krest Corp., an automotive-dependent service acquired by partners Amish Shah and David Weaver on the threshold of the Great Recession, has accelerated through the downturn with strategic diversification and an agile business model. The firm was named...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Economy, Business and Finance, Manufacturing and Engineering, Companies and Corporations, Companies and Corporations
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Crews battle South Bend restaurant fire
Fire crews were dispatched to a South Bend business early Tuesday morning after a fire broke out in a restaurant kitchen.
Firefighters were dispatched to the 1400 block of Mishawaka Avenue, to the Jeannie's House restaurant (formerly the White House...Tags: White House, Manufacturing and Engineering, Heavy Engineering
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Cops: Ohio dad stuck son in dryer, then turned it on for punishment
CAMBRIDGE, Ohio (AP) — Police say an Ohio man who stuck his 3-year-old son in a clothes dryer as punishment and then turned it on is facing child endangerment charges. The Zanesville Times reports that 40-year-old Jamial Bayly is scheduled for a...Tags: Punishment, Manufacturing and Engineering, Punishment, Electrical Appliance
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Michigan's population exodus shifts into reverse
The state that lost population during the 2010 census results may be stopping that trend. New numbers from the annual population census show fewer people appear to be leaving Michigan. Experts credit an improving economy which means more jobs.
For about...Tags: General Motors Corp., Automotive Equipment, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Corporate Officers, Manufacturing and Engineering
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