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Quiet tornado season a year after 14 die in Ind.
SOUTH BEND (AP) — A little more than a year after tornadoes ripped across southern Indiana, killing 14 people and damaging or destroying hundreds of homes and businesses, the state has seen a relatively quiet tornado season. Preliminary reports...
Tags: National Weather Service, Natural Disasters, Meteorological Disasters, Tornadoes
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FEMA teams in Indiana to assess flood damage
KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) — Federal Emergency Management Agency teams are in Indiana assessing damage caused by recent flooding, which also claimed two lives. Local, state and federal officials moved into Huntington, Grant and Tippecanoe on Friday to take...Tags: Executive Branch, FEMA, Floods, Government, Politics
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Boston victims honored at Notre Dame Blue-Gold
On Saturday victims of the Boston Marathon bombings were remembered at the Blue-Gold game. Players wore decals with the Boston Red Sox "B" over a three leaf clover on their helmets. This weekend the Indiana Department of Homeland Security was urging...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports
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Mich. lawmakers back changes to welfare benefits
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some low-income Michigan families would have to pass drug tests and make sure their children don't miss too many days of school in order to qualify for welfare benefits, under legislation being considered by the state...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Crime, Law and Justice, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Interior Policy, Behavioral Conditions
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Ind. responders get training for bomb incident
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (AP) — Indiana first responders are undergoing training so they know how to react to an explosion like the one that rocked Monday's Boston Marathon. The Indiana Department of Homeland Security says more than 30 first responders...Tags: Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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Ind. Gov. Pence against school guns mandate
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike Pence said Thursday he believed local school officials should make decisions about school security, separating himself from a legislative proposal that would require all public and charter schools have an...
Tags: Mike Pence, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning
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Officials: Indiana spring means volatile weather
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The National Weather Service, Indiana State Police and other state agencies are reminding people that spring brings volatile weather that can increase the risk of flooding and they should make sure they're prepared. The Indiana...Tags: National Weather Service, Meteorological Disasters
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Mich.: Boy Scout tents don't need smoke detectors
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan agency says the Boy Scouts of America won't need to equip their two-person tents with smoke detectors. Lawmakers who got wind that the fire safety regulation would start affecting Boy Scouts tents this summer say...Tags: Social Organizations, Boy Scouts of America, Youth Organizations
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Federal cuts hit Ind. jobless, National Guard
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana agencies are cutting jobless benefits, furloughing National Guard members and losing food funds for the Women Infants and Children program because of the automatic federal budget cuts, officials said Monday. The state...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Health and Safety at Work
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Police seize counterfeit purses, wallets, sunglasses from Mishawaka shop
WSBT-TVMISHAWAKA -- Detectives seized hundreds of counterfeit purses, wallets, and sunglasses, during a raid on a gift shop, Tuesday. St. Joseph County Police and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security filled an entire U-Haul truck with merchandise they...Tags: Gucci Group NV
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Indiana gives away 8,500 hazards alert radios
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Department of Homeland Security is working with emergency management agencies throughout the state to give away nearly 8,500 all-hazards alert radios. Homeland Security Executive Director Joe Wainscott says the...Tags: House Building
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Border Patrol under scrutiny for deadly force
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A pair of Mexican drug smugglers in camouflage pants, bundles of marijuana strapped to their backs, scaled a 25 foot-high fence in the middle of the night, slipped quietly into the United States and dashed into the darkness....
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Organized Crime, Justice and Rights
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