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• Rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry dies at 90

  18-03-2017 23:45 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Berry, rock ‘n’ roll’s founding guitar hero and storyteller who defined the music’s joy and rebellion in such classics as “Johnny B. Goode,” ”Sweet Little Sixteen” and “Roll Over Beethoven,” died Saturday at his home in an unincorporated area west of St. Louis. He was 90.
  Emergency responders summoned to Berry’s residence by his caretaker about 12:40 p.m. found him unresponsive, police in Missouri
  
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• 3/18 Boys Basketball Scoreboard – Semi-State

  18-03-2017 22:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – On to Indianapolis. Teams from around the area play in their semi-state contests with the winner advancing to the state title game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse next Saturday.
  SATURDAY SEMI-STATECLASS 4A– NORTH SIDE  82   MERRILLVILLE  73– BEN DAVIS  74   CASTLE  71
  CLASS 3A– TWIN LAKES  68   BISHOP LUERS  57– INDY ATTUCKS  84   EVANSVILLE BOSSE  77
  CLASS 2A– MARQUETTE
  
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• Bishop Luers falls to Twin Lakes in 3A semi-state game, 67-57

  18-03-2017 22:28 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) – The chance to play for a state championship ended for Bishop Luers Saturday evening at Huntington.
  The Knights lost to Twin Lakes, 67-57, in the 3A semi-state game.
  Bishop Luers trailed 25-29 after two quarters, but a resurgent third quarter had the Knights up 46-45 at the end of the third.
  Twin Lakes, however, was led by Justin Crabb. He scored 21 points and put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter.
  Twin Lakes will play Indianapolis Crispus Attucks next Sa
  
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• US asks Hawaii judge to clarify ruling on Trump travel ban

  18-03-2017 19:30 via wane.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The government is asking a federal judge in Hawaii to clarify his order blocking President Trump’s revised travel ban, arguing that it shouldn’t apply to new rules on refugees.A Justice Department motion filed Friday asks Judge Derrick Watson to clarify the scope of his temporary restraining order, arguing it should only apply to Trump’s temporary ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries.
  The Justice Department says the ruling shouldn’t apply t
  
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• Clerical error blamed for 2,500 past-due notices in Indiana

  18-03-2017 18:34 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) — The utility department in the Indiana city of Columbus is apologizing after more than 2,000 customers incorrectly received past-due notices.The Republic reports (http://bit.ly/2nQePW5 ) that city utility clerks were sending out routine email notices earlier this month for water and sewer bills when the mistake happened. Columbus City Utilities director Keith Reeves tells the newspaper that about 2,500 of the notices went out instead of the 200 accounts that were actua
  
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• Solar park planned for nearly 30 acres in Madison County

  18-03-2017 17:02 via wane.com
  
  ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — Nearly 30 acres of land in Madison County has been declared an economic development revitalization area for a planned 8.2-megawatt solar park.
  The (Anderson) Herald-Bulletin reports (http://bit.ly/2mUqELC ) that a resolution was approved by the Madison County Council. The facility will be located in Anderson and Madison County.
  The newspaper reports that the Indiana Municipal Power Agency plans to invest up to $12 million for the installation of 30,000 solar panels.
  
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• Indiana agency’s model spreads throughout state

  18-03-2017 16:22 via wane.com
  
  MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) — After a decade of challenges, a state agency in northwest Indiana is thriving and helping other areas in the state pool resources for regional projects that need a boost.
  The (Northwest Indiana) Times (http://bit.ly/2mBk9vx ) reports that the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority began with a series of fits and starts, but was reauthorized in the 2015 session of the Indiana Legislature.
  Today, six more RDAs have joined northwest Indiana in trying to build m
  
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• $22M turkey hatchery project planned in western Indiana

  18-03-2017 15:20 via wane.com
  
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A Minnesota-based company is planning to spend $22 million to build a turkey hatchery in western Indiana.
  Select Genetics of Willmar, Minnesota, says it plans to start construction of the new facility in Terre Haute next month and begin production in the spring of 2018. The (Terre Haute) Tribune-Star reports (http://bit.ly/2nwqIRS ) the 83,000-square-foot facility in the Vigo County Industrial Park will produce young turkeys for commercial use.
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• Police: Barricaded man made threats about harming himself

  18-03-2017 14:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Police are investigating a report of a man who made threats about harming himself on social media and barricaded himself inside a home.
  Police and unmarked cars line Raintree Road after officers were called to the report of a barricaded man on Saturday, March 18.Police and a SWAT team were dispatched around 9 a.m. to the home in the 6900 block of Raintree Road.
  Fort Wayne Police Spokesman Officer John Chambers told NewsChannel 15 that after the man made the threat
  
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• Barricaded man surrenders safely after 4-hour standoff

  18-03-2017 14:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – After a 4-hour standoff, a man who had barricaded himself inside a home surrendered safely to police.
  Police and a SWAT team were dispatched around 7:30 a.m. Saturday to the home in the 6800 block of Raintree Road, near the intersection of Cherryblossom Lane on report of a man who made threats about harming himself on social media.
  Fort Wayne Police Spokesman Officer John Chambers told NewsChannel 15 that after the man made the threats, someone noticed and co
  
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• Fort Wayne non-profit to thank community leaders at luncheon

  18-03-2017 13:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A Fort Wayne non-profit dedicated to enrich the lives of children with Christianity will host a luncheon to thank community leaders who helped them succeed.
  The luncheon, hosted by the Euell Wilson Center, will feature Fort Wayne native and Dallas Cowboys fullback Rod Smith as a guest speaker.
  The Euell Wilson Center is an afterschool and summer program for youth and families founded in 1993 by the standout athlete, Euell Wilson.
  RVSP’s for the event are now
  
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• EACS to host job information fair ahead of hiring season

  18-03-2017 13:35 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – East Allen County Schools will host a job fair to find bright, talented individuals ahead of their April hiring season.
  The job information fair will be held on Wednesday, March 22 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Park Hill Learning Center, 1000 Prospect Avenue in New Haven.
  The fair offers the opportunity for applicants to meet with human resources and principals, along with special education, health service, transportation, facility, maintenance and food service dep
  
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• Quacks on the tracks: NYPD rescues duck from subway line

  18-03-2017 12:59 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t an ordinary police call for someone trying to duck a subway fare.New York City officers found themselves chasing down a duck that strayed onto the tracks at a Brooklyn subway station Friday morning.
  Police arrived at the Jefferson Street station on the L line around 9 a.m. to find the duck down in the tracks.Sick of the snow & too tired to fly, Bklyn duck tries taking #Ltrain south for warmer air. Thanks @nypdtransit @nypdspecialops for the lift! pic.twi
  
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• Disney pays $3.8 million for violating minimum wage rules

  18-03-2017 12:47 via wane.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to pay $3.8 million in back wages to Florida workers for violating minimum wage and overtime rules as part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor.
  The federal agency said Friday that the back wages will be paid to more than 16,000 workers at the Disney Vacation Club Management Corp. and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts in Florida.
  The department’s Wage and Hour Division says Disney ded
  
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• Secret Service agent’s laptop stolen from her car in NYC

  18-03-2017 12:36 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Secret Service agent has had a laptop stolen from her car in New York City.The Secret Service said Friday that the laptop contains “multiple layers of security,” including disk encryption, and doesn’t carry classified information. The agency wouldn’t comment further.
  Police say the agent’s car was parked near her Brooklyn home when someone broke in Thursday. Other items that were stolen were later recovered, including coins and a ba
  
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• Rare monk seal dies in fish farm off Hawaii

  18-03-2017 12:31 via wane.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — An endangered Hawaiian monk seal has died after wandering into a net pen and becoming trapped at a fish farm that was partially funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Hawaii.Officials with NOAA said Thursday the death of the 10-year-old monk seal happened at Blue Ocean Mariculture, the same fish farm that NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service has been using for research in conjunction with a plan to expand aquaculture into federal waters a
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Fukushima radiation not cause for alarm in US

  18-03-2017 12:29 via wane.com
  
  Radiation from the Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster in Japan has reached North American shores, but — despite a number of reports shared on social media— scientists say the levels of radiation are so low that it poses no risk to public health.Late last year, researchers announced that Cesium-134 was discovered in waters off the coast of Oregon and in one sockeye salmon in a British Columbia lake. Cesium-134 is considered the fingerprint radiation of the Fukushima disaster, because
  
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• Car slams into tree, 2 seriously hurt

  18-03-2017 12:11 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Two people were seriously hurt when the car they were in went off the road and slammed into a tree.
  The wreckage of a car sits off the side of S. Bend Drive after two people were pulled form the vehicle, seriously hurt Saturday morning.The crash happened around 5:30 Saturday morning on S. Bend Dr., near the intersection with Burbank Dr.
  The car hit a thick tree before spinning and coming to a rest against another tree.
  Two people were pinned inside the wreckage.
  They were
  
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• Man killed at Paris airport had criminal past, radical flags

  18-03-2017 09:51 via wane.com
  
  ORLY, France (AP) — French soldiers shot and killed a man who wrestled a colleague to the ground Saturday and tried to steal her rifle at Paris’ Orly Airport. The melee forced the airport’s busy terminals to close and evacuate and trapped hundreds of passengers aboard flights that had just landed.
  A French police officer guards travelers waiting outside the Orly airport , south of Paris, Saturday, March, 18, 2017. A man was shot dead after wrestling a soldier to the ground at P
  
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• Man killed after trying to grab Paris airport soldier’s gun

  18-03-2017 09:51 via wane.com
  
  ORLY, France (AP) — A man was shot dead Saturday after wrestling a soldier to the ground at Paris’ Orly Airport and trying to take her rifle, officials said. No one else in the busy terminal was hurt, but thousands of travelers were evacuated and flights were diverted to the city’s other airport.
  An elite police officer patrols at Orly airport, south of Paris, Saturday, March, 18, 2017. A man was shot to death Saturday after trying to seize the weapon of a soldier guarding Par
  
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• French police: man tried to seize weapon at airport, killed

  18-03-2017 09:51 via wane.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — A man was shot to death Saturday after trying to seize the weapon of a soldier guarding Paris’ Orly Airport, prompting a partial evacuation of the terminal, police said.
  Authorities warned visitors to avoid the area while an ongoing police operation was underway. Emergency vehicles surrounded the airport as confused passengers gathered in parking lots, and the elite RAID special police force worked to secure the airport.
  A national police official said it is unclear whe
  
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• FAME Festival returns for 30th year

  18-03-2017 09:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Thousands of students, family members and friends will gather at the Grand Wayne Center this weekend as the FAME Festival celebrates its 30th year.
  Student artwork is on display at the 2016 FAME Festival.The Foundation for Art and Music in Education, FAME, mission statement is “to foster and perpetuate creativity through multicultural arts education.”
  Students celebrate FAME’s biggest event of the year by showing off their best art pieces and perfor
  
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• 30th annual FAME Festival celebrates multiculturalism

  18-03-2017 09:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Thousands of students, family members and friends will gather at the Grand Wayne Center on Sunday as the FAME Festival celebrates its 30th year.
  The Foundation for Art and Music in Education, FAME, mission statement is “to foster and perpetuate creativity through multicultural arts education.”
  Students celebrate FAME’s biggest event of the year by showing off their best art pieces and performances at the Grand Wayne Center.
  The 2017 edition is set f
  
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• Trump, Merkel try to sidestep differences in first meeting

  18-03-2017 01:08 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel tried to sidestep their differences in a meeting at the White House Friday, but their first public appearance was punctuated by some awkward moments.During a photo op in the Oval Office, the two did not shake hands before reporters. Trump pushed back against the notion in Europe that his “America First” agenda means he’s an isolationist, calling such a suggestion “another example of, as you
  
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• Vintage US nuclear test films declassified and publicized

  18-03-2017 01:05 via wane.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — From the deserts of southern New Mexico and Nevada to islands in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. government conducted dozens of nuclear weapons tests from the 1940s until the early 1960s.Vintage rolls of film collected from high-security vaults across the country show some of the blasts sending incredible mushroom clouds into the sky and massive fireballs across the landscape. Others start with blinding flashes of light followed by rising columns of smoke in the distan
  
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