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Homeless man from Gary receives job interview makeover

HOBART, Ind. (AP) — Byron Allen had been living in a motel near Gary's Miller neighborhood until his employer didn't pay him on time, and he got kicked out on the street. He drove up and down Broadway and finally found a homeless shelter, which didn't have room, so he hunkered down in his car in the parking lot, trying to get some sleep. A good Samaritan told him it wasn't the best idea, and he'd be safer if he parked outside the police station downtown.


A car drives through the rain on East Riggin Road during a thunderstorm warning Nov. 17 in Muncie. Storms in East Central Indiana left heavy damage in southern Kokomo, which prompted the city to declare a state of emergency. DN PHOTO TAYLOR IRBY
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Scattered flooding, damage across Indiana from strong storms

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Many central and southern Indiana communities faced scattered road flooding and power outages after strong thunderstorms swept across the state. The National Weather Service has flood warnings in effect Tuesday morning for much of the Indianapolis area south to around Columbus, where officials helped people from some homes surrounded by floodwaters.


KRT LIFESTYLE STORY SLUGGED: HOGISLAND KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY REUBEN PEREZ/PROVIDENCE JOURNAL (June 21) Sam Romano has a view of Narragansett Bay and Mt. Hope Bridge from his family's summer home on Hog Island, Rhode Island.  (PJB) NC KD 2001 (Horiz) (mvw) -- NO MAGS, NO SALES --
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Lots of speculation, few clues about mysterious beach blast

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A loud boom that knocked a Rhode Island beachgoer out of her chair is still a mystery days later, and with no evidence of an explosive device and few clues in the sand, investigators and scientists are wondering whether this was a bizarre case of nature acting up. Among the theories that have been floated: some kind of seismic event, or a methane explosion caused by decayed seaweed or other organic matter under the sand. "I must confess to not understanding this particular unexplained event," said Stephen Porder, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Brown University.


Alejandro Garcia de la Paz is currently protected from deportation by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. His federal lawsuit claiming an illegal stop is pending. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman/MCT)
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Many immigrants released, then re-arrested in US

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 1,800 immigrants that the federal government wanted to deport from the United States were nevertheless released from local jails and later re-arrested for various crimes, according to a government report released Monday. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement report — obtained by an organization that actively opposes illegal immigration — said the re-arrested immigrants were among 8,145 people who were freed between January and August 2014, despite requests from federal agents that they be held for deportation. The report provided by the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies says about 23 percent were eventually taken into custody again on a variety of charges. Many jurisdictions have stopped honoring so-called immigration detainers, requests to keep the immigrants in custody, saying they can't hold arrestees without probable cause. In a case drawing national attention to the issue, authorities say a woman was shot to death in San Francisco earlier this month by a suspect who was released from jail despite an immigration detainer. In the report, the top crimes for which immigrants were re-arrested were drug violations and drunken driving.







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