http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/?srvc=rss The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news en-us Copyright 2009, Herald Interactive, Inc. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:22:50 -0400 bill@heraldinteractive.com (Bill Gaffney) 120 http://news.bostonherald.com/siteImages/news_adlogo.gif http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/?srvc=rss 126 37 The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/xT3cOglqCSg/view.bg LUCASVILLE, Ohio - A man who confessed to slayings in four states spent his final hours watching television and meeting with a priest as he awaited execution Tuesday for murdering... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:36:26 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184808&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184808&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/0-jqKuW89X8/view.bg OTTAWA, Ill. - Three people are dead after their vehicle was struck by an Amtrak train in Illinois. Authorities say five people were in the vehicle hit by the California-bound... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:04:54 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184764&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184764&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/xyfPLtd7y6o/view.bg INDIANAPOLIS - Police have arrested a couple allegedly caught smoking marijuana while waiting in the drive-through line at an Arby's restaurant with their 1-year-old... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:40:04 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184751&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184751&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/sdvwpig42bc/view.bg GRAND BEACH, Mich. - A convicted killer who was one of three inmates who escaped from the Indiana State Prison was caught Monday near the vacation home of Chicago Mayor Richard... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:35:08 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184601&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184601&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/MTjmKsEG9Ww/view.bg MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. - A massive manhunt is under way for three cons - two killers and a rapist - who escaped from a maximum security prison by climbing through underground... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:39:45 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184541&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184541&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/5EbYnWeIauU/view.bg MINNEAPOLIS - A 20-year-old man believed by his family to have been killed in his native Somalia "had no clue" what the country was really like when he left his... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:25:02 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184488&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184488&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/DGiAZWMRC3w/view.bg MILWAUKEE - First Carlos Gomez heard voices. Then he watched his iPod go haywire after he got out of the shower, sending him scrambling for the lobby without stopping to put... Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:31:02 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184238&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184238&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/Kd9HdI0zPZo/view.bg KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An argument earlier in the day between teens from rival neighborhoods had Jason Broom worried as he stood in a pothole-riddled parking lot pondering his... Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:12:53 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184217&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184217&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/8CzJjUd9OPY/view.bg ALSIP, Ill. - Distraught families hoping to determine whether loved ones' final resting places at a historic black cemetery near Chicago were desecrated in a gravedigging... Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:03:24 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184208&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184208&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/s3Tc6EkuFQQ/view.bg CHICAGO - A judge has given a five-year prison sentence to a 31-year-old man convicted of having a gun outside President Barack Obama's Chicago home in September. Omhari... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:02:08 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184126&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184126&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/JShFp4LlAh4/view.bg CHICAGO - Embattled Illinois Sen. Roland Burris said today he won't run for a full term in 2010, making official the end of a short Senate career clouded by questions... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:38:00 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184064&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184064&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/JtyxbqWsQ9o/view.bg ALSIP, Ill. - Four former employees accused of digging up bodies and reselling plots at a historic black cemetery near Chicago made about $300,000 in a scheme believed to... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:09:31 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184034&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184034&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/Sxz5Q9koXz8/view.bg MINNEAPOLIS - When patriotism inspired the Rev. Jerry Fehn a decade ago to serve soldiers in combat zones abroad, the 45-year-old was afraid he had waited too long. He... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:24:09 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184058&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184058&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/eijzNFNerrY/view.bg CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Police say they've determined who was driving a car with five young people inside that was struck by an Amtrak passenger train after skirting... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:58:23 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184056&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1184056&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/yQrGGhcIk-c/view.bg ALSIP, Illinois - Prosecutors today charged three gravediggers and a manager in an elaborate scheme in which hundreds of corpses were dug up at a historic black cemetery near... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:24:35 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1183872&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1183872&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/yNmNFdFnN-w/view.bg MINNEAPOLIS - A terror suspect who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide support to al-Qaida will serve about a year in prison and then be deported to Canada. U.S. District... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:53:17 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1183883&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1183883&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/SoqfOGbZAxY/view.bg BISMARCK, N.D. - Police responding to a domestic disturbance arrived at Stacey Anvarinia's home to find the drunken woman breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby in front... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:09:00 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1183309&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1183309&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/zcj3HXUVe2w/view.bg CAMBRIDGE, Minn. - A 21-year-old woman is facing felony charges after allegedly prank-calling her 69-year-old grandmother 45 times in one day, threatening to kill her. Angel... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:55:34 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1183274&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1183274&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/ZolCAC7UXDY/view.bg MONROE, Mich. - Four Michigan fishermen whose 19-foot boat capsized in western Lake Erie have been rescued. The men, who are between 52 and 76 years old, were spotted... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:40:21 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1182920&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1182920&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/sT9hBAOQUEs/view.bg MONROE, Mich. - The U.S. Coast Guard and others are searching Lake Erie for four Michigan fishermen whose 19-foot boat set sail a day earlier. The men, who are between... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:23:28 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1182890&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1182890&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/midwest/~3/qjMr_xFa-aE/view.bg MUNICH - John Demjanjuk moved one step closer to another trial after German prosecutors said today that doctors had deemed the 89-year-old fit to go to court on charges of... 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