Field Museum gets piece of meteorite that lit up west coast sky
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CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -
The field museum has a new star; a meteorite, to be exact.
The museum got a piece of the meteor that created a huge fireball in the sky over the west coast last month. It was donated by a private collector.
The meteorite is extremely rare -- and valuable to scientists. Museum officials say studying it could give them a glimpse back in time to when the solar system was formed.
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A Merrillville police officer shot a man Monday afternoon when the two got into a fight in the parking lot of the Merrillville Planned Parenthood office.
A Merrillville police officer shot a man Monday afternoon when the two got into a fight in the parking lot of the Merrillville Planned Parenthood office.
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Gov. Pat Quinn said Illinois lawmakers have a chance to make history on two fronts this month by approving a plan to fix the state's decades-old pension crisis and legalizing same-sex marriage.
Gov. Pat Quinn said Illinois lawmakers have a chance to make history on two fronts this month by approving a plan to fix the state's decades-old pension crisis and legalizing same-sex marriage.
