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Morning Headlines: Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Good morning! These are some of the stories we are following today.

1.  Hoosiers can buy alcohol on Christmas, first time since Prohibition.

Governor Pence's signing into law of HB 1542 last December makes this Christmas the first since Prohibition to allow the sale of alcohol.

But you still can't buy it on Sundays.

2. Armed robberies result in IUPUI lock-down. 

Officers responded to robberies at 3pm and later Tuesday night after a pair of suspects with guns were spotted on IUPUI's campus.

 3 . Utility rate hike sparks backlash in northern Indiana.

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission's approval of an 11.5 percent increase in consumer electricity bills for NIPSCO customers in northern Indiana garnered outrage at an IURC open meeting.

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