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							Hannah 
							Riedle and Samantha McCarty, members of the Mount 
							Pulaski FFA Chapter from Mount Pulaski, Illinois, 
							were finalists in the National FFA Agriscience Fair. 
							The 87th National FFA Convention and Expo was held 
							in Louisville, KY Oct. 29 through Nov. 1, 2014. 
							 
							
							The Agriscience Fair is 
							a competition for members who are interested in the 
							science and technology of agriculture. 
							 
							
							The national competition 
							is sponsored by Cargill, John Deere, and Syngenta. 
							Photo provided by National FFA 
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GE235 in New Taipei City February 5, 2015.  
 
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				 New York 
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				Members of the NTSB and Metropolitan Transportation Authority 
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				 Obama to seek new authority for 
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				A general view of the destruction after what activists said were 
				at least 20 air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President 
				Bashar al-Assad in the Douma neighbourhood of Damascus February 
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						Data Breach Law should not weaken States’ consumer 
						protectionsMadigan Testifies in D.C. as Congress Considers Data 
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						Jennifer Greiner (L) and Whitney Carson prepare for 
						Friday's grand opening at the Lantern Coffee Company in 
						Williston, North Dakota, February 5, 2015. 
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						Recording shows how UBS drove reluctant brokers to sell 
						high-risk Puerto Rico funds 
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						Ladicani, an 88-year-old widow living in San Juan and 
						long time client of the UBS, looks up during an 
						interview with Reuters in San Juan January 21, 2015. 
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						up your home price: Live near a coffee shop 
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						 Column: 
						Nestle, negative yields and a different deflation - 
						James Saft 
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						flies past the logo at the headquarters of world food 
						giant Nestle in Vevey October 16, 2014. REUTERS/Denis 
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 Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Charles Plosser 
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							states probe massive data breach at health insurer 
							Anthem 
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						to sell wireline operations, towers worth $15.6 billion 
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					Actor 
					Johnny Depp and girlfriend Amber Heard laugh as they arrive 
					for the UK premiere of "Mortdecai" at Leicester Sqaure in 
					London January 19, 2015. 
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					want tougher vaccine exemptions amid measles outbreak 
 Jayden Mercado, 4, 
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					influenza vaccine at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston, 
					Massachusetts in this file photo taken January 10, 2013. 
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					subway germs reflect their neighborhoods 
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				film 'Nobody Wants the Night' in competition at the 65th 
				Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 5, 
				2015. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
 
				
				
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				Grammy contenders find grassroots strength in streaming 
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				Gonzalez Inarritu poses for a portrait while promoting his 
				upcoming movie "Birdman" in Los Angeles, California in this file 
				photo taken on December 16, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
 
				
				
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				to step down as Sony studio head after hacking upheaval 
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				Co-Chairman Amy Pascal poses during the premiere of "The 
				Interview" in Los Angeles, California December 11, 2014. 
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						Lincoln 
						sophomores and varsity girls basketball teams played 
						Lanphier athome on Thursday evening. During the sophomore fourth 
						quarter play the
 Lions were hogging the ball at their end of the court, 
						but Lady Railers
 strategic handling earned Lincoln a solid win 54-30.
 Varsity play followed and Lincoln won that game also 
						47-44.
 
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				Trail Blazers center Meyers Leonard (11) defends Phoenix Suns 
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