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					   IT'S TIME TO 
					SPRING FORWARD!SET YOUR CLOCKS UP ONE HOUR
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			On 
			Thursday morning, before the standoff began on Interstate 55, Logan 
			County Sheriff Mark Landers hosted a media conference to explain the 
			need for the proposed half-cent sales tax for Logan County. The tax 
			which is being titled as a Safety Tax will fund a project to provide 
			modernization and increased square footage to the current Logan 
			County Safety Complex, specifically for the Logan County Jail. 
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						Actor 
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				 Maryland top court upholds 'Serial' 
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				Convicted murderer Adnan Syed arrives at the Baltimore City 
				Circuit Courthouse in Baltimore, Maryland February 4, 2016. The 
				Maryland man whose 2000 murder conviction was thrown into 
				question by the popular "Serial" podcast was in court today to 
				argue he deserved a new trial because his lawyers had done a 
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				 Don't expect details from Mueller 
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				acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is sworn in to 
				testify before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight 
				of the Justice Department on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., 
				February 8, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts 
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				 India says Pakistan hiding 
				information by blocking access to bombing site 
				
				Pakistan's army soldier stands at the edge of a crater, after 
				Indian military aircrafts struck on February 26, according to 
				Pakistani officials, in Jaba village, near Balakot, Pakistan, 
				March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro 
				
				
					
			
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				 Elon Musk's SpaceX capsule splashes 
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				An unmanned capsule of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft 
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					 FAA warns Southwest, union 
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					strip, Nevada, United States April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy 
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				 China says working with U.S. day 
				and night to get trade deal 
				
				Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan (L) and Vice Commerce 
				Minister, Deputy China International Trade Representative Wang 
				Shouwen arrive for a news conference during the ongoing session 
				of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 
				9, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee 
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				 U.S. February job growth weakest 
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				Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference 
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				in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File 
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				 Wall Street's oldest-ever bull 
				market turns 10 years old 
				
				The Charging Bull statue, also known as the Wall St. Bull, is 
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				 No 'silent lambs': China 
				supports Huawei's bid for U.S. legal redress 
				
				Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a news conference 
				during the ongoing session of the National People's Congress 
				(NPC), China's parliamentary body, in Beijing, China March 8, 
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						Bloomington$2.35-2.659
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			Sixty-first annual 
			Illinois Mennonite Relief SaleMarch 15th and 16th
 
             
			It’s time to spring into the 61st 
			Annual Illinois Mennonite Relief Sale, which will be held at 
			Interstate Center, Bloomington, Illinois, on Friday evening, March 
			15, and all day Saturday, March 16, 2019. 
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