Would you want to stick your hand in this? Monday afternoon the last thing Mitzi Rohlfs of the Logan County Joint Solid Waste Agency wanted to find was that someone had dumped several illegal items inside a newly emptied paper recycling bin in Lincoln. But this is what she found, along with leaves, potting soil, spoiled food, knick-knack shelves, a spoon rack, a trash can full of metal clothes hangers, and several dozen other items that had no business in the recycling bin.

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Illini Central High School is pleased to announce the Top Ten Academic Students for the graduating class of 2014. The top ten students, front row left to right: Madison Genseal, Mariah Behrends, Jenna Hilgers, Dylan Hull and Alexis Robison. In the back row, left to right: Alison Stone, Jacob Sexton, Cory Hull, Gabriella Briseno and William Deters. Learn more about these students in the Teaching & Learning section below.

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• Lucas Alan Hutchison

A dealer eats his lunch as he monitors his screens on the trading floor of IG Index in London.

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John Brooks (R) of the U.S. scores a goal during the 2014 World Cup Group G soccer match between Ghana and the U.S. at the Dunas arena in Natal June 16, 2014.

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