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							Agency Director Dan Fulscher named Patrick Doolin as 
							Volunteer of the Year. Fulscher was joined by Logan 
							County Board Chairman David Hepler in thanking 
							Doolin for his service to the safety of the 
							community for the past 10 years. 
							 
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workers and investigators, seen in this picture made available to the media by 
the French Interior Ministry April 1, 2015, work near debris from wreckage at 
the crash site of a Germanwings Airbus A320, near Seyne-les-Alpes.  
 
			
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				 Grandson of Getty oil founder 
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				house of Andrew Getty, the grandson of Getty oil founder J. Paul 
				Getty, in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles, California 
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				 Obama ends freeze on U.S. military 
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				President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the dedication 
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				 Explosion at Yemen factory kills at 
				least 25: residents, medics 
				
				
				Smoke rises from a military supply post after it was hit by an 
				air strike in Yemen's northwestern city of Saada April 1, 2015. 
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				A general view of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment is 
				seen during a media visit at the Organization for Nuclear 
				Research (CERN) in the French village of Saint-Genis-Pouilly 
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						private sector adds 189,000 jobs in March -ADP 
						 
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						attend a job fair in Detroit, Michigan, in this file 
						photo taken March 1, 2014. REUTERS/Joshua Lott 
						 
					 
					
					
						
						
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						Holdings to form REIT for some Sears, Kmart stores 
						 
						People 
						walk past the main Sears store in downtown Vancouver, 
						British Columbia February 23, 2011. Retailer Sears 
						Canada Inc posted a 28 percent drop in its quarterly 
						profit, hurt in part by lower demand for appliances. 
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						demand hits China factory, services firms in March, more 
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						work at a steel factory in Dalian, Liaoning province in 
						this March 16, 2015 file picture. REUTERS/China 
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						 Being 
						a big global bank is not worth the hassle -investor poll 
						 
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						arrives at his office in the Canary Wharf business 
						district in London February 26, 2014. LREUTERS/Eddie 
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						Lockhart sticks with June to September liftoff, despite 
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						takes part in a panel discussion titled "Twist and 
						Shout: The Limits of U.S. Monetary Policy" at the Milken 
						Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California 
						May 1, 2012. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok  
					 
					
					
						
						
						 Dollar 
						dips, market struggles for direction before U.S. jobs 
						data 
						 
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						one-hundred dollar bill (C) and Japanese 10,000 yen 
						notes are spread in Tokyo, in this February 28, 2013 
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						futures flat at start of second quarter 
						 
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						work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New 
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						 Germany 
						sets very high bar for fracking 
						 
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						protest against fracking technology in front of the 
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						President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the 
						dedication ceremony for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute 
						for the United States Senate, in Boston March 30, 2015. 
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						launches button for instant product ordering 
						 
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						in Mason City following a 16-0 win over the Cougars. The 
						Toppers pounded out a season-high 15 hits in support of 
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					Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) reacts after scoring a 
					basket against Los Angeles Clippers during the second half 
					at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA 
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				 Lack 
				lifts Canucks to shootout win over Predators 
				
				
				Canucks goalie Eddie Lack (31) makes a save on a shootout shot 
				attempt by Nashville Predators center Filip Forsberg (9) at 
				Bridgestone Arena. The Canucks won 5-4 in a shootout. Mandatory 
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				 Ex-NFL star 'swore on his baby's 
				life' he didn't commit murder 
				
				
				Owner of the New England Patriots Robert Kraft testifies during 
				the murder trial of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron 
				Hernandez at Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, 
				Massachusetts, March 31, 2015. REUTERS/Aram Boghosian/Pool 
			 
			
			
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				 Djokovic survives Miami scare; 
				Murray claims 500th win 
				
				
				Novak Djokovic celebrates after his match against Alexandr 
				Dolgopolov (not pictured) on day nine of the Miami Open at 
				Crandon Park Tennis Center. Djokovic won 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-0. 
				Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports 
			 
			
			
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				 Woods plays 18 holes in practice 
				at Augusta National 
				
				
				Tiger Woods blasts out of a greenside bunker on the 18th hole 
				during the second round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open at 
				TPC Scottsdale. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-Arizona 
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				 U.S. concede another late goal in 
				Swiss draw 
				
				
				Valentin Stocker of Switzerland (L) scores against goalkeeper 
				William Yarbrough of the U.S. during their international 
				friendly soccer match at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich March 
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