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							Standing 
							left to right are Cody Aughton of Collins Roofing, 
							Jody Burge and her sons, and Josh Collins, owner of 
							Collins Roofing of Atlanta. On Tuesday, the Collins 
							team paid a visit to Burge, who is the winner of the 
							Collins Roofing "Thank-you Logan County Roof 
							Giveaway." As the winner of the contest, Burge will 
							receive a complete new roof for her home in Lincoln, 
							free of charge. 
							
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					From the Logan 
					County Emergency Management Agency 
					 
					The following Logan County roads are officially closed due 
					to flooding:
						- 2200th Street between 100 
						Ave & Mason Co. Rd. 4000 E.
 
						- 2520th Street at Sugar 
						Creek bridge (Pekin Hill).
 
						- Nicholson Rd. at Kickapoo 
						Creek, just north of the Epperson Addn.
 
						- 1050th Street at Oltmann 
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				 Widespread flooding hits Missouri, 
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				Submerged roads and houses are seen after several days of heavy 
				rain led to flooding, in an aerial view over Valley Park, 
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				New Year's Eve celebration 
				 
			
				
				New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attends a media briefing 
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				 Obama to host Colombia's Santos for 
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				 Islamic State suffers double blow as 
				Ramadi falls, leaders killed 
				
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				Iraqi security forces hold an Iraqi flag with an Islamic State 
				flag which they had pulled down at a government complex in the 
				city of Ramadi, December 28, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer 
			 
			
			
			
				
				
			
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				can keep it all - Dutch court 
				
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				(C), chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals and 
				KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc, departs U.S. Federal Court after 
				an arraignment following his being charged in a federal 
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				Managing Director 
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				by Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, 
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				in $13.75 million U.S. settlement over mutual funds 
				 
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				metals plant in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, March 28, 
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									Dr. 
									Sapan Desai views the live simulation of a 
									critically ill patient being treated for an 
									abdominal aortic aneurysm in the control 
									room of the Simulation Center in the 
									Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation 
									in Springfield. 
  
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						At the 
						Prairie Farms Holiday Classic in Collinsville, the 
						Lincoln Railers played twice on Tuesday. The first game 
						started early in the day was against the East Saint 
						Louis Flyers. At the first competition, the Railers 
						might have been tagged as the "comeback kids" as they 
						entered the second half of the game down by 10 points. 
						However, in the third and fourth quarters the team 
						rallied and blew the competition away with a winning 
						score of 59 over 46.  
						 
						On Tuesday night, the LCHS Boys Basketball team went up 
						against their first CS8 competitor, Decatur MacArthur. 
						The Railers ended the game with a sizeable deficit, 
						losing by a score of 59-37 in favor of D-Mac. The 
						Railers will now play for the 3rd place finish, opposing 
						the Quincy team, with that game being tonight at 6 p.m.  
			
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				leads Cavaliers over Nuggets 
				
				Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) against the 
				Phoenix Suns at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Cavaliers 
				defeated the Suns 101-97. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA 
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				dump head coach Kelly after three seasons 
				
				Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly reacts 
				on the sideline against the Atlanta Falcons in the their quarter 
				at the Georgia Dome. Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports 
			 
			
					
				
			
					
				
				
					
				
				
					
				
				
				
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				power past Coyotes 
			
					
				
				
				Blackhawks center Andrew Desjardins (11) 
				celebrates with defenseman Brent Seabrook (7) after scoring a 
				goal in the second period against the Arizona Coyotes at Gila 
				River Arena. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports 
			 
					
				
				
					
				
			
			
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				turns 40, still three wins shy of Snead's 82 
			
					
				
				
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				clinic in Mexico City October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido 
			 
					
				
				
					
				
				
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				 Russia 
				unlikely to compete in Rio, European Athletics chief says 
			
					
				
				
				A man walks in front of the Russian Olympic 
				Committee headquarters building, which also houses the 
				management of Russian Athletics Federation in Moscow, Russia, 
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