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							This 
							evening members of the Lincoln City Council will be 
							meeting for a special session in Normal. The Council 
							will begin the process of building a Strategic Plan 
							for the future of the city of Lincoln. The meeting 
							will be held at the Multimodal Center in Normal. The 
							address for the Center is 11 Uptown Circle. The 
							meeting is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. and run to 8 
							p.m. The process will continue on Saturday with a 
							daylong session beginning at 8:30 a.m. As is the case 
							with all city meetings, the public is welcome to 
							attend. 
							
							
							 
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				MACS J1149.6+2223, located more than 5 billion light-years away, 
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						Sindelfingen near Stuttgart January 28, 2015. 
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						2015; New Orleans, LA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide 
						defensive back Cyrus Jones (5) is congratulated by head 
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					free medical clinic organized by non-profit group Remote 
					Area Medical at O.Co Coliseum in Oakland, California March 
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				 Actor 
				Harrison Ford injured in small-plane crash in Los Angeles 
				 
				Harrison Ford in Los Angeles August 
				11, 2014. REUTERS/Phil McCarten  
  
				
				
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				Bros. circus to stop elephant acts by 2018 
				 
				Ringling Brothers' animal trainer, 
				Taba Maluenda instructs the Indian Elephant, named Asia, how to 
				bat at "home plate" on this makeshift baseball field during a 
				Miami Marlins batting practice featuring elephants from the 
				Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Miami, Florida in 
				this file photo taken January 5, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity
				 
  
				
				
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				Winfrey prevails in 'Own Your Power' lawsuit 
				 
				Entertainer and producer Oprah 
				Winfrey at the 2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa 
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