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							Lincoln 
							Mayor Marty Neitzel prepares to reconvene city 
							aldermen and department heads on Saturday afternoon 
							after a break-out session at the Lincoln 2020 
							Strategic Plan review. The breakout session gave 
							smaller groups the opportunity to review the 
							strategic goals of the plan and recommend changes or 
							additions to the action items connected to the 
							specific goal. 
							
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				 Cook County jail in Chicago on 
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				A Cook County Sheriff's police car patrols the exterior of the 
				Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, 
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				 Appeal in Baltimore officer's murder 
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				Caesar Goodson arrives at the courthouse for the first day of 
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				 Suicide bomber kills at least 15 
				outside Pakistan polio center 
				
				
				Rescue workers and crime scene investigators inspect the site of 
				a suicide bomb attack close to a polio eradication centre in 
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				West Virginia at the border of Pike County, Kentucky May 13, 
				2015. REUTERS/Valerie Volcovici 
			 
			
			
			
			
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				rise for Volkswagen diesel deal despite CEO faux pas 
				 
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				rises for first time in eight sessions on China, U.S. stocks 
				draw 
				 
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				Haffner's gas station is seen in Lowell, Massachusetts December 
				15, 2014. Picture taken with long exposure. Picture taken 
				December 15, 2014. REUTERS/Brian Snyder 
			 
			
			
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				futures rise on China trade data surprise 
				 
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					of Google's own self-driving vehicle is seen during a media 
					preview of Google's current autonomous vehicles in Mountain 
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						The 
						West Lincoln-Broadwell Junior Wolverines fourth grade 
						team traveled to East Peoria this weekend and brought 
						home 2nd place in the East Peoria Fourth Grade 
						Tournament. The team went 3-1 in the 10 team tournament 
						with wins over Illini Bluffs, Metamora, and East Peoria, 
						before falling to The Pekin Boys and Girls Club in the 
						Championship game 27-25. 
						 
						Congratulations to Michael Lucas who came home with 
						First Place in the free throw shooting contest and 
						Landon Heinzel came home with 3rd place. 
						 
						Pictured are front row: Michael Lucas, Jackson Geriets, 
						Blake Horn, Brady Miller, and Collin Schmidt. In the 
						back row are Coach Tony Schilling, Landen Heinzel, Luke 
						Jones, Jason Agee, Riley Freitag, Trey Schilling, and 
						Coach Dan Horn 
			
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				 Bucks 
				limit turnovers, beat Bulls 
				
				
				Bucks guard Khris Middleton (22) drives for the basket against 
				Chicago Bulls guard Jimmy Butler (21) in the first quarter at 
				BMO Harris Bradley Center. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA 
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				Louis Rams green-lit for move to Los Angeles 
				
				
				NFL fans Tom Bateman (L) Skye Sverdlin, Daniel Balma, and Joe 
				Ramirez, show their support for the St. Louis Rams NFL team to 
				come to Los Angeles at a news conference to unveil plans for 
				development at the site of the former Hollywood Park Race Track 
				in Inglewood, California, in this January 5, 2015 file photo. 
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				3, Predators 2 
				
				
				Blackhawks defenseman Erik Gustafsson (52) clears the puck 
				during the second period against the Nashville Predators at the 
				United Center. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY 
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				 Monte 
				Irvin, Hall of Famer who helped integrate baseball, dies at 96 
				
				
				President Barack Obama (R) applauds Hall of Fame players Monte 
				Irvin (L) and Willie Mays (2nd L) during a reception at the East 
				Room of the White House in Washington, June 4, 2015. 
				REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 
			 
			
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				 FIFA 
				fires Secretary General Valcke 
				
				
				FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke attends a news conference 
				during his visit to Samara, one of the 2018 World Cup host 
				cities, Russia, June 10, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev 
			 
			
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				 Halep 
				holds off Pliskova, meets Kuznetsova next 
				
				
				Romania's Simona Halep in action in the round robin match Action 
				Images via Reuters / Jeremy Lee Livepic 
			 
			
					
				
			
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				 Athletics-IAAF 
				under fire as further Russian doping allegations surface 
				
				
				A view shows a plaque at the IAAF (The International Association 
				of Athletics Federations) headquarters in Monaco November 4, 
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