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1908 Illinois race riot was impetus behind founding of the NAACP
When an African-American was accused of raping a white woman and another of murdering a white locomotive engineer, Springfield, Ill., exploded into a race riot on the evening of Aug. 14, 1908. The mob grew furious when they learned that the two men had...Tags: Lawyers, Christianity, Springfield, Labor Legislation, Kweisi Mfume
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Dinah K. Faber
Baltimore Sun reporterDinah K. Faber, a writer, photographer and historian who was known as "the Booth Lady" for her preservation work on Tudor Hall, the Harford County home of the famous Booth family, died Sunday of colon cancer at her Colby, Kan., home. She was 62. The...Tags: Kansas State University , History, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Harford County
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Marine from Baltimore killed in Iraq
Sun StaffOne of the first U.S. casualties of the Iraqi war was a 29-year-old Marine from Northeast Baltimore who joined the corps out of high school and leaves behind a wife and young son and a grieving family that mourns his loss while questioning the necessity...Tags: Rite Aid Corp., Matthew Kennedy, Family, Celebrity Parents, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Insurance claims piling high
Dow Jones NewswiresThousands of claims are beginning to stream in to insurers as residents make their way back to their waterlogged and wind-blown homes after Hurricane Isabel. Insured property losses from the storm could exceed $1 billion, which would make it one of the...Tags: Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Farms, Insurance, Columbus
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David Davis Mansion Foundation, Glorious Garden Festival Garden Walk
WGN NewsCome out and guide yourself through 10 beautiful, private gardens in Bloomington-Normal, Illnois. Tours include water features, perennial gardens and gardens with unique landscapes. All proceeds benefit the David Davis Mansion State Historic Site. Date... -
Police: Several 'credible tips' received weekly in Lauren Spierer case
The Bloomington Police Department released a statement Thursday, just days before the one year anniversary of the disappearance of Indiana University student Lauren Spierer. Police said the investigation is still “very active” and several...
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Money meant for wind, solar power loses steam as customers shift from utility giants
By law, 25 percent of Illinois' electricity must come from wind, solar and other renewable resources by 2025.
But as more municipalities elect to buy power from suppliers other than Commonwealth Edison Co. and Ameren Illinois, developers of renewable...Tags: Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Companies and Corporations, Pat Quinn, Springfield
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UPDATE 2-CME defends turf with expanded grain trading hours
Reuters* CME grain trade starts earlier, drops midsession break * Move seen as response to 22-hour ICE grain trading cycle * Trade frets about release of USDA data during market hours * Paris to lose role as key post-USDA report trading venue By Julie...Tags: Europe, Computing and Information Technology Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, IntercontinentalExchange Incorporated, Chicago Board of Trade
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UPDATE 1-CME defends turf with expanded grain trading hours
Reuters* CME grain trade starts earlier, drops midsession break * Move seen as response to 22-hour ICE grain trading cycle * Trade frets about release of USDA data during market hours * Paris to lose role as key post-USDA report trading venue By Julie...Tags: Europe, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Computing and Information Technology Industry, IntercontinentalExchange Incorporated, Chicago Board of Trade
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CME defends turf with expanded grain trading hours
ReutersThe CME Group's grain markets began trading for 21 hours a day on Sunday, as the exchange tries to guard its turf against upstart IntercontinentalExchange, whose own nearly round-the-clock trade has gotten off to a tepid start. For the first time, CME...Tags: Europe, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Computing and Information Technology Industry, IntercontinentalExchange Incorporated, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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GRAINS-Dryness lifts wheat 3 pct, exports buoy soybeans
Reuters* U.S. wheat up for 4th day, highest since early April * Wheat crop outlook dims in Russia, EU, United States * Big sale to China boosts soybeans (Updates with closing U.S. prices) By Rod Nickel and Mark Weinraub WINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO, May 17...Tags: Agriculture, Russia, Chicago Board of Trade, Prices, Marketing
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Farm pollution
The May 7 online editorial "Congress should reign in crop insurance" noted that the Senate's farm bill does not require land-stewardship practices in exchange for crop insurance subsidies. This is cause for alarm given agriculture pollution is a top cause...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Agriculture, Dick Durbin, Springfield, Mark Kirk
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