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World War II veterans salute as taps is played at a ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer on Friday, marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day. — (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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June 06, 2014

70 Years After A Crucial Invasion, World Honors D-Day

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Lucien (left) and Germaine Rigault lean out of their home in La Cambe, a tiny village in Normandy a short distance from Omaha Beach. The couple, in their 80s, were in La Cambe during the Allied landing on June 6, 1944, and live there still. "We — (Eleanor Beardsley/NPR)

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June 06, 2014

70 Years On, A Normandy Village Honors Aging WWII Veterans

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June 05, 2014

Governor Signs CPR/AED Training Bill in Normal

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June 05, 2014

Legislator Pay: Too Much Or Too Little?

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Lennie Merullo and his son, Len ‘Boots’ Merullo at Wrigley Field. — (Courtesy of the Merullo family)

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June 05, 2014

Last Living World Series Cub Returns To Wrigley Field

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Don Zimmer before the 1990 All-Star Game — (Getty Images/Getty Images)

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June 05, 2014

Baseball Man Don Zimmer Dies, Ending An Epic Sports Career

General Motors Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra (center), Executive Vice President Mark Reuss (right) and President Dan Ammann discuss a review of the company's handling of a recall for a deadly ignition switch problem. — (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

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June 05, 2014

GM Review Found ‘History Of Failures’ In Ignition Switch Debacle, CEO Says

Chester Nez, one of 29 Navajo Code Talkers whose language skills thwarted the Japanese military in World War II, is shown in a November 2009 photo. Nez died on Wednesday. — (Felicia Fonseca/AP)

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June 05, 2014

Last Of The Navajo ‘Code Talkers’ Dies At 93

Hailey, Idaho: A sign announcing the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl outside Zaney's coffee shop, where Bergdahl worked as a teenager. A rally celebrating his return home has been canceled, after organizers received threats of protests and hate ma — (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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June 05, 2014

Bergdahl’s Hometown Cancels Celebration Of His Return

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A young woman is caught between civilians and Chinese soldiers, who were trying to remove her from an assembly near the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, June 3, 1989. Pro-democracy protesters had been occupying Tiananmen Square for weeks. — (Jeff Widener/AP)

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June 04, 2014

Tiananmen Square Diary

Ron Yates is Professor Emeritus and the former Dean of the College of Media at the University of Illinois. He was reporting from Tiananmen Square in 1989 as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.

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70 Years After A Crucial Invasion, World Honors D-Day

70 Years On, A Normandy Village Honors Aging WWII Veterans

Governor Signs CPR/AED Training Bill in Normal

Legislator Pay: Too Much Or Too Little?

Last Living World Series Cub Returns To Wrigley Field

Baseball Man Don Zimmer Dies, Ending An Epic Sports Career

GM Review Found ‘History Of Failures’ In Ignition Switch Debacle, CEO Says

Last Of The Navajo ‘Code Talkers’ Dies At 93

Bergdahl’s Hometown Cancels Celebration Of His Return

Tiananmen Square Diary