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• One shot dead at Fort Meade after trying to enter NSA gate - CNN

  30-03-2015 23:55 via cnn.com
  
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  (CNN) One person is dead, and two more were hospitalized after an unauthorized vehicle tried to gain access to the National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Maryland, according to the NSA, which is investigating the incident. "Shortly before 9:00 AM ...
  Car that tried to crash NSA gate was stolen from Maryland hotel, police sayLos Angeles Times
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• 'Run-hungry Pietersen could return'

  30-03-2015 23:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surrey director of cricket Alec Stewart says Kevin Pietersen could return for England if he scores highly at county level.
  
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• Cameron launches election campaign

  30-03-2015 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Cameron says he wants to complete the job of "turning the country around" as the election officially gets under way and other leaders hit the campaign trail.
  
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• British couple found shot dead in Spain - The Times (subscription)

  30-03-2015 23:51 via thetimes.co.uk
  
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  British couple found shot dead in Spain
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  A former Olympic diver and his wife were found shot dead in each other's arms after an apparent burglary went wrong at their retirement home in Spain. Peter Tarsey, 77, was discovered with his wife, Jean, at their two-bedroom villa in the village of Jalon, near ...
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• Iran nuclear talks: Prospect of deal with Iran pushes Saudi Arabia and Israel into an unlikely alliance

  30-03-2015 23:49
  
  Foreign ministers from Iran, the US and five other world powers including Britain were tonight preparing for a final 24 hours of intense negotiations that could change the Middle East’s political landscape for years to come.
  
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• McQueen's fashion legacy appraised

  30-03-2015 23:39
  
  The life of fashion designer Alexander McQueen has been celebrated with a star-studded private viewing of his work.
  
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• England Under 21s 3-2 Germany Under 21s: James Ward-Prowse completes ... - Daily Mail

  30-03-2015 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  England Under 21s 3-2 Germany Under 21s: James Ward-Prowse completes ...
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  So now Gareth Southgate knows exactly what his biggest challenge is over the next two months: and it is not hatching a plan to beat Germany. It is 80 days until England begin Euro 2015 in Olomouc with their Group B opener against Portugal and after their ...
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• Lead prosecutor in al-Shabaab bombing trial shot dead in Uganda

  30-03-2015 23:32
  
  Police say Joan Kagezi, who was prosecuting the case of 13 men on trial for killing 76 people, was followed on a motorbike as she drove home Uganda’s lead prosecutor in the ongoing trial of 13 men accused of participating in 2010 al-Shabaab bombings that killed 76 people was shot dead Monday, police said.Joan Kagezi, acting assistant director of public prosecution, was murdered by men on a motorbike as she drove home in a suburb of the capital, Kampala police spokesman Patrick Onyango said. �
  
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• Kane emergence excites me - Rooney

  30-03-2015 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England captain Wayne Rooney says he is as excited as anyone about Harry Kane, who will make his full debut against Italy.
  
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• 126th anniversary of the public opening of the Eiffel Tower: 6 things you didn't know about the iconic structure

  30-03-2015 23:23
  Some 126 years ago, the Eiffel Tower opened its doors to the public for the first time.
  
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• Millie Mackintosh risks nip slip in lingerie style kimono-dress at Alexander ... - mirror.co.uk

  30-03-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Millie Mackintosh turned heads in a stunning floor-length oyster kimono-style dress at the Alexander McQueen exhibition in London on Monday night. The former Made In Chelsea star's efforts in the gym certainly paid off as she showcased her assets in the ...
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• Tories and Labour hit by early election setbacks - Scotsman

  30-03-2015 23:21 via scotsman.com
  
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  Prime Minister David Cameron speaks in front of 10 Downing Street after meeting with the Queen to dissolve Parliament. Picture: Getty. DAVID MADDOX. 22:14 Monday 30 March 2015. 21. Have your say. THE two men vying for the keys to Downing Street ...
  General Election 2015: We don't endorse Miliband, say firms quoted in advertThe Independent
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• Push to name tunnel after Robin Williams gets first OK - New York Daily News

  30-03-2015 23:14 via nydailynews.com
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  Push to name tunnel after Robin Williams gets first OK
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  The rainbow colored tunnel was frequently passed through by Williams who lived in the San Francisco region for decades. The drive to rename a famous rainbow-painted tunnel in honor of Robin Williams has cleared another bureaucratic speed bump.
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• Undercover federal agents in Silk Road case accused of fraud - The Guardian

  30-03-2015 23:14 via theguardian.com
  
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  Undercover federal agents in Silk Road case accused of fraud
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  Ross Ulbricht in court in January. Ulbricht was found guilty of fraud charges. Photograph: Elizabeth Williams/AP. Nicky Woolf in New York. Monday 30 March 2015 17.13 EDT Last modified on Monday 30 March 2015 17.16 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on ...
  Ex-federal agents at center of Silk Road case charged with stealing bitcoinsLos Angeles Times
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• Police: Car that tried to crash NSA gate was stolen from Maryland hotel - Los Angeles Times

  30-03-2015 23:11 via latimes.com
  
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  Police: Car that tried to crash NSA gate was stolen from Maryland hotel
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  One person was killed and two others, including a police officer, were injured Monday after police confronted a car that tried to crash through a gate outside National Security Agency headquarters at Fort Meade, Md., the agency confirmed. cComments.
  FBI: Fatal Shooting Near NSA 'Not Related to Terrorism'Voice of America
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• British soldier Shaun Cole found dead in Miami after attending music festival - Daily Mail

  30-03-2015 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  British soldier Shaun Cole found dead in Miami after attending music festival
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  A British soldier has been found dead in a street in Miami while on holiday for a dance music festival. The 22-year-old, named locally as Private Shaun Cole, was on holiday in the city in Florida when it is thought he suffered a trauma to his head, caused by a ...
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• Indiana lawmakers looking to clarify religious-freedom law that could discriminate against gays

  30-03-2015 23:07
  
  Politicians in Indiana have said they will work on clarifying the language in a religious-freedom law that has caused quite a backlash because many say the law can be used to discriminate against gays.
  
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• Top Diva: Jeremy Clarkson's outrageous back-stage demands revealed - Express.co.uk

  30-03-2015 23:06 via express.co.uk
  
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  JEREMY CLARKSON was last week sacked for hitting a producer after he was given a cold meat platter rather than a steak. By Rebecca Perring Rebecca Perring. PUBLISHED: 21:49, Mon, Mar 30, 2015. Jeremy Clarkson has some very specific backstage ...
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• Truro Easter egg hunt goes ahead despite deep snow - CBC.ca

  30-03-2015 23:05 via cbc.ca
  
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  Shubenacadie Sam was no match for the Easter bunny this weekend. For the first time, Truro Parks & Recreation held its annual Easter egg hunt in the snow, which will likely be the case for many others in the Maritimes this year. Truro's 6th annual Easter egg ...and more »
  
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• Hamilton deal could be worth £27m

  30-03-2015 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World champion Lewis Hamilton expects to sign a new Mercedes contract this week that could be worth more than £27m a year.
  
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• Iran talks stretch into the night hours before deadline - Channel News Asia

  30-03-2015 22:53 via channelnewsasia.com
  
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  Iran talks stretch into the night hours before deadline
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  Marathon talks aimed at curtailing Iran's nuclear programme stretched into the night on Monday as negotiators grappled with the remaining "tricky issues" blocking a deal with a deadline just hours away. PHOTOS. US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) waits ...and more »
  
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• England U21 3-2 Germany U21: MATCH REPORT - Daily Mail

  30-03-2015 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  90+2min: We are in three minutes of added time as Emre Can slices well off target from 25 yards. That should just about be that... 21:32. 90min: Remember my 80/1 shout on 4-2 before the game - well it nearly (should have!) come in! Ter Stegen parries very ...
  England Under-21 3 Germany Under-21 2, match report: James Ward-Prowse ...Telegraph.co.uk
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• Tributes to holiday death soldier

  30-03-2015 22:41
  
  A Scottish soldier who died on holiday in the US has been described as an "incredible young man" by his family.
  
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• 1 Dead in Shooting Near NSA Facility - Voice of America

  30-03-2015 22:31 via voanews.com
  
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  1 Dead in Shooting Near NSA Facility
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  One person was killed and another injured Monday when a car with two people inside tried to ram security gates near the U.S. National Security Agency outside Washington. The National Security Agency said security officials shot at a vehicle carrying two ...
  One Person Killed at NSA Gate at Maryland's Fort MeadeWall Street Journal
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• Scottish soldier dies in Florida

  30-03-2015 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tributes are paid to a Scottish soldier from Edinburgh who died while on holiday in Miami in Florida.
  
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• The staff are revolting: Queen faces ballot on pay

  30-03-2015 22:21
  
  The Queen is facing the first industrial revolt by her staff after wardens employed to show tourists around Windsor Castle began casting votes in a ballot over pay.
  
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• Briton guilty plea in US terror trial

  30-03-2015 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British terror suspect Haroon Aswat pleads guilty in New York to charges of plotting to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon.
  
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• Plastic bag tax to plug funding gap

  30-03-2015 22:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Up to £1m raised from the tax on plastic bags could help sustain environmental groups whose funding was slashed in the Stormont budget.
  
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• British Soldier Killed At Miami Music Festival - Yahoo News UK

  30-03-2015 22:13 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
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  British Soldier Killed At Miami Music Festival
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  A British soldier has been killed while attending a music festival on holiday in Miami. Private Shaun Cole, from Edinburgh, is thought to have been at the Ultra Music Festival with friends. US media outlets are reporting that the 22-year-old died as a result of a ...and more »
  
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• Murky Mercury ‘is solar system’s rubbish dump’, say scientists

  30-03-2015 22:11
  
  The planet Mercury has long enjoyed a certain glamorous sheen thanks to it being named after the fleet-footed messenger of the Roman gods.
  
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• Cameron's warning on Labour's £3000 'tax rise' is shot down by IFS - The Guardian

  30-03-2015 22:10 via theguardian.com
  
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  Cameron's warning on Labour's £3000 'tax rise' is shot down by IFS
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  Tory leader David Cameron at a general election rally at the Corsham school near Chippenham. Photograph: Leon Neal/AP. Patrick Wintour Political editor. Monday 30 March 2015 16.01 EDT Last modified on Monday 30 March 2015 16.14 EDT. Share on ...
  General Election 2015: We don't endorse Miliband, say firms quoted in advertThe Independent
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• President Obama to visit his father’s home country for the first time as president

  30-03-2015 22:08
  
  US President Barack Obama for the first time during his presidency will be going to his father’s home country of Kenya, making a trip this summer for an entrepreneurship summit, according to the White House.
  
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• Give all Isis sympathisers a free flight to Syria and you’ve solved the problem, says Ukip candidate

  30-03-2015 22:07
  
  UK authorities should not be stopping British citizens from joining Isis; they should be booking chartered flights for them instead, according to a Ukip candidate.
  
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• General Election 2015: They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace...maybe

  30-03-2015 22:07
  
  Today the United Kingdom has a Government, but no MPs – just one of several quirks in the system of holding general elections.
  
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• General Election 2015: We don’t endorse Miliband, say firms quoted in advert

  30-03-2015 22:04
  
  Ed Miliband suffered embarrassment as businesses featured in a Labour advertisement warning of the dangers of leaving the European Union distanced themselves from the party.
  
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• Two US agents charged over Silk Road - Financial Times

  30-03-2015 22:03 via ft.com
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  Two US agents investigating Silk Road have been charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in bitcoin and other digital currencies while assigned to a task force probing the underground marketplace. Carl Force, a 15-year veteran of the Drug ...
  Former federal agents at center of Silk Road case charged with stealing bitcoinLos Angeles Times
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• General Election 2015: David Cameron: ‘I don’t claim that I am the perfect Prime Minister’

  30-03-2015 21:59
  
  You could tell which one was the Prime Minister because he was the only one with no jacket, an open-neck shirt and sleeves – literally – rolled up.
  
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• VIDEO: Key election figures brought to life

  30-03-2015 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With just under six weeks to go until polling day the size of the electoral challenge for all the parties is clear.
  
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• Spirit in the Sky singer Norman Greenbaum in critical condition after fatal car crash

  30-03-2015 21:59
  
  Singer-songwriter Norman Greenbaum, who is best known for his hit song Spirit in the Sky, is in a critical condition following a car crash west of Santa Rosa, California, which killed a motorcyclist.
  
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• Spirit in the Sky singer Norman Greenbaum in critical condition after fatal car accident

  30-03-2015 21:59
  
  Singer-songwriter Norman Greenbaum, who is best known for his hit song Spirit in the Sky, is in a critical condition following a car accident west of Santa Rosa, California, which killed a motorcyclist.
  
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• Nurse Andrew Hutchinson admits raping three unconscious women in A&E unit - Evening Standard

  30-03-2015 21:55 via standard.co.uk
  
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  Nurse Andrew Hutchinson admits raping three unconscious women in A&E unit
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  A nurse has admitted raping three unconscious women in a hospital's A&E unit, as well as a series of other sexual and voyeurism offences involving girls as young as 10. Andrew Hutchinson, of Garford, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, pleaded guilty to the ...
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• Tracey Emin's My Bed at Tate Britain, review: In the flesh, its frankness is still arresting

  30-03-2015 21:55
  
  It’s that bed again – and it’s still unmade. And 16 years after it was first exhibited, it still provokes extreme reactions.
  
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• British Soldier Killed At Miami Music Festival - Sky News

  30-03-2015 21:52 via news.sky.com
  
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  Tributes are paid to Private Shaun Cole, who reportedly died as a result of head injuries. 19:59, UK, Monday 30 March 2015. Shaun Cole served with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland. Share on Twitter · Share on Facebook · Share on ...
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• British Soldier Killed At Miami Music Festival

  30-03-2015 21:47
  
  A British soldier has been killed while attending a music festival on holiday in Miami. Private Shaun Cole, from Edinburgh, is thought to have been at the Ultra Music Festival with friends. The Army confirmed the death of Pte Cole, who served in the 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1SCOTS). Commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Matt Munro said Pte Cole will be "missed terribly".
  
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• British Benidorm couple found shot dead and locked in each other's arms - mirror.co.uk

  30-03-2015 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Police are hunting the killers of a former British Olympic diver and his wife who were found shot dead locked in each other's arms inside their Spanish villa. The bodies of elderly ex-pats Peter and Jean Tarsey, both 77, were discovered slumped on their sofa ...
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• British Olympic diver and his wife found shot dead locked in each other's arms - mirror.co.uk

  30-03-2015 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  British Olympic diver and his wife found shot dead locked in each other's arms
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  Police are hunting the killers of a former British Olympic diver and his wife who were found shot dead locked in each other's arms inside their Spanish villa. The bodies of elderly ex-pats Peter and Jean Tarsey, both 77, were discovered slumped on their sofa ...
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• Former federal agents at center of Silk Road case charged with stealing bitcoin - Los Angeles Times

  30-03-2015 21:37 via latimes.com
  
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  Two former federal agents at the center of an investigation into the black market website Silk Road, where drugs were sold for bitcoin, have been accused of stealing digital currency during the probe, according to court documents made public Monday.
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• Britain's leading private university ‘becoming a mouthpiece for fossil-fuel industry’

  30-03-2015 21:31
  
  Britain’s leading private university risks becoming a propaganda machine for the fossil fuel industry after it appointed a well-known anti-windfarm campaigner to set up a new energy institute, academics have warned.
  
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• NSA: SUV rammed cop car as it tried to get on Army base - USA TODAY

  30-03-2015 21:31 via usatoday.com
  
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  NSA: SUV rammed cop car as it tried to get on Army base
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  FORT MEADE, Md. — Police opened fire on an SUV that tried to crash a gate Monday near NSA headquarters after it rammed one of the agency's police vehicles and refused to stop, NSA officials said. One of the occupants of the vehicle died during a firefight ...
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• FREE Easter Egg Hunt at Calvary Church in Orland Park - Chicago Tribune

  30-03-2015 21:29 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  FREE Easter Egg Hunt at Calvary Church in Orland Park
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  Thousands of eggs throughout Calvary Church can be found as the community is invited to the church's annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday April 4th. Thousands of eggs throughout Calvary Church can be found as the community is invited to the church's ...
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