New 4G LTE service will be launched in select cities in California, Kansas and Nebraska and existing 4G LTE service will be expanded to include additional cities in Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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Although its problems may have been extreme, Ken Reardon of the University of Illinois's East St Louis Action Research Project estimates that about two dozen Illinois cities are in similar straits.

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Some cities, such as Springfield, in Illinois, are taking more direct action.

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"The votes are still being counted in cities and towns across America, " Obama told supporters in Chicago, Illinois.

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Despite the dozen or so marathons he's completed, including the Chicago Marathon on Sunday in Illinois and the recent Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Lund's insecurities have stuck with him into adulthood.

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Clinics doubled their traffic in major cities like Dallas, Texas, and Chicago, Illinois.

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Even though the U.S. economy is healing overall, there are festering cities and states (can you say Illinois?) whose risk versus reward is not in your favor.

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The Atlanta Hawks, for example, were first the Buffalo Bisons in Buffalo, New York, then the Tri-Cities Blackhawks when they moved to Moline, Illinois.

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