The Queen is to sign a new charter on Monday backing equal rights in every Commonwealth nation.

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"I want to say thank you to Senator Robb and the entire Robb family for their years of service and sacrifice for this commonwealth and our nation, " he said.

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But its most fascinating character is Samuel Insull, the British-born, longtime assistant to Edison, who went on to found what was once the nation's largest investor-owned public utility, Commonwealth Edison, and became immensely wealthy.

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