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Ships sent to clean Great Pacific Garbage Patch return to California

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Six years ago, two ships were sent out to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in an effort to develop technology to clean it up for good. On Friday, those same two ships returned to San Francisco Bay.

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NIU upsets No. 5 Notre Dame 16-14

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Fire guts historic steel mill building in Joliet

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Protect your future finances as layoffs spike nationwide

Car wash burglary caught on video, part of 3-crime spree

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Two astronauts left behind in space as Boeing capsule returns empty

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