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Neil Street Starbucks Among 600 U.S. Locations to be Closed

Starbucks-logo.gifStarbucks released the full list of locations to be closed yesterday, and Store #10365, located at 2000 N. Neil St. at the Market Place Mall in Champaign, is on the list. The shift manager on duty at the store today had no comment, and a message left with the corporate media hotline was not immediately returned. Starbucks has not yet announced a closure date for the store. The Neil Street store is the only Champaign-Urbana location slated to be shuttered, but it is among 25 in Illinois. Other area Starbucks slated for closure include stores in Danville and Peoria, among others.
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Delivery for Representative Tim Johnson

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Last Wednesday, July 9, voters from in the Champaign-Urbana area made their way to 15th Congressional District Rep. Tim Johnson's office to present their community collected scrapbook petitions. These creative petitions express concern about the threat global warming poses to Illinois' environment and way-of-life in the form of hand-written letters, post cards, photographs and video testimonials. Those who participated in the petitioning asked Rep. Johnson to work towards real solutions against global warming in Congress.

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