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  • A town of central Illinois near Bloomington. It is the seat of Illinois State University, founded as a normal school in 1857.

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  • Promoted to Headline (H3) on 5/18/09: Back to the 'Old Normal 'of Domesticity yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' Back to the \'Old Normal\ 'of Domesticity'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: My resolve to learn how to garden wasn\'t just a notion for a new pastime or a move toward hip liberalism.

    Back to the 'Old Normal' of Domesticity

  • NORMAL - Normal police responded to a report of an armed robbery in the 1500 block of Northbrook Drive.

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  • NORMAL -- Alyssa Palmer led the way with 17 points, six steals and five rebounds as University High earned a 48-40Corn Belt Conference victory on Senior Night in Normal on Thursday.

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  • NORMAL -- A power outage has affected traffic lights at several intersections in Normal and left Normal City Hall and residents in the dark.

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  • NORMAL - Normal police investigated the attempted armed robbery of a shuttle bus driver on Wednesday night.

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  • NORMAL, Ill. - Kansas failed to come from behind Sunday afternoon, in Normal, Ill., falling

    WIBW - HomePage - Headlines

  • NORMAL, IL - The Normal CornBelters, presented by the Illinois Corn Farmers, knocked off the visiting Gateway Grizzlies for the second straight game by the score of 3-2 Sunday evening at the Corn Crib in Normal.

    OurSports Central Baseball News

  • NORMAL -- The University High School girls basketball team survived a two-point first quarter and a 28-point performance by Eureka guard Caty Eeten to earn a hard-fought 45-40 Corn Belt Conference win over the Hornets at Normal on Monday.

    News from www.pantagraph.com

  • NORMAL -- Alyssa Palmer led the way with 17 points, six steals and five rebounds as University High earned a 48-40Corn Belt Conference victory on Senior Night in Normal on Thursday.

    News from www.pantagraph.com

  • NORMAL -- The University High School girls basketball team survived a two-point first quarter and a 28-point performance by Eureka guard Caty Eeten to earn a hard-fought 45-40 Corn Belt Conference win over the Hornets at Normal on Monday.

    News from www.pantagraph.com

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