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Home to the Chicago Bears Football Team, Chicago Blackhawks hockey team, Chicago Bulls basketball team, Chicago Cubs and Chicago Whites ox baseball teams, Chicago Fire soccer team. |
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Before Abraham Lincoln was elected president he served in the Illinois legislature and practiced law in Springfield. Abraham Lincoln is buried just outside Springfield at Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site. |
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Illinois is known for its wide variety of weather. Major winter storms, deadly tornadoes and spectacular heat and cold waves. |
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