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ILLINOIS SPOTLIGHT: Towns turn to Twitter

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — As they seek new ways to reach out to residents, many municipalities, police departments and school districts across the Chicago suburbs are increasingly turning to Twitter.

Twitter, for those still living in the 20th Century, is the free Internet site through which users answer one question in 140 or fewer characters — "what are you doing?" — and beam it to...

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