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5 Things to Know Today: Jan. 15, 2014

Redshirt senior quarterback Jordan Lynch carries the ball against Purdue Sep. 28 in West Lafayette, Ind. Lynch threw for 2,892 yards and 24 touchdowns and rushed for 1,920 yards and 23 touchdowns in his Heisman campaign.
By Northern Star Staff
Jan 15, 2015

1. Jordan Lynch signs with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.

2. Obama calls upon Congress, states and cities to create paid leave measures for millions of workers.

3. Free climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson complete a 19-day free climb of the 3,000-foot Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.

4. DeKalb residents still concerned about business-friendliness of inspection ordinance.

5. Five men are released from Guantanamo and resettled in Estonia and Oman.

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