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Tyreek Hill Diving for Extra Yards While Playing the Steelers (Photo by Creative Commons)

Antonio Brown’s Allegations Over Shadow Tyreek Hill’s Child Abuse Case

Both Antonio Brown and Tyreek Hill have been in the news in the past year because of two sperate abuse allegations. According to an analysis of Google search on Google Trends, Antonio Brown has been the most searched of the two in 48 states this past year.

Brown, who has been regarded as the best wide receiver in the National Football League by most of the NFL community for years now, has been in the news a lot recently due to a number of different–often times mind-boggling–behaviors. However, none are bigger than the recent allegations that were reported to the New York Times on Sept. 10.

Pat Quinn photo — Gov. Pat Quinn talks about MAP grants at DePaul University. (Photo by Josclynn Brandon)

By Bob Smith

Gov. Pat Quinn visited DePaul University’s Loop campus on Wednesday to discuss how pension reform is harming the Monetary Award Program (MAP) college scholarships and access to higher education in Illinois.

“This is so important to our state, not only in the past, but certainly now and in the future,” Quinn said.

“We want everyone to have the opportunity to go to college that has the ability to go to college.”

MAP grants are need-based college scholarships that allow merit students who are in need across the state and do not need to be repaid by the student. Quinn said that due to cutbacks and having to pay more money in the pension amount, almost 18,000 students lost their MAP grant scholarships this year.

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