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MOUNT ZION — David Wiley was one of more than 100 volunteers that stood in the parking lot of the Mount Zion Intermediate School on Wednesday eager to help line area roads with American flags. “We’re just going to stick flags in the ground,” said Wiley, 60, of Mount Zion. With more than 2,000 flags to be displayed, it was good to have so many volunteers from across the area to assist with the task. A graduate of Mount Zion High School, Hanneken, 45, of Long Creek died March 25 when his squad car collided into a utility pole and a tree on Illinois 10 in Bondville. Hanneken ...

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> o'donnell: good evening. scott's on assignment. i'm nora o'donnell. the biggest game in town was south of manhattan where the debut of facebook stock turned into a spectator sport. the question was what would the stock do? the answer at the end of the day-- not much. priced at $38 a share last night, it jumped to $42 at the open but soon fell back and closed at $38.23, a gain of just 23 cents a share. but investors bought a record number of those shares, making facebook the biggest i.p.o. ever. anthony...

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> good evening. scott's on assignment. i'm nora o'donnell. the biggest game in town was south of manhattan where the debut of facebook stock turned into a spectator sport. the question was what would the stock do? the answer at the end of the day-- not much. priced at $38 a share last night, it jumped to $42 at the open but soon fell back and closed at $38.23, a gain of just 23 cents a share. but investors bought a record number of those shares, making facebook the biggest i.p.o. ever. anthony mason begins...

of you out there have built the largest community in the history of the world. >> reporter: on his own facebook page zuckerberg posted "listed a company on nasdaq." then by remote he rang the opening bell. more than 570 million shares would change hands today. outside nasdaq, cynthia smith said it was a good investment. >> get in on the ground floor and you would be a fool not to get it, like apple. >> reporter: but others weren't calling their brokers. >> after all, facebook doesn't produce a product so one has to ask why so much money. >> reporter: after rallying briefly, the most ...