The historic telescope in the University of Illinois Observatory is showing signs of age. The 117-year-old telescope used by countless students and amateur astronomers over the past century is about to undergo a major restoration.
What a difference a week makes. Corn planting in Illinois was 74 percent complete Sunday, up from 17 percent one week earlier, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Bad PR does little damage to the IRS, an otherwise bulletproof federal agency that is demonstrating just how unaccountable it is. What's needed is an outside counsel to conduct a full-scale probe of what happened here.
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mkdickinson:
.@vhoeppner offers Android Video Trimmer as only Android video app. It won't work on all phones. Too bad. #mobilemedia13
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tkacich:
Controversial school sex ed bill passes IL Senate, 37-21. Frerichs yes; Barickman, Rose, Righter and Brady, all no
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tkacich:
All area state reps -- Jakobsson, Hays, Brown, Mitchell, Halbrook, Harms -- voted for the 70 mph rural interstate hwy speed limit
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patrick_wade:
I should have live-streamed non-televised mayoral debates and press conferences. Missed opportunity. Lesson learned. #mobilemedia13
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