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Peoria Pundit (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
From a press release: Governor Jim Edgar to Appear With Darin LaHood Rare campaign visit by former Governor indicates candidate LaHood's strength in State’s Attorney's Race Peoria, IL – Illinois’ beloved Governor Jim Edgar who served this State for many years, including two terms in the Executive Mansion in the 1990’s is scheduled to appear in Peoria on [...]
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The Peoria Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Before the Peoria County Board: “We’re really at a moment of truth,” said Lakeview Museum board chairman Jim Vergon. “This is a defining moment for the Peoria Riverfront Museum, or Museum Square. Without being too melodramatic about it, this is also a defining moment for central Illinois in so many ways.” –Journal Star, Nov. 9, 2007 Before [...]
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PrairieStateBlue - Front Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
Larry McKeon, the 1st openly gay member of Illinois legislature, died Tuesday, May 13th, in Springfield. From his Tribune Obit: Mr. McKeon was elected to the House in 1996 by voters in what was then the North Side's 34th District, which encompassed parts of neighborhoods including Ravenswood, Uptown, Andersonville and West Rogers Park. At the time, the seat was open and the city's gay community sought...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
T-Ray's journal. My hike, my story in OUR World.
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
T-Ray's journal. My hike, my story in OUR World.
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Peoria Pundit (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Grandpa John's Rib Shack 200 W. McClure, Peoria IL (309) 685-8902 Three out of five stars I had lunch with Mom and Dad at this venerable, third-generation rib joint today. They had the beef sandwich, I chose the special, a turkey sandwich with fries and a soda. I should have ordered the beef, as the bun looked empty. Tasty, [...]
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Bag of Worms Yet Words (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
In her path-breaking study of autism (her own and the autism of others), Thinking in Pictures (1995, revised 2006), Temple Grandin, an animal behaviorist with a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, distinguishes between two kinds of thinking (p....
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Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
The AFSCME, a union that represents state, county, and municipal employees is taking on Springfield to seek a raise for Illinois disabled care workers. Currently, staff wages for Illinois disabled care facilities lag almost 2 dollars behind private employers, making it very difficult for state agencies to retain talented staff to care for the disabled. The pay increase would bring care workers’ hourly...
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The Charlotte Business Journal (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
A scientist from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign will lead an N.C. State University program at the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis.
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nanoarchitecture.net (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Researchers at the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign have developed a simple process to grow copper nanowires on different surfaces; each wire is between 70 nanometers and 250 nanometers wide. The nanowire arrays could find use in field-emission displays (FED), a new type of display technology that promises to provide brighter, more vivid pictures than existing flat-panel displays. FEDs work...
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Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
( University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ) Most female frogs don't call; most lack or have only rudimentary vocal cords. A typical female selects a mate from a chorus of males and then -- silently -- signals her beau. But the female concave-eared torrent frog, Odorrana tormota, has a more direct method of declaring her interest: She emits a high-pitched chirp that to the human ear sounds like that...
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Jewelry & Beading (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Artist: Charlene (”Cat”) Therien Business name: C. A. Therien Polymer Clay Arts Location: Peoria, IL, USA Website: C. A. Therien Polymer Clay Arts How do you describe your polymer clay work to people, Cat? Well, that's a good question. I tend to try a lot of different ideas and styles. However, a [...]
