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Jerry Nowicki
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Capitol News Illinois
House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch says he’s sorry for his actions that a former House staff member said made her feel uncomfortable.
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Franziska Jehle/Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Snails are slimy. But there's more to that goo of theirs than meets the eye. It's a fact that may help inspire the creation of new materials.
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DO NOT THROW IT AWAY Adena Rivas from Creative Reuse Marketplace Upcycling a Great Resource for Creatives is now located at 2501 Wabash Avenue, White Oaks Mall.
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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
The exhibit will examine the causes, impact and lasting legacy of the August 1908 Springfield race riot while highlighting the experiences of Springfield’s Black community and the event’s importance in the broader history of civil rights and anti-lynching activism.
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Even as the band has changed and reinvented itself, the Grateful Dead's fanbase has proven to be uniquely and consistently renewable — a cosmic inheritance passed down from one generation to the next, welcoming younger Deadheads with open arms.
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