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  • Cougar Under The Corn Crib: DNR Says Landowners Called The Shots
    Dept. of Natural Resources employees have discussed adding cougars to the list of protected species in Illinois.But in a phone interview with WUIS, IDNR…
  • Florida lobbyist Keith Arnold stops to look at Chaz Stevens' Festivus pole made out of beer cans in the rotunda of the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee.
    Florida Man Airs Grievances With Festivus Pole In Capitol
    On Wednesday, Chaz Stevens' beer can-covered pole joined a number of other displays in the state Capitol in Tallahassee. There are also a religious Nativity scene and an atheist display. Stevens says he's protesting what he sees as a flagrant disregard for the separation of church and state.
  • Mercedes-Benz introduced its AMG Vision Gran Turismo concept vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week. This is just a model of the car; the fully functioning version is virtual.
    To Test-Drive A Concept Car, Fire Up The PlayStation
    Cars in video games are becoming more and more realistic, but it's not just that games are trying to simulate the car world. Carmakers also want the gaming world's clientele.
  • WUIS / SJ-R Business Report: Nov. 26, 2013
    WUIS' Sean Crawford talks with the State Journal-Register's Tim Landis about outlet malls planned for Springfield. Are there enough shoppers to support…
  • Norway's Magnus Carlsen smiles at a news conference after clinching the FIDE World Chess Championship Friday in Chennai, India, on Friday.
    Norway's Magnus Carlsen Is New Chess World Champion
    The 22-year-old prodigy defeated India's Viswanathan Anand over 10 games in Chennai, India. Carlsen becomes the highest-rated player of all time.
  • Rafael Amaya plays drug lord Aurelio Casillas on <em>El Señor de los Cielos.</em><em></em>
    Telemundo's 'Highly Unusual' Resurrection of 'El Señor'
    Telemundo announced that its telenovela El Señor de los Cielos (Lord of the Skies) will be back for an unheard of second season. This is a radical departure from traditional telenovelas, which have a clear beginning and a definitive ending.
  • Actor Paul Walker in March.
    'Fast & Furious' Star Dies In Car Crash
    Paul Walker, the star of the "Fast & Furious" movie series, died Saturday in a car crash that killed one other person north of Los Angeles, his publicist said. He was 40.
  • An auto worker tightens bolts on the wheel of a Focus at a Ford plant in Wayne, Mich. Reports this week showed increases in auto sales and manufacturing jobs.
    For Workers, A Week Stuffed With Good News
    Here's something you haven't heard in years: The U.S. economy had a great week, with reports showing jobs being created in several sectors, new-home sales surging and factories humming. Oh, and unemployment is the lowest it's been since 2008.
  • Villagers eat at a temporary cyclone shelter in Chatrapur, India, on Saturday. India evacuated nearly 1 million people before Cyclone Phailin made landfall. The effort appears to have paid off. As of Tuesday, there were fewer than 30 deaths.
    How India Has Learned To Deal With Major Cyclones
    Fewer than 30 people were killed when Cyclone Phailin struck India's eastern Orrisa state over the weekend. Ten thousand people were killed when a similar storm hit the state in 1999. The difference can be attributed to not only improved infrastructure and communications, but also lessons learned after the last storm.
  • The Chalet (right) is the U.S. Antarctic Program's administrations and operations center at McMurdo Station.
    Shutdown Forces Antarctic Research Into 'Caretaker Status'
    Scientists who do research in Antarctica have just learned that the shutdown will effectively cancel all of their planned fieldwork on the icy continent this year. All research activities not essential to human safety and the preservation of property will be stopped.
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