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Global Warming Could Radically Change Illinois Climate Champaign, IL (2009-09-09) Unchecked climate change will hurt Illinois agriculture by the later part of this century, according to a report released by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The Fortunes Of A Coles Co. Family Improved Greatly By FutureGen Mattoon, IL (2009-07-23) The FutureGen Alliance sets a record for the most money ever spent on a piece of residential property in Coles County.

SIU Med School Doctor Gets A Grant To Study Longevity Springfield, IL (2009-06-17) An SIU School of Medicine doctor will receive over eight million dollars to study aging and longevity.

Shawnee Energy Festival Cancelled due to Weather Carbondale, IL (2009-05-01) The Shawnee Energy Festival scheduled for this weekend has been cancelled because of weather.

SIUC Receives Stimulus Money To Research Ginseng Extracts Carbondale, IL (2009-04-24) Federal stimulus money will be used to help SIUC study if ginseng and its extracts are useful in breast cancer therapy.

News Smithsonian Exhibit on the Lives of the 1st African Colonists

Carbondale, IL (2009-02-18) A new exhibit at the Smithsonian's museum of natural history uncovers the real story of the daily lives of the first colonists - including the first Africans -- to settle in English colonial America in the early 1600's.

Study says Exercise can Reduce Colon Cancer Risk St. Louis, MO (2009-02-12) A new study says people who exercise were 24% less likely to develop colon cancer than those who exercised the least.

Dark ocean depths home to exotic, unknown life

(2009-11-22) OSLO (Reuters) - The permanent darkness of the ocean depths is home to a far greater range of animals, from luminous jellyfish to tubeworms that live off oil seeping from the seabed, than previously thought, scientists said on Sunday.

Soviet Union's non-Communist astronaut dies age 83 (2009-11-22) MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Soviet Union's only non-Communist astronaut, Konstantin Feoktistov, has died at the age of 83, Russia's space agency said on Sunday.

Houston, we have a baby

(2009-11-22) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik awoke early on Sunday to a much-anticipated call that his new daughter had been born.

Delayed spacewalk ends successfully (2009-11-21) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA astronauts completed a spacewalk on Saturday at the International Space Station that had been delayed after a false alarm woke the crews of the station and the visiting space shuttle Atlantis.

"Big Bang" experiment advancing fast (2009-11-21) GENEVA (Reuters) - After a year's delay, scientists at the world's biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment to recreate "Big Bang" conditions that had sparked suggestions the earth would be sucked in by millions of black holes.