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News

X PRIZE team passes the test

Illuminati Motor Works is one of 43 left in international competition

By Amanda Robert

Illuminati Motor Works continues to power past checkpoints in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a $10 million competition that seeks to produce a new generation of fast, inexpensive, super

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News

Kaleb’s best friend

Judge says Chewey can go to school, too

By Amanda Robert

The small crowd that gathers in the parking lot of the Douglas County courthouse defies the November nip of the air and the wild winds that swirl around them. No one notices that the late afternoon su

Holiday

Community Wish List

Lend a hand to these central Illinois organizations this holiday season. Check Illinois Times next week for more local wish lists. Send lists to holidaywishlist@illinoistimes.com

By Anita Stienstra

Sparc232 Bruns Ln., 792-2100Sparc’s many programs for developmentally disabled adults do just what their mission entails: improve the quality of their lives.  These programs include residen

Holiday

First-season phenoms

Even the most-“seasoned” TV watchers can’t catch it all, making gift-giving all the easier for you. This year, get them hooked on something new with an award-winning first season of one of TV’s top shows. You get credit for finding

By Courtney Enlow

Even the most-“seasoned” TV watchers can’t catch it all, making gift-giving all the easier for you. This year, get them hooked on something new with an award-winning first season of

Holiday

Is it time to grill the bird?

By Jeff Schnaufer

Tired of the same old bird for the holidays? Give your turkey an extreme makeover by taking the cooking – and the party – outside. “A turkey smoke-roasted on the grill tastes better,

Food - Julianne Glatz

See you at the Holiday Farmers’ Market

By Julianne Glatz

I’m going through withdrawal. It’s not from the pain meds prescribed for a recent injury. No, I go through this withdrawal every November: Farmers’ market withdrawal. From May throug

Film - Chuck Koplinski

The end never looked so good

By Chuck Koplinski

No one destroys the world like director Roland Emmerich, and 2012 may very well be his masterpiece. Having wiped out humanity in Independence Day, Godzilla and The Day After Tomorrow, the director pul

Music - Tom Irwin

Musical chairs if you dare

By Tom Irwin

While going over highlights for the upcoming week, I saw this crazy quilt of music happenings that just seemed to conversely fit together. Somehow I was drawn like a moth to the flame to present these

News

IEPA fails to regulate factory farms, environmental group says

Group petitions to strip agency of clean water authority

By Patrick Yeagle

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency fails to properly regulate livestock farms, according a group petitioning to revoke the agency’s enforcement authority.Illinois Citizens for Clean Ai

Illinois - James Krohe Jr

All is not well forever

Robert Fitzgerald’s youth in Springfield

By James Krohe Jr.

All but a few members of the Springfield High School Hall of Fame are not in the least bit famous in Springfield. In the English-speaking bookish community, however, one of those anointed is celebrate

News

Counter-protest turns into demonstration of support

Anti-gay group fails to make appearance at play

By Patrick Yeagle

On a cold October night in 1998, a 21-year-old gay college student in Laramie, Wyo., was beaten, tied to a fence post and left to die.Now, more than a decade later, Matthew Shepard’s murder cont

National - Jim Hightower

Real recovery is easy to spell: J-O-B-S

By Jim Hightower

The recession is over! The economy is growing! The Dow Jones is above 10,000! Bankers are pocketing profits and fat bonuses! Happy days are here again! Unless, of course, you’re just a regular w

Politics - Rich Miller

Quinn will do whatever it takes to win

By Rich Miller

If you ever wondered whether Gov. Pat Quinn would do whatever it takes to win re-election, all you need to do is look at his latest TV ad. The spot is perhaps the most misleading TV advertisemen

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My fond farewell to this year’s farmers’ marke

By John Tienken

This past August, I came to Springfield, beginning my life as a college student at UIS. One of the first things my English class did was take a field trip to the Old Capitol Farmers’ Market. I w