Is anyone else wondering what sort of deals are being offered to Tony Rezko's lawyers by federal prosecutors for testimony against King Rod Blagojevich? Yesterday's testimony about how Levine and Rezko were manipulating the near-bankrupt Teacher's Retirement Fund's dollars is getting mighty close to King Rod.

As many of those unfortunately caught in the massive debacle that was the switch from Insight to Comcast in Champaign-Urbana know - Comcast sucks. They killed internet connections to 10s of thousands of people without a thought to the effect that would have on a town with so many people relying on the internet for their primary reason for living here - school.

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Strange how the world works. The University of Illinois announced that it has developed a new and improved solar cell technology that boosts the power coming from the cells by as much as 67% by doping the surface of the cell with 2.85 nanometer silicon balls.

The well-intentioned Illinois House Democrats continue their series of town hall meetings around the state, to demonstrate to King Rod Blagojevich and Emil Jones that the potentially disastrous set of line-item vetoes will demolish many human service agencies' ability to serve the public.

Bruce Walden served the people of Urbana for 28 years before being fired without explanation by Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing. Walden last served as Urbana’s top administrative officer.