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Education
8:25 am
Thu February 16, 2012

Northern Illinois School Gets National Nod for Wind Program

A community college in northern Illinois is getting industry recognition for its program related to wind energy. 

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Government
5:00 am
Thu February 16, 2012

DeKalb County Samples Support for Art Council

Since last July, dozens of DeKalb County businesses and organizations have shown interest in being part of an organized Art Council.  What is missing is someone to take charge. Pat Vary chairs the county’s Economic Development Committee.  She says there are many advantages to formalizing an Art Council. For example, the group could pool resources to rent or buy office space to store props and hold activities. Critics say the government body should stay out of the art business and focus on other priorities.

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Local
5:12 pm
Tue February 14, 2012

Federal recommendations on deadly 2009 derailment in Cherry Valley

The National Transportation Safety Board released its final report Tuesday on a deadly 2009 train derailment in Winnebago County.

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Doctorow
6:40 am
Mon February 13, 2012

A Conversation with Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow

Science-fiction author, technology activist and blogger Cory Doctorow visited the NIU campus recently. Doctorow has long been involved in issues of privacy and freedom related to modern technology. His bestseller “Little Brother” focused on just those issues as a group of teens use the internet to battle government attempts to strip them of their civil liberties.  WNIJ’s Guy Stephens had a chance to sit down with Doctorow for a conversation about the dilemma society faces in the Internet age.

 

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Local
7:22 am
Fri February 10, 2012

NIU's Cole Hall officially reopens this weekend

An open house and a rededication ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 12, marked the formal reopening of Cole Hall on the Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. The building was closed after a gunman killed five others and himself nearly four years ago in a lecture room.

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