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Documentary follows Fermilab scientists
Brendan Casey isn't a typical movie star, but "Science at Work" isn't a typical movie. The documentary, produced by 137 Films, was commissioned by Fermilab in Batavia with the intention of putting a friendly face on the scientists who have changed...
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Fox Valley news briefs: Feb. 18
News briefs from St. Charles, Geneva and Batavia Batavia Art in Your Eye seeks poster artist The Art in Your Eye festival's steering committee wants nominations for its 2013 poster artist. Nominees should "live, work or in some way contribute to the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Politics, Fine Artists, U.S. Department of Energy, Apple iPad
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Batavia alderman has foe
Longtime Ald. James Volk will have an opponent for the first time in this spring's election — a 29-year-old Batavia woman who says the City Council needs fresh ideas. Volk, 58, a physicist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, has...
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Batavia: A windmill town comes full circle
It's a dreary, chilly evening, when most folks want to hunker down with a book or favorite TV show. But Batavia Mothers' Club members Jennifer Baerren, Jennifer Meiring and Pam Kent are meeting at the public library to plan the 11th annual Fox Trot 5K...Tags: Batavia, Siemens, Frank Lloyd Wright, Arts and Culture, Target
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Fermilab closing its Tevatron in September
Fermilab's particle accelerator known as the Tevatron, a 4.26-mile underground loop that had been the leading facility of its kind in the world, will close Sept. 30, the lab near Batavia said today. Closing the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's...Tags: Politics, Large Hadron Collider Experiments
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Ex-congressman Bill Foster files for a comeback
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Former Illinois congressman Bill Foster hopes to make a comeback by running in the proposed 11th Congressional District that would include Aurora. Foster, 55, filed papers Saturday with the Federal Election Commission. The Democrat...Tags: Batavia, Tea Party Movement, Aurora, Elections, Randy Hultgren
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In wake of remap plan, ex-lawmaker to run again
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON – Saying he had important things left to do, former U.S. Rep. Bill Foster formally announced today he will run for a seat in the House of Representatives. Foster, 55, a Democrat, was ousted after November’s elections when he fell...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Chicago Tribune, Elections, Wisconsin, Randy Hultgren
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Republican Dold claims victory in North Shore congressional race
Clout StPosted by Katherine Skiba and Kristen Schorsch at 7:30 p.m.; last updated at 12:01 p.m. Republican Robert Dold declared victory tonight over Democrat Dan Seals in a hotly-contested North Shore congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Sen.-elect Mark Kirk.... -
Georges Charpak dies at 86; French physicist won Nobel Prize
French physicist Georges Charpak, who revolutionized the study of elementary particles by developing detectors that allowed near-instantaneous identification and analysis of particles produced in accelerator collisions, a feat that won him the 1992...Tags: Health, France, Science, Religious Conflicts, Family
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Extension 720 January 2010 Program Guide
Staff reporterFRIDAY, JANUARY 1ST 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW Tonight we'll be joined by three regular guests to the show to look at the news of 2009. Joining us are Joe Morris, partner in the firm of Morris and De la Rosa, Dick Ciccone, former managing editor of the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Chicago Tribune, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, John O'Hara, Weather
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Magnetic jewelry an overlooked danger
Tribune staff reporterThe federal government brands magnets in toys a deadly hazard to children because the tiny, powerful objects can fall out and cause serious, even fatal, internal injuries when swallowed. Yet the Consumer Product Safety Commission has not taken steps to...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Hasbro Inc., California, Cleveland Clinic
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