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The Smithsonian Channel series Aerial America has profiled all fifty United States, entirely from the air. Illinois will be the last state featured when its episode premieres on the Smithsonian Channel this Sunday night.
The Illinois baseball team (50-8-1) plays its biggest series in program history this weekend, taking on defending national champs Vanderbilt in an NCAA Super Regional. Two beat reporters covering the Nashville school have a preview.
The late Eugie Foster's short story "When It Ends, He Catches Her", was one of seven nominees this year for a Nebula Award in the short story category, losing out Saturday to "Jackalope Wives" by Ursula Vernon. Matthew Foster discusses his wife and her work, in an interview with Illinois Public Media's Jim Meadows.
Exelon still has hopes for the legislation, once lawmakers are done dealing with the state budget. And whether or not it passes could have in impact on the price of electricity in Illinois, and the fate of its three nuclear plants in Clinton, Byron and Quad Cities, which are losing money.
Star Wars fans are waiting anxiously to see what Disney does with Star Wars when Episode VII: The Force Awakens opens on December 18th. Adam Bray is excited. He’s one of the authors of a forthcoming Star Wars guide: Ultimate Star Wars that sets the stage for Episode VII.
