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Illinois
3:39 pm
Mon February 21, 2011

Quinn waited to sign state budgeting law, timing draws criticism

Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn, left, at his inauguration ceremony on Jan. 10, 2011. (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
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Reporting from Illinois Public Radio's Amanda Vinicky used in this report.

A new Illinois law is supposed to clamp down on state government's habit of overspending. But, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn waited until after his budget presentation to sign it.

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Thomas Jefferson's Books at Washington University
11:45 am
Mon February 21, 2011

Books from Thomas Jefferson's personal collection found in Wash. U. library

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A scrap of paper with Greek notes in Thomas Jefferson’s hand was found tucked in a volume of Plutarch’s Lives. (Joe Angeles, Washington University in St. Louis)
Adding a “T” in front of the “I” (for J in the Latin alphabet) in certain places in books was one way Thomas Jefferson marked his books. (Joe Angeles, Washington University in St. Louis)
Freart de Chambray’s Parallele de l'architecture antique avec la moderne contains notes by Thomas Jefferson.(Joe Angeles, Washington University in St. Louis)
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Washington University in St. Louis, named for the first American president, announced this President’s Day, the discovery of a tie to another president.

The university recently learned that its libraries have a collection of books originally owned by Thomas Jefferson.

The 28 titles, including 74 volumes, were donated to Washington University in 1880, with no mention of their provenance.

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Boeing / EADS
10:26 am
Mon February 21, 2011

Boeing, EADS, press every angle in high-stakes contest for air tanker

Five F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft and a KC-135 Stratotanker in silhouette during an aerial refueling operation over MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. in 1998. The KC-135 is the aircraft in question in an impending announcement by the Pentagon.
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In a matter of weeks - if not days - the Pentagon will announce whether Chicago-based Boeing Co. or European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company will build 179 new tankers to replace the Air Force's Eisenhower-era KC-135 planes.

It's a $35 billion contract to build nearly 200 giant airborne refueling tankers. And the decade-long brawl by two defense industry titans to win it has been just as epic.

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Morning round-up
9:26 am
Mon February 21, 2011

Morning headlines: Attorneys for Blagojevich ask judge to throw out wiretap recordings, Drew Bauer dies, hiring by Mo. state agencies increases

Attorneys for former Governor Rod Blagojevich are asking a judge to throw out secret wiretap recordings. (Flickr/soundfromwayout )
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  • Attorneys for Rod Blagojevich are asking a judge to throw out secret wiretap recordings made of the former Illinois governor in 2008, claiming there are gaps in the tapes. Defense attorneys say the gaps may contain context needed to understand the conversations. In their motion filed early today, they asked a judge to prevent jurors from hearing any wiretaps. Blagojevich faces an April 20 retrial on 23 charges, including that the impeached governor tried to sell or trade an appointment to President Barack Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat.
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Middle East
10:00 pm
Sun February 20, 2011

Fontbonne University hosts grassroots Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiation

Minds of Peace looks to ordinary Israelis and Palestinians to bring peace to the Middle East. (Google Maps)
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Starting on Tuesday, Fontbonne University is hosting the “Minds of Peace Experiment.”

The three-day event brings together five Israelis and five Palestinians who now live in St. Louis, to try to negotiate a peaceful solution to the conflict in the Middle East.

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