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  • Soybean Conference Comes to the Quad Cities
    The world's largest gathering of soy industry professionals is being held this week in the Quad Cities. Starting Monday, more than five hundred people…
  • The performing arts remain in economic peril as Broadway extends closures until May due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
    Broadway's Reopening Is Pushed Back Again
    The Broadway League has announced an extension of closures related to COVID-19 to May.
  • Tall Buildings
    Noah talks to architect Cesar Pelli about the world's tallest buildings. Pelli designed what is currently the world's tallest: the Petronas Towers in Malaysia. Those will soon be dwarfed by a tower in Shanghai, China. And Donald Trump has plans for a still-taller skyscraper in lower Manhattan. Pelli's own design for a 2,000-foot tall building in Chicago has remained un-built since it was unveiled in 1989. Pelli says there are a lot of hurdles for skyscrapers to overcome before completion. He says with extremely tall buildings, the architect must view the process as adding a story at the BOTTOM, not the top -- to account for all the services, wires, elevators, and so forth that go into making a building work.
  • The Great Pumpkin Drop
    The results are in: teams Ramrod and Trampoleen are the winners of Ball State University's second annual Pumpkin Drop. See photos of the pumpkin-protecting winning designs and hear the sound of winning pumpkins.
  • How To Get A Bear Off Your Truck? This Garbage Man Found Out
    A bear in New Mexico climbed atop a garbage truck and rode at least 5 miles. (Maybe he thought it was an Uber?) Finally the driver took a suggestion to back up to a tree so the bear could climb down.
  • Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley announced that she would vote for former President Donald Trump during an event at the Hudson Institute on May 22. Haley will speak at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week.
    After saying she wouldn't be there, Nikki Haley will now speak at Republican convention
    Haley, the top rival to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 primary election, just released her delegates and encouraged them to back Trump. Now, she'll be at the convention to nominate him.
  • Nate Vander Bleek, Clinton LumberKings general manger
    Clinton LumberKings annouce new general manager
    The Clinton LumberKings are heading into their 88th season with a new general manager.
  • Heartland British Autofest
    37th Annual Heartland British Autofest in LeClaire
    This Saturday, the Quad Cities' British Auto Club will have 37th Annual Heartland British Autofest
  • Should Character Count In Sports Awards?
    When it comes to awards in theater or television or dance or literature, Frank Deford observes, candidates don't worry about losing out because of a personal flaw. Only sports applies that off-the-field standard.
  • The 25 Best Songs Of 2025
    From the breakout Brooklyn band Geese to the Puerto Rican star and soon-to-be Super Bowl halftime performer Bad Bunny and dozens in between, NPR Music shares its picks for the best songs of 2025.
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