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Illinois women top Minnesota for highest win total in ten years, 69-62

CHAMPAIGN — The last time the Illinois women’s basketball team won 18 games, Barack Obama had just started his second term as president. The Fighting Illini matched that total with a 69-62 win over Minnesota on Sunday in front of 4,533 fans at State Farm Center in Champaign. Makira Cook led Illinois with 21 points,…

Eggs prices drop, but the threat from avian flu isn’t over yet

Eggs prices drop, but the threat from avian flu isn’t over yet

Maybe you’ve seen the funny internet memes about high egg prices? Like the one where a guy gets on his knees to propose, but instead of a ring, he brings out a dozen precious eggs! Well, egg prices have finally begun to decline. “We’re seeing wholesale prices start to come down,” says David Ortega, a…