Harris testifies about night of murders, Part 2
Reported By: Ashley Michels/WCIA-3 News
Friday, May 24, 2013 @ 5:23 PM
PEORIA COUNTY -- We're now learning the defendant's side of the story in the Beason mass murder trial.
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Harris testifies about night of murders, Part 1
Reported By: Ashley Michels/WCIA-3 News
Friday, May 24, 2013 @ 5:22 PM
PEORIA COUNTY -- For the first time, we're hearing from the man accused of beating five members of a Beason family to death in 2009.
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Family seeks justice for deceased son
Reported By: Megan Brilley/WCIA-3 News
Friday, May 24, 2013 @ 4:56 PM
HOOPESTON -- A father is trying to get justice for his deceased son.
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"Sidewalk sale" increasing profits
Reported By: Megan Brilley/WCIA-3 News
Friday, May 24, 2013 @ 4:51 PM
PAXTON -- Small businesses are doubling their sales and shop owners say it's thanks to a new selling technique.
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Workers get relaxing "pat on the back"
Reported By: Jessica Shaw/WCIA-3 News
Friday, May 24, 2013 @ 4:48 PM
URBANA -- Workers at the Champaign County Clerk's and Recorder's offices received a special surprise Friday; sessions with a massage therapist.
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People are creating new identities in the virtual world "Second Life." University of Illinois professor Sharon Tettegah is one of them. In real life, she is a single woman, but online, she's a different version of herself. She's Amma, a married professor, and she's making real money by selling virtual real estate. Tettegah also uses this online world to teach her class at the U of I. She bought an island online with real grant money, and the students used it to create their own education systems. Graduate student Kona Taylor says, "If there's chemistry experiments to where you either can't afford the chemicals or worried students may hurt themselves, you can create those kinds of environments in Second Life to where they could play around with it an wouldn't get hurt" Students also came up with their own curriculum in this online world and even watched a parent-teacher conference happen. 