Mosaic marks 10th anniversary as Web changes world
At U of Illinois NCSA in Champaign Larry Smarr recalls watching students navigate the Mosaic browser in 1993. The graphical Web tool built by Marc Andreessen Eric Bina and colleagues made online info easier and sparked an information revolution expanding access beyond scientists to the general public.
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Champaign
Larry Smarr
Smart
University of Illinois’ National Center For Supercomputing Applications
Mosaic
NCSA
Netscape
Marc Andreessen
Dan Reed
Andreessen
Eric Bina
Bina
Mike Folk
Folk
Spyglass Inc
Microsoft
Reed
University of Illinois
National Center For
Urbana
Boy gunned down in Chicago neighborhood
In Back of the Yards Chicago a 12 year old Rene Guillen was shot by youths during a neighborhood cleanup. Three persons of interest are being questioned while relatives and residents honor the victim with prayers and a candle shrine near his school.
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Chicago
Matthew Jackson
Rene Guillen
Guillen
Jackson
Veronica Brown
John H. Hamline
Rene
Ed Shea
St. Joseph’s Church
Rubio
Arsonists barred from Illinois volunteer fire departments urged
St Clair County State's Attorney Bob Haida urged the General Assembly to close a disparity in state law that allows arsonists to serve as volunteers while barring them from paid municipal fire departments. He cited cases in Centreville and Brooklyn to illustrate the loophole and push for parallel rules with municipal firefighters.
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Belleville
St. Clair County
Bob Haida
Illinois General Assembly
Haida
Metro East
Antwan McClenton
Golden Garden
Centreville
McClenton
East St. Louis
Brooklyn Fire Department
Missouri
Brooklyn Volunteers
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King & Circus Video
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