Most astronomers wouldn't dream of opening their observatory's doors in 100 mph winds, yet NASA's new SOFIA telescope recently flew in an airplane at 250 mph with doors wide open.

The village board of Libertyville, Ill., will vote on a developer's plan to turn the town's last working farm into a $50 million industrial park. Most of the 100-acre farm is on 63 acres annexed by the once rural town in the 1990s.