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The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman is seen talking during a press conference in Stockholm in this May 9, 1998 file photo where he presented his latest TV-project "Faithless". Ingmar Bergman has died, Swedish news agency TT reported Monday July 30, 2007. Gunnar Seijbold, The Associated Press

[Photo] Ingmar Bergman, one of cinema’s greatest artists, dies in Sweden

By Louise Nordstrom • July 30, 2007
Cpl. Pat Tillman is seen in a this 2003 file photo provided by Photography Plus. Congressional investigators told the White House on Tuesday, July 24, 2007, that they intend to question several former Bush administration officials about their knowledge of Photography Plus via Williamson Stealth Media Solutions from the Associated Press

[Photo] New documents shed light on Pat Tillman’s death

By Martha Mendoza • July 27, 2007
Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser argues a call during a basketball game against Georgia Tech in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Wednesday, March 2, 2005. Prosser died Thursday, the university said. He was 56. Chuck Burton, The Associated Press

[Photo] Wake Forest basketball coach passes at age 56

By Joedy McCreary • July 27, 2007
Overall leader Michael Rasmussen of Denmark, right, is followed by Alberto Contador of Spain and Levi Leipheimer of the U.S., left, as they climb the Aubisque pass during the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Orthez and Aubisque pass, Bernard Papon, The Associated Press

[Photo] Tour leader Rasmussen taken out of Tour de France by Rabobank team

By Jerome Pugmire • July 26, 2007
Southern Illinois Edwardsville Whitney Curtis, The Associated Press

[Photo] S. Ill. student accused of VaTech-like threat attempt seemed normal

By Jim Suhr • July 26, 2007
Police officers subdue a man later identified as Robert Davis on Conti Street near Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans Saturday night, Oct. 8, 2005. At least one police officer repeatedly punched the 64-year-old Davis, accused of public in Mel Evans, The Associated Press

[Photo] Former officer cleared in videotaped beating of man in French Quarter after Katrina

By Michael Kunzelman • July 25, 2007
A closeup of wood from an ash tree that was infested by the emerald ash borer is shown in Farmington Hills, Mich., on Friday. The ash tree was cut by Lee Ullmann of Ullmann Urban Sawmill. Carlos Osorio, The Associated Press

[Photo] Beetle-bitten timber rises from ashes

By John Seewer • July 25, 2007
Drew Carey talks during the CBS Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. in this file photo from July 19, 2007. Carey was tapped Monday July 23,2007 to replace silver-haired legend Bob Barker on the CBS daytime game show "The Price is Right." Nick Ut-File, The Associated Press

[Photo] Comic Drew Carey to replace Bob Barker on “The Price is Right”

By David Bauder • July 24, 2007
Wilbert Ross stands at the doorway of his Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer Friday in Baker, La. Ross moved to a FEMA trailer park after Hurricane Katrina chased him from New Orleans in 2005. Tim Mueller, The Associated Press

[Photo] At-risk residents would not flee storm

By Jessica Gresko • July 24, 2007
An Afghan boy cries after his two uncles were killed as his father is detained during a U.S.-led raid in Khogyani district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on June 29. Four U.S. troops died in a roadside blast on Monday as more than 50 su Rahmat Gul, The Associated Press

[Photo] Coalition kills 50 militants; Taliban issues new demand

By Jason Straziuso • July 24, 2007
U.S. soldiers investigate the site of a car bomb attack in the Karradah neighborhood in central Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 23, 2007.Three parked cars exploded in a predominantly Shiite area in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 19 Khalid Mohammed, The Associated Press

[Photo] U.S. blockades Shiite stronghold; at least 59 dead nationwide

By Steven R. Hurst - The Associated Press • July 24, 2007
Robin Lightfoot, left, of Garden City, Kan., listens to Kathy Cheop as she samples hummus at the Wild Garden booth at the School Nutrition Association annual meeting in Chicago on Tuesday, July 17, 2007. The push for healthy options has food companies scu Brian Kersey, The Associated Press

[Photo] Hummus in the school cafeteria? Vendors pitch healthier foods

July 20, 2007
Sergio Garcia lines up a putt on the 13th green, during the British Open at Carnoustie, Scotland, on Thursday. Garcia turned in a 6-under 65 first round and holds a two-stroke lead going into Friday. Jon Super, The Associated Press

[Photo] Garcia leads British Open after Day One

By DOUG FERGUSON - The Associated Press • July 20, 2007
A truck lies in a hole in the street after a steam explosion in midtown Manhattan, New York, Wednesday, July 18, 2007. Seth Wenig, The Associated Press

[Photo] NYC blast warns of aging U.S. cities

By David Caruso • July 20, 2007
Marine Cpl. Trent D. Thomas is seen in this Nov 14, 2006 file photo, at Camp Pendleton, Calif. A military jury on Wednesday, July 18, 2007, convicted Thomas of conspiring to murder an Iraqi man in a bungled attempt to abduct and kill a suspected insurgent Chris Park, The Associated Press

[Photo] Illinois marine convicted of conspiracy in Iraqi man’s death

July 19, 2007
This frame grab made available on July 4 shows al-Qaida official Ayman al-Zawahiri. A leaked intelligence report indicates al-Qaida will leverage its affiliate in Iraq to mount an attack on U.S. soil. IntelCenter The Associated Press

[Photo] Terrorists may use Iraq to strike U.S. homeland

By Katherine Shrader • July 18, 2007
In this photo released by Backpagepix, former South African President Nelson Mandela, left, with Brazilian soccer legend, Pele, right, in Johannesburg, on Tuesday, the eve of a soccer match to be staged in Cape Town, South Africa. The match between an Afr Chris Ricco, The Associated Press

[Photo] Mandela rings in birthday with call for action

By Celean Jacobson • July 18, 2007
Didi Senft of Germany, aka "El Diablo," clowns about as the pack passes by in the downhill of Tignes during the 8th stage of the 94th Tour de France between Le Grand Bornand and Tignes, French Alps, on Sunday. No clear frontrunner has surfaced y Christophe Ena, The Associated Press

[Photo] Tour remains up for grabs

By Jamey Keaten • July 17, 2007
Police tape block the path to the Capitol in Denver on Monday, July 16, 2007, after suspect was shot when he apparently made threats against Gov. Bill Ritter. David Zalubowski, The Associated Press

[Photo] Investigation into Colorado Capital shooting continues

By Catherine Tsai • July 17, 2007
astern Michigan University president, John Fallon holds up a rear-view mirror in this July 18, 2005, file photo taken in Ypsilanti, Mich., during a breakfast meeting with student leaders, saying that his first decision as a president was to "take off the Eliyahu Gurfinkel, The Associated Press

[Photo] E. Mich. Univ. president fired after alleged cover-up of student’s rape, slaying in dorm room

By The Associated Press • July 16, 2007
A man looks at a collapsed house which was caused by landslide due to a typhoon in Isumi city, Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, Sunday, July 15, 2007. A typhoon expected to hit Tokyo missed the capital and moved toward northeastern Japan on Sunday after l Kyodo News

[Photo] Strong quake rocks northwestern Japan, kills 8, causes fire and leak at nuclear power plant

By Koji Sasahara • July 16, 2007
Jason Bunch, 18, holds his lightning burned shoe and his mother Kelly Risheill his burned shirt at their home in Castle Rock, Colo., on Wednesday, July 11, 2007. Bunch was wearing the shoe and shirt and an Ipod when he was struck by lightning last July wh Ed Andrieski, The Associated Press

[Photo] Experts warn of lightning-strike injuries with iPods

By Linda A. Johnson • July 12, 2007
** FILE**Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns poses at his office in Walpole, N.H., in this April 5, 2007 file photo. Burns, criticized for overlooking the role of Hispanic soldiers in his new World War II documentary, said Wednesday that nearly a half-hour of Phil Collins

[Photo] Ken Burns adds half-hour to ‘The War’ series to include Hispanic, American Indian veterans

By Lynn Elber • July 12, 2007
England soccer player David Beckham, left, and his wife Victoria Beckham, right, pose before the start of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, England, Sunday July 8, 2007. Lefteris Pitarakis, The Associated Press

[Photo] Beckham to America, where he should sell better than soccer

By Tim Dahlberg • July 11, 2007
Firefighters work on a blaze that gutted two homes in Sanford, Fla., after a twin-engine plane crashed and struck the houses, killing five people on Tuesday. Nigel Cook, The Associated Press

[Photo] Aircraft crashes into homes, claiming 5 lives

By Travis Reed • July 11, 2007
Gert Steegmans of Belgium, right, and his compatriot Tom Boonen, left, sprint towards the finish line of the second stage of the 94th Tour de France cycling race between Dunkirk, France, and Ghent, Belgium, on Monday. Steegmans won the stage and Boonen p Alessandro Trovati, The Associated Press

[Photo] Belgians steer clear of crash, win in homeland

By Jamey Keaten • July 10, 2007
Investigators are shown examing a vehicle on property owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, Thursday, June 7, 2007, in Surry County, Va. Federal law enforcement officials descended on the home owned by Vick on Thursday, armed with a search wa The Associated Press

[Photo] Vick property linked to dogfighting

By Hana Kruz Jr. • July 6, 2007
Tyler firefighters Jason Beasley, left, and Joey Hooton, right, rescue an unidentified woman and a child after their car became stranded in flood waters under a bridge in Tyler, Texas, Tuesday July 3, 2007. The Associated Press

[Photo] Waters subside, leaving residents to rebuild lives

By Sean Murphy • July 6, 2007
Spectators watch fireworks explode over the East River and the Triborough Bridge in this view from Astoria Park during an early Fourth of July celebration in the Queens Borough of New York, Friday, June 29, 2007. Daniel P. Derella, The Associated Press

[Photo] The four essentials of the Fourth

By Brittany Abeijon • July 3, 2007
Volunteers sandbag a levy along the Marais Des Cygnes River in Osawatomie, Kan., Sunday, July 1, 2007. Flooding worsened across southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri Sunday as high water levels forced more people from their homes and forecasters said it Orlin Wagner, The Associated Press

[Photo] Continuing rain in Plains causes flooding

By Steve Brisendine • July 3, 2007
Filmmaker Spike Lee and his son Jack pose for the photographers, in Rome, Tuesday. Lee was in Rome to present a movie project on the struggle against Nazi occupiers in Italy that he hopes will highlight the contributions of black soldiers fighting in the Phil Collins

[Photo] Spike Lee’s latest film project to highlight role of black American soldiers in World War II

By Marta Falconi • July 3, 2007
In this undated photo released by World Wrestling Entertainment, pro wrestler Chris Benoit is seen. Benoit, his wife and 7-year-old son were found slain Monday, June 25, 2007, at their home in Fayetteville, Ga., authorities said. John Giamundo, The Associated Press

[Photo] Benoit’s dad: Toxicology tests may help explain why pro wrestler killed self, family

By Harry R. Weber • June 29, 2007
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, accompanied by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 27, 2007, to discuss an amendment to the immigration bill which would require biometic Phil Collins

[Photo] Supporters fall short of keeping immigration bill alive in Senate

By Charles Babington • June 28, 2007
The re-united Spice Girls, Victoria Beckham, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton and Melanie Brown pose for the photographers on the grounds of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, Thursday. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) Phil Collins

[Photo] Spice Girls announce reunion for 11-date world tour; first show will be in LA on Dec. 7

By Sharon Hong • June 28, 2007
Hendricks Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon enters his car at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., Saturday, June 16, 2007. With a pair of superstar drivers in Gordon and Jimmie Johnson and an unbelievable winning percentage this season, Hendr Luke Brodbeck, The Associated Press

[Photo] Gordon, Johnson penalized; crew chiefs suspended 6 races

By Jenna Fryer • June 27, 2007
People stand in a bombed out lobby of the Mansour Hotel in Baghdad on Monday. A suicide bomber apparently targeting a meeting of U.S.-allied Sunni sheiks penetrated security and blew himself up in the lobby, killing four of the tribal leaders. Hadi Mizban, The Associated Press

[Photo] Hotel bomber kills U.S.-allied sheiks in Iraq

By The Associated Press • June 26, 2007
Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Rod Beck pumps his fist after earning a save in a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in this July 26, 2001 file photo at Fenway Park in Boston. Beck was found dead Saturday, June 23, 2007, by police officers respondi Charles Krupa, The Associated Press

[Photo] Former Cub, all star, “The Shooter,” dies at 38

By Greg Beacham • June 25, 2007
Newly enlisted Army recruits, in black shirts, join recruiting officers in a ceremony in New York in this Sept. 22, 2006, file photo. According to data obtained by The Associated Press, the number of blacks joining the U.S. military has plunged by more th Bernadette Tuazon, The Associated Press

[Photo] Unpopular war, improving economy lead to dramatic drop in black recruits

By Lolita C. Baldor • June 25, 2007
American singer Christina Aguilera listens a question from a journalist during the news conference Monday June 25, 2007 in Shanghai, China. Aguilera, a four-time Grammy Award winner, will perform June 26 at the Grand Stage , which is her first-ever concer The Associated Press

[Photo] Singer Christina Aguilera reading scripts in search of right part for acting debut

By Christopher Bodeen • June 25, 2007
In this image from NASA TV, Space Shuttle Atlantis lands at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Friday, June 22, 2007. The Associated Press

[Photo] Atlantis returns to Earth after 2-week mission to international space station

By Alicia Chang • June 22, 2007
Iraqis stand around the damaged Khulani mosque, a main Shiite mosque in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 19, 2007. At least 75 people were killed and over 200 were wounded in a truck bomb blast, officials said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) Phil Collins

[Photo] 78 killed by bombing at Baghdad mosque; U.S., Iraqi forces begin drives against militants

By Lauren Frayer • June 19, 2007
Orioles manager Sam Perlozzo ends an argument with an umpire. Perlozzo was fired on Monday. Duane Burleson, The Associated Press

[Photo] Last-place Baltimore fires manager

By David Ginsburg • June 19, 2007
David Beckham poses with his children after taking the Spanish League title in the match against Mallorca on Sunday. Fernando Bustamante, The Associated Press

[Photo] Beckham limps into MLS after Spanish League title

By Robert Millward • June 19, 2007
Relatives mourn those killed in overnight clashes in the city of Amarah in southern Iraq, during a funeral in the holy Shiite city of Najaf on Monday. Alaa al-Marjani, The Associated Press

[Photo] American, Iraqi forces clash with several militant factions

By The Associated Press • June 19, 2007
Real Madrid players David Beckham from England, left, Iker Casillas from Spain, center and Fabio Cannavaro from Italy, right, celebrate on their bus at Cibeles square after winning Spanish soccer league title in Madrid, Monday, June 18, 2007. Real Madrid Alvaro Barrientos, The Associated Press

[Photo] Beckham nearly gets Hollywood ending with Madrid in Spanish league

By Paul Logothetis • June 18, 2007
An Afghan police officer gestures at the scene of a bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday. The bomb ripped through a police bus, left, in a bustling area of Kabul on Sunday, killing at least 35. Musadeq Sadeq, The Associated Press

[Photo] 35 killed, 52 injured in Afghanistan from suicide bomber

By Rahim Faiez • June 18, 2007
The sun begins to set over an oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, in this May 17, 2007 file photo. A push from Congress and the White House for huge increases in biofuels such as ethanol, is prompting the oil industry to scale back its plans for refiner LM Otero, The Associated Press

[Photo] Increased biofuels force oil refineries to cut back

By H. Josef Hebert • June 18, 2007
Spurs CEO Peter Holt, center, holds up the NBA Championship trophy as he celebrates with the team after Game 4 of the NBA basketball finals Thursday, June 14, 2007, in Cleveland. The Spurs clinched the championships in four games defeating Cleveland, 83-8 Steve Contorno

[Photo] Spurs sweep Cavs for fourth championship

By Tom Withers • June 15, 2007
Red Crescent and Red Cross workers react as they stand outside the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp near Tripoli, in northern Lebanon, after hearing two Red Cross workers had been killed, Monday June 11, 2007. Two local Red Cross workers were killed and a third The Associated Press

[Photo] 2 Red Cross workers shot dead at entrance Lebanon refugee camp

By Zeina Karam • June 11, 2007
Legendary game show host Bob Barker, 83, smiles as he takes questions from the media after taping his final episode of "The Price Is Right" in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 6, 2007. The Associated Press

[Photo] Bob Barker tapes last show hosting “The Price is Right”

By The Associated Press • June 8, 2007
Members of the Military Firing Party march in formation past gravestones after participating in funeral services for Cpl. Joseph John Anzack, Jr. of Torrance, Calif., Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The death toll The Associated Press

[Photo] U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 3,500; strategy leaves forces vulnerable

By The Associated Press • June 8, 2007
Sister Rosalba Garcia, wearing a San Antonio Spurs jersey, center, Sister Angelina Gomez, holding a Spurs flag, and several other nuns of the Salesian Sister of Mary Immaculate Province gather for a photo in front of their San Antonio Spurs banner in San The Associated Press

[Photo] San Antonio nuns offer prayers for city’s team before finals

By The Associated Press • June 6, 2007
Rescue personnel assemble on the McKinley Marina boat launch as they help search for a plane that went down in Lake Michigan Monday, June 4, 2007, in Milwaukee. A medical transport plane carrying six people went down Monday afternoon shortly after the pil The Associated Press

[Photo] Medical transport plane goes down in Lake Michigan

By The Associated Press • June 5, 2007
This undated photo released by the University of Georgia School of Law on Thursday May 31, 2007 shows Andrew Speaker at the John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, Ga. Andrew Speaker, 31, who has a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis that has proved resi The Associated Press

[Photo] Quarantined TB patient: “I hope they forgive me”

By The Associated Press • June 1, 2007
Assisted suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian poses with his "suicide machine" in Michigan, in this Feb. 6, 1991, file photo. Kevorkian is expected to leave prison Friday, June 1, 2007 after serving more than eight years of a 10- to 25-year sente The Associated Press

[Photo] Dr. Kevorkian released from prison; works to legalize assisted suicide

By The Associated Press • June 1, 2007
Russian President Vladimir Putin presides a Security Council meeting in the Moscow Kremlin, Saturday, June 2, 2007. Putin warned in an interview published Sunday that U.S. plans to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe would force Moscow to fin The Associated Press

[Photo] Russia, U.S. might sit at brink of second Cold War

By Steve Contorno • June 1, 2007
This is an image made from video obtained by the Washington-based SITE Institute showing the identification cards of Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford Township, Mich. and Spc. Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Mass. According to the militant video rel The Associated Press

[Photo] Al-Qaida front group claims to have killed captured U.S. soldiers

By The Associated Press • June 1, 2007
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