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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
A man holds a sign and disrupts the start of a Senate Homeland Security Committee meeting on Katrina and Rita recovery as Steven Preston, left, administrator of the Small Business Administration, and HUD Assistant Secretary Pamela Patenaude look on in Ne The Associated Press

Obama visits New Orleans, presses for quicker recovery

By The Associated Press • January 30, 2007
Jockey Edgar Prado rides Barbaro to victory in the 132nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Saturday, May 6, 2006, in Louisville, Ky. Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized Monday, Jan. 29, 2007, after complications from his gruesome breakdown at la The Associated Press

Kentucky Derby winner euthanized after leg break

By The Associated Press • January 30, 2007

Number of lost helicopters increases in past 10 days

By The Associated Press • January 30, 2007
Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., introduces the Windows Vista operating software Monday, Jan. 29, 2007 in New York. The software goes on sale Tuesday. The Associated Press

Bill Gates launches Vista

By The Associated Press • January 30, 2007

Defense claims innocence in Blagojevich hiring trial

By The Associated Press • January 30, 2007
President John Kufuor of Ghana , center, leaves the 8th African Union summit as Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo look at his watch in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Jan. 29, 2007. The African Union chose Ghana to head the 53-member bloc Monday, for th The Associated Press

Ghana to head African Union

By The Associated Press • January 30, 2007
Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller looks around the courtroom San Jose, Calif., courtroom, Monday, Jan. 29, 2007, before he was sentenced to 150 years to life for sexually abusing two 12-year-old boys. Schwartzmiller, 64, a child molester with convictions in se The Associated Press

Child molester gets 152 years

By The Associated Press • January 30, 2007

Child support helps in vitro twins

By The Associated Press • January 30, 2007
Dave and Kitty McKee are seen with a set of bagpipes at their Chicago (Ill.) home on Sept. 21, 2006. (AP Photo/The Daily Southtown, Matt Marton)

Couple brought together through love of bagpipes

By The Associated Press • January 29, 2007

Smoking habits may be linked to insula

By The Associated Press • January 26, 2007

Stephen Colbert upset about Clinton’s invitation to Knox

By The Associated Press • January 26, 2007

State officials examine Harvey police station

By The Associated Press • January 26, 2007
Former DePaul University instructor Thomas Klocek poses for a photo outside a DePaul University building in Chicago in this May 5, 2005, file photo. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ME Online

DePaul breaches free speech law

By The Associated Press • January 26, 2007

Tancredo looks to end race-based caucuses

By The Associated Press • January 26, 2007

Birth control dose limits in debate

By The Associated Press • January 25, 2007
A Somali woman is wheeled into the Medina hospital after being wounded by a mortar shell after a mortar attack on the Mogadishu International Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007. Gunmen launched several mortars at Mogadishu International Airport on Wednesda (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)

Mortars strike Somali airport, taking 2 lives

By The Associated Press • January 25, 2007
U.S. military Apache helicopter flies as smoke rises over the area where U.S. and Iraqi troops clashed with gunmen in a Sunni insurgent stronghold north of the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday Jan. 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban)

Gunfire erupts in Green Zone

By The Associated Press • January 25, 2007
Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. takes part in a debate on a Iraq War resolution, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

Congress voices disapproval of Iraq strategy

By The Associated Press • January 25, 2007

Bears to extend coach’s contract

By The Associated Press • January 25, 2007
** FILE ** New York Met Cliff Floyd launches a RBI single off Chicago Cubs Greg Maddux during the fourth inning of their game against at Wrigley Field in this July 14, 2006 file photo. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Outfielder Floyd signs one-year contract with Cubs

By The Associated Press • January 25, 2007

`Dreamgirls’ gets a leading 8 Oscar nominations, but is shut out of best-picture category

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2007
Chicago Bears wide receiver Bernard Berrian (80) rolls into the end zone for a 33-yard touchdown reception in front of New Orleans Saints cornerback Fred Thomas (22) during the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship football game, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007, i (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Bears ready to accept underdog role

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2007
President Bush smiles as he arrives to deliver his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress as Vice President Richard Cheney, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. applaud, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 23, Associated Press

Bush asks to send more troops

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2007

Polls indicate youth value materialistic items more than ever before

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2007
 

Bulls defeat Hawks, snap two-game skid

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2007

Amtrak to upgrade railroad for more travel

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2007

Coaches say Missouri Valley shouldn’t be penalized for parity

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2007

Roddick prepares for semifinal against Federer

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2007
 

Chicago submits plans for temporary 2016 Olympic stadium

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2007

State Farm to pay $80 million to 600 Katrina victims

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2007
New York Giants coach Bill Parcells is carried off the field after the Giants defeated the Denver Broncos, 39-20, in Super Bowl XXI in Pasadena, Ca., in this Jan. 25, 1987 file photo. Parcells retired from coaching Monday, Jan. 22, 2007, leaving the Dall The Associated Press

Parcells retires from coaching

By The Associated Press • January 23, 2007
A wounded man is placed on top of a dead one after two bombs struck predominantly Shiite commercial area in central Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens Monday, Jan. 22, 2007. The Associated Press

Twin bombings kill as many as 100 people in Baghdad

By The Associated Press • January 23, 2007

Steelers snatch surprise choice Tomlin

By The Associated Press • January 23, 2007

Venezuelan President Chavez lashes out at U.S. officials

By The Associated Press • January 23, 2007
Democratic Illinois Sen. Barack Obama takes questions at a news conference after endorsing Richard Daley, right, for another term as Chicago mayor Monday, Jan. 22, 2007, in Chicago. The Associated Press

Obama endorses Daley for sixth term as mayor

By The Associated Press • January 23, 2007
Native women drum and sing outside Supreme Court as the first day of the trial of accused serial killer Robert Pickton begins in New Westminster, Canada, Monday January 22, 2007. The Port Coquitlam pig farmer is being tried on six charges of first-degree The Associated Press

Canadian man confesses to committing 49 murders

By The Associated Press • January 23, 2007
Buildings in downtown Chicago pay tribute to the NFC Champion Chicago Bears as seen through Grant Park Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007 in Chicago. The Bears defeated the New Orleans Saints 39-14 in the NFC Championship football game to advance to the Super Bowl. The Associated Press

Smith, Dungy celebrate victories

By The Associated Press • January 23, 2007

Super Bowl hype causes lower worker productivity

By The Associated Press • January 23, 2007
Matt Harlan

Methane reduces harmful gases

By The Associated Press • January 23, 2007

Sen. Clinton to run for president

By The Associated Press • January 22, 2007

Blagojevich administration under further review

By The Associated Press • January 22, 2007

Bears go marching in

By The Associated Press • January 22, 2007
Pedro Barrera looks over an Oscar statuette after as it comes out of a 24 carat gold bath at the R.S. Owens plant in Chicago, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. The Oscars are presented annually at the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles and the Academy uses the (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Oscars parallel past awards

By The Associated Press • January 19, 2007

Students pick second, third-choice schools

By The Associated Press • January 19, 2007
 

Shareholders make offers to purchase Tribune Company

By The Associated Press • January 19, 2007
1. Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy watches game action during the first quarter of the AFC divisional playoff football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner)

Dungy, Smith have chance of becoming first black coaches in 41-year Super Bowl history

By The Associated Press • January 19, 2007
Scott Verplank, from Edmond, Okla., lines up a put on his 15th hole during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic golf tournament at the Classic Club golf course in Thousand Palms, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. Verplank finished the second day with (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Verplank, Rose tie for first in Hope golf tournament

By The Associated Press • January 19, 2007

Sundance opens with Chicago documentary

By The Associated Press • January 19, 2007
 

Saints offense to test Bears defense

By The Associated Press • January 19, 2007

Former Senator warns MLB of governmental steroid probe

By The Associated Press • January 19, 2007

South Carolina may allow all day drink specials

By The Associated Press • January 19, 2007

‘Doomsday Clock’ ticks to apocalypse

By The Associated Press • January 19, 2007

Obama faces questions about political career

By The Associated Press • January 19, 2007
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, accompanied by fellow Democratic House members, applaud during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007 to discuss the work of the 110th Congress during their first 100 hours. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

New House legislation aims to explore renewable sources

By The Associated Press • January 19, 2007
 

Rafael Nadal wins in four sets, reaches Aussie Open third round

By The Associated Press • January 19, 2007
Illinois forward Shaun Pruitt (55) pulls down a rebound over Minnesota forward Bryce Webster, right, during the first half of the 64-52 Illini win over the Gophers in Minneapolis, Wednesday. Illinois has now won 16 consecutive contests over Minnesota. Ann Heisenfelt, The Associated Press

Versatile Carter sinks Gophers

By The Associated Press • January 18, 2007
 

Bush says Iraqi government must mature after “fumbled” hangings

By The Associated Press • January 17, 2007
** FILE ** Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali gestures toward photographers in a hotel lobby in Davos, Switzerland, in this Jan. 28, 2006 file photo. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Ali turns 65, continues to fight Parkinson’s

By The Associated Press • January 17, 2007

Enrollment projected to decrease at SIU

By The Associated Press • January 16, 2007

Illinois health groups push for statewide smoking ban at workplaces

By The Associated Press • January 12, 2007
President Bush delivers a speech to troops and their families at Fort Benning, Ga. Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) GERALD HERBERT

Soldiers support Bush at Fort Benning

By The Associated Press • January 12, 2007
 

Beckham looks like perfect fit for L.A.

By The Associated Press • January 12, 2007

Tight end poses threat to Bears, own team

By The Associated Press • January 12, 2007

Men accused of funding Hamas await verdict in Chicago

By The Associated Press • January 12, 2007

Bears in Monday spotlight

By The Associated Press • December 11, 2006

Rockford man arrested in hand grenade plot terror plot

By The Associated Press • December 11, 2006

Illinois officials criticize Ameren

By The Associated Press • December 11, 2006
Obama still uncertain about presidential run

Obama still uncertain about presidential run

By The Associated Press • December 11, 2006

The pill available in chewable form

By The Associated Press • December 8, 2006

Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris may miss season with hurt hamstring

By The Associated Press • December 8, 2006

Survey finds an ‘instant messaging gap’

By The Associated Press • December 8, 2006

Bush, study group disagree on Iraq

By The Associated Press • December 8, 2006
New Yorkers embrace city's ban on artificial trans fats in restaurants

New Yorkers embrace city’s ban on artificial trans fats in restaurants

By The Associated Press • December 6, 2006

Heisman nominee looks to go out on top

By The Associated Press • December 6, 2006
Defense Secretary-designate Robert Gates waits to answer questions prior to the start of his confirmation Tuesday. The Associated Press

Senate panel confirms Gates

By The Associated Press • December 6, 2006

MySpace develops technology to block sexual predators

By The Associated Press • December 6, 2006
President Bush, right, looks toward Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006. The Associated Press

Iraq commision says Bush’s policy not working, urges withdrawal of troops

By The Associated Press • December 6, 2006

Race in education debate continues

By The Associated Press • December 5, 2006

Hospitals encouraged to not serve fast food

By The Associated Press • December 5, 2006

NASA unveils timeline for space exploration, lunar missions

By The Associated Press • December 5, 2006
Mississippi agency attempts to erase state's stereotypes

Mississippi agency attempts to erase state’s stereotypes

By The Associated Press • December 5, 2006

Bears coach stands by choice of quarterback

By The Associated Press • December 5, 2006

Bolton withdraws from U.N. position

By The Associated Press • December 5, 2006
Kentucky National Guard soldier Ashley Pullen shows off her Bronze Star citation at her home in Beaumont, Ky., Nov. 2. The Associated Press

Kentucky resident receives Bronze Star, relates story of valor

By The Associated Press • December 5, 2006

Four dead in Iraq after crash

By The Associated Press • December 5, 2006
A Wayuu indigenous woman looks for her identification number on a voter list during presidential elections in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Sunday. The Associated Press

Chavez seeks another six-year term

By The Associated Press • December 4, 2006

Saddam’s lawyers appeal sentence

By The Associated Press • December 4, 2006
A one way sign on the corner of Goodwin and Springfield is laden with ice Thursday night. The University experienced freezing rain, which turned to snow later in the evening. Close to 2 inches accumulated on the ground. Brad Vest

Four Illinoisans killed in first major storm of winter season

By The Associated Press • December 4, 2006
Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson, left, dives into the end zone past Minnesota Vikings safety Darren Sharper (24) at the end of a 24-yard touchdown run during the third quarter Sunday, in Chicago. The Associated Press

Bears beat Vikings to clinch division

By The Associated Press • December 4, 2006

Lawmakers end session without end to rate hike

By The Associated Press • December 1, 2006

Man receives nation’s third hand transplant after 30-year-old accident claimed his own

By The Associated Press • December 1, 2006

British officials find radioactive contamination at 12 sites

By The Associated Press • December 1, 2006
Musician Buddy Guy is photographed in New York, Oct. 30. The Associated Press

Accolades keep coming for blues guitarist Buddy Guy

By The Associated Press • November 30, 2006

Obama meets with Ludacris in Chicago

By The Associated Press • November 30, 2006

Paper money may get redesign to better aid blind Americans

By The Associated Press • November 30, 2006

Ex-Gov. Ryan’s jail term delayed

By The Associated Press • November 30, 2006
The new Apple iPod Shuffle, right, is shown next to a Red iPod Nano, center, and 60GB iPod, left, at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Nov. 3. The Associated Press

Bush targets Jong Il’s lifestyle

By The Associated Press • November 30, 2006
Doctors call partial face transplant a success

Doctors call partial face transplant a success

By The Associated Press • November 29, 2006
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, shakes hands with New York City Councilman Charles Barron, as activist Rev. Al Sharpton, center, looks on following a meeting of Queens community leaders. The Associated Press

NY police shoot, kill unarmed man outside of club

By The Associated Press • November 28, 2006
Correa predicts presidential win, plans reforms

Correa predicts presidential win, plans reforms

By The Associated Press • November 28, 2006
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