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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

Love story revealed in discovered letters

By The Associated Press • April 21, 2008

Phenomenon shakes Midwest

By The Associated Press • April 21, 2008

Ebert hopes to make journey to Champaign

By The Associated Press • April 21, 2008
Students eat the food served in the cafeteria during lunch at Washington Middle School in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, April 2, 2008. Illinois legislators are considering a ban on trans fats, blamed for contributing to soaring national childhood obesity Seth Perlman, The Associated Press

Senate votes to get trans fats out of school food

By The Associated Press • April 18, 2008

SAG signs interim pact with independent film company

By The Associated Press • April 18, 2008

Odds and Ends: Mayor calls for search on cat, finds him in house wall

By The Associated Press • April 18, 2008

Odds and Ends: Workers at NASA answer seaborne message from girl

By The Associated Press • April 18, 2008
Mike Dunkel, 57, owner of the Wagon Wheel Discount Liquor cleans up damaged stock in his Mt. Carmel, Ill., liquor store Friday morning April 18, 2008 after early morning earthquake struck in the Midwest. The 5.2 magnitude earthquake, centered in southern Daniel R. Patmore, The Associated Press

Earthquake rocks Champaign, Midwest

By The Associated Press • April 18, 2008

DeRosa, Hill lead Cubs over Pirates 3-2

By The Associated Press • April 18, 2008
Bruce Springsteen, left, and Max Weinberg of the E Street Band perform during their concert at the Los Angeles Sports Arena in this Oct. 29, 2007 file photo. Springsteen endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president Wednesday, saying "he speaks to t Chris Pizzello, The Associated Press

Bruce Springsteen endorses Obama for president

By The Associated Press • April 17, 2008

Odds and Ends: Iowa pranksters get just desserts: 3,000 forks

By The Associated Press • April 17, 2008
Tiger Woods hits out of a bunker on the second hole during the final round of the 2008 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., on Sunday. Elise Amendola, The Associated Press

Woods undergoes knee surgery

By The Associated Press • April 17, 2008
President Bush and Pope Benedict XVI walk down the Colonnade of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, following an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn. Gerald Herbert, The Associated Press

Bush talks with Pope on first day of US trip

By The Associated Press • April 17, 2008

Peoria teen arrested after weapon found at school

By The Associated Press • April 17, 2008
This photo provided by Virginia Tech shows mourners gathering Wednesday in front of the memorial for the victims of the April 16 shootings. Michael Kiernan, The Associated Press

Va. Tech pays tribute to victims of tragedy

By The Associated Press • April 17, 2008

Odds and Ends: Man proposes to girlfriend by reprogramming game

By The Associated Press • April 16, 2008
Boston Braves baseball outfielder Tommy Holmes waves from the automobile presented to him, as they celebrate the leading hitter with a "Tommy Holmes Day," at Braves Field in Boston, Mass., in this Sept. 2, 1945 file photo. The Associated Press

Tommy Holmes, 91, dies; Slugger dominated NL

By The Associated Press • April 15, 2008

MLB sponsors scholars in honor of Robinson

By The Associated Press • April 15, 2008

Odds and Ends: Iowa cigarette store clerk foils would-be robber

By The Associated Press • April 15, 2008
Tanzanian riot police escort the Olympic torch in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Sunday. President Bush has advocated diplomacy over boycotting the games. Jerome Delay, The Associated Press

National security adviser: ‘quiet diplomacy’ preferable to boycott

By The Associated Press • April 14, 2008

Sentencing set for man who used library computer in theft

By The Associated Press • April 14, 2008
Dave Csaky checks on his pet squirrel, "Tilt," in the Eastlake Neighborhood of Seattle on Jan. 10, in a treehouse he has called home for almost two years. A little more than a week ago, city workers arrived unannounced and put pink-ribboned survey stakes Joshua Trujillo, The Associated Press

Neighbors chip in to buy an RV for homeless Seattle man facing eviction from treehouse

By The Associated Press • April 11, 2008
 

Vanilla Ice released from Fla. jail following his arrest for allegedly pushing his wife

By The Associated Press • April 11, 2008
In this image released by CBS, actor George Takei sings a country song during the premiere of "Secret Talents of the Stars," on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Cliff Lipson, The Associated Press

CBS’ ‘Secret Talents of the Stars’ is gone after only 1 episode

By The Associated Press • April 11, 2008
 

UCLA coach refutes rumors

By The Associated Press • April 10, 2008

Middle class, low progress

By The Associated Press • April 10, 2008

Odds and Ends: Senate rejects bill making Sazerac official La. cocktail

By The Associated Press • April 10, 2008
Kansas coach Bill Self is introduced during a rally at Kansas Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kan., on Tuesday. Orlin Wagner, The Associated Press

Donors willing to pay to keep Self with Jayhawks

By The Associated Press • April 10, 2008

Lawyers report $11 million settlement for Virginia Tech victims

By The Associated Press • April 10, 2008
 

Torch rerouted to avoid protests

By The Associated Press • April 10, 2008
Activists of Madheshi Janadhikar Forum, a breakaway party from Madheshi Forum, demonstrate against assembly elections, in Janakpur, 385 kilometers (240 miles) east of Katmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday. Nepal votes April 10, for an assembly that will rewrite i Manish Swarup, The Associated Press

Violence in Nepal surges before election

By The Associated Press • April 10, 2008
Gossip columnist Perez Hilton poses at the Entertainment Weekly Island Def Jam Grammy party in Los Angeles in this Feb. 10, 2008 file photo. Hilton will be the star of twice-daily radio minishows that will begin broadcasting on May 5, The Wall Street Jour Dan Steinberg, The Associated Press

Gossip blogger Perez Hilton to hit airwaves with radio minishow

By The Associated Press • April 10, 2008

Odds and Ends: Man accused of using hedgehog as a weapon

By The Associated Press • April 8, 2008

Lollapalooza lineup features Radiohead, Kanye West, Wilco

By The Associated Press • April 8, 2008

2008 Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism and the arts announced

By The Associated Press • April 7, 2008

State senator suggests possible cap on foreign students at UI

By The Associated Press • April 7, 2008

Officials stay confident with Global Campus

By The Associated Press • April 7, 2008

Odds and Ends: Man marries in court before serving 10-year jail sentence

By The Associated Press • April 7, 2008

Odds and Ends: Ark. legislators change law denying toddler marriages

By The Associated Press • April 4, 2008
Chicago White Sox batter A.J. Pierzynski, center, is congratulated by teammates Paul Konerko, right, and Jermaine Dye after his three-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Friday, April 4, 2008. The Associated Press

Detroit Tigers drop to 0-4 with 8-5 loss to Chicago White Sox

By The Associated Press • April 4, 2008

Tom Crean welcomed as Indiana’s new coach

By The Associated Press • April 3, 2008

Tire falls from helicopter, crashes through roof of mechanic’s home in Monroe, Ga.

By The Associated Press • April 3, 2008

Coroner: SIU student found dead in campus creek drowned

By The Associated Press • April 3, 2008
The ensemble cast performs in this scene from "High School Musical," in this undated photo released by the Disney Channel. The "High School Musical" gang is returning to Utah this month for their senior year. Unlike its predecessors, the third installment The Associated Press

Filming of ‘High School Musical 3’ to begin this month in Utah

By The Associated Press • April 3, 2008
 

Mariah Carey surpasses Elvis in No. 1 singles

By The Associated Press • April 3, 2008

Odds and Ends: Burglar plays dead to hide from police at funeral home

By The Associated Press • April 3, 2008
The balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tenn., on March 25, the site where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Nader Daoud, The Associated Press

Memphis still marked by Martin Luther King

By The Associated Press • April 3, 2008

Odds and Ends: Man loses fingers as police seize snakes from his home

By The Associated Press • April 2, 2008
David C. Armentrout, 55, leans on the pickup truck he purchased from his son Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in Harrisonburg, Va. He bought the truck so his son could afford to continue driving the big rig on the left. The Armentrouts, along with a handful of oth Pete Marovich, The Associated Press

Three truckers block I-55 near Chicago and receive citations

By The Associated Press • April 2, 2008

UI home to more foreign students than any public U.S. university

By The Associated Press • April 1, 2008

Odds and Ends: Police dept. apologizes after misusing surveillance

By The Associated Press • April 1, 2008

University of Texas students apparently copied parts of honor code draft from another school’s code

By The Associated Press • March 31, 2008

Ill. motorcyclists get blessing as spring road season begins

By The Associated Press • March 31, 2008

Odds and Ends: Man wakes up trashed after night of drinking

By The Associated Press • March 31, 2008

Odds and Ends: Town decides mayor by picking name from trash can

By The Associated Press • March 28, 2008
Hideki Matsui shows a sketch of his wife in Tampa, Florida on Thursday. The Associated Press

Matsui gets married on his day off

By The Associated Press • March 28, 2008
Archeologists Jose Maria Bermudez, left, and Eudald Carbonell, right, hold a small piece of jawbone unearthed in Spain. Jordi Mestre, The Associated Press

Discovery of fossil digs up questions

By The Associated Press • March 27, 2008
A man cries for his relative killed in clashes between Mahdi Army militia fighters and the Iraqi government forces backed by the US military in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Karim Kadim, The Associated Press

Militia, government clash in Iraq

By The Associated Press • March 27, 2008

Tibetan capital divided after anti-Chinese riots

By The Associated Press • March 27, 2008
 

Illinois-shaped corn flake found

By The Associated Press • March 27, 2008

Brown says Britain won’t boycott Olympic opening ceremony

By The Associated Press • March 27, 2008
 

In tiny Washington town, discovery of parachute stirs new buzz over legend of D.B. Cooper

By The Associated Press • March 27, 2008

WIU quick responding to threat

By The Associated Press • March 27, 2008

Odds and Ends: Couple dives into marriage in Alaskan swimming pool

By The Associated Press • March 26, 2008
Model Tyra Banks arrives at the CNN Heroes Awards, in this Dec. 6, 2007, file photo in New York. A man who is charged with stalking supermodel and talk show host Tyra Banks has been ordered to stay away from her or face going to jail. Brady Green, accordi Peter Kramer, The Associated Press

New York judge tells man to stop bothering Tyra Banks

By The Associated Press • March 26, 2008

Smashing Pumpkins sue Virgin Records over ‘Pepsi Stuff’ promotion with Pepsi and Amazon.com

By The Associated Press • March 25, 2008

VW Beetle turned into police cruiser but won’t be catching criminals in high-speed chases

By The Associated Press • March 25, 2008

Niners forfeit draft pick for tampering

By The Associated Press • March 25, 2008

5 Makah whalers to plead guilty in rogue hunt in Wash., their lawyer says

By The Associated Press • March 25, 2008

Odds and EndsMessage in a bottle ends up in Alaska 21 years later

By The Associated Press • March 25, 2008

Anti-war activists stage protest at Easter Mass

By The Associated Press • March 24, 2008

Odds and Ends: Speeding driver blames Oreo for losing control of his car

By The Associated Press • March 24, 2008

J.K. Rowling tells student journalist in interview that she once had ‘suicidal thoughts’

By The Associated Press • March 24, 2008

Post Office says please keep those cards and letters coming

By The Associated Press • March 14, 2008

Trustees to consider contract extension for athletic director

By The Associated Press • March 14, 2008

Odds and Ends: Pint-glass-shaped Guinness costume stolen in Michigan

By The Associated Press • March 14, 2008
Designer Nicky Hilton speaks to the media backstage before her Nicholai Fall 2008 fashion show during Mercedes Benz fashion week in Culver City, Calif. on Tuesday. Matt Sayles, The Associated Press

Paris Hilton and Benji Madden root for sister Nicky at LA Fashion Week

By The Associated Press • March 13, 2008

Jack Black’s kung fu fighting with animated action comedy ‘Panda’

By The Associated Press • March 13, 2008
This photo from HBO shows actors portraying founding fathers in a scene from the HBO miniseries "John Adams." Kent Eanes, The Associated Press

New HBO miniseries reveals another side of John Adams

By The Associated Press • March 13, 2008
 

Exhibit offers new ‘dimension’ of design at Winterthur museum

By The Associated Press • March 13, 2008

Gaza strip in talks for cease-fire

By The Associated Press • March 13, 2008
New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi, left, poses with actor and comedian Billy Crystal after Crystal signed with the Yankees for a workout and one game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at spring training baseball at Legends Field in Tampa, Fla., Wednesday, Kathy Willens, The Associated Press

Leading off for the Yankees … Billy Crystal

By The Associated Press • March 13, 2008

Odds and Ends: Eighth-grader gets in trouble for buying candy at school

By The Associated Press • March 13, 2008

Odds and Ends: Firefighter saves dog’s life performing mouth-to-snout

By The Associated Press • March 12, 2008
photo released by the "Tiergarten Nuernberg" zoo Monday shows polar bear cub Flocke trying to climb the walls of her enclosure. Ralf Schedlbauer, The Associated Press

Conservation groups sue officials

By The Associated Press • March 11, 2008

Hollywood star George Clooney puts pressure on Olympic sponsor over Darfur

By The Associated Press • March 11, 2008

Odds and Ends: In Mexico, collision cancels 800-pound man’s date

By The Associated Press • March 11, 2008
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer arrives with his wife at his New York City apartment Monday. Spitzer, who built his career on rooting out corruption, apologized after he was accused of involvement in a prostitution ring. Louis Lanzano, The Associated Press

Gov. Spitzer linked to call girl

By The Associated Press • March 11, 2008
Darius Rucker, lead singer of the group Hootie and the Blowfish, performs in Orlando, Fla., in this March 15, 2003, file photo. The group will play at a fundraiser in Columbia, S.C., in March to benefit the Animal Mission, and when the bandmates get toget Doug Murray, The Associated Press

Three members of Hootie and the Blowfish prep solo releases

By The Associated Press • March 11, 2008
Film director Francis Ford Coppola poses for a photo during an interview in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday. Decades after his 1972 hit "The Godfather," Coppola is getting set to shoot "Tetro," a film about a different but equally dysfunctional Italian Natacha Pisarenko, The Associated Press

Coppola relishes new start in Italian-infused Argentina

By The Associated Press • March 11, 2008
Justin Timberlake poses backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards in this Sept. 9, 2007, file photo in Las Vegas. Isaac Brekken, The Associated Press

Justin Timberlake helping produce NBC pilot about a bachelor who strikes out with women

By The Associated Press • March 10, 2008

Tax hikes could drive away Chicago shoppers

By The Associated Press • March 10, 2008

Odds and Ends: Urology clinic says tourney is good time for vasectomy

By The Associated Press • March 10, 2008

Odds and Ends: Dutch women sprint for $15,000 in stiletto heels

By The Associated Press • March 7, 2008

Odds and Ends: Man takes lap around NASCAR track after death

By The Associated Press • March 6, 2008
 

Rivalry subsides for managers

By The Associated Press • March 6, 2008

UC Davis student arrested after explosive devices found on campus

By The Associated Press • March 6, 2008
President Bush and Republican nominee-in-waiting, Sen. John McCain, walk together to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington as Bush endorsed McCain for president, Wednesday. LM Otero, The Associated Press

Bush endorses McCain, praises his ‘character’

By The Associated Press • March 6, 2008

DNC’s Dean urges do-over contests in Florida, Michigan, but won’t help pay for the contests

By The Associated Press • March 6, 2008

Focus on illegal immigraton fades

By The Associated Press • March 6, 2008
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