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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

Odds and ends: Bill could ban restaurants from serving obese patrons

By The Associated Press • February 5, 2008
Actor Sylvester Stallone waves to fans at the Planet Hollywood restaurant in Disneyland Paris on Saturday. Stallone is in Paris to promote his latest film, quot;&Rambo.quot;& Remy de la Mauviniere, The Associated Press

Stallone says ‘Rambo’ tag line being used by students as a rallying point in Myanmar

By The Associated Press • February 5, 2008

Odds and ends: Custom jacket keeps giraffe cozy on cold days at zoo

By The Associated Press • February 4, 2008

Fog creating problems for travelers around the state

By The Associated Press • February 4, 2008

Odds and ends: Walking proposed again as official Md. state exercise

By The Associated Press • February 1, 2008
Cinematographer Roger Deakins, who was nominated for two Oscars for "No Country for Old Men" and "The Assassination of Jesse James," is shown on the roof of the Harmony Gold building in Los Angeles, Sunday. Ann Johansson, The Associated Press

Longtime Coen brothers cinematographer Roger Deakins up against himself at Oscars

By The Associated Press • January 31, 2008
Aborigine Mari Melito Russell holds one of her paintings during an interview in Mount Druitt, Australia, on Wednesday. Mark Baker, The Associated Press

Aborigines to receive formal apology

By The Associated Press • January 31, 2008
 

Lebanon conflict of 2006 recognized as serious failure

By The Associated Press • January 31, 2008

Odds and ends: Man collects lottery prize through court hearing

By The Associated Press • January 31, 2008
Indiana guard Eric Gordon drives on Illinois forward Brian Randle during their game at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind., in this Jan. 13 file photo. Erica Magda

Gordon brings spark to Hoosiers

By The Associated Press • January 31, 2008

‘Grand Theft Auto IV’ Preview: Rockstar Games’ latest adds drunk driving, strip clubs

By The Associated Press • January 31, 2008

Tribune sells historic Hollywood studio for $125 million

By The Associated Press • January 31, 2008
In this photo released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, fishermen work on a boat of freshly caught dolphins as a diver lifts a tail from the blood-filled water in Taiji, Japan, in this Oct. 6, 2003 file photo. Brooke McDonald, The Associated Press

Dolphin hunting continues with risk

By The Associated Press • January 31, 2008

MSU defeats Illinois in second-half streak

By The Associated Press • January 31, 2008

Odds and ends: ‘Sweet’ promo reveals room made entirely of chocolate

By The Associated Press • January 30, 2008
The Beatles, clockwise from top left,Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, and George Harrison are shown on an album cover in 1965. ME Online

Israel says it has invited Beatles, but no apologies for 1965 snub

By The Associated Press • January 30, 2008

Odds and ends: Duckbilled dinosaur coming back to North Dakota home

By The Associated Press • January 29, 2008
Penn State forward Geary Claxton sits on the bench in street clothes with a knee brace on Jan. 15. Claxton injured his left knee. Carolyn Kaster, The Associated Press

Knee injury sidelines Claxton for remainder of career at Penn State

By The Associated Press • January 29, 2008

Odds and ends: Governor’s son creates prison-themed board game

By The Associated Press • January 28, 2008
 

Advertisers are banking more than ever on Super Bowl as writers’ strike fells hit TV shows

By The Associated Press • January 28, 2008
Actor Wesley Snipes leaves the Federal Courthouse in Ocala Fla. in this Dec. 8, 2006, file photo. The prosecution in the tax evasion trial of Wesley Snipes rested Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, clearing the way next week for the defense and its potential list of Reinhold Matay, The Associated Press

Wesley Snipes’ defense rests in actor’s tax fraud and conspiracy case in Ocala, Fla.

By The Associated Press • January 28, 2008

Odds and ends: Couple protests FAA with obscene rooftop sign

By The Associated Press • January 25, 2008

Kevin O’Connell receives his 20th Oscar nomination, this one for ‘Transformers’

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2008
Trader Daniel Ryan laughs as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday. Wall Street pulled off a comeback surging higher in late trading and wiping out what looked to be yet another decline. Richard Drew, The Associated Press

Stocks rise, close with ‘dramatic gain’

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2008
Palestinians carry empty canisters for fuel as they cross a destroyed section of the border wall from Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, to Egypt Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008. Masked Palestinian gunmen blew holes into the Gaza-Egypt border wall Wednesday, and Kevin Frayer, The Associated Press

Gazans use demolished fence to enter into Egypt

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2008

Odds and ends: Kitten takes flight after hiding in owner’s suitcase

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2008

Deng sits out due to injury

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2008
French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, left, kisses the hand of a model after the presentation of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2008 collection, in Paris Wednesday Jan. 23, 2008. Thibault Camus, The Associated Press

Valentino, the king of the red carpet, bids adieu to fashion with star-studded show

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2008

Never together onscreen, men of ‘No Country’ gather to discuss Oscar-nominated movie

By The Associated Press • January 24, 2008

Oliver Stone seeks to secure financing for film on life of President Bush

By The Associated Press • January 23, 2008

Odds and ends: Handfuls of cash thrown into streets after bank robbery

By The Associated Press • January 23, 2008

Odds and ends: Maine police seize winning drug-bought lotto ticket

By The Associated Press • January 22, 2008
 

At 60, horror writer Stephen King accepts that he’s no longer middle-aged

By The Associated Press • January 21, 2008
 

Private planes collide in Calif., at least 5 dead as debris rains down on car dealerships

By The Associated Press • January 21, 2008

Odds and ends: Texas mayor charged with taking neighbors’ pet

By The Associated Press • January 21, 2008

Odds and ends: Fan shreds NFC championship ticket

By The Associated Press • January 18, 2008
Juashaunna Kelly takes part in a cross-country meet Oct. 5, 2007, in Washington. Kelly has been disqualified from an indoor track and field meet because officials said the custom-made outfit she wears to conform to her Muslim faith violated competition ru Preston Keres, The Associated Press, The Washington Post

High school athlete disqualified from meet for wearing outfit to conform to Muslim faith

By The Associated Press • January 17, 2008
Paul Howes, second from right foreground, National Secretary of the Australian Workers Union, joins striking picketers outside Fox Studios Wednesday Jan. 16, 2008 in Los Angeles. Producers of the Grammy Awards have requested an interim agreement that woul Nick Ut, The Associated Press

Grammys seek agreement allowing use of striking Hollywood writers; guild says that’s unlikely

By The Associated Press • January 17, 2008

Economy to falter further in spring

By The Associated Press • January 17, 2008

Odds and ends: Swedish bomb squad disarms vibrating sex toy

By The Associated Press • January 17, 2008
 

Fossil evidence of giant rodent uncovered in South America

By The Associated Press • January 17, 2008
A man injured in a suicide attack lies inside a hospital in Baghdad. A woman blew herself up in turbulent Diyala province on Wednesday. Adil al-Khazali, The Associated Press

Female suicide bomber kills at least nine people in blast

By The Associated Press • January 17, 2008
Attendee Wil Gieseler talks on his Apple iPhone in front of a iPhone poster at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. Paul Sakuma, The Associated Press

Apple takes foothold in fledgling business of online movie rentals

By The Associated Press • January 17, 2008

Protesters want Suharto to face justice

By The Associated Press • January 17, 2008
 

Eva Longoria defends Jessica Simpson against criticism from Dallas Cowboys fans

By The Associated Press • January 16, 2008

Odds and ends: Wisconsin votes to abolish ban on heated walkways

By The Associated Press • January 16, 2008

Report: 4 major studios cancel TV writers contracts, give up on current season

By The Associated Press • January 16, 2008

Newspaper says entertainers named in New York prosecutor’s steroid report

By The Associated Press • January 15, 2008

Odds and ends: Texas residents abuzz over dozens of UFO sightings

By The Associated Press • January 15, 2008

Odds and ends: NJ man makes rare find in plate of fried oysters

By The Associated Press • January 14, 2008

Odds and ends: High school offers reward to cafeteria-fight snitches

By The Associated Press • January 11, 2008
 

Hughes leads No. 21 Wisconsin to 70-60 win over Illinois

By The Associated Press • January 11, 2008

Big Ten wraps up bowl season with mixed results

By The Associated Press • January 11, 2008
Watseka firefighter Kyann Siebring carries Alisha Condon to safety after Alisha and both her parents were evacuated from their home Wednesday morning. The Associated Press

Flooding forces hundreds from their east-central Illinois homes

By The Associated Press • January 11, 2008

A look at some of the new Illinois laws as of Jan. 1, 2008

By The Associated Press • December 30, 2007
This undated photo provided by DreamWorks Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures shows actors Johnny Depp, left, as Sweeney Todd and Helena Bonham Carter as his willing accomplice Mrs. Lovett in a scene from "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." Leah Gallo, The Associated Press

Johnny Depp says ‘Sweeney Todd’ flashback was ‘weirdest thing I ever had to shoot’

By The Associated Press • December 30, 2007
 

Randle, Pruitt lead Illinois to 77-43 win over Loyola of Maryland

By The Associated Press • December 30, 2007

Obama, Huckabee victorious in Iowa

By The Associated Press • December 30, 2007
 

Tennessee State upsets Illini 60-58

By The Associated Press • December 30, 2007

Odds and ends: Cave once used for growing marijuana to have new role

By The Associated Press • December 12, 2007
Chicago Bulls coach Scott Skiles watches during a game against the Phoenix Suns in this Nov. 15, 2007 file photo, in Phoenix. Skiles was fired Monday, Dec. 24, 2007 after the team failed to live up to expectations, Executive Vice President of Basketball O Paul Connors, The Associated Press

Bulls fire coach Scott Skiles after 9-16 start

By The Associated Press • December 12, 2007

Spartans ready for return to bowl game

By The Associated Press • December 12, 2007
 

Jenna Smith Big Ten Player of the week

By The Associated Press • December 12, 2007

Big Ten makes changes to schedule for 2009 season

By The Associated Press • December 12, 2007

Ditka to discontinue assistance trust fund

By The Associated Press • December 12, 2007

Black students at Northern Illinois say they feel unsafe

By The Associated Press • December 12, 2007
 

Welles’ script for ‘Citizen Kane’ goes for $97,000; his Oscar fails to sell at NYC auction

By The Associated Press • December 12, 2007
 

Shock rocker Marilyn Manson and burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese officially divorced

By The Associated Press • December 12, 2007

German composer Stockhausen, best known for his electronic compositions, dead at 79

By The Associated Press • December 10, 2007

Odds and ends: Postal carrier found with stolen greeting cards in car

By The Associated Press • December 10, 2007
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., his wife Michelle, left, and Oprah Winfrey wave to the crowd at the end of a rally in Manchester, N.H. Sunday. Elise Amendola, The Associated Press

Oprah hits campaign trail on behalf of Obama’s White House bid

By The Associated Press • December 10, 2007
Satirical rock band Tenacious D composed of musician/actors Kyle Gass, left, and Jack Black perform for the striking Writers Guild of America union members as they picket in front of FremantelMedia, in Burbank, Calif., Friday. Striking Hollywood writers Kevork Djansezian, The Associated Press

Idled workers rally as Hollywood strike heads into sixth week

By The Associated Press • December 10, 2007

NIU set to resume finals schedule after security threat

By The Associated Press • December 10, 2007
Local residents dump dense crude oil retrieved from a beach into a big jar in Mallipo, South Korea, Sunday. The oil slick, which resulted from an accident between a barge and a supertanker Friday, began hitting the shore early Saturday, coming in waves of Bak Sung-ryul, The Associated Press

Oil spill devastates South Korea’s west coast

By The Associated Press • December 10, 2007

Last 3,000 Rose Bowl tickets sold Tuesday morning

By The Associated Press • December 10, 2007

Odds and ends: Inmate in work program escapes by clogging toilet

By The Associated Press • December 7, 2007

NIU under a security alert after threats

By The Associated Press • December 7, 2007

Odds and ends: Officer sues to get job back after failing drug screening

By The Associated Press • December 6, 2007
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page attends the Third Annual Classic Rock Roll of Honor at The Landmark Hotel, in this Nov. 5 file photo in London. Nathan Strange, The Associated Press

Led Zeppelin unsure about continuining to perform after reunion concert

By The Associated Press • December 6, 2007

Odds and ends: ‘Grinch’ takes off with tops of farmer’s Christmas trees

By The Associated Press • December 5, 2007
David J. Phillip, The Associated Press

Rapper Pimp C from legendary Houston group UGK is found dead in LA hotel

By The Associated Press • December 5, 2007

Odds and ends: Thieves steal tons of ham, leave Christmas message

By The Associated Press • December 4, 2007

Odds and ends: Wedding ring saves man after bullet ricochets off it

By The Associated Press • December 3, 2007

Ozzy Osbourne’s garage sale brings in $800,000 for cancer charity

By The Associated Press • December 3, 2007

Vote results in Venezuela remain too close to call

By The Associated Press • December 3, 2007

Illinois slow to check teacher backgrounds

By The Associated Press • December 3, 2007

Festival-trained acrobats, fire dancers fuel rise in alternative circuses

By The Associated Press • December 3, 2007

Flight surgeon shortage issue for Guard units

By The Associated Press • December 3, 2007
In an undated photo, scientists from the University of Manchester and excavation team members prepare to move the dinosaur mummy. Phillip Manning, The Associated Press

Dinosaur ‘mummy’ uncovers secrets to paleontologists

By The Associated Press • December 3, 2007
 

Putin remains in control with party win

By The Associated Press • December 3, 2007
 

Siegfried and Roy hint they may reappear on stage; Roy still recovering from 2003 tiger attack

By The Associated Press • December 3, 2007

Odds and Ends: Homeless man raises funds for other people in need

By The Associated Press • November 30, 2007
Director Mira Nair, center, speaks after receiving her tribute award from actresses Uma Thurman, left, and Tabu, right, at the 17th Annual Gotham Awards at Steiner Studios, Tuesday in New York. Evan Agostini, The Associated Press

Sean Penn and Michael Moore among winners at Gotham Awards; Roger Ebert also honored

By The Associated Press • November 29, 2007
Ric Francis, The Associated Press

No deal yet, but Los Angeles Angels introduce Torii Hunter

By The Associated Press • November 29, 2007

Odds and ends: Guyana’s former first lady asks nation to lend her a car

By The Associated Press • November 29, 2007

Amy Winehouse cancels her remaining appearances in ’07

By The Associated Press • November 28, 2007
 

Evel Knievel, Kanye West settle lawsuit over use of Knievel’s trademarked image in music video

By The Associated Press • November 28, 2007
 

House owned by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist “Flea” is among those destroyed by Malibu fire

By The Associated Press • November 27, 2007

Odds and ends: San Diego Zoo’s panda cub receives ‘Precious’ name

By The Associated Press • November 27, 2007
Terry "Hulk" Hogan speaks as he sits beside his wife, Linda, during an interview June 22, 2005 in New York. Hogan and his family will star in the upcoming VH1 reality show "Hogan Knows Best." Linda Hogan has filed for divorce from her wrestler husband Hul Stephen Chernin, The Associated Press

Newspaper: Linda Hogan files for divorce from wrestler husband

By The Associated Press • November 26, 2007
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