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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

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Wildfire drives evacuation of Malibu region

By The Associated Press • November 26, 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
 

Former Pakastani prime minister returns after 8-year exile

By The Associated Press • November 26, 2007

‘Enchanted’ casts box-office magic with $50 million debut

By The Associated Press • November 26, 2007
Ron Drake and those helping him pilot his flatboat launch from Inland Marina on the Ohio River after docking the boat there for the night in Evansville, Ind., Monday, Dec. 11, 2006. The southwestern Indiana county where Abraham Lincoln spent most of his y Jakob Schiller, Evansville Courier & Press, The Associated Press

Replica flatboat will take Abe Lincoln’s story down river

By The Associated Press • November 26, 2007

Tide still nursing wounded bowl hopes after weak finish

By The Associated Press • November 26, 2007
Shoppers wait in a long line to take advantage of early morning door buster deals at the Target store in Smithfield, R.I., Friday. Stores are counting on hordes of shoppers who have been pulling back in recent months. Stew Milne, The Associated Press

Thanksgiving launches holiday shopping

By The Associated Press • November 26, 2007
 

Late-game errors contribute to Bulls’ fourth-straight loss

By The Associated Press • November 26, 2007
Dave Kauffman, who traveled 220 miles from Marysville, Ohio, in search of vintage, remote-control model airplanes takes one of five loads of purchases to his car during an auction Nov. 2, 2007 in Waynesburg, Pa. Kauffman, 49, has trolled the Internet for Gene J. Puskar, The Associated Press

Popularity of Web auctions helps fuel growth in live auction industry

By The Associated Press • November 26, 2007

Odds and ends: Wis. village trying to sell old bridge for price of $1

By The Associated Press • November 26, 2007

Syria decides to participate in Bush-initiated Mideast peace summit

By The Associated Press • November 26, 2007

Jerry Seinfeld’s trip to Israel generates buzz in Holy Land

By The Associated Press • November 26, 2007

Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies to open new $55 million building

By The Associated Press • November 26, 2007

Odds and ends: Mysterious creature steals donuts from bear hunter

By The Associated Press • November 16, 2007

Big Ten fines Illinois, Ohio State for fight

By The Associated Press • November 16, 2007

Odds and ends: Warden wants satellite TV so inmates can watch NFL

By The Associated Press • November 15, 2007

Negotiators abandon talks about mass-transit funding

By The Associated Press • November 15, 2007

Federal judge blocks moment of silence in Chicagoland school district

By The Associated Press • November 15, 2007

Odds and ends: Man tries to loosen lug nut, injures legs with shotgun

By The Associated Press • November 14, 2007

Justice Department restarts inquiry into agency’s approval of domestic surveillance program

By The Associated Press • November 14, 2007

Odds and ends: Thrown rock helps nab missing convict in Montana

By The Associated Press • November 13, 2007
Singer Justin Timberlake walks up the fairway on the second hole during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic golf tournament in La Quinta, Calif. in this Jan. 19, 2006, file photo. Timberlake is getting his own golf tournament. The 26-year-old singer Marcio Jose Sanchez, The Associated Press

Justin Timberlake will host PGA Tour event for the next five years

By The Associated Press • November 13, 2007

Research may help find staph treatment

By The Associated Press • November 12, 2007

Coroner: Donda West, mother of Kanye, may have died from surgery complications

By The Associated Press • November 12, 2007

Rice calls for end to state of emergency

By The Associated Press • November 12, 2007
Policemen stand next to a burning police bus in downtown Rome on Sunday following clashes between Lazio team soccer fans and policemen. A police officer accidentally shot and killed a Lazio soccer fan Sunday while trying to quell a clash with Juventus sup Laura Prusik

Rome police officer accidentally kills soccer fan; young people riot

By The Associated Press • November 12, 2007
 

Russia’s best spread traditional music through the U.S.

By The Associated Press • November 12, 2007
Stagehands picket the Broadway musical "Les Miserables," Saturday, in New York. More than two dozen plays and musicals were shut down as stagehands went on strike on what is the most popular theatergoing day of the week. Diane Bondareff, The Associated Press

Broadway stagehands carry out strike, shut down shows

By The Associated Press • November 12, 2007

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the London premiere of her new movie, ‘Beowulf’

By The Associated Press • November 12, 2007

Odds and ends: 70-year-old tries to rob bank with 50-year-old gun

By The Associated Press • November 12, 2007

Bush marks Veterans Day in Texas; Cheney at Arlington

By The Associated Press • November 12, 2007
Brittany Diaz does a point as she holds her personalized license plate, "EN PWANT" French for point, in front of her car in Richmond, Va., Oct. 24. A nationwide survey shows Virginia drivers are the most vain, with a higher percentage of personalized, or Steve Helber, The Associated Press

Survey shows Virginia has most vanity plates

By The Associated Press • November 12, 2007
 

Irish group rejects disarmament, violence

By The Associated Press • November 12, 2007

State investigating all-time lows in high school test scores

By The Associated Press • November 9, 2007

Odds and ends: Court rules on ownership of unique Elvis memorabilia

By The Associated Press • November 9, 2007

Odds and ends: Trespasser uses church’s phones for illicit calls

By The Associated Press • November 8, 2007

Plane from Chicago searched at LaGuardia after bomb threat

By The Associated Press • November 8, 2007
 

White Sox agree to extend their relationship with star shortstop Juan Uribe for one year

By The Associated Press • November 8, 2007
An Afghan doctor treats a boy at a hospital after a suicide attack in Baghlan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday. Erica Magda

Bomb targets lawmakers in Afghanistan, leaves 28 dead

By The Associated Press • November 7, 2007

Microsoft makes college basketball, other ESPN content downloadable on Xbox Live

By The Associated Press • November 6, 2007

Odds and ends: Hell, Mich., couple wins $115,001 on Halloween

By The Associated Press • November 6, 2007
 

Israeli leader: Palestinian state may be independent before Bush’s term ends; Rice promises upcoming peace talks

By The Associated Press • November 5, 2007
Ultranationalist demonstrators, carrying an assortment of banners and flags, take part in their authorized rally in downtown Moscow, on Sunday. Demonstrators complained of the presence in Russia of dark-skinned migrants from other former Soviet republics, Alexander Zemlianichenko, The Associated Press

Thousands of Russian nationalists stage anti-immigrant march in Moscow

By The Associated Press • November 5, 2007

Odds and ends: Endangered snakes shipped to man, taken on city bus

By The Associated Press • November 5, 2007

Nancy Grace gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl; CNN says mother and babies are doing well

By The Associated Press • November 5, 2007
 

Egypt unveils King Tut’s face to public

By The Associated Press • November 5, 2007

Oprah says she wept after learning dormitory matron was accused of assault at SAfrica school

By The Associated Press • November 5, 2007
 

Ozzy Osbourne angered by ND sheriff’s decision to tie his name to pre-concert sting

By The Associated Press • November 5, 2007
Jam Master Jay, a.k.a. Jason Mizell, a member of hip hop pioneers Run-DMC, is seen in Los Angeles in this Feb. 25, 2002, file photo. The gunman who killed hip hop icon Jam Master Jay has never been identified, but he has what could be a telltale character Krista Niles, The Associated Press

Report: Tattoo a potential clue in slaying of hip hop icon Jam Master Jay

By The Associated Press • November 5, 2007

Puppy Kindergarten trains owners as well as dogs

By The Associated Press • November 5, 2007
British singer Amy Winehouse with her award at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 in Munich, Germany Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. Christof Stache

Amy Winehouse stunned speechless while accepting award at MTV Europe Music Awards

By The Associated Press • November 2, 2007

8-year-old Ohio twins gain fame for anti-wedgie underwear design using fabric fastene

By The Associated Press • November 2, 2007

Odds and ends: Bystanders help out when armored car spills cash

By The Associated Press • November 2, 2007
 

J.K. Rowling completes first post-Harry Potter book: collection of wizard fairy tales

By The Associated Press • November 2, 2007

Odds and ends: Students walk out of class to protest rats, roaches

By The Associated Press • November 1, 2007

Boras believes Yankees should still negotiate with Rodriguez

By The Associated Press • November 1, 2007

Seinfeld says wife is not guilty of “vegetable plagiarism” in new book

By The Associated Press • October 31, 2007

Odds and ends: Pickle-related assault lands man in jail, ends friendships

By The Associated Press • October 31, 2007

Starbucks’ record label will release album by newcomer Hilary McRae next spring

By The Associated Press • October 31, 2007

Odds and ends: Hot dog champ eats 103 hamburgers at contest

By The Associated Press • October 30, 2007
Puerto Rican archaeologist Hernan Bustelo sits next stones etched with ancient petroglyphs and graves that reveal unusual burial methods in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday. Laura Prusik

Well-preserved pre-Columbian site discovered in Puerto Rico

By The Associated Press • October 29, 2007

Turkish head: Country will fight when necessary

By The Associated Press • October 29, 2007

Rebels boycott U.N. talks

By The Associated Press • October 29, 2007

Odds and ends: Captain Underpants outfits cause ban of all costumes

By The Associated Press • October 29, 2007

Argentina’s first lady becomes president-elect, learning to stand on own

By The Associated Press • October 29, 2007
 

Presidential expert writes book on White House cuisine

By The Associated Press • October 29, 2007

U.S. forces to give control of security to Iraqi authorities in Shiite province

By The Associated Press • October 29, 2007
 

Red Sox scale Rockies, take championship

By The Associated Press • October 29, 2007
Actress Carol Burnett arrives at the American Masters premiere honoring her career "Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character" in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Thursday. Gus Ruelas, The Associated Press

Carol Burnett joins the ranks of ‘American Masters’

By The Associated Press • October 29, 2007
Two children dressed in costume to celebrate Halloween walks as they collect candies through a neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006. Two-thirds of parents say their children will trick-or-treat this Halloween. The Associated Press

Poll: Fewer minority children trick-or-treat

By The Associated Press • October 29, 2007

‘Art:21’ of PBS examines art in the 21st century

By The Associated Press • October 29, 2007

Beach house fire kills seven in N.C.

By The Associated Press • October 29, 2007

Odds and ends: Minute Utah mayor tackles burglar, applies headlock

By The Associated Press • October 25, 2007

Ambulance crew carrying dying Chicago Marathon competitor lost direction, precious time en route to nearby medical center

By The Associated Press • October 25, 2007

Jackie Chan records ‘We Are Ready,’ the official countdown song to 2008 Beijing Olympics

By The Associated Press • October 25, 2007

Odds and ends: Landlocked nation becomes subject to ship searches

By The Associated Press • October 24, 2007

Odds and ends: Postcard sent from WWII delivered 64 years later

By The Associated Press • October 23, 2007
Exposed lake bed and beached boat docks are shown at Lake Lanier in Cumming, Ga., on Friday. Towns are threatening to ration the dwindling water supplies as lawmakers scramble to find solutions to the epic drought. Gov. Sonny Perdue declared a state of The Associated Press

Georgia declares state of emergency as drought depletes water resources

By The Associated Press • October 22, 2007
Author J. K. Rowling waves to children while signing a copy of her book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in New Orleans, Thursday. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series, announced that the beloved character Albus Dumbledore, master wiza Bill Haber, The Associated Press

‘Harry Potter’ author reveals that Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay

By The Associated Press • October 22, 2007
 

Griese calls plays on final drive to lead Bears in win

By The Associated Press • October 22, 2007
 

Punkin’ Chuckin’ draws large crowd at contest

By The Associated Press • October 22, 2007
 

Coppola’s first movie in 10 years premieres at Rome Film Festival

By The Associated Press • October 22, 2007

Ill. legislates to keep predators out of schools

By The Associated Press • October 22, 2007
A firefighter works to control a backfire set in Running Springs, Calif., on Wednesday. Property damage has reached $1 billion in San Diego County alone. Laura Prusik

Winds spread Calif. wildfires

By The Associated Press • October 22, 2007

Iraqi officials: U.S. killed civilians, not militants in raid

By The Associated Press • October 22, 2007

Odds and ends: Pumpkin carving contest takes place underwater

By The Associated Press • October 22, 2007
A Turkish army tank heads toward Sirnak at the Turkey-Iraq border in this Oct. 9 file photo. Laura Prusik

Kurdish rebels ambush Turkish unit

By The Associated Press • October 22, 2007
 

How Disney’s ‘High School Musical’ stage version was born

By The Associated Press • October 22, 2007

Odds and ends: Singing Harvard fullback plans to have opera career

By The Associated Press • October 19, 2007

Odds and ends: Woman cited for swearing at her overflowing toilet

By The Associated Press • October 17, 2007

Zook gets raise, contract extension

By The Associated Press • October 17, 2007
Author J.K. Rowling signs copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" for 1,600 public school children Monday, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Rowling is on tour to promote the seventh and final Harry Potter book. Ric Francis, The Associated Press

J.K. Rowling makes weeklong visit to U.S. in ‘Open Book Tour’; reads to students in LA

By The Associated Press • October 17, 2007

Odds and ends: Scout escapes bear attack by pretending to be dead

By The Associated Press • October 16, 2007
Michigan wide receiver Mario Manningham celebrates with teammates after scoring against Purdue in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday. The Wolverines have clawed their way back into the AP Top 25 after an 0-2 start to their season. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, PAUL SANCYA

Captains’ leadership places Michigan back on right track

By The Associated Press • October 16, 2007

Indiana punishing Sampson over improper recruiting calls

By The Associated Press • October 15, 2007
Private contractors signal a helicopter as they secure the scene of a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad in this July 5, 2005 file photo. The Associated Press

Iraq, U.S. discuss removing Blackwater by April

By The Associated Press • October 15, 2007
 

‘Big Fat Greek Wedding’ star granted rare access to film at Acropolis

By The Associated Press • October 15, 2007
Actress Marsha Hunt poses for a portrait at her Los Angeles home on Sept. 14. The mid-century screen star turns 90 soon. She remains slim and vigorous and has total recall of her life in Hollywood, including the infamous studio blacklist that almost kille Nick Ut, The Associated Press

Blacklisting memories remain vivid for ’50s actress Marsha Hunt

By The Associated Press • October 15, 2007

Turkish general warns U.S. to not use label of ‘genocide’

By The Associated Press • October 15, 2007

Possible lawsuit claims VT negligence

By The Associated Press • October 15, 2007
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