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  1. Champaign man charged with residential burglary Read the original story

    47 min ago | News-Gazette Technology Stories

    URBANA A Champaign man whose fingerprints were found at a crime scene has been charged with residential burglary.

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    Related Topix: Urbana, IL

  2. Washington students get first look at temporary homeRead the original story

    47 min ago | News-Gazette Education Stories

    CHAMPAIGN The children, bundled in winter coats and hats, got off the bus and walked into the door of their new school Tuesday morning.

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  3. Cuts likely for UI's union, civil service employees Read the original story

    47 min ago | News-Gazette Technology Stories

    ... Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees which represents almost 2,000 workers at the Urbana-Champaign campus don't currently have language covering furloughs, but they do provide for layoffs under certain circumstances, ...

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  4. Furloughs, Hiring Freeze Hit U of IRead the original story

    1 hr ago | MyFoxChicago

    ... and is not expected to prevent layoffs, according to the release. The action affects all three campuses -- Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield -- and affiliated sites throughout the state. Ikenberry also announced the university is declaring a ...

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  5. Purdue Galleries presents 'Platforms' painting exhibitRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Media Newswire

    ... of large-scale paintings and equine images from the permanent collection. In the Stewart Center Gallery, Champaign, Illinois artist Patrick Earl Hammie presents a series of paintings that respond to the contemporary challenges facing minorities in ...

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    Related Topix: Painting, Arts, West Lafayette, IN, Lafayette, IN, African-American

  6. Rural America More Prosperous Than Expected, Study FindsRead the original story w/Photo

    3 hrs ago | Science Daily

    ... those odds might have important lessons for all rural places trying to prosper." University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . Andrew M. Isserman, Edward Feser, Drake E. Warren. Why Some Rural Places Prosper and Others Do Not . International Regional ...

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  7. Illinois eases past Iowa, 5942Read the original story

    Yesterday | KXMB-TV Bismarck

    Illinois eases past Iowa, 59-42 Eds: Illinois 59, Iowa 42. APNewsNow. Will be updated. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Freshman D.J. Richardson scored 17 to lead Illinois to a 59-42 Big Ten win over struggling Iowa Tuesday. Richardson started the game from the ...

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  8. Reports of recent crimes in Champaign-UrbanaRead the original story

    17 hrs ago | News-Gazette Courts, Police & Fire Stories

    Here are crimes reported recently to police.

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  9. U. of I. schools' furloughs expected to save $17 mil.Read the original story

    Yesterday | Chicago Sun-Times

    ... between four and ten unpaid furlough days. Faculty, coaches and academic staff at the school's Chicago, Urbana-Champaign and Springfield campuses will be required to take four days off by May. Some 100 top administrators, including many making more ...

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  10. Budget woes forces U of I to start furlough planRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | Connecticut Post

    ... David Bullock is a professor of agricultural and consumer economics at the university's flagship campus in Urbana-Champaign. He estimates the furlough will cost him more in the neighborhood of $1,500, but doesn't blame Quinn for the state's budget ...

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  11. U of I announces staff furloughs and hiring freezeRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Illinois Farm Bureau

    ... of I. system facing a $400 million shortfall, the cuts affect employees on all three Illinois campuses, in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield. Ikenberry said in a news release the university faces a "cash crisis triggered by the state's ...

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  12. Illinois Has Fourth Wettest Year on RecordRead the original story

    15 hrs ago | Decatur Tribune

    Champaign, Ill. Based on preliminary data in Illinois, the statewide average precipitation for 2009 was 50.3 inches, 11 inches above normal.

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  13. Budget woes force U of I to start furlough planRead the original story

    15 hrs ago | WLS-TV Chicago

    ... thousands of its employees will have to take furlough days. The university, which has campuses in Chicago, Urbana-Champaign and Springfield, needs to shave its budget by millions of dollars to make up for money it has not received from the state. ...

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  14. U Of I Forces Furlough Days For Faculty, StaffRead the original story

    16 hrs ago | Cbs2chicago.com

    ... said Psychology Department chairman Gary Rainey. Rainey and 11,000 other employees at the Chicago, Springfield and Champaign campuses learned of the furlough day requirement on Tuesday. Employees who make $30,000 or less are among the exceptions to ...

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    Related Topix: Urbana, IL

  15. Miscanthus, a biofuels crop, can host western corn rootwormRead the original story w/Photo

    18 hrs ago | Physics Org

    ... Pest of Maize. PLoS ONE 4(12): e8336. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.000833 Provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ( news : web ) Sweet corn study provides large-scale picture of better fields 4.5 / 5 (2) 0 In what amounted to a kind of ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Entomology

  16. Former NIU asst. to coach Illini running backsRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | Chicago Sun-Times

    DeAndre Smith has been hired as Illinois' new running backs coach. Smith, who coached the running backs at Northern Illinois in 2001-04 and at UNLV last season, replaces Reggie Mitchell, who left Champaign to take a job at Kansas.

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    Related Topix: Sports, Michael Turner, NFL Players, Garrett Wolfe

  17. U of I to Furlough 11,000 Employees, Freeze HiringRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | Decatur Tribune

    ... needs and is not expected to prevent layoffs. The action affects employees on all three campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield, and their affiliated sites throughout the state. In addition to the $17 million saved through the furlough ...

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  18. U of I Statement on FurloughsRead the original story w/Photo

    21 hrs ago | WICD

    ... needs and is not expected to prevent layoffs. The action affects employees on all three campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield, and their affiliated sites throughout the state. In addition to the $17 million saved through the furlough ...

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    Related Topix: Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Chicago

  19. Adding Technology to Geometry Class Improves Opportunities to LearnRead the original story w/Photo

    22 hrs ago | Science Daily

    ... the better, because teachers have a challenging job," she said. Story Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . A new study co-written by Gloriana Gonzlez, an expert in math education at Illinois, suggests the students who used dynamic ...

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    Related Topix: Computers

  20. Magazine's best-value list for colleges includes UI, ISU

    23 hrs ago | News-Gazette Education Stories

    URBANA There are two familiar faces in the newest Kiplinger's Personal Finance list of the 100 Best Values in Public Colleges. The 2010 rankings put the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at No. 45 and Illinois State University at 89.

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    Related Topix: Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

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