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Richard Linklater finishes trilogy with 'Before Midnight'
CHAMPAIGN -- Richard Linklater's sneakers squish-squish- squished against the wet tiles. We were walking the perimeter of the Illini Union, on the campus of theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. It was a stormy night in April, and students...
Tags: Movies, Celebrities, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Owen Wilson, Entertainment
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St. Louis grocer says data breach may total $80M in Illinois
Tribune reporterA data breach at a St. Louis-based grocery store chain could cost the family-run company $80 million in Illinois alone, according to a court filing. Schnuck Markets Inc., which has more than 30 stores in the Rockford area and in downstate Illinois,...Tags: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Illinois Supreme Court
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Report: F Henry to transfer from Illinois
Another Illinois basketball player is leaving the program. Myke Henry, who attended Chicago’s Orr High, is the fourth Illini to transfer since the end of the season, according to the Champaign News-Gazette. Henry’s high school assistant...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Mom whose son died in hazing: 'Don't dismiss it'
Tribune reporterThe mother of a Florida college student killed in a hazing ritual urged the audience at a Maine Township anti-hazing forum never to forget incidents of hazing and bullying in their community. “The moment you forget is the moment it reoccurs,&...Tags: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Colleges and Universities, Hazing, Health and Safety at School
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Program helps students raise ACT scores, stay in college
Thirty graduating seniors from low income families in the north suburbs will enter college this fall, thanks to College Bound Opportunities, which guides the students toward higher ACT scores. It also works with them during college to keep them from...
Tags: Lake Forest College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Colleges and Universities, School Examinations, Northwestern University
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Ill. Senate overrides Quinn veto of smart grid rate hike
Tribune reportersRejecting Gov. Pat Quinn's plea to not increase power rates to help improve some of the state's electrical grid, the Illinois senate voted to override his veto of a bill that bulks up the revenue Commonwealth Edison will receive as it modernizes the...Tags: Politics, Springfield, Environmental Issues, Mike Frerichs, Sales
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Voice of the People, May. 16
Lang's language This is in response to "Tribune's pension scold way off mark" (Perspective, May 12), by Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, deputy majority leader of the Illinois House. Lang clearly has spent quite a bit of time polishing his ability to compose his...Tags: Politics, La Grange Park, Voting, La Grange, Illinois General Assembly
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Livingston sworn in as La Grange president
Tom Livingston may be new to the village presidency, but he's no stranger to La Grange. In addition to serving as a trustee for eight years between 2003 and 2011, Livingston, 45, grew up in the village, attending grade school at LaGrange Highlands and...
Tags: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Springfield, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, YMCA, Jim Edgar
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Madigan says universities, community colleges willing to share pension costs
— House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday announced that he has struck a preliminary deal with the state's universities and community colleges that will require them to slowly pick up the cost of teacher pensions over several years even as tuition...
Tags: Politics, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Schools, Education, Southern Illinois University
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After scandal, U. of I.'s former chancellor isn't teaching but still makes $212,000
Richard Herman doesn't have to do much teaching as part of his $212,000 faculty job at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. When he resigned as chancellor after a high-profile admissions scandal, he made a deal to teach just two classes a...
Tags: University of Illinois at Chicago, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Technology, Colleges and Universities
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State's renewable energy fund lacks power to fulfill purpose
Five years ago, Illinois passed legislation requiring electric suppliers to buy more renewable energy such as wind and solar power and then pass those costs on to customers. The intent of the mandate was to have so-called green electricity accounting...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Sales, Business, Environmental Politics, Judges
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Hamblin-Kim
Larry and Dianna Barker of Gravel Switch announce the engagement of their daughter, Jamie Marie Hamblin, to Steven Sockwhan Kim, son of Nancy Kim of Des Plaines, Ill. The bride-elect is a 1997 graduate of Boyle County High School, 2002 graduate of...
Tags: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Local Elections, Northern Illinois University, Education
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