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High-speed rail closer to reality

Getting to Chicago from Champaign in less than an hour might seem like a dream. But a plan to begin high-speed rail service throughout Illinois could make that dream a reality.

   7/1/2009 - 12:00 AM    1 comment
Cooler temperatures will hang around until next week

The past few days have seen cooler temperatures in area. Illinois State climatologist Jim Angel said that cooler air is coming from the north.

7/2/2009 - 12:46 PM    Post your comment
Students face stiff penalties for sharing i-cards

Think twice before asking to use a friend's i-card to enter the Activities and Recreation Center this summer.

7/1/2009 - 12:00 AM    2 comments
US Marines launch major offensive in Afghanistan

NAWA, Afghanistan (AP) — Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country.

7/2/2009 - 11:11 AM    Post your comment
Minimum wage raise impacts local businesses

Illinoisans earning minimum wage will get a boost to their paychecks today as a result of legislation passed by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich in 2006.

7/1/2009 - 12:00 AM    Post your comment
USDA: Ill. corn, soybean crops continue to improve

Illinois' farmers are growing more corn this year than last year despite a soggy spring that delayed many of their plantings.

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'Ultra fast' rail service through Champaign proposed

The Midwest High Speed Rail Association and advocates have proposed a $12 billion, 220-mph high-speed rail service that would cut travel time between Chicago and Champaign-Urbana to just 50 minutes.

6/30/2009 - 12:20 PM    Post your comment
Crystal View townhomes get underway in north Urbana

A full-fledged marketing campaign to advertise the Crystal View Townhomes complex now under construction in Urbana will begin as soon there is “a clear, concise plan to be able to house individuals,” said David Edbrooke, property manager for Ludwig Co., which will manage the new housing complex that will provide affordable housing for low-income individuals in the community.

   7/2/2009 - 1:55 PM    Post your comment
Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 33

Not a single American soldier was in sight. Gone, too, were the American helicopters whose buzz has for years defined Baghdad's background track.

   7/1/2009 - 12:00 AM    Post your comment
Attacks kill 33 in Iraq as violence intensifies
Despite decreased violence, Iraqi refugees make no plans to return
UI police to charge fee for fingerprints

Beginning July 1, the University Police Department will charge a fee for fingerprint services upon request. When a person comes in to request a fingerprint, it will cost $5 for University students and $16 for non-University residents.

   6/30/2009 - 12:00 AM    Post your comment
Program teaches importance of protecting the environment, recycling
Samantha White, 6, ran behind a bush and found a wrapper and a fountain drink cup. She picked them up and threw them into her reusable green grocery bag.
   6/30/2009 - 12:00 AM    Post your comment
University graduates, students helping to make C-U a little greener
University releases last of 'clout list' related e-mails

The Admissions Review Commission uncovered additional "clout list" related e-mails on Thursday, further promulgating the University's admissions controversy.

   6/29/2009 - 12:00 AM    Post your comment
Ex-University official ’wanted to deny’ some students

CHICAGO — A former admissions official at the University of Illinois testified Monday that the school should discontinue use of a special system for admitting politically connected students, saying there were students the office “wanted to deny, who we were told to admit.”

   6/30/2009 - 10:34 AM    Post your comment
FutureGen faces another bump in the road

When the federal government breathed new life this month into the FutureGen clean coal project, people in eastern Illinois said they'd wait to celebrate the off-again, on-again project until they saw dirt moving at the construction site. With good reason, apparently.

   6/29/2009 - 10:16 AM    Post your comment
Two FutureGen partners drop out of coal project
FutureGen project moves to next phase of planning
Tuition rate set for incoming freshmen

The University of Illinois Board of Trustees Executive Committee approved a 2.6 percent tuition increase Wednesday for incoming fall 2009 freshmen.

   6/26/2009 - 12:00 AM    Post your comment
Economy affects prepaid tuition plans
Comcast to offer wireless Internet service

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Comcast is rolling out wireless Internet service Tuesday in Portland, Ore., with plans to add three other cities by the end of the year.

   6/29/2009 - 3:19 PM    Post your comment
MTD lowers rates, makes passes more affordable to community

With the economic crisis and unemployment rates rising in the area, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) has lowered the annual pass rate from $235 to $60 to ensure that mass transit remains affordable.

   6/26/2009 - 12:00 AM    Post your comment
MTD routes change for summer
Daily Illini Article 227461

Champaign

  • A 37-year-old man was arrested at the 1300 block of Honeysuckle Lane, Sunday night. According to the police report, the man was arrested on charges of operating an uninsured motor vehicle and having an in-state warrant in his name.
   7/1/2009 - 12:00 AM    Post your comment