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Surgeons begin first major operation on conjoined twins
11:54 PM 6/7/2007 — CLEVELAND - Doctors began the first in a series of high-risk surgeries Wednesday to separate 3-year-old twin girls joined at the head.
Doctors hope to separate Tatiana and Anastasia Dogaru, who were born in Italy but are of Romanian descent, through several surgeries in about six months.
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Odd Champaign weather could cause some damage yet
10:35 PM 6/7/2007 — Central Illinois had a relatively mild early tornado season. But Thursday, weather in the Champaign county area was abnormally active.
In just the first week on June, temperatures reached over 90 degrees, topping out at 92. But WILL Chief Meteorologist Ed Kieser said the heat wasn't the only thing odd about the weather.
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Downtown Champaign to provide free wireless Internet
9:47 PM 6/5/2007 — The Champaign City Council voted 8-0 in favor of installing and maintaining a free public wireless system in Champaign's downtown area.
Pavlov Media, a local company with nationwide business, agreed to install the system on city-owned traffic signals for the use of the general public, free of charge.
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Board expands programs of study available to University students
1:51 PM 6/7/2007 — The Illinois Board of Higher Education made motions to improve the opportunity for a higher level of education at the University. To support their clear vision, perhaps signified by the crystal chandeliers that hung from the ceiling, they approved four additions to the University campus today in Springfield.
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Girl missing for one year found in couple's house, both arrested
12:46 PM 6/7/2007 — BLOOMFIELD, Conn. - Police looking for clues in the yearlong disappearance of a 15-year-old girl said they found her Wednesday, pale but alive, locked in a hidden room in a home owned by an acquaintance of her parents.
Bloomfield police went to the home Wednesday in nearby West Hartford to serve search warrants for DNA and other evidence and found the girl locked inside a tiny room hidden underneath a staircase and blocked from view by a dresser.
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Republican presidential hopefuls chastise Bush in debate
9:39 PM 6/6/2007 — MANCHESTER, N.H. - President Bush drew sporadic, startling criticism Tuesday night from Republican White House hopefuls unhappy with his handling of the Iraq war, his diplomatic style and his approach to immigration.
"I would certainly not send him to the United Nations" to represent the United States, said Tommy Thompson, the former Wisconsin governor and one-time member of Bush's Cabinet, midway through a spirited campaign debate.
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Students' math and reading scores on the rise
9:06 PM 6/6/2007 — WASHINGTON - Students are doing better on state reading and math tests since the No Child Left Behind Act was enacted five years ago, according to a report Tuesday.
Students made the most progress on elementary-school math tests, according to the report by the Center on Education Policy, a national nonprofit policy group.
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Illinois leaders dig in as state budget talks continue
5:34 PM 6/7/2007 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - With Democrats in disarray, Republican legislative leaders joined state budget talks Tuesday and began pushing for a spending plan that would hold taxes flat but squelch efforts to overhaul education and health care.
The first budget negotiations to include Republicans produced no breakthroughs.
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Chief portrayers' lawsuit dismissed by county judge
9:41 PM 6/6/2007 — URBANA, Ill. - A judge on Tuesday dismissed a pair of lawsuits that claimed the University of Illinois broke state law when it shelved its American Indian mascot, Chief Illiniwek.
One of the lawsuits, filed by the two students who used to don the costumes at men's basketball and football games, had also accused the NCAA of coercing the university to drop Chief Illiniwek by imposing sanctions against its athletic teams.
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"Girls Gone Wild" creator remains in Nevada jail after granted bail
9:07 PM 6/6/2007 — RENO, Nev. - "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joseph Francis, granted bail in a federal tax evasion case in Nevada, will remain in jail to avoid the possibility of being sent to Florida to be arrested on another charge, his lawyer said Tuesday.
"We had hoped he'd be out today," defense lawyer David Houston said.
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Champaign edges Urbana in friendly blood drive competition
9:41 PM 6/6/2007 — Everybody's a winner in a blood drive competition.
Champaign was just the bigger winner.
In the fourth annual blood drive, ran by State Representative Namoi Jakobsson (D-Urbana) and Champaign Mayor Gerald Schweigart, 121 pints of blood was collected. The competiton pits the city of Urbana against the city of Champaign to see which community could donate the most pints of blood.
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Rate of younger college students increasing
1:07 AM 5/6/2008 — A new trend has begun to emerge with high school students: going to college early. Click on the icon to hear The Daily Illini's Sydney Langford bring you more on the story.
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