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Illinois man invents pizza beer
9:59 PM 7/23/2007 — CAMPTON HILLS, Ill. - Tom Seefurth has managed to bring together two of the Chicago area's best-loved items, pizza and beer, into one glass.
Seefurth, of Campton Township, was home one day last fall brewing beer and threw in some tomatoes, oregano, garlic and basil.
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Urbana finalizes legislation to adopt police review board
12:36 AM 7/24/2007 — With over twenty changes to the proposed ordinance since last visiting the issue, Urbana is posed to be the first city in Central Illinois to have a civilian police review board.
On Monday, Todd Rent, the Human Relations Officer for the city of Urbana, introduced the revised proposal to Urbana's Meeting of the Committee of the Whole.
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U.S. blockades Shiite stronghold; at least 59 dead nationwide
3:49 PM 7/24/2007 — BAGHDAD - U.S. and Iraqi forces blocked access to a town on the northeast outskirts of Baghdad where Shiite gunmen were dug in for a third day Monday behind earthen barriers. Police issued calls for residents to leave the town, and some said they were running out of food and fuel.
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Federal minimum wage takes the first of three 70-cent jumps
2:12 PM 7/24/2007 — WASHINGTON - The nation's lowest-paid workers will soon find extra money in their pockets as the minimum wage rises 70 cents to $5.85 an hour on Tuesday, the first increase in a decade.
It ends the longest span without a federal minimum wage increase since the pay floor was enacted in 1938.
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Ameren says customers guaranteed at least $100 off electric bills
1:16 PM 7/24/2007 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Ameren customers are guaranteed to get at least $100 off their electric bills this year under a new rate relief plan.
That's the promise from the president of Ameren Illinois.
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At-risk residents would not flee storm
2:10 PM 7/24/2007 — MIAMI - About one in three people living in Southern coastal areas said they would ignore hurricane evacuation orders if a storm threatened their community, up from about one in four last year, according to a new poll.
The survey released early Tuesday found the most common reasons for not evacuating were the same ones that topped last year's Harvard University poll: People believe their homes are safe and well-built, that roads would be too crowded and that fleeing would be dangerous.
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Study: Diet soda associated with same heart risks as regular soda
1:05 PM 7/24/2007 — BOSTON - People who drank more than one diet soda each day developed the same risks for heart disease as those who downed sugary regular soda, a large but inconclusive study found.
The results surprised the researchers who expected to see a difference between regular and diet soda drinkers.
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Quotes from the Democrats' debate Monday night
2:13 PM 7/24/2007 — JOE BIDEN: On Iraq: "If we started today, it would take one year, one year to get 160,000 troops physically out of Iraq, logistically. That's number one. Number two, you cannot pull out of Iraq without the follow-on that's been projected here, unless you have a political solution.
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Coalition kills 50 militants; Taliban issues new demand
2:11 PM 7/24/2007 — KABUL, Afghanistan - A roadside bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan killed four American soldiers on Monday, while two NATO soldiers died elsewhere and a battle in the country's poppy-growing heartland killed more than 50 suspected militants. A purported Taliban spokesman, meanwhile, said the hard-line militia has extended its deadline for the lives of 23 South Korean hostages until Tuesday evening.
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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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Regulators approve casino move in Rock Island
2:13 PM 7/24/2007 — ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Illinois gambling regulators signed off on plans Monday to move the Casino Rock Island to a new $150 million complex with a hotel, conference facilities and a third more gaming tables.
The long-planned move from a riverboat in downtown Rock Island to an inland site near Interstate 280 and Illinois 92 was unanimously approved by the Illinois Gaming Board during a special meeting in Chicago.
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News briefs: CDC recalls canned soups, sauces linked to botulism in Ind. and Texas
9:33 PM 7/23/2007 — Four cases of botulism have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Texas and Indiana in connection with Castleberry Hot Dog Chili Sauce. Castleberry Food Company, owned by Bumble Bee Foods, has expanded a recall of goods to include nearly 100 varieties of chili, beef stew, corned beef hash, barbecue pork, hot dog chili sauces, sausage gravy and dog foods, according to a press release from the Vermilion County CDC.
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