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University students celebrate Rosh Hashana
12:18 AM 9/12/2007 — For those of the Jewish faith, Rosh Hashana is the most important holiday of the year, said Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel, director of Chabad Jewish Center, 509 S. Fourth St. But it is a time of both seriousness and joy, he said. "It accepts the idea that God is king among us," Tiechtel said.
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9/11 families mourn on 6th anniversary
1:28 AM 11/23/2007 — NEW YORK - The official ceremony for the sixth anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks was at a plaza a couple of blocks away, but for many families of the victims the most important memorials - quiet, personal and quick - were at ground zero.
Howard Gabler descended a ramp into the seven-story pit that used to be the trade center's basement.
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Financial office invites feedback
12:56 AM 9/12/2007 — College costs may be at record levels, but the Office of Business and Financial Services wants to know how it can at least make the experience of paying a little easier.
The office sent out a mass e-mail on Aug. 30 announcing the beginning of the Customer Service Initiative.
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U.S. urges Israel to hold back
12:49 AM 9/12/2007 — JERUSALEM - The Israeli government came under increasing pressure Tuesday to respond harshly to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip after a barrage wounded dozens of soldiers as they slept in their tents at an Israeli army base.
Despite the violence, U.S. officials urged Israel to show restraint, fearing heavy action in Gaza, which is controlled by the Islamic militant Hamas, could jeopardize new momentum in peace efforts with the Palestinians.
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Turkish police foil potential bomb plot
12:46 AM 9/12/2007 — ANKARA, Turkey - Authorities thwarted a bombing, possibly timed to coincide with the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Police found and defused more than 600 pounds of explosives Tuesday in a minibus parked near an Ankara market.
Turkey, a U.S.
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U.S. releases accounts from Gitmo prisoners
12:48 AM 9/12/2007 — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Detainees flinging body waste at guards. Guards interrupting detainees at prayer. Interrogators withholding medicine. Hostility and tension between inmates and their keepers at the Guantanamo Bay prison are evident in transcripts obtained by The Associated Press.
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Champaign may require some residents to remove snow from own properties
12:44 AM 9/12/2007 — The Champaign City Council backed a proposed ordinance 6-3 in a study session Tuesday night that would require property owners in the University District and downtown Champaign to remove snow from their sidewalks in significant snowfall events.
Currently, only owners of apartment buildings are required to remove snow on the walks between the building and the parking lot.
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Ellis trial postponed at pretrial to Nov. 6
12:12 AM 9/12/2007 — The case against former Illini football player Jody Ellis was granted a continuance until Nov. 6 at his pretrial yesterday morning. A date for the hearings will be scheduled then.
Champaign County State's Attorney Julia Rietz said that the continuance was granted on the request of his lawyer, Ed Piraino.
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Bush may announce troop withdrawls in address Thursday
12:45 AM 9/12/2007 — WASHINGTON - President Bush will tell the nation Thursday evening that he plans to reduce the American troop presence in Iraq by as many as 30,000 by next summer but will condition those and further cuts on continued progress, The Associated Press has learned.
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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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Police reports
11:23 PM 9/11/2007 — Champaign A 21-year-old man was issued a notice to appear for damaging property Saturday night at the 500 block of Bash Court. According to a police report, several offenders were throwing items from a fourth floor building. One patio table, two chairs and one patio brick were damaged.
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Odds and ends: Millionaire keeps money from winning lottery prize
11:18 PM 9/11/2007 — MILWAUKEE - U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, already a millionaire, is on a lucky streak. The Republican hit it big in 1997 with a $250,000 jackpot in the District of Columbia lottery. Then, last spring, he won a $1,000 prize in the Wisconsin lottery, and he won another $1,000 in that lottery last week.
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