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Champaign may tighten alcohol laws
12:37 AM 9/18/2007 — The Champaign City Council will vote Tuesday night on an ordinance banning shot servers and celebrity bartenders and limiting private parties at bars.
Champaign mayor and liquor commissioner Gerald Schweighart said the proposed ordinance is intended to deter binge drinking at campus bars, though he said it is unlikely to accomplish that goal.
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Ill., U.S. farmers switch fields from soy to corn production
12:34 AM 9/18/2007 — Just when you thought you'd seen enough corn fields in Illinois, this year's statistics have shown corn is at its highest level in 73 years.
In the National Agricultural Statistics Service Acreage report for 2007, released at the end of June, it is reported that the nation has increased its production of corn by 19 percent since 2006, while soy production has decreased by 15 percent.
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Maximum Pell Grant could increase with passing of new financial aid bill
12:39 AM 9/18/2007 — Brittany Scales, freshman in Business, has been working since she was 14 to help her single mom pay for college.
"The price of school is a bit outrageous," Scales said.
But next year, Scales and other students nationwide may see some extra funds sent their way.
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Local politicians urge override vote on budget cuts
4:53 PM 9/18/2007 — State Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, D-Urbana, continues to urge constituents in the area to put pressure on Senate President Emil Jones and State Sen. Mike Frerichs, D-Gifford, to override Gov. Rod Blagojevich's cuts to the state budget.
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O.J. Simpson charged with seven felonies
5:06 PM 9/18/2007 — O.J. Simpson was charged Tuesday with seven felonies, including kidnapping, in the alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in a casino-hotel room.
The fallen football star was arrested Sunday on suspicion of assault and robbery with a deadly weapon.
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Security firm faces intense scrutiny after Iraq shootout
2:42 PM 9/18/2007 — RALEIGH, North Carolina - When a former Navy SEAL launched Blackwater USA in North Carolina's swamplands a decade ago, he envisioned a world-class training facility for those in the business of providing security.
But since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the notoriously secretive company has found its niche in selling security directly.
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Blackwater continues to face intense scrutiny after shootout
4:58 PM 9/18/2007 — RALEIGH, North Carolina - Blackwater has earned hundreds of millions of dollars fielding what critics contend is essentially a private army in Iraq and other hotspots, where it has often employed aggressive tactics that some call reckless and possibly criminal. Those critics now include the Iraqi Interior Ministry, which said Monday it had revoked Blackwater's license to operate following a chaotic weekend shootout that Iraqi authorities say left eight civilians dead and 13 injured.
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Report says roommates' habits can affect grades
6:57 PM 9/17/2007 — If you feel like your roommate's late-night Guitar Hero marathons are affecting your G.P.A., you're not alone. The National Bureau of Education reports that first-year students, whose roommates bring video game consoles, study less and receive worse grades.
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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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Iraqis mandate removal of U.S. security firm
2:51 PM 9/18/2007 — BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government announced Monday it was ordering Blackwater USA, the security firm that protects U.S. diplomats, to leave the country after what it said was the fatal shooting of eight Iraqi civilians following a car bomb attack against a State Department convoy.
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Bush formally chooses judge as Gonzales' replacement
12:34 AM 9/18/2007 — WASHINGTON - Former federal judge Michael Mukasey, a tough-on-terrorism jurist with an independent streak, was tapped by President Bush on Monday to take over as attorney general and lead a Justice Department accused of being too close to White House politics.
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Federal Reserve cuts rates to prevent U.S. recession
10:55 PM 9/18/2007 — WASHINGTON - It took more than four years, but borrowers finally got some interest rate relief.
In a bold strike, the Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate by a half percentage point on Tuesday and left the door open to further rate cuts to prevent a painful housing slump and jarring credit crunch from driving the country into recession.
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Regulations prevent spread of fire trend to Illinois campus
11:46 PM 9/17/2007 — With fires in student residential buildings on the rise across the nation, the University's fire prevention efforts have steered campus residence halls clear of the trend.
According to a recent report released by the National Fire Protection Association, the number of fires in residential buildings for students jumped from a low of 1,810 in 1998 to 3,270 in 2005.
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Urbana finalizes street closings for Carle Hospital
11:48 PM 9/17/2007 — The closing of four streets in Urbana for the expansion of Carle Foundation Hospital was unanimously approved at Monday's Urbana City Council meeting. Urbana will be paid $1 million collectively for the four streets. Charlie Smyth, Ward 1, said most of the money paid to the city will purchase a new traffic signal on Church Street.
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Cooler weather helps crews fight wildfires in Southern California
11:28 PM 9/17/2007 — FAWNSKIN, Calif. - Aided by cooler weather, firefighters in Southern California were gaining ground on two wildfires that raged through brush left dry by high summer temperatures.
A change in wind direction Sunday helped crews begin containing a 15,433-acre - or more than 24 square mile - wildfire in the San Bernardino National Forest that left hundreds evacuated from homes and two major roadways closed.
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Odds and Ends: Jack Hanna, flamingo get stuck in airport turnstile
6:59 PM 9/17/2007 — COLUMBUS, Ohio - Animal expert Jack Hanna and a flamingo became trapped while trying to squeeze through an airport security turnstile. Hanna, the director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and a frequent guest on nationally televised talk shows, was returning from a zoo fundraising event with a mongoose, a small leopard and the flamingo that got stuck.
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Police Blotter
9:25 PM 9/17/2007 — Champaign Two 20-year-old men were reported to have damaged several building fixtures at 88 West Apartments at the 2000 block of Moreland Boulevard, Sept. 2. According to a police report, the offenders damaged a lighted exit sign, a fire alarm pull box and stole an alarm motion light.
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