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C-U schools offer healthier foods
10:08 PM 10/29/2007 — More schools in the United States are replacing French fries with fruit and soda with water in their cafeterias, according to a survey released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Public health officials believe schools still need to make more improvements to create healthier environments for students.
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Children's home gets funds from student-run foundation
9:55 PM 10/29/2007 — The University athletic community renewed its ties to an Urbana facility for special-needs youth after the Orange Krush Foundation agreed to back construction efforts earlier this month.
The foundation will donate $50,000 over five years to Cunningham Children's Home, said Orange Krush President Eric Benz, senior in LAS.
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Patients unaware of drugs
9:43 PM 10/29/2007 — Emily Hernandez, senior in LAS, went to McKinley Health Center last week to resolve what she believed were flu-like symptoms. A McKinley physician told her that she had a virus and needed rest and fluids. After her symptoms worsened, Hernandez returned to McKinley on Wednesday with a severe pain on her left side.
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Police arrest man in connection with 2006 Champaign double murder
10:11 PM 10/29/2007 — Champaign police arrested a 35-year-old man over the weekend in connection with the double murder of Jerry and Sue Haigh.
Kenneth Sean Kelly was arrested Sunday on two counts of first-degree murder, according to a press release from the Champaign Police Department.
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Raging fires provide governor chance to shine, gain approval
10:06 PM 10/29/2007 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The crowd roared its approval over the weekend as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger tossed the coin to start the San Diego Chargers game at Qualcomm Stadium, which just days earlier had been an emergency shelter for thousands of people driven from their homes by raging wildfires.
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Dropout rates higher within large districts
10:07 PM 10/29/2007 — CHICAGO - At Sullivan High School on the city's North Side, 479 students - the majority of them minority and low-income - enrolled in the class of 2006. By senior year, just 82 of them remained in school.
At East St. Louis Senior High School, a robust class of 777 students enrolled in the class of '06.
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Local teen donates to libraries
9:19 PM 10/29/2007 — An area teenager is celebrating his Bar Mitzvah by helping out bookworms across the country. Fourteen-year-old Daniel Downie sent invitations to his bar mitzvah requesting that his guests donate money to local school libraries and national charities instead of bringing gifts.
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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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Fatal fire may have spread from deck
9:58 PM 10/29/2007 — OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. - For the group of college buddies spending a late-season weekend at a friend's beach house, the deck overlooking a canal was the center of their good times.
It was where they talked, listened to music and danced late into the night.
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Judge upholds "moment of silence" law
9:46 PM 10/29/2007 — CHICAGO - A federal judge refused Monday to stop a suburban school district from observing a moment of silence required by a new state law, but allowed a lawsuit aimed ending the practice to move forward.
Judge Robert W. Gettleman declined to issue a temporary restraining order barring school District 214 and Buffalo Grove High School from holding the moment of silence.
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Odds and ends: Hot dog champ eats 103 hamburgers at contest
8:08 PM 10/29/2007 — CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A competitive eater who has already triumphed at a famous hot dog eating contest swallowed 103 small hamburgers in 8 minutes Sunday to take home $10,000. Joey Chestnut, 23, of San Jose, Calif., surpassed the previous record of 97 Krystal burgers - 2 1/2 inches square - held by Japan's Takeru Kobayashi, set at last year's Krystal Square Off.
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Police reports
8:11 PM 10/29/2007 — Champaign A 22-year-old man reported criminal damage to property at the 00 block of John Street, Sunday afternoon. According to a police report, an unknown offender threw a rock through the victim's windshield and scratched the hood of the vehicle. No arrests had been made at the time of the report.
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