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Senate enacts water resources bill, overriding Bush veto
3:20 PM 11/8/2007 — WASHINGTON - President Bush suffered the first veto override of his seven-year-old presidency Thursday as the Senate enacted a $23 billion water resources bill despite his protest that it was filled with unnecessary projects.
The 79-14 vote included 34 Republicans who defied the president.
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Rinsing veggies may not be enough
1:44 AM 11/8/2007 — Cooks run their vegetables under water to clean them before they are served, but even that preventative measure may not be enough, according to a University study published earlier this year.
While researching her doctoral dissertation, Meredith Agle, a 2003 University alumna who works as a scientist at Rich Products, found some types of food-borne pathogens on vegetables cannot be killed by rinsing them under water.
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Plane from Chicago searched at LaGuardia after bomb threat
1:07 PM 11/8/2007 — NEW YORK - An empty plane has been isolated at a section of LaGuardia Airport following a report of a bomb threat.
The Port Authority, which runs the airport, says American Airlines Flight 382 from Chicago landed safely and 117 passengers and five crew members were taken off the plane before the search began.
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As one Illinois governor goes to federal prison, another faces similar misconduct allegations
12:24 PM 11/8/2007 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - It might seem incredible that as a former Illinois governor reports to federal prison, the current chief faces similar misconduct allegations, from handing out state contracts as political rewards to accepting money under suspicious circumstances.
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Hong Kong lab tests China-made toys for 'date rape' chemical after children fall ill
11:16 AM 11/8/2007 — A woman whose toddler son ingested a popular toy that contains a chemical that turns into a powerful "date rape" drug when eaten said Thursday she knew he was ill when he began to stumble, seemed drunk and started vomiting.
The mother, Shelby Esses, said her 20-month-old son Jacob, fell down and was limp after getting into his older sister's Aqua Dots, a Chinese-made toy recalled Wednesday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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Wall Street falls further after big sell-off as Fed chairman warns of slower economic growth
1:34 PM 11/8/2007 — NEW YORK - Stocks extended their losses Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned he expects a raft of economic troubles will cause business growth to slow and as a lackluster forecast from Cisco Systems Inc. made investors wary of technology stocks.
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UI worker strike unlikely
3:24 PM 11/8/2007 — More than 15 sessions between the Service Employees International Union Local 73 Chapter 119 and the University "failed" with a federal mediator in early October, said Larry DuVall, SEIU chapter president. While another session is scheduled for Nov. 26, the union can take a three-day strike at any time.
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University receives grant to ease transferring, recruit students
3:22 PM 11/8/2007 — The University recently received nearly $900,000 in grant funds to overhaul the transfer process and address challenges facing students in transition from community colleges.
Funding for the Transfer Experience and Advising Mentors project will come from the Lumina Foundation, an education research institute in Indianapolis.
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Student senate discusses ways to lessen burden of expensive books
10:25 PM 11/7/2007 — The Illinois Student Senate discussed a resolution that would encourage professors to utilize the University library's e-reserves program at its Wednesday night meeting.
The e-reserves program provides free course materials for students. Not all class materials are part of the program though, and it contains mostly supplemental material.
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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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George Ryan begins serving prison sentence
11:00 PM 11/7/2007 — OXFORD, Wis. - Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan avoided the media but not the inevitable Wednesday as he entered a federal prison to begin serving a 6 1/2-year corruption sentence. Life will be far different for the pharmacist-turned-politician as he trades in his civilian attire for the Wisconsin prison's standard issue clothing - a tan shirt and pants, white socks and steel-toed shoes.
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Space shuttle Discovery returns to Earth, ends 15-day mission packed with heroics
11:32 PM 11/7/2007 — CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Discovery and its crew returned to Earth on Wednesday and concluded a 15-day space station build and repair mission that was among the most challenging - and heroic - in shuttle history.
The space shuttle touched down on a crisp and bright fall afternoon after safely crossing the continent in the first coast-to-coast re-entry since the Columbia disaster almost five years ago.
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Bill Clinton discusses new 'green' initiatives in Chicago
1:43 AM 11/8/2007 — CHICAGO - Al Gore has a Nobel Peace Prize for his environmental work, but it was his running mate, former President Bill Clinton, who was here Wednesday unveiling green initiatives.
Through his foundation Clinton is partnering with the city, an international commercial real estate company and a green building group to help improve the energy efficiency of schools, multifamily housing buildings and commercial structures, including Chicago's Sears Tower and its massive Merchandise Mart, a building so large it has its own zip code.
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Teen shoots, kills 8 in rampage at Finnish school, then kills self
10:22 PM 11/7/2007 — TUUSULA, Finland - An 18-year-old gunman opened fire at his high school in this placid town in southern Finland on Wednesday, killing seven other students and the principal before mortally wounding himself in a rampage that stunned a nation where gun crime is rare.
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Men's club volleyball team wins Hawkeye-Illini Classic
11:05 PM 11/7/2007 — The Illinois men's volleyball club's blue team smashed its opponents en route to an easy tournament victory at the Hawkeye-Illini Classic on Saturday.
After a tough loss to Wisconsin in two games, the Illini unit came together and did not lose a game the rest of the tournament.
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Odds and ends: Trespasser uses church's phones for illicit calls
9:51 PM 11/7/2007 — CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. - Thou shalt not use a church's telephone to call a sex hot line, saith police in this Hudson Valley town. A homeless man has been accused of breaking into a Valley Cottage church by picking a lock so he could dial a sex line. James Macnair was arraigned Monday night before Clarkstown Justice Scott Ugell on charges of burglary, possession of a burglar's tools and petty larceny.
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Police reports
9:54 PM 11/7/2007 — Champaign A 20-year-old man was arrested for passing a school bus at the intersection of Market and Roper streets, Monday afternoon. According to a police report, the offender was stopped for passing a school bus while it was stopped in the street. The offender had no valid driver's license at the time of the stop.
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