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Stalled renovations empty Lincoln Hall
10:48 PM 7/20/2008 — A capital bill proposal that failed in the Illinois House last week appropriated nearly $55 million to renovate the University's Lincoln Hall. Now, officials are looking to prepare for any projects that can be funded without a capital bill. Meanwhile, students can expect to attend classes in other locations this semester as those plans are developed.
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UI alumnus, film critic Ebert cuts ties with TV show
4:01 PM 7/21/2008 — CHICAGO - Roger Ebert is leaving the balcony - but hinting that he's not finished with television.
The famed film critic and University of Illinois alumnus announced Monday that he is cutting ties with the nationally syndicated program he and the late critic Gene Siskel made famous, a day after Richard Roeper said he was quitting the show.
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Cars, cows and corn dogs: Must be a fair
10:55 PM 7/20/2008 — Visitors from around the country flooded the area as the gates to the Champaign County Fairgrounds swung open on Friday.
Everything from livestock to funnel cakes drew the masses to the fair, which runs through July 26, including a series of demolition derbies and Saturday's 17th Annual Classic and Custom Car and Truck Show.
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State Democrats show off basketball skills at local tournament
4:02 PM 7/21/2008 — State Democrats were slapping high fives and celebrating, but it wasn't about the passage of a state budget. Though the budget remains in limbo, there was plenty for several Illinois Democrats to cheer about on a basketball court in Champaign. State Sen. Mike Frerichs of Champaign teamed up with State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias and state Sen.
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Sketch of sexual assault suspect released
11:09 PM 7/20/2008 — University Police have released a sketch composite of a suspect in a July 13 sexual assault.
The sketch was drawn according to descriptions from the 19-year-old woman who was battered and sexually assaulted near the 1800 block of South Lincoln Avenue between 3 a.
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Floods drown business in Wisconsin
11:30 AM 7/21/2008 — LAKE DELTON, Wis. - Not a cloud in the sky and the temperature is flirting with 90 degrees. Usually, it doesn't get any better than this for the Tommy Bartlett water ski show.
But only about 200 people fill the 5,000-seat stadium on the shore of Lake Delton this day.
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Daily life an unpredictable challenge for military families
11:02 PM 7/20/2008 — FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Far from the combat zones, the strains and separations of no-end-in-sight wars are taking an ever-growing toll on military families despite the armed services' earnest efforts to help.
Divorce lawyers see it in the breakup of youthful marriages as long, multiple deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan fuel alienation and mistrust.
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Petraeus: Al Qaeda will divert to Afghanistan
10:51 PM 7/20/2008 — BAGHDAD - After intense U.S. assaults, al-Qaeda may be considering shifting focus to its original home base in Afghanistan, where American casualties are running higher than in Iraq, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said Saturday.
"We do think that there is some assessment ongoing as to the continued viability of al-Qaeda's fight in Iraq," Gen.
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No holiday: Gas tax could increase instead
11:03 PM 7/20/2008 — WASHINGTON - The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere.
Despite calls from the presidential campaign trail for a Memorial Day-to-Labor Day tax freeze, lawmakers quickly concluded - with a prod from the construction industry - that having $9 billion less to spend on highways could create a pre-election specter of thousands of lost jobs.
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Sluggish economy leads consumers to change spending patterns
11:03 PM 7/20/2008 — NEW YORK - Adrienne Radtke plans to keep riding her bike to work even if gas prices drop. Steve Pizzini got rid of his Cadillac Escalade in favor of a 16-year-old Acura and doesn't expect to have another gas-guzzler.
"I had a paradigm shift," said Pizzini, a financial analyst.
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Police reports
10:42 PM 7/20/2008 — Champaign A 70-year-old man reported theft at the 200 block of west Eureka Streeet Friday afternoon. According to a police report, the man's bike was stolen from his backyard by an unknown suspect. No arrests had been made at the time of the report. A 30-year-old man reported theft at the 600 block of south Duncan Road Saturday morning.
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Odds 'n' ends: sagging pants outlawed in Chicago suburb
10:41 PM 7/20/2008 — LYNWOOD, Ill. - Be careful if you have saggy pants in the south Chicago suburb of Lynwood.
Village leaders have passed an ordinance that would levy $25 fines against anyone showing three inches or more of their underwear in public.
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