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The three-man Alloy Orchestra is marking 25 years of performing new music for old silent movies.

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About 5,000 fans took advantage of Saturday’s weather by watching Lovie Smith's first Illini football team hold an open practice at Memorial Stadium.

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Illinois legislators should expect a delay in their paychecks.

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All Illinois residents pay the same income tax rate. Now a plan is afoot to change that, with a constitutional amendment, to have the wealthy pay more.

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Illinois State Senator Patricia Van Pelt, D-Chicago, is sponsoring legislation to expand protections for teenagers accused of murder. She says they can't make the legal decisions required to waive legal rights. 

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A judge has ordered the release of a 76-year-old Jack McCullough, who a prosecutor says was wrongly convicted of killing an Illinois schoolgirl in 1957.  A prosecutor re-examined evidence and concluded the former Washington state security guard couldn't have committed the crime.

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The US Small Business Administration has approved Illinois’ request to help victims of severe storms and flooding in Iroquois and Christian counties.  

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Seon Williams of Champaign says the excessive force incidents involving officer Matt Rush, and resulting lawsuits have 'derailed' the progress the African-American community has made in improving relations with city police.  He says the city deserves better officers on the street who make better decisions.

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Angela Allen credits director Carol Reed for getting her started in film.  The post-screening discussion following the 1949 film noir 'The Third Man', Thursday night at Roger Ebert's Film Festival was kind of cinema history lesson for the crowd at Champaign's Virginia Theatre.