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Illini Win Streak At 24 After Sunday Slugfest
A 3-game weekend sweep of Rutgers included a 28-13 rout of the Scarlet Knights. The 24 straight wins ties the NCAA mark held this year by Texas A&M.
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Ex-NIU Fraternity Members Avoid Prison In Hazing Case
Five former Northern Illinois University fraternity members have been sentenced to community service instead of prison, and will pay $1,000 fines in a hazing case involving the 2012 death of a pledge, 19-year-old David Bogenberger. 17 others who faced misdemeanor charges will perform community service and pay fines of $500 each.
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High Speed Broadband Service Expanding in C-U
ITV-3 held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to announce the debut of its residential and small buisness broadband service in Champaign-Urbana. Meanwhile, Comcast is also expanding its C-U broadband service.
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Illinois Justices Overturn State’s Landmark 2013 Pension Law
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the state's pension reform law violates a provision in the state constitution that bars pension benefits for employees of state and local governments and school districts from being "diminished or impaired"
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Champaign Officials Hope To Recover Most Of Investment Fund Loss
Champaign officials say they expect to recover most of the more than half-million dollars it lost through an investment fund that is the subject of an investigation.
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Unit 4 Program Connects Under-Represented Students With Science Fields
Last weekend at Garden Hills Elementary School, dozens of fourth and fifth graders showed off their work at their second annual science fair. It's the result of a partnership between Unit 4 and University of Illinois students and faculty who hope to change the way under-represented students view science, and themselves.
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Former Danville Couple Indicted For Kidnapping, Sexual Abuse Of Minor, In “Re-Homing” Incident
Nicole and Calvin Eason adopted six children through "re-homing", a form of private adoption, in which they took in children that other adoptive parents no longer wanted.
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U of I Gives Retiring President Easter Final Bonus
University of Illinois President Robert Easter will get one last pay increase before he retires later this month. At their meeting Thursday in Springfield, U of I trustees approved a $167, 200 performance bonus.
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Exelon Threatens Plant Closures
Exelon is amping up its threat to close three nuclear power plants in Byron, Quad Cities and Clinton, unless there's help from the legislature.
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Budget Cuts Or More Taxes? Groups Don’t Agree On Solution For Illinois’ Financial Woes
As Illinois faces major budget problems, everyone has a different answer for which services to cut and which taxes to raise.
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