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A federal judge has rejected a request by the U of I to dismiss Steven Salaita's lawsuit against the university, but dismissed four of the nine counts. Salaita is suing the university, for withdrawing his faculty appointment after he sent out a series of sometimes profane Twitter messages critical of Israel.
The debate about the Confederate flag is happening across the country, but the flag has different meanings to different residents in Champaign.
What happens when a bunch of physics grad students form a softball team?
31 year old Darius Graves of Tennessee was fatally shot Tuesday by a Champaign Police SWAT team leader, as he exited a Rantoul motel room with what authorities say appeared to be a gun.
Governor Rauner told reporters at a Wednesday news conference that he would not lockout state employees, but that contract negotiaitons with AFSCME are "stuck", and a strike would be something he couldn't control. Meanwhile, an AFSCME spokesman says the governor's "extreme demands" could force a strike.
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