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Illinois digestJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Virtual campus, real tuition: University of Illinois trustees set tuition rates for the first degrees to be offered by the new Global Campus. Trustees also loaned the on...
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Shaken Harvard pilot safe after crash landingJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Shortly after Harvard pilot Thomas Chapman took off for a third time Monday from a small local airport, the engine keeping him airborne started to slow down. Then it jus...
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University of Chicago adds powerpoint to admission ticketsJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - At business meetings the world over, PowerPoint-style presentations are often met with yawns and glazed eyes. But at one of the world's top business schools, such slide ...
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What's in a name? Ask ABTJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Abt Electronics Inc. has been using the www.abtelectronics.com Web site address, but it wasn't happy about it. The upscale Glenview appliance and electronics retailer wa...
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Gas glut in 2010?Jul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - HOUSTON -- Gasoline prices could decline by 2010 amid a "potential oversupply" of oil products, even though U.S. refining capacity will be expanded less than previously ...
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Frat adviser: Cartoon may have prompted alleged threatJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A Southern Illinois University student accused of writing a note threatening a "murderous rampage" similar to the April one at Virginia Tech may innocen...
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State budget delay hard on schoolsJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - It's tough enough for administrators, guided by a board of education, to direct a school district's finances when lawmakers finish work on time. When lawmakers go into o...
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Electric rate relief surging toward OKJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A plan to give angry consumers $1 billion in relief from surging electricity prices was on the fast track for legislative approval Thursday, despite some ...
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Predatory lenders targetedJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Predatory lenders targeted: People applying for a mortgage in Illinois might get some extra protection against corrupt lenders. The Illinois House has approved legislati...
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Electric rebate plans goes to governorJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A plan to give angry consumers $1 billion in relief from surging electricity prices sailed through the Illinois Legislature on Thursday, despite some comp...