Two Pittsburgh colleges win awards for international education - PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
The awards are named for the late Illinois senator Paul Simon, who was a strong advocate throughout his career for international education.
Struggles at bank owned by candidate’s family loom over Ill. race for - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Republicans are gunning for Obama’s old seat as their next big election prize to try to erode Democrats’ hold on Washington. Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois’ first-term state treasurer, has tried to answer away questions, saying the bank was a victim of
Toyota Reviewing U.S. Report of Accelerating Prius (Update1) - Bloomberg
March 9 (Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp. , struggling to regain a reputation for quality after unintended acceleration forced millions of vehicle recalls, will investigate a report in California of a Prius hybrid car that sped out of control. The
Minute Men Awards - ESPN.com
Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college basketball (dancing shoes sold separately in Ithaca, N.Y.; Johnson City, Tenn.; Murray, Ky.; Rock Hill, S.C.; Cedar Falls, Iowa; Loudonville, N.Y.; Norfolk, Va.; Moraga, Calif.; and
Bowlesburg and Hillcrest received grants - Quad Cities Onlines
Bowlesburg and Hillcrest, two of the four East Moline grade schools, have received grants from the Illinois Department of Public Health to implement the CATCH program. CATCH is the Coordinated Approach To Child Health. CATCH schools bring parents
Woes at family bank loom over Ill. Senate race - MSNBC
CHICAGO - With the public still furious over bank bailouts, Democrats desperate to keep President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat are scrambling to counter revelations that a bank owned by their candidate’s family may be nearing collapse. Alexi
LifeLock customers due refunds after settlements - Greensboro News & Record
RALEIGH A company that promised to safeguard a person’s identity must give refunds and restate its advertising claims after a judgment filed today in N.C. Superior Court. The N.C. Attorney General’s Office said LifeLock owes $11 million in
Activsts praise Illinois Senate bill on wage theft - Quad Cities Onlines
CHICAGO (AP) Some worker and immigrant rights groups are backing an Illinois Senate bill aimed at introduced a bill that, among other things, says the Illinois Department of Labor can directly deal with wage theft claims of less than $3,000
ILLINOIS EXCHANGE: Group starts fundraising to put recovered fighter - WGNtv.com
GLENVIEW, Ill. (AP) Three board members of the Glenview Naval Air Station Museum says it’s time that recovered fighter planes pulled from Lake Michigan have a permanent display in a Chicago suburb. Lowell Wallace, Bill Marquardt and Bob Coffin
Your Questions Answered - Associated Press
Toyota will aim to duplicate the scenario created by David W. Gilbert, a professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Gilbert told Congress on Toyota said Stanford professor Chris Gerdes will show that the malfunctions Gilbert produced
All of Illinois school’s seniors are college bound - Daily Chronicle
Every member of Urban Prep’s first senior class has been accepted into a four-year college or university. Urban Prep founder and CEO Tim King highlighted the accomplishment Mayor Richard Daley also congratulated the 107 seniors and encouraged
Pedestrian Killed On Southern Illinois Highway - CBS 2 Chicago
BENTON, Ill. (AP) Authorities say a southern Illinois man was killed when he was hit by a car while walking on a southern Illinois interstate highway. Franklin County Coroner Marty Leffler says 36-year-old Troy Williams of Valier died at the
