Losing the battle to hold his head up after an 88-81 double-overtime loss to top-seeded Ohio State on Saturday in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals at Conseco Fieldhouse, Illinois forward Mike Davis faced a difficult 24 hours between the final horn and the NCAA tournament selection show Sunday.
In a game filled with plenty of yapping from both teams, Big Ten player of the year Evan Turner backed it up in top-seeded Ohio State's 88-81 double-overtime victory over fifth-seeded Illinois in the Big Ten semifinals Saturday at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Illinois House members Friday denounced a Department on Aging office lease as a waste of money but failed to muster the votes needed to launch an investigation.
A House criminal law committee Friday approved without opposition House Bill 5835 to make it a crime to use a hate symbol to intimidate or harass someone. The measure now heads to the full House.
At first there was the "Cash for Clunkers" program, followed by its "Clunkers the Sequel" extension. Then came a "Cash for Appliances" spinoff. And who could forget the 2009 first-time homebuyer tax credit and its blockbuster follow-up for 2010, open to both new buyers and folks looking to trade up in the real estate department? Should it now come as any surprise that Uncle Sam is planning to go deeper in debt to keep the franchise running?
Discussing health issues is usually a topic delicately danced around when, in reality, it's better to dive right in and be nosy, says Dr. Alfred George Jr., a geneticist and director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Genomics. The more details - who, what, when - that you know about your family's medical history, the better off your future generations will be.
Authorities have apprehended an alleged attempted murderer who cut off an ankle monitoring bracelet and triggered a nationwide alert Thursday afternoon. Aaron “Garth” Baecker, 63, was indicted Jan. 25 by a Tazewell County grand jury for the attempted first-degree murder of his wife and aggravated domestic battery.
The Department on Aging move from state-owned buildings to rented space will go forward despite complaints from lawmakers that it is a waste of money during the state's budget crisis.
The House voted 114-1 Thursday for Senate Bill 355, which would move the primary election date to the third Tuesday in March - where it was held since the 1970s until 2007.
The state's Green Party gubernatorial candidate believes Gov. Pat Quinn's call for massive cuts to public education was an "artificial device" to push for higher income taxes.
Oscar parties have been around for years, but for those without invitations — or those of us who’d rather not don tuxes and create themed potluck dishes (steak “Avatar”-tar, anyone?) — missed out on the fun. But this year, people around the world watched the Academy Awards within arms’ reach of a laptop or phone, participating in an ongoing conversation about the telecast on the micro-blogging service Twitter.
Gov. Pat Quinn delivered a refreshingly short - 20 minutes - relatively to the point and appropriately sober budget address on Wednesday that calls for substantial cuts, especially to schools, unless the Legislature can see its way to approving an income tax surcharge of one percentage point.
Gov. Pat Quinn's proposed budget is an abdication of a governor’s responsibility to persuade the legislature to do the right thing and an unfortunate acceptance of Statehouse gospel that nothing hard gets done in an election year.
Calling for a tax hike is never a popular move, and it's even less so in the middle of a historic recession and an election year. Nonetheless, Gov. Pat Quinn called on lawmakers Wednesday to do just that. In a brief speech, Quinn also called for cutting state aid to cities, revamping state pensions and giving small businesses a tax break for creating jobs.
In the spring, the animals come alive and make new little animals, some of which must rely on the care of animal rehabilitation professionals if they're found injured. There are a few things humans can do to keep animal families together until the babies grow up and move and on out of the way.
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