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Campus stores still struggle
Today Babbitt's Bookstore will close its doors after spending eight years catering
to Campustown shoppers, adding to the lengthy list of vacant properties in Campustown.
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Chilli and beer make hit at Lincoln Square Mall
Crowds of people gathered outside Lincoln Square Mall’s south parking lot in two lines. The clear sky and warm day was reflective of the people’s spirits as they waited to enter the parking lot. They were eager to sample the different types of chilies and beers for the 2nd annual Champaign County Beer Tasting and Chili Cookoff.
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Attornery general makes offer in fish kill lawsuit
Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office has issued a settlement proposal to the University and the Champaign-Urbana Sanitary District, who were responsible for the ammonia spill released from the Abbott Power Plant into the local sewer system that resulted in a massive fish kill in July 2002.
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Theater takes to Urbana streets
Various theater companies performed at the Prompting Theater’s Third Annual Street Theater Festival in downtown Urbana all day Saturday.
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ISG president's directive will stand
A directive issued by Illinois Student Government president Marcia Fuentes last week to suspend voting rights for all six committee chairs will be enforced, after ISG assembly members used an invalid veto process to overrule it.
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Medical emergency regulations relaxed
The Bush administration is relaxing federal regulations that require all Medicare-participating hospitals to provide appropriate medical screening and stabilizing treatment to any person who comes to the emergency department, regardless of ability to pay.
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Runners bring dogs along for 5K race
About 40 runners and walkers lined up outside the Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building at 8 a.m. Sunday for the start of a 5K race sponsored by Omega Tau Sigma (OTS), the vet school’s professional fraternity. About half of the participants brought along their favorite running companions: their dogs.
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Third annual skatefest rolls into town
Shirtless, sun-baked backs. Baggy jeans sagged so the boxers show. Vans sneakers worn down to the rubber nub. Plastic polyurethane wheels clanked on concrete. Rock music vibrating.
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