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NIU hosts monthlong exchange visit
Wyda Cosme wants to help her people. The 32-year-old is from the Zambales province in the Philippines and is a member of the Aeta tribe. A law school graduate, Cosme works for a government-operated organization during the week and uses her spare time for community-enriching efforts and to help other Aetas seek education.
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NIU seeking funds to cover costs of Feb. 14
DeKALB - Northern Illinois University is in the process of applying for about $4.1 million in grants from state and federal agencies to help recoup some of the costs the school has incurred since the Feb. 14 shooting on campus.

NIU may hike tuition 9.5 percent for fall semester
DeKALB - Tuition for students entering Northern Illinois University in the fall could be 9.5 percent higher than what their counterparts who started in the 2007-08 academic year paid, if the school's Board of Trustees approve a tuition hike later this month.

Rezko remains distraction for Blagojevich
CHICAGO - Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he won't be distracted by the conviction of one of his former political fundraisers, but some of the lawmakers he's counting on to fix the state budget and pass a public works program sure are.

Congress sends farm bill to Bush - again
WASHINGTON - Congress on Thursday sent a $290 billion farm bill to President Bush for a second time in an effort to fix a printing error that has threatened the delivery of U.S. food aid abroad.

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Taxes on DeKalb City Council agenda

Hillside man suspected of robberies
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Gravel Move: Elmer Larson sold to Vulcan Materials
After three generations in the Larson family, Sycamore-based gravel business Elmer Larson LLC was sold in March to multi-billion dollar corporation Vulcan Materials for an undisclosed amount.
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Rosenburgh is new VP of interactive media for Shaw
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Strack became menace to hitters
The words always rung in Will Strack's ear. For the past two seasons, Sycamore baseball coach Jason Cavanaugh told Stack to ditch his friendly persona and build a menacing character on the mound.
The Best of the Rest
White Sox get Royal sweep
Opinions
You mean they lied about the war?
President George W. Bush is puzzled. And sad. So is Karl Rove, his former political strategist; as is Ari Fleischer, his former chief flack, and Dana Perino, the current chief flack, and Dan Bartlett, former counselor to the president. All puzzled. All sad.
Coach Peppers was railroaded
No one is starving because of ethanol
 
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Nation & World
Reports: Edwards rules out vice president slot
MADRID, Spain - John Edwards has ruled out being Barack Obama's running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket, according to interviews carried by two leading Spanish newspapers on Friday.
Young voters: Obama's race as an asset, non-issue
9/11 suspects reject Guantanamo lawyers
 
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State
Young voters: Obama's race as an asset, non-issue
CHICAGO - For young voters, Rosa Parks' refusal to sit at the back of a bus in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 is schoolbook history. Even the racially charged 1992 riots in Los Angeles are a distant memory.
Teens held in shooting of three
Cicero seeks to dismiss firefighter
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Entertainment
Ark. academic conference examines TV hit 'Buffy'
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Aristotle. Nietzsche. Buffy? The blonde heroine of the campy television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," as well as other works by director and writer Josh Whedon, will be the focus of a three-day academic conference held at Henderson State University beginning Friday.
De la Fuente recovering from `Dancing' injury
Hulk Hogan's son transferred out of solitary
 
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National Sports
Pierce overcomes injury as Celtics down Lakers 98-88
BOSTON - Just like that, those familiar chants of "Beat L.A.," dormant for more than two decades, were silenced once again.
Chipper hits 400th homer as Braves top Marlins 7-5
Benches clear after plunking and Sox top Rays 7-1
     
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